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Subject: BS: When I win the lottery... From: gnu Date: 18 Aug 12 - 03:03 PM ... I am gonna sell my lawnmower and my snowblower. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: maeve Date: 18 Aug 12 - 03:10 PM Ok. What else will you do? |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Megan L Date: 18 Aug 12 - 03:17 PM When i win the lottery I am going to get three toyboys 1 to cook 1 to clean 1 to drive the car :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 18 Aug 12 - 03:19 PM I've never played any state lottery games. Some call it a tax on stupidity. I agree. I voted against it here. They told so many lies to push it through. I saw through them all. Moneygrubbing politicians and the sheep that vote for them. Pshaw!!!!!! (:-( ))= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Megan L Date: 18 Aug 12 - 03:25 PM What is a state lottery? we do not have states but i guess some folk would stop anyone from having a few moments pleasure and excitement in a lonely life. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 18 Aug 12 - 03:35 PM Government lotteries. To fund education. So they say. Liars. Play poker or pool. Games of skill. (:-( D)= Cheerio!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 18 Aug 12 - 03:39 PM Or bet on the ponies. With study you'll know who to bet on. I never gamble. I quit drinking 30 years ago. Quit smoking over 20 years ago. Give me a red hot momma and a cold soda pop. And I'm happy. (:-( P)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Janie Date: 18 Aug 12 - 03:45 PM I've never bought a ticket either, but if I did and if I won, what would I do....? hmmmmm.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: number 6 Date: 18 Aug 12 - 03:45 PM I going to get a big white Cadillac and drive down to Vegas biLL |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 18 Aug 12 - 03:50 PM Well. If I found a million $ in a field, I'd buy a boat and sail about. With Megan and Janie. (:-( D)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: gnu Date: 18 Aug 12 - 04:22 PM Getting those two lovely lasses on your boat? You got a better chance of winning the loto! |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Janie Date: 18 Aug 12 - 04:29 PM I'd buy the boat, but I'd also buy or rent a helicopter to come get me when the weather was approaching particularly foul - being risk averse as I am. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Megan L Date: 18 Aug 12 - 04:33 PM Heck lass I live on a wee island If we waited for good weather ah wid never get aff the place :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 18 Aug 12 - 04:36 PM I won't fly anymore. Another thing I gave up. We can get a submarine for bad weather. (:-( 0)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: ragdall Date: 18 Aug 12 - 04:41 PM I'd buy a house on acreage with a view of mountains and sea. It would have lots of wall space for my photos that I'd have printed in ginormous sizes and custom-framed. As well as providing work for photo printers and framers, I'd stimulate the local economy by hiring people to regularly look after the gardens, shovel snow and clean the house. I'd hire people to provide security when I travel to places I've always wanted to see. I'd attend the gatherings that I read about on Mudcat. If there is any money left, I might pay off my children's mortgages. Not sure about that one, wouldn't want them to get soft or learn to depend on handouts. A parent must always think of the good of the offspring, ya know? I could really get used to the life I just described. Too bad I never buy tickets. rags |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Amos Date: 18 Aug 12 - 04:50 PM I think paying off your kids' mortgage is a kindness that wioll relieve them of sognificant stress over many years, while not allowing waste. I have a few fine boats in mind to choose from, and I'd add a couple of able-bodied deck-handesses to do the leaping about. Maybe the feminine of Hand is Handrix? If I got a twin pair, they could be Gemini Handrix? Anyway, there would be a lot of visits to strange corners of the forest where acoustic music is born, and perhaps a fine small publishing house. A new scuba kit! A new banjo!! Who knows what wonders I could generate!! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Janie Date: 18 Aug 12 - 05:13 PM Our Amos and our Megan L are true mariners. Me, I've only a lot of experience with not having enough experience to deal with the situation at hand. Well, enough experience and luck to have survived more than a few very scary situations, with emphasis on the luck. I dunno, mebbe I really ought to try my hand at the lottery? I'd travel this great North American continent in reasonable comfort (not sleeping in the back of a truck in mall lots but Motel 6 is fine) and see all the sights plus more that until this point in my life I've only seen on Disney slides through Ye Olde ViewMaster, or rarely, from an altitude of 20,000 feet. