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First I would pay the taxes on it, then give half to my wife to see if she really loves me, and use the rest to build free emergency care clinics in the remote parts of Nepal. Building the clinics is the easy part of course. Getting qualified staffers willing to work in them is quite another. If there was any left for just silly things I might get that 1960 Corvette I always wanted.
The ex-CEO of United Healthcare received 1.8 billion in severance pay, so it's not out of the realm of possibility, at least for him, but if suddenly you were in possession on that amount of fiat currency, what would you do? (to coin a phrase by John Quinones).
Pay off any debts my Mother may have, purchase a piece of property I would like to have, build a home, open a small restaurant, put some in a trust account for my grandchildren, donate the rest.
Canada has a space agency? Wow, learn somethin new every day. Is there space agency the equivalent to our star wars/ star trek conventions?
Never heard of the CanadArm?
Does Chris Hadfield ring a bell?
How about APXS on the Mars Rover?
Did you know that the astronauts on Apollo 13 would have perished after the onboard explosion if Canadian scientists didn't get them back down to earth? Does "Houston, we have a problem" sound familiar?
You must be the product of the American educational system. No surprise, there.
Oh well...not your fault, I suppose.
(Speaking of which.... it's "their", not "there".)
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If I had enough money after all that I said I'd do, I'd pay to replace and modernize our local schools' HVAC and energy management systems and write it off as a charitable donation. In the long run, such a system would save the school system a fortune on electricity, natural gas, and less sick time for students. Inline UV lights, multiple stage filtration system, heating coils in the class area instead of cooling coils will all go towards helping with student health. The air would be cooled before the classroom areas and then heated as needed. This means no condensate drain pan clogging, no mold growth. The area where the air is cooled will be treated with the UV lights and pan treatment. All thermostats to be connected on a computer system and all set to the same temperature at the computer. This way you won't have a menopausal teacher freezing the students in one class and an elderly teacher burning up the students in the next class trying to stay warm. I'd have the software set to maintain school hours temperature about an hour or two before the start of class and go to a different setting an hour or two after class. I'd set the after hours program for cooling at 78 degrees and heating at 68 degrees. Some administrators make the mistake of shutting off the building's ventilation when not occupied. Though it saves on utilities, it also causes growth and undo stresses on the equipment trying to cool or heat the building after being off for nearly 12 hours.
"I think if I was a billionaire I'd be able to hook that up too...."
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