If i had 15 billion, the last thing ide do is buy UK gov aircraft carriers, the useless sods would only go & sell them off for peanuts, no, if i had 15 billion, ide do a Bill Gates & set up my own charitable foundation, stick 14 billion into that, & keep 1 billion back just to stop myself from feeling poor, but put the rest into doing some good in the world.
- Is it possible to be too rich?
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If i had 15 billion, the last thing ide do is buy UK gov aircraft carriers, the useless sods would only go & sell them off for peanuts, no, if i had 15 billion, ide do a Bill Gates & set up my own charitable foundation, stick 14 billion into that, & keep 1 billion back just to stop myself from feeling poor, but put the rest into doing some good in the world.
This.
I'd get the nice house/car, after that my wallet would be as tight as a ducks arse!
Probably wouldn't change me much (or so I like to think), pretentious posh people bug me. Watched 'made in chelsea' with the misses the other day, some bird on there saying 'ya' instead of 'yes'.
Jesus.
£2.6m, actually, according to an article I saw online yesterday.
Apparently the 'millionaire' of the early nineties is actually a £2.6m as the cost of buying a rolls royce, big house, boat, holiday home abroad and the maintenance of all of the above requires wealth of around £2.6m - 2.6 times what it was twenty years ago.
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I am of similar mind as you Dimple. Having acquired billions of pounds (UK) I would still drive golf tdi.
I would also present some individuals on OCUK with very nice gifts because of the fun and help I've had from them, namely Surveyor.
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Was this not the same girl who spent tens of millions on a wedding? In my opinion and to generalise, those super rich who took the risks to get where they are appreciate their wealth. Those who inherit it are less likely to and this is one of those cases.
My take is that on first take it does seem excessive but if that's how you've grown up then I can see why someone would think nothing of it. They are certainly doing their bit for the economy.
If I won the euromillions tomorrow I don't think I would throw away my money like that but only because i've grown up with a different lifestyle (plus i think champagne is horrible
If I won the euromillions tomorrow I don't think I would throw away my money like that but only because i've grown up with a different lifestyle (plus i think champagne is horrible
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He didn't say what
I'm sure it would be something very nice.
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It would be something very nice.
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That settles it then once for all. It is impossible to be to rich. I can stop worrying about being too rich from now on forever.
Thanks starfighter for clearing out this difficult issue for all of us.
Yes I believe there's such as thing as too rich.
I do understand that "Rich" is a very relative term, but billions is certaily too much in anyone's book.
Sorry to sound like a hippy, but if all that money could be spread around to the poorest of the poor (no, not just Africa) , rich folk could still be rich and society would be better off. Pie in the sky stuff I know - just a thought.
I do understand that "Rich" is a very relative term, but billions is certaily too much in anyone's book.
Sorry to sound like a hippy, but if all that money could be spread around to the poorest of the poor (no, not just Africa) , rich folk could still be rich and society would be better off. Pie in the sky stuff I know - just a thought.
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If I was rolling in dosh like Tamara E. I would buy this suit for 70k pounds. Looks nice.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2389159/70k-Alexander-Amosu-suit-is-priciest-in-world.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2389159/70k-Alexander-Amosu-suit-is-priciest-in-world.html
A personal fortunate of 8 billion means that spending 87k on a bottle of champagne is like us going out and buying a chocolate bar. It's a lot to you, because you're not super rich. To her, it's pittance and pocket change.
Wealth and what's classed as expensive is all relative at the end of the day, and when you have more money than you know what to do with, relative value takes on a completely different aspect.
The more they keep "throwing it about", the more goes into the economy. The problem with threads like this is that the vast majority of people will never understand what it's like to be truly rich and free from financial burden, and so they only ever make comparisons based on their own limited perceptions of money.