Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat (Post 13285561)

If I won $16 Million I'd put it into some save investments to make 10% per year from it.

That would be $1.6 Million per year, so $4383 daily and there's no way I need or want to spend more than that per day (I don't include taxes in this calculation).

Well, perhaps I'd buy some more typein domains, but not for more than a million. I'd park them and start constant travelling around the world indeed, without actively doing anything in online/adult at all anymore.

I'd have fun and gain new experiences for 2-3 years and then I'd settle down somewhere, although I'd still be having lots of time and money to travel.

But I guess I'd get married, and come back maybe to develop one of my domains into a mainstream web business. Nothing in adult anymore, no GFY for sure.

I'd also do some silent charity work and support some local sports club. Ok, $16Million isn't THAT much, but Im talking about some small stuff, just about having something to plan, think about, take care of. I really doubt I'd start a big business from that $16Million. I'm just not as much money driven in life, as most people here. IMO people are more important than money. I'd rather have 5 REAL friends than $50 Million and only fake people around me.

I guess I'd just live comfortable, wouldn't do any excessive spending like buying 5 different Ferraris and lambos etc.

Yes, I know, on GFY if you want to be cool, you just have to say that if you won $16 Million, you would work hard even more, trying to make $100M of it... but I have no problems admitting that I wouldn't. I was poor as a kid, right now I'm already doing quite good, and a $16Million level would be definitely enough.

Originally Posted by will76 (Post 13285974)

yeah that is the obvious conclusion.


let me write 4 paragraphs on why i am happy i didn't win 16 million :upsidedow



Keep telling yourself you are better off than him and you will eventually believe it.

Originally Posted by SleazyDream (Post 13284495)

yep - blair won $16 million dollars. Known him all my life. runs the corner store down the block - like 8 houses away - from the house i grew up in in gimli.


for those that have been to gimli - it's the owner of G&C grocery.

Originally Posted by SleazyDream (Post 13284495)

traveling to probally over 50 porn conventions around the world in over 20 countries I've been able to see the world - first class

Originally Posted by wyldblyss (Post 13285149)

I'm not sure you can compare going to a porn convention in a city/country to actually visiting it as a tourist. I know my husband has gone to a lot of shows and spends most of his time at the hotel, around their pool, or they jump in a limo and go somewhere but never actually "see" the city.

I would take the 16 million hands down

Originally Posted by Jean-Francois (Post 13287414)

Actually I know Scott very well and I've never seen him play the lottery, so why would he be jealous of something he doesn't care for?

Originally Posted by will76 (Post 13287761)

because he just wrote a long post on GFY explaining why he is glad to be himself and not the guy who won the 16 million.

If he didnt care he wouldnt have posted. It is obvious when he found out it bothered him to some degree or he wouldn't have posted about it. Anyone that starts a thread off with " my neighbor won the lotto" then goes on and on about bragging how good his life is and how he wouldnt want to be that guy who won all that money... = has issues.

Originally Posted by Peaches (Post 13287710)

BTW, if I won the lottery, I would never tell ANYONE ;)

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat (Post 13285576)

But too be honest, I don't even think I'd want to win anything.
People don't believe me when I'm saying it usually but I'd rather earn money through my own ideas than just win it.

Originally Posted by atom (Post 13285670)

I'd rather have the 16 mil and travel with my friends and family then people I do business with. Don't get me wrong, i consider some people in this biz friends, but they are not the people who invite me over for dinner on my bday, buy my kid presents etc. When I go to shows I am on someone else's schedule, go have dinner with him here, go meet someone for lunch there. When I go on vacation with my wife, family, friends, there are no schedules, having to talk about work, or the stress of sometimes trying to get a deal done.

Originally Posted by will76 (Post 13284507)

WTF, was this a thread to talk about your neighbor winning money or for you to brag about your world travels and why your life is so great.

i dont think anyone gives a shit about your travels or your neighbor winning the lotto.

but thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by heymatty (Post 13289534)

How come you didn't congratulate the guy in the thread, or say he deserved it for all his hardwork at the grocery store?

