Reply #25: Um, how big is this pile? [View All]

[Dr Morbius]

Because there's something I'd like to do besides start a business. Well, let's deal with the business first: it so happens that I know how to make Italian beef. Properly; as good as you've ever had it. This is because I had the good fortune of working for a guy who was a terrific cook. Anyway, I'd bring Italian beef to the west coast and Florida. I keep hearing from relatives that a good beef sandwich is something they can only get in Chicago. Well, garlic is available everywhere, herbs grow pretty much anywhere and I can get whole rounds from any butcher. I can do this, and I bet it would be successful.

But let's go back to that pile of money. I'd like to establish a scholarship, but not for kids to go to college. Rather, for talented kids of modest means to go to better high schools. The idea is to find excellence and bring it out when they're still young. If I won the lottery, I'd devote a portion of my winnings to this goal.

On the other hand, I am quite willing to accept any pile of money, however small. Or any spare gold bars you might not want.