you have a £5 million lottery win, now how Old Style are you?

MrsE_2

ceridwen wrote: »

Give up my job literally that second obviously:D That - of itself - would be a huge blessing and improve my life enormously

We are starting a work syndicate & we all joked about "our dept" for "our area" ceasing to exist [strike]if[/strike] when we win.

My hubby told me how immoral he felt that was & that it would be disgusting for us to do this & we would have to continue for a couple/few months until replacements were in place:o

He right, we couldn't just bugger off:o

ceridwen

Good point - Mrs E.

Only - in my case - no useful work would be jeopardised - have I seen a plus point to TBJ at last (aka "That B****y Job")? Part of the reason I'm not exactly "attached" to my job;) is its not what I define as "socially useful"...:cool:. Helping people/the environment/whatever is something I only get to do in my leisuretime (unpaid:rolleyes: )

MrsE_2

ceridwen wrote: »

Good point - Mrs E.

Only - in my case - no useful work would be jeopardised - have I seen a plus point to TBJ at last (aka "That B****y Job")? Part of the reason I'm not exactly "attached" to my job;) is its not what I define as "socially useful"...:cool:. Helping people/the environment/whatever is something I only get to do in my leisuretime (unpaid:rolleyes: )

You do it well on here, I like your posts, I always find them honest & frank, yet kind (a bit like Moggylover, if you know her).:A

ceridwen

Thanks Mrs E - some might call me "downright blunt" - errrr......I try not to be....:cool:

sunflower76

I'm not sure. I'd like to think that I'd still be OS but I think the reality is that I'd employ a gardener to look after my allotment and grow my veg and a cook to make me OS treats

I think I'd be on holiday too much to have much time for anything else.

2cats1kid

I would put aside a bit for DD and make sure my niece and nephew were ok.

Then I'd buy a place (near here, if in the next few years so DD can continue at the excellent school she is at) with enough room for fruit and veg, some chooks and 2 donkeys (I love donkeys!). I'd like a bigger kitchen than I have now - current one is too small for DH and me to work in at the same time - and a room kitted out for my crafting. Lots of work surfaces, room for the sewing machine to be out all the time, etc. I'd also go to town on craft stuff - fabric shops and knitting shops and scrapbooking shops would think all their Christmases had come at once.

But on the cooking/cleaning/general attitude to life, I think I'd stay very OS. It was how I was raised and how I am naturally, and I don't think I could change if I wanted to. Even now, we don't *have* to be OS but I still am.

I'd probably have a nice holiday each year though, as long as I could find someone to look out for the chooks and the donkeys, and water my veg patch while I was away.

(Actually, DH has been told that the house, chooks and donkeys are definitely part of my retirement plans, so hopefully this bit isn't a pipe dream!)

Reverbe

I would stay the same if not more OS. I would be needing that money to live on in my old age as will not be getting a pension. Plus I have nobody to spend it on and nothing I particuarly want myself. I woudl give a good bit to charities tho.

geordie_joe

I've been thinking.....

If you had £5 million, and ignoring any interest you would get from it, spent it at a rate of £4,000 per month it would last over 100 years.

Now I'm sure many of us would happily live on £4,000 per month. If you include the interest, don't know the rates these days, but I'm sure you could spend at least double that per month and still last over 100 years.

So, to get you all thinking, what is the minimum amount you would need to win on the lottery for you to be able to give up work for the rest of your life.

For me it would be £250,000, Thunderball jackpot.

Caterina

I would buy a house each for DD and DS and provide them with an initial income to start them off on their own. Then I would buy a smallholding somewhere not too far from the sea and turn it into environmental paradise (all the solar trappings etc). Probably by now I would have spent 1 mil. Another two mil on the side for interest and help the kids etc, with their future, that makes 3 mil. The remaining 2 mil would go to a variety of charities.

But no point dreaming because I do not buy the lottery tickets (so I am a minimum £52 per year winner already!).

rockie4

We would buy a house with enough land to grow all our own veg and keep a few chickens, and it must have a huge state of the art kitchen for us to be able to ENJOY our cooking/baking without falling over each other as we do now:rolleyes:

Other than that I would splash out on a car each and a decent holiday.

In reality I'd be happy to win the Thunderball, that would give me enough to buy a house in the street next to our allotment and a decent car. I'd carry on working as I've only got a few years to do to get my full pension:eek: and I aint giving that up!!