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Old 02-07-2012, 01:14 PM
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If I win the lottery...

... I'll buy this one. Just to watch it get crushed.

For $13,000, This 928

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Old 02-07-2012, 02:41 PM
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If I won the lottery, I'd purchase the mortgages of some close family members, to help get them on the straight and narrow, buy a small, inexpensive house in my kids' name so the ex-wife has a place to live (she's homeless as of last week....again), add more to the kid's college funds than what I've already done, set aside enough so my wife and I could live comfortably off of interest alone, then donate the rest to charities of my choice.

Buying a car just to have it crushed is going to be the farthest thing from my mind.
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Old 02-07-2012, 02:57 PM
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Much as I don't like 928's, I don't wish the crusher on that one. Actually, since they started with kind of a dud, the hot rod mod is kind of cool to me.
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Old 02-07-2012, 03:18 PM
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Buying a car just to have it crushed is going to be the farthest thing from my mind.
Well I did have a BIG lottery in mind when I wrote it
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Old 02-08-2012, 07:23 AM
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If I won the lottery, I'd purchase the mortgages of some close family members, to help get them on the straight and narrow, buy a small, inexpensive house in my kids' name so the ex-wife has a place to live (she's homeless as of last week....again), add more to the kid's college funds than what I've already done, set aside enough so my wife and I could live comfortably off of interest alone, then donate the rest to charities of my choice.

Buying a car just to have it crushed is going to be the farthest thing from my mind.

Yes, paying off the mortgages of family members is the FIRST thing I would do. The second would be to buy a large house where I could have plenty of room for my Mom, bring her home from the hospital and hire whatever medical staff necessary to take care of her 24/7.

Since I don't buy lottery tickets the chance of me winning is quite low. Of course, even if I DID buy lottery tickets my chance would still be low.
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Old 02-08-2012, 07:34 AM
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Probably buy peachparts and exert my influence on who to ban from the forum.
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Old 02-08-2012, 08:31 AM
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Since I don't buy lottery tickets the chance of me winning is quite low. Of course, even if I DID buy lottery tickets my chance would still be low.
sorry lower!
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Probably buy peachparts and exert my influence on who to ban from the forum.


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Old 02-08-2012, 09:05 AM
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Since I don't buy lottery tickets the chance of me winning is quite low. Of course, even if I DID buy lottery tickets my chance would still be low.
Remember... you can't lose if you don't play.
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Old 02-08-2012, 09:23 AM
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I'm ahead on the lottery since someone gave me a ticket once that was worth $5.

Otherwise I would be even.
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Old 02-08-2012, 09:27 AM
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If I won I would move to the Tropic of Cancer, and not roam anymore.Tired of the cold winters
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Old 02-08-2012, 10:07 AM
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I'm ahead on the lottery since someone gave me a ticket once that was worth $5.

Otherwise I would be even.
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Old 02-08-2012, 01:58 PM
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I calculated my chances of winning where about the same as walking on the moon or only slightly less when our heavy national lottery got started.

Time has proven it appears the best chance of winning over time was to open a selling of the tickets franchise.. The percentage of winners there is abnormally statistically too high and has been under investigation in Canada.

At present if you are a ticket franchise operation and win there is now a serious investigation conducted. This is a typical joke to me as you can put the ticket into a relatives hands for example.

How the franchise owners accomplished this is not explained to the general public. Just that the problem is there. I have to suspect they have mastered putting the winning numbers into the system at the time of the draw somehow. The inputting lotto numbers time frame limitation is distorted by them. Where theres a will there is a way I suppose.
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Old 02-08-2012, 02:24 PM
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And it was substantial, I could tell everyone I didn't like to French KMA hole, sell the house and move somewhere that I could be anonymous, buy my toys and enjoy them with people I like.
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Old 02-08-2012, 03:33 PM
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250 million in tonight's Powerball. You guys can forget buying tickets. The girl at the mercantile promised mine is going to win.

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