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 18 Aug 12 - 05:29 PM Cruise the oceans. I'm not a sailor. But I'll try it. Hang out in Tahiti. Easter Island. Alaska. Africa. Thailand. (:-( ))= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Janie Date: 18 Aug 12 - 05:50 PM I'd visit gnu. Unannounced. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 18 Aug 12 - 05:55 PM Catch him with his pants down? (:-( O)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: JennieG Date: 18 Aug 12 - 06:00 PM I would never fly economy class again. Even when I fly in unexpectedly to visit gnu. Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 18 Aug 12 - 06:21 PM I hate flying. I predicted 9-11 18 months before it happened. I saw it coming plain as the nose on your face. No brag. Just fact. (:-( O)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Janie Date: 18 Aug 12 - 06:52 PM Not at all, HK. Wildebeests (aka gnus), like all antelope, are shy creatures and apt to disappear if they have advance warning of approach. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Bill D Date: 18 Aug 12 - 07:08 PM There's winning a lottery......then there's winning a **LOTTERY** like someone in Michigan just did to the tune of $320,000,000. Makes a difference how I'd answer the question. If the latter, I'd fund Mudcat and get rid of all the ads. Then....yeah, travel and see things that Google Earth tempts me about. And several charities ... and some friends who have helped ME so much in the past ... would be happy. Fix up this house and landscape it....(don't need a different one at my age.) and just maybe, create an "Old Folkies Home" with Getaway facilities right on premises. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: gnu Date: 18 Aug 12 - 07:16 PM Thread drift... for Hank the Krank... no need for anyone else to read this post. As Janie said, I am named gnu because of my gentle nature. But, like gnus, when a lion approaches, a gnu turns into a wildebeeste, a creature that messes lions up. So.... you knew 9-11 was gonna happen? You don't play the lottery because you are more intelligent than those who do? You play poker and pool and think they are games of skill when they actually begin with chance and have chance as an integral part of their very nature? You call others "sheep" and stupid when you prove by your posts that you are same? Fuck, yer an asshole. You think you are a lion? You are less than a pussy... with no pride. Crawl back under yer rock. When I win the lottery I ain't given anyone like you the sweat off my ass. POOF! You don't exist in my world. gnightgnu |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 18 Aug 12 - 07:32 PM get a house with a sewing room, a good kitchen, a reading room, a music room and a man cave. And a place to dry the laundry on racks in the sunshine. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Bobert Date: 18 Aug 12 - 07:51 PM Me??? I'm buying Mudville an island in the Caribbean... I'm gonna put up a 5 star motel with a performance hall... Everything is gonna run off solar energy so we ain't gonna have no carbon footprints... We're gonna collect all the rainwater and grow organic foods... We gonna grow lots of weed... Every Mudder will be welcome and we'll just maintain a year round Getaway... We'll also bring in guest artists to perform and do workshops... We'll have a small clinic and health care will be free... We'll outlaw money... Except my accountants back in the US will invest what is left of my winnings and the returns will be used for miscellaneous maintenance and geetar strings with the rest being donated to charity... Book early, ya'll... B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: gnu Date: 18 Aug 12 - 08:03 PM leeneia.... "a good kitchen" Oh wow! I got some ideas to improve on mine. FIRST is some f***in counter space. I got about 3 feet and a foot on the side. I am constantly juggling space AND I ONLY COOK FOR TWO! And... stainless steel... even the walls. As far as doing good in the world, of course, but I envisioned this thread to be about "what would you do with MAD MONEY?!" Like, stainless steel walls in my kitchen dammit! And, a six burner gas stove with a griddle on the side. Yeah, I only cook for two but if I won big money I would freeze the leftovers in my BGGASS freezer! And the garden.... don't get me started! |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Rapparee Date: 18 Aug 12 - 09:15 PM Win the lottery? I'll watch the pigs fly by first. I actually know how to do math as well as any English major ever did, and my wife has a BA in math (among other