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Old 01-16-2021, 05:56 PM
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Old 01-16-2021, 06:08 PM
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Yep.
I risk 8 bucks on each drawing.
Odds are astronomical against hitting, but If I do, no more commercial flying for me.
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Old 01-16-2021, 07:59 PM
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When I was 17, my grandmother called my dad to say that her friend had won the Megabucks drawing here in Massachusetts and wanted someone they could trust to bring them up to Boston. So my dad and I went up with the couple, who were in their 70’s at the time. They collected about $13 million after taxes. They tipped my dad $20 after we got back home and never spent a dime of it except to buy a new refrigerator. They had no children or pets and left the money to the state when they passed. Go figure.
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Old 01-16-2021, 10:20 PM
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What a horrible WASTE of a fortune.
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Old 01-16-2021, 11:02 PM
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When I was 17, my grandmother called my dad to say that her friend had won the Megabucks drawing here in Massachusetts and wanted someone they could trust to bring them up to Boston. So my dad and I went up with the couple, who were in their 70’s at the time. They collected about $13 million after taxes. They tipped my dad $20 after we got back home and never spent a dime of it except to buy a new refrigerator. They had no children or pets and left the money to the state when they passed. Go figure.


Now that’s just infuriating! 😀

They should have rewarded him with a new car. I will never understand that mentality. Smoke ‘em if ya’ got ‘em!
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Old 01-17-2021, 08:52 AM
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+1 to what Lee just said, doubly so if you have nobody to leave it to.
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Old 01-17-2021, 12:28 PM
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Yep.
I risk 8 bucks on each drawing.
Odds are astronomical against hitting, but If I do, no more commercial flying for me.


Flying? In the last 31 years I’ve logged over 2 million air miles. If (when) I win I’ll NEVER BOARD AN AIRCRAFT AGAIN. The metal fabrication industry will never have to see my fat butt again!
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Old 01-17-2021, 02:05 PM
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I have an underfunded fire department y'all can put in your will if you win the big one.
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Old 01-17-2021, 02:17 PM
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Consider it done.
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Old 01-17-2021, 03:42 PM
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I like to fly, I just prefer myself at the controls.
There is a vintage flight-worthy F-4 I would snap-up in a heartbeat if I had the cash. That's what I call quality travel.
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