Either he is an asshole who has been running the place in a fairly grumpy way or you are jealous of his win. My guess is its an honest working guy who got lucky, and you can't handle it. So you thought you would rationalise your life as a guy who goes to a few trade shows a year as comparable.

Adult interweb conferences are ok, the parties are ok. But there's alot more to life :)

Originally Posted by heymatty (Post 13289562)

PS the reason I wrote this is. Just this week my wife got an email from a friend who she used to work with about a person they both worked with that just won $17mill on a US powerball.

The tone of the guys email was so different to your post. He said everyone at work is going nuts, people are happy for the guy, he won on wednesday resigned on thursday, couldn't of happened to a nicer guy.

Its ok to praise a bit of luck :) Trying to say you have a better life for xyz reasons just makes me think you are pissed.

Originally Posted by SleazyDream (Post 13284495)

I'm HONESTLY happier I'm in this business than winning $16 tax free cash.

Thank you God.

Originally Posted by Bake (Post 13289758)

16 mil in US$ aint what it used to be

Originally Posted by SleazyDream (Post 13284495)

yep - blair won $16 million dollars. Known him all my life. runs the corner store down the block - like 8 houses away - from the house i grew up in in gimli.


for those that have been to gimli - it's the owner of G&C grocery.

got into a discussion with some people today- most said they would travel the world like no one else could do. I thought about this - i wouldn't. I've honestly done that. and still do it regurally.

traveling to probally over 50 porn conventions around the world in over 20 countries I've been able to see the world - first class - with my PEERS - people who UNDERSTAND ME and I love hanging out with - at a level $16 million alone without the connections I have from this business could not afford. and they arn't mooching off me either - everyone pays their own way and at a 1st class level!

now for those of us who travel to porn shows THINK ABOUT THAT. winning $16 million can't even replace the times we've had at the level we've had them at.

imagine buying out every nightclub and entire hotels for your friends - stuff like that and you'd burn your entire $16 million in a year - and we've done it for years!

I'm HONESTLY happier I'm in this business than winning $16 tax free cash.

Thank you God.

Originally Posted by SleazyDream (Post 13289570)

i congratulated blair myself but honestly - winning that kind of money - i see it as a curse.

i respect blair cause he has and runs a solid business. i'm happy for him and hope he can manage the money properly.

as stated earlier - i really don't play the lottery for that exact reason.

Originally Posted by Dirty Franck (Post 13290250)

You are truly one simple fuck. How much braincells did you burn typing that out? Got any left? I doubt it.

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat (Post 13285561)

If I won $16 Million I'd put it into some save investments to make 10% per year from it.

That would be $1.6 Million per year, so $4383 daily and there's no way I need or want to spend more than that per day (I don't include taxes in this calculation).

Well, perhaps I'd buy some more typein domains, but not for more than a million. I'd park them and start constant travelling around the world indeed, without actively doing anything in online/adult at all anymore.

I'd have fun and gain new experiences for 2-3 years and then I'd settle down somewhere, although I'd still be having lots of time and money to travel.

But I guess I'd get married, and come back maybe to develop one of my domains into a mainstream web business. Nothing in adult anymore, no GFY for sure.

I'd also do some silent charity work and support some local sports club. Ok, $16Million isn't THAT much, but Im talking about some small stuff, just about having something to plan, think about, take care of. I really doubt I'd start a big business from that $16Million. I'm just not as much money driven in life, as most people here. IMO people are more important than money. I'd rather have 5 REAL friends than $50 Million and only fake people around me.

I guess I'd just live comfortable, wouldn't do any excessive spending like buying 5 different Ferraris and lambos etc.

Yes, I know, on GFY if you want to be cool, you just have to say that if you won $16 Million, you would work hard even more, trying to make $100M of it... but I have no problems admitting that I wouldn't. I was poor as a kid, right now I'm already doing quite good, and a $16Million level would be definitely enough.

Originally Posted by CDSmith (Post 13285454)

I heard this guy on the radio the other day being interviewed. His ticket was a quickpick, he purchased it from his own grocery store. He sounded like a really nice friendly guy, definitely a nice winfall for him .

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat (Post 13285561)

But I guess I'd get married, and come back maybe to develop one of my domains into a mainstream web business. Nothing in adult anymore, no GFY for sure.