academic thingies). But if I did actually buy a ticket and actually win? I'd probably ascend outa here before that! |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker Date: 18 Aug 12 - 09:50 PM excuse me while I take a thread seriously for a change - sorry boring alert.. I never gamble or buy lottery tickets and don't have any rich elderly relatives... but I can still entertain idle thoughts of instant wealth magically appearing out of nowhere !!! So.... I have simple needs and desires... I'd immediately get a fairly isolated house a good distance away from nearest neighbours, with my own gym / indoor swimming pool; and a good sized soundproofed recording / rehearsal studio and home cinema. .. and a temperature controlled cellar for barrels of finest quality rough cider. Then I'd start some serious ebaying for vintage amps & guitars....... Oh, and large enough secluded grounds for a boating lake, and a shed I could stay in for occasional weekend holidays away from the mrs and all her chattering family and friends she'd constantly invite to visit and stay over... [located 10 mins walk away from the main house and all modern facilities would be sufficient]. We can dream.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Rapparee Date: 18 Aug 12 - 10:32 PM Okay, assume I did do what I won't. First, I'd call a lawyer and tax accountant. Then, after I'd claimed my prize, I'd set up a series of accounts which would pay me enough for a modest life, pay the bills, stuff like that. The balance would go into a Trust which would help my blood relatives and their children obtain as much education as they wanted -- but as a loan, repayable to the Trust at 3% per annum simple interest after they finish school; if they default they would never again be allowed to borrow from the Trust. Because I would permit them to do so -- start-up money for a viable business, for example, or additional education -- at the same interest rate as for education. Naturally, there would be a time (say 10 years) in which they would have to repay such loans. If they die before repayment is complete it would be payable from their estate. Alternately, they could take USD 15,000 and never be able to tap the Trust again. This would not take a huge amount of money. I would spent the rest on Good Causes, like a old folks home for prostitutes, folk and blues singers, politicians, hobos, and other social outcasts. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: GUEST,Musket sans cookie Date: 19 Aug 12 - 03:57 AM I'd fund a scheme for American friends to learn how to put the s on the end of maths. Seriously, I'd scratch my head because I don't buy tickets. Incidentally, the odds against winning the jackpot don't alter that much if you don't buy a ticket so I suppose I should be just as excited when the balls drop. Mine dropped when I worked out the odds. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 19 Aug 12 - 04:28 AM Obviously gnu feels threatened by me. You've really gone overboard little man. Get a grip on yourself. And I don't mean your little nubbin. (:-( ))= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 19 Aug 12 - 04:55 AM And gnu, your cursing and namecalling only serves to discredit you. It is the refuge of the ignorant, inadequate and weak minded. Women are present. Watch your foul mouth. (:-( P)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Megan L Date: 19 Aug 12 - 05:32 AM Gnu Lad haud yer wheesht and mind yer manners or ah'll come ower there and gie ye a skelp, mind you i think 999 is in front of you in the queue. As for the other one people who look down on others and try to make them feel less than them usually do so because they are such small creatures they are afraid of going unnotticed. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Dead Horse Date: 19 Aug 12 - 07:54 AM I'm with gnu. Take a hike Krinkle. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 19 Aug 12 - 08:13 AM Well. Start cursing me and calling me names like gnu. It's the intelligent solution. It's a substitute for violence, you know. A poor one. Why do you want to be violent.? Go have a tantrum, silly boy. (:-( P)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: maeve Date: 19 Aug 12 - 09:39 AM Sure, I can dream alongside my friends here- If I won a lottery/raffle/grant I'd like running water in kitchen and bathroom sinks as well as having a real shower installed. I'd like insulation and drywall in walls and ceilings inside, and a real floor. Some kitchen countertops would be nice. A place of my own where I can paint, write, and make music at any hour of the day or night and a similar place for my husband would be wonderful. Beyond that, I'd like to take care of a couple of family members and adopt a couple or three children, pay for long-delayed medical care, be able to go to concerts, Getaways and music festivals, visit friends scattered around the world, and buy a replacement harp and piano. Fifty bales of mulch straw would be wonderful. Our local food banks could use some major support, and I know some young folks who'd blossom with the right music training. No harm in playful or serious dreaming. Thanks for the thread, gnu. