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If Money Was No Object.....

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Eeyore13

Eeyore13 Report 6 Jul 2010 09:00

True,the traditional three would be nice.

1.Health
2.Wealth
3.Happiness

but we should all be able to dream (I want a Harley!!!! ). lol

SpanishEyes

SpanishEyes Report 6 Jul 2010 05:11

Things money cannot buy....hmmm

1. Happiness
2. Trust
3. Love
4. Health
6. Respect from friends, family colleagues etc
7. Self Respect
8. Friends
9. Joy
10. Hmmm have to think about this one

Bridget

SpanishEyes

SpanishEyes Report 6 Jul 2010 05:03

Oh Carol, At least we support a team which is in the area we were born in ,lived in and family member was a founder of the team! We may have "moved on"but never forget our roots.
Anyone 90% isn't bad,

after all it is only sport...although some of the males in the family seem to think it is a reason for living,now I agree they are SAD!
Bridget
PS no offence taken, just fun

UzziAndHerDogs

UzziAndHerDogs Report 6 Jul 2010 00:05

top 10 sort the family out that takes 3

Buy land lot's of and have a camp site, that pays for a dogs home close by.


Put money in trust for dogs home

Buy my neptune his home and a trust for his life.
I would also give neptune money for a trust to do what he wanted for para/tetra/quad plegics

TheBlackKnight

TheBlackKnight Report 5 Jul 2010 23:59

Money can't make you happy, and it can't buy some of the things you might wish it could. But it can sure help towards getting things you might need or things you need to get done.

Running Bear

Running Bear Report 5 Jul 2010 15:04

Bev, money don't make you happy, i'm no happier now i'm worth 5million than i was when i was worth 4 million.

Running Bear

Running Bear Report 5 Jul 2010 14:59

mmm now that would be a short list, 'things money can't buy'

☺Carol in Dulwich☺

☺Carol in Dulwich☺ Report 5 Jul 2010 14:13

Bridget was fine until number 10, West Ham !

Running Bear

Running Bear Report 5 Jul 2010 14:12

But if money was no object then why not buy all, every house every car every factory ,shop, TV station etc etc.

Rambling

Rambling Report 5 Jul 2010 12:29

1. Buy the house I'm renting
2. Buy a property for my son for when he's a bit older.
3. pay off some debts that friends have and treat them to something nice.
4. Visit Ireland, Italy,USA and Austria.
5 Take a dog from the dogs trust and make a donation.
6 plant a small woodland of trees ( through the Woodland Trust) in memory of loved ones.

7. Be a 'secret millionaire' and make a difference somehow.

8, 9 and 10 ..money can't buy.

TheBlackKnight

TheBlackKnight Report 5 Jul 2010 12:17

Lots of good ideas, has anybody got any others?

Eeyore13

Eeyore13 Report 5 Jul 2010 07:41

In no particular order-
1.Go back to Dingle & buy a little cottage
2.Get a Deerhound
3.Buy a bigger house with land so I could have a Horse
4.Set up funds so my family & friends would never have to worry & could do what they want with their lives :)
5.Give massive donations to i.Air Ambulance ii.MS Research iii.Leukemia Research iv.local Orthopaedic Hospital v.Help for Heroes & support the ParaOlympics Team.
6.Get a Harley Davidson,EType Jag & TVR Tuscan just to polish! & sit in/on.
7.Go to Australia
Sadly all the money in the world would never change the things I'd give anything for or bring back those I miss everyday.

Cath2010

Cath2010 Report 5 Jul 2010 07:05

1. Give millions to MS research.
2. Same to Meningitis Trust.
3. Buy houses for each of my children.
4. House with bigger garden for me.
5. Get more dogs from Greyhound Rescue.
6. Hire Michael Flatley to dance at my 50th birthday!!
7. Retire to Ireland.
8. Buy a vineyard. (NOT IN IRELAND).
9. Visit Canada.
10. Set up trust funds for my grandchildren.

suzian

suzian Report 4 Jul 2010 23:14

1. Institute a programme of bowel cancer screening into the UK - that's the philanthropic bit over
2. Have liposuction. So that I can remember what I used to look like way back when
3. Have a face lift. Same reason
4. Donate thousands to any political party who'd get rid of this lot
5. Accept the inevitable invitation to lead said political party
6. Book Rod Stewart for my birthday party
7. Invite Vinnie Jones to said party
8. Disappear for half an hour or so with Vinnie

That's it - no amount of money could bring my Ian back, which is all I really want

Sue x

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 4 Jul 2010 23:09

TOTALY GREEDY ALL 10
£7,500 X 10
TREATMENTS IN GERMANY
WITH STEM CELL IMPLANTS
SO IF ANY SECRET MILLIONARES ON GR
PLEASEEEEEEEEE

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 4 Jul 2010 23:04

1, Buy a house
2. Buy a house for younger daughter
3. Buy a business for elder daughter and son in law
4. Give some money to my niece and nephews
5. Set up trust funds for my grandchildren
6. Take NVQ's to qualify as a Care Manager (never worked in care before)
7. Open (and run - hence the qualificatins) an affordable home for the elderly - that incorporates a working rare breeds farm and veg garden. The residents can help if they like - and the animals will be eaten!! That's the sort of place I'd like to end up in!!
8. Work with a very good and honest lawyer to make sure those with Mesothelioma actually get the compensation they're entitled to - before they die.
9. This should be number 1 - GIVE UP CURRENT WORK
10. Go and help my brother renovate his smithy.

TootyFruity

TootyFruity Report 4 Jul 2010 22:43

1. A round the world cruise ticket
2. House for my son
3. A small business for my son to manage so that hecan take pride in earning a living.
4. I would give some to my family and friends
5. I would set up a foundation for ankylosing spondylitis research so hopefully my husband can get some relief.
6. I would work with a humanitarian charity towards eradicating poverty
7. I would refurbish my home.
8. I would send the decoators into my mothers home
9. Buy a house for my mother in law.
10 buy a second home

SpanishEyes

SpanishEyes Report 4 Jul 2010 22:23

1, See the Northen Lights
2, Visit China, India and Egypt
3. Donate a few million pounds to Dementia Research and Cystic Fibrosis
4. Leave my grandchildren sufficient money to enable them to have a home of their own and for a regular income managed by Solicitor.
5. Have homes different places ie in UK, Mainland Europe,
maybe Canada
6. Remember that I did not always hhave money and treat all poeople the same....Give money to those who try to help themselves ( there wa a TV programme, I cannot recall what it was called where people would find out who needed money to help them on their way.)
7.Eat at wonderful restaurants
8. Have a make-over I do not mean surgery but excellent hair cuts ,someone to help me choose what clothes I should wear,sound advice re make up etc
9. Treat my long term friends who have always been there for me.
10. Buy my husband and our sons and grandsons West Ham United Season tickets and have someone to drive them there and to stay overnight in the West Ham hotel
Finally I would want my friends to tell me if I became overbearing and remember to eat real fish and chips at the seaside ,still do silly things for fun and be ME

TheBlackKnight

TheBlackKnight Report 4 Jul 2010 21:15

If Money Was No Object.............................................

What Would be Your TOP TEN Things to do while still alive?

Some exsamples below

01. Stop all the fighting in the world.
02. Make sure that the ones nearest and dearest to me are well looked after in every way.
03. Build a house designed by me
04. Help the people that actully need help.
05.
06. Build a great building that would stand for all time.
07.
08. Meet some people I have found while doing my family tree.
09. Purchase this site and let the tweeking of it start.
10.

That said I would like to bring back some people but nothing can ever be done to do that.