skinsmarydu Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Corcaigh said: Happiness is simple pleasures … Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Unless it's the tea I made, with a full glass of ice. Then you suck it down and want more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, skinsmarydu said: Unless it's the tea I made, with a full glass of ice. Then you suck it down and want more. One of our first WTF experiences in the USA was on a road trip ordering a sandwich and tea at a diner not long after we arrived in the country. We were served a container the size of a small bucket with cold brown liquid with ice in it. We learned that day to say “hot tea”. Edited January 10, 2023 by Corcaigh 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 15 hours ago, Destino said: I’d climb onto the dais and ask for something reasonable. This would happen monthly, as weekly has always felt entirely too greedy for me. For their convenience on the payment form they should have to uncheck the box that says ‘make this contribution monthly’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Corcaigh said: The stories people tell themselves to feel better … There are about 10,000 people in the USA with a net worth over $100million. While very few ultra wealthy people won the lottery, many came across their money as much through luck as hard work. Tech startups have created tens of thousands of millionaires and only a small fraction were brilliant founders. The rest were just mostly competent folks along for the ride. Being rich is not a roadmap to financial ruin. People like to tell similar stories about very high bankruptcy rates for NFL and NBA players, whereas in reality the actual numbers are much lower. Exactly. They myth of the unhappy lottery winner plays on American's deeply-held but questionable belief that wealth magically confers itself on people who deserve it (and only those people) due to their hard work and brilliance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said: Exactly. They myth of the unhappy lottery winner plays on American's deeply-held but questionable belief that wealth magically confers itself on people who deserve it (and only those people) due to their hard work and brilliance. Present company is obviously the exception. Our wealth was earned entirely though brilliance and hard work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Hard Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, PleaseBlitz said: Exactly. They myth of the unhappy lottery winner plays on American's deeply-held but questionable belief that wealth magically confers itself on people who deserve it (and only those people) due to their hard work and brilliance. My takeaway was always that if one never develops the processes (life/business) to create wealth, then they also wouldn’t have the processes in place to sustain it. But, for instance, if Oprah went bankrupt tomorrow, she’d probably make most of it back because she knows (has learned) how. Mark Brunell and Clinton Portis OTOH… 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Yinz dreams are still alive https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/11/us/mega-millions-jackpot-wednesday/index.html Nobody won last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 $1.35 Billion.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Someone in Maine won it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinsCowgirl84 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 I don’t live in Maine….. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 On 5/20/2022 at 4:05 PM, TradeTheBeal! said: Semi-retire at 52, grow my hair out like a Viking, buy a Mazda dealership to keep the money moving, get stoned and lounge around the pool cranking old Tears 4 Fears and Peter Tosh songs, get a Swedish/Hot Stone massage twice a month, shop for property in the Bahamas just in case the Nazis take over, etc. I believe the massage therapist is from Sweden too and blonde, right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Had 3 numbers last week. Not even remotely close this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinsCowgirl84 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 The problem with auto picking your numbers is that if you don’t pick them yourself Jesus can’t put any numbers into you. This is why I lost , I played the numbers like a heathen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said: The problem with auto picking your numbers is that if you don’t pick them yourself Jesus can’t put any numbers into you. This is why I lost , I played the numbers like a heathen. Next time use Satan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 I won $2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Kingsbury stole my idea. Second I win the lottery it's a one way ticket to Europe. See, you later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 On 1/14/2023 at 9:21 AM, Mr. Sinister said: Next time use Satan. If Satan has decided to corrupt me and destroy my life by giving me $1.35 Billion, I guess you gotta roll with it. 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinsCowgirl84 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Corcaigh said: If Satan has decided to corrupt me and destroy my life by giving me $1.35 Billion, I guess you gotta roll with it. Hail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Powerball is at $700 million. I play the lottery fairly frequently, and I don't recall having so many gigantic jackpots. Seems like every month there have been $700 million+ jackpots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, abdcskins said: Powerball is at $700 million. I play the lottery fairly frequently, and I don't recall having so many gigantic jackpots. Seems like every month there have been $700 million+ jackpots. I know, I don't buy nearly as frequently as I did in years past. Won a couple hundred bucks early in '21 on a QP. Thought it was gonna be my year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 My big winnings in lottery history happened on a scratch off when I was 10. Won 50 bucks. Took that right to Toys R Us and bought Ducktales for the NES. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 They used to let 10 year olds buy lottery tickets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, Momma There Goes That Man said: They used to let 10 year olds buy lottery tickets? No, ma dukes would buy two every once in awhile, would let me pick one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinswillwin06 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 3 hours ago, abdcskins said: Powerball is at $700 million. I play the lottery fairly frequently, and I don't recall having so many gigantic jackpots. Seems like every month there have been $700 million+ jackpots. They increased the cost and frequency of the drawings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 I wait for it to get a Billion now. I never win at Mega Millions or Powerball. My luck has been with scratchoffs. Won $500 5 times, including twice last year. Won $1000 3 times. It’s just entertainment. If you win great, if not so be it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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