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 19 Aug 12 - 09:46 AM And gnu, I told you I don't gamble. I think it's foolish. I don't play cards or pool. I play guitar. Banjo. Uke. Lap Steel. (:-( P)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: gnu Date: 19 Aug 12 - 03:50 PM And you shit on others. And I take umbridge with those that do. Discredit myself? Only by responding to your inane and self-agrandizing spew coupled with your arrogance in judging others as inferior. It's you who has posted your own degradation in writing herein for eternity. And, you find it's useful to repeat yourself? "Women are present"? Then you should be a gentleman but I can't see that happening. "It's a substitute for violence, you know. A poor one." Damn straight it's a poor one. If this was a public place and not cyberspace and you shit on people like you have you would be asked to shut yer gob or have it shut. Yer a troll... and a bully... and, I'll just bet... a coward. Yes, I call you names. If the shoe fits, *I* WILL definitely kick you in the ass with it. And the shoesss fit. Keep digging your hole. You've been here a mere three weeks and managed to piss off a lot of folks... more than once. Trash like you come and go and I expect you won't last long. That's why I do not feel threatened by you (your words). Besides, why would I feel threatened by such an asshole? |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 19 Aug 12 - 04:00 PM If I've made you mad. You've made me glad. *huggles*!!!!!!!! (:-( P)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Rapparee Date: 19 Aug 12 - 04:02 PM Tsk, tsk. gnu, please cease calling people an "asshole". Assholes are useful things. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 19 Aug 12 - 04:04 PM Most every poster in this thread said they don't play. A fool and his money are soon parted. (:-( D)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 19 Aug 12 - 04:07 PM So winning the lottery will make no difference in your pathetic existence. Silly boy. (:-( P)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 19 Aug 12 - 04:15 PM When you win the lottery..........PSHAW!!!!!!!!!!!! (:-( P)= Balderdash!!!!!!!! (:-( D)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Megan L Date: 19 Aug 12 - 04:17 PM It is neither big or clever to look down your nose at people mr Krinkle. My father used to say of people who behaved as though something smelled rather nasty, that thier nose was obviously to near thier own bottom. Gnu is a very good friend to me when things were very hard for me he has always encouraged me to keep going a very special man. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 19 Aug 12 - 04:27 PM He's out of control. You maybe should check on him. I'm concerned. I don't look down on drunks and gamblers. I just don't do it myself. (:-( O)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Micca Date: 19 Aug 12 - 04:27 PM Pay off the mortgage and the bills; put a new roof on the house, repair the gutters, the porches and the doors, upgrade the electricity, some garden work. That's about $200,000 spent. The other $200 mill would go to family and friends and a few surprised unknowns. I'd keep $2M for old age and some travel. FOund money is a dangerous thing. I wouldn't belong in a gated community with wealthly neighbors who would object to my cats' antics. I like my life the way it is but wouldn't mind being debt free and helping friends and loved ones achieve the same. Wonder what it would cost to make my son drug free and happy? More than $200 Mill I suspect. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Mooh Date: 19 Aug 12 - 04:50 PM I'd have Henry Krinkle kidnapped and deprogrammed. Oh wait, no I wouldn't, I'd collect every word he's known to have said and publish a book. Oh wait, no I wouldn't, I'd study his species scientifically and publish a paper. Oh wait, no I wouldn't, I'd hire a major TV network to base a sitcom on his life. Oh wait, no I wouldn't, I'd name a new potato chip after him... Mmmm...potato chips...Henry Krinkle Potato Chips... Peace, Mooh. |
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Subject: RE: BS: When I win the lottery... From: Henry Krinkle Date: 19 Aug 12 - 05:20 PM I was buying gas the other day and a young fellow was buying tickets one after another. He stank like hell. He'd have been better off investing in some soap and water. Looked unemployed and unemployable to me. (:-( ))= |