SamG wrote:
Hello all. Been an admirer of this site for just over a year now. This is my first post...
Some background... I'm a writer with 3 kids. Moved back to Ireland in '05 from France and there was no way my wife would even consider buying (thank God for the "rent is NOT dead money" mindset of the French - I don't think I'd have held out if my wife had been Irish). We struggled throughout the Celtic Tiger years while I wrote my book (a sci fi spectacular).
Bottom line - I've just signed a contract with a major publisher and have received a cheque for $170,000 US. I've opened a $ account with AIB until I decide what to do with the money. We don't have any debts and have no intention of buying a house any time soon.
Should I change my money into Euro? Keep in $? Buy gold? I know this isn't a money advice website but I really respect the opinions and attitude of the posters on this site and would appreciate any advice you can offer me...
Sam, congratulations on the book deal.
Forget euros, dollars, gold. What you need to get into is flux capacitors.
You can now buy 'em cheaply on eBay and the demand for them has never been greater.
You also need to buy an old de Lorean car from the North.
Drive it down to the Dail and park outside.
There's a really bad situation going on down there, the whole government, and FF are literally stuck in the past, way back around 2005, they cannot move on! The clock above the Taoiseach's office hasn't worked for over FOUR YEARS!
What you've got to do ASAP is hook the flux capacitor up to the de Lorean's driveshaft, then rev the engine until the flux capacitor screams THIS ONE'S FOR NAMA! then shoots a thunderbolt right into the Dail on the stroke of midnight - this is the only way to wake up the TDs and bring them back to 2009!
Note: this idea might not make you any money, but at least it will improve your children's chances of having a future.