That wedding

[walpurgis]

I do wonder what the winner will do with all that money, and hope that he/she doesn't end up blowing the lot.

I personally, would have no bother at all coping with say fifty million. None would be wasted. No daft motor yachts or Bentleys, etc. I'd buy a block of flats or two in a developing area for a start. My day to day life would change quite little from its present state apart from minor modest improvements!

It often occurs to me to feel sorry for those who have invested huge amounts in classic and vintage car collections. Can they not see what the future holds? The things will become unusable museum pieces before long and be next to worthless.

[walpurgis]

Must get a bit tricky when they need him to make an executive decision, what with him being dead and that for almost 2000 years.

He was Jewish wasn't he? He certainly wasn't a Christian. As far as I can see, he just went around persuading others to become one. As in, believe in what he had to offer.

[struth]

Must get a bit tricky when they need him to make an executive decision, what with him being dead and that for almost 2000 years.

not really. they have a hotline

[Macca]

I personally, would have no bother at all coping with say fifty million. None would be wasted. No daft motor yachts or Bentleys, etc. I'd buy a block of flats or two in a developing area for a start. My day to day life would change quite little from its present state apart from minor modest improvements!

It often occurs to me to feel sorry for those who have invested huge amounts in classic and vintage car collections. Can they not see what the future holds? The things will become unusable museum pieces before long and be next to worthless.

This is really confusing. Why would you buy a block of flats? And in what universe will something like a Ferrari Daytona ever become worthless?

[walpurgis]

This is really confusing. Why would you buy a block of flats? And in what universe will something like a Ferrari Daytona ever become worthless?

Flats as an investment.

The Ferrari will become a large doorstop when service stations cease selling petrol, as they will eventually.

[Macca]

Flats as an investment.

The Ferrari will become a large doorstop when service stations cease selling petrol, as they will eventually.

Like horses did when the internal combustion engine came along? You can't buy hay anywhere now.

I know what your saying but you will always be able to get petrol even when petrol engine cars become a minority hobby interest.

I'd also suggest that the top end of antique cars will always be valuable even if there was no way to run them. A lot of them are already museum pieces because they are too valuable to be driving them about.

[Macca]

And if you'd won a fifty million on the lottery why would you need an investment? If you spent like a drunken sailor you'd still not run out of money before you copped it.

I'd be tempted to do a 'Brewster's Millions' and see how fast I could get through it

[Barry]

Petrol will always be available in the future, but at a price, so only for those who can afford it. You will probably have to buy it from a hardware store/ironmongers; just as one did in times past.

The maintenance of out-dated technology is usually available at a price: solid tyres for collectors of 1920's cars; 8mm cine film; 35mm photographic film; magnetic recording tape; pick up cartridges to replay 78rpm records, etc.

[Macca]

Vinyl records...

[walpurgis]

You both know what I was getting at.

When fuel becomes largely unobtainable for say a run to the coast and back. Cars like the Ferrari will as I said, become museum pieces with little practical use.

Sure, there'll be those who want one, same as there are blokes who keep steam traction engines (at great cost), for the odd event and trundle round the countryside (probably with a support crew following in a big van). Not ideal for dropping the kids at school each day though .