tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219482197154961641.post6049464937184585285..comments2008-06-30T22:46:14.614-07:00more cowbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867825812404503048somemorecowbell@gmail.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219482197154961641.post-58648326913210203342008-06-30T22:46:00.000-07:002008-06-30T22:46:00.000-07:00Oddly, I never buy them. Not because I'm sensible, more because I have a dead zone in the gambling lobe of my brain. It just never occurs to me. Wish I could take all my accrued lotto Karma and pass it on to you.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889294120616809157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219482197154961641.post-52993667315553861332008-06-30T17:56:00.000-07:002008-06-30T17:56:00.000-07:00Steve is a sucker too...he will only buy at one place...Arnie's Gas Fill 'er Up....never gets gas just a Snicker's and a lotto ticket...we won 10 bucks. 0nce.rosemarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219482197154961641.post-68808363743076488112008-06-24T12:20:00.000-07:002008-06-24T12:20:00.000-07:00The first lottery we had in Canada was for the Olympics in Montreal - that would have been back in 1978. I had a list of what I was going to do with my winnings... pay my brother's mortage, buy a house in Aix-in-Provence yadayadayada!<BR/><BR/>29 years later I was still buying tickets twice a week and still had the list - except that house in Provence was going to take up most of the winnings.<BR/><BR/>What fools these mortals be!Willymhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03652532356102638621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219482197154961641.post-60693424836283863482008-06-23T07:40:00.000-07:002008-06-23T07:40:00.000-07:00I do the same thing. The big difference being that you at least won 3 bucks. So far, on the rare occasions that I buy a ticket for the fantasy value I have won a grand total of bupkis. <BR/><BR/>Sound financial thinking rolling over your investment like that.evilganomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04867509470546509687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219482197154961641.post-49289648809263530072008-06-23T03:23:00.000-07:002008-06-23T03:23:00.000-07:00Did you ever notice when you buy a lottery ticket you've got your whole day planned thinking about how you would spend the money?<BR/><BR/>$3? Pfssssst.....and I had my shopping list all made out and everything. I was going to ask for a pair of those see-through Wellies to show off my pasty-white legs!RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264363264956622352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219482197154961641.post-50014292898805612982008-06-22T15:20:00.000-07:002008-06-22T15:20:00.000-07:00I take a $2 lottery tickey by four (for each family member) always consecutive running - <BR/><BR/>I know someone who won the $100,000 (not a massive win but really handy) not once but twoce about 10 years apart. My husband may have been really ill and our medical bills took a lot of it, but bot thimes it came as we were left wondering how we were gong to survive. One of his wheelchairs cost $10,000 - mattress $2,000, nursing care etc medical costs well ove $40,000 per annum etc etc, so somewhere up there was an angel - my theory is that if you are a giving person, good things migt happen - if not you feel good about yourself anyway.<BR/><BR/>the $200,000 went long before he died, but it made his life and mine so much less of a worry. We could get our van fixed, we could help the girls a bit, especially when the youngest became so ill <BR/><BR/>Don gave and gave and gave - always the first to help family members out. <BR/><BR/>So as long as you keep it down it doesn't hurt to have a small dream. mine costs $8 a week or every two weeks - I always get "Not a winning ticket"<BR/><BR/>But as said I know someone who won twice. But won just what was needed to get them through.Middle Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219482197154961641.post-56674705882435509882008-06-21T21:00:00.000-07:002008-06-21T21:00:00.000-07:00<B>Mom:</B> Well, not exactly <I>profits</I>, per se. With what I've spent on losing tickets, and winning only a total of $6 over the past year, it would be more accurate to say I reinvested my <I>winnings</I>. I haven't lost that much though. I'm just not a gambler at heart, I guess. <BR/><BR/><B>DL:</B> Exactly. <BR/><BR/><B>Sling:</B> Your next pack of gum is on me. <BR/><BR/><B>YDG:</B> I will do that with my next big win. <BR/><BR/><B>Casey:</B> Right. Bastards. Which is why I have to keep my wits about me. I once saw a guy come in and buy $30 of tickets, all in one pop! I'll stick with my $2, thank you.more cowbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867825812404503048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219482197154961641.post-87744171525928894462008-06-21T17:16:00.000-07:002008-06-21T17:16:00.000-07:00And that's how they get ya! ;)Caseyhttp://redneckmother.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219482197154961641.post-86681409288444350902008-06-21T15:58:00.000-07:002008-06-21T15:58:00.000-07:00buy bonds...yellowdog grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219482197154961641.post-23350551085084064062008-06-21T15:54:00.000-07:002008-06-21T15:54:00.000-07:00Ratz!..I was all ready to help you spend your windfall.Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219482197154961641.post-50932468676300709102008-06-21T15:12:00.000-07:002008-06-21T15:12:00.000-07:00Prudent wealth management dear..Doralonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08529026755912430796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219482197154961641.post-7414945239717575922008-06-21T15:07:00.000-07:002008-06-21T15:07:00.000-07:00So you reinvested your profits.Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708010694158542241noreply@blogger.com