I don't use fixed numbers anymore Ned. Most of my good wins came on a rollover.

It's a rollover this Wednesday, so if anyone's interested (UK), these are my lucky dip numbers for that draw....

Lotto....Line 1...13,22,25,35,36,43. Line 2...2,9,14,27,28,45. Hot Pick 2...Line 1...14,45. Line 2...21,26.

If anyone uses them...Good Luck

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I don't use fixed numbers anymore Ned.

http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Numbers

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Rollovers in the UK always seem to be won by luck dip tickets.

In Canada, the polite term for "dumb tax" is "voluntary tax". I find I play more when I'm depressed. A few dollars a week can cheer me up, and that's much cheaper (and less bad health effects) than some alternatives. Business has been good, I think I've bought exactly one $2 ticket so far this year. (Didn't win anything, by the way.)

My mother-in-law has been playing the same numbers for over 20 years, some combination of the grand kids' birthdays, and she claims she is breaking even. Statistically that is a little hard to believe. Still, she has promised me a cut of The Big One if she wins, so I'm not going to argue with her.

I look on lotteries the same way I do on betting on the horses - it is entertainment, and if you feel you were entertained enough, it is money well spent. There are always a few people who can't control it, and they wind up in trouble. Same with booze, fried foods, collecting anything, etc. Like Aristotle said, moderation in all things.

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The odds of winning the jackpot of the Powerball lottery in the US is 195,000,000:1.

The current jackpot is up to $212 Million. Before long, someone will win it.

The odds of winning for those who don't play is zero.

That's worth a buck or two.

Unfortunately, when the jackpot gets over $250 Million, some people get stupid. My vendor told me that he once had a customer buy 100 chances at a dollar each. That's a lot of groceries.

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The odds of winning the jackpot of the Powerball lottery in the US is 195,000,000:1.

The current jackpot is up to $212 Million. Before long, someone will win it.

The odds of winning for those who don't play is zero.

That's worth a buck or two.

Unfortunately, when the jackpot gets over $250 Million, some people get stupid. My vendor told me that he once had a customer buy 100 chances at a dollar each. That's a lot of groceries.

I have never understood why people buy more when the jackpots are insanely high.

How many million do they need? I'd be happy with one million.

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Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Albert Einstein

The odds of winning the jackpot of the Powerball lottery in the US is 195,000,000:1.

The current jackpot is up to $212 Million. Before long, someone will win it.

The odds of winning for those who don't play is zero.

That's worth a buck or two.

Unfortunately, when the jackpot gets over $250 Million, some people get stupid. My vendor told me that he once had a customer buy 100 chances at a dollar each. That's a lot of groceries.

I have never understood why people buy more when the jackpots are insanely high.

How many million do they need? I'd be happy with one million.

$500,000 would work for me, that would pay off everything, and I'd still have enough for a nice vacation for my family, and still have play money. I don't need to be rich, just enough to do what I wanna do. LOL

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One of my aunts worked as a banker most of her life. She always said that some people who had lots and lots of money honestly felt like they did not EVER have enough to meet their needs and some people who had very modest savings felt rich every day of their lives.

I'm not romanticizing poverty, but I think we all know who the truly rich ones were...

One of my aunts worked as a banker most of her life. She always said that some people who had lots and lots of money honestly felt like they did not EVER have enough to meet their needs and some people who had very modest savings felt rich every day of their lives.

I'm not romanticizing poverty, but I think we all know who the truly rich ones were...

I use My savings to help with My needs and wants, In whatever amount is needed, This month I had a partly unexpected expense, My carport needed repairs, Today the carport was repaired for $40 total, I'd planned on getting a cable kit to do the job of holding the carport down in the center(the gusty winds changed that plan) and It would have cost over $47 for the kit, with the extra $7 I bought some spaghetti cheese & some creamer for My coffee, Of course I'm short on TP(and Its so expensive for 4 rolls, But I'll live), But It was 3 days worth today, Tomorrow It will be 2 days(don't ask and I won't tell), I'll survive, Besides I'm down to about My last 2 gallons of gas(about an 1/8 of a tank) as I sometimes only buy so much gas as I don't drive too many places and sometimes I unintentionally mess up on My food budget(Which includes TP) which will impact My gas for the car. But I'll live with It, The TP I have here is two different sizes and even though one is bigger than what I normally buy, Something in Me said I don't need to buy any this month, But then I think I may have what used to be called ADD, Now It's referred to as ADHD-PI which implies hyper activity, I lived next to a kid with ADHD and He was hyper active, And I've been anything but. And I tend to get carried away sometimes in a post, So I'll stop here. sorry. :o

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How many million do they need? I'd be happy with one million.

A quote from a movie many years ago, can't think of the name right now:

"Everybody wants a little more."

The bum living in the park wants a longer bench to sleep on, the guy with 10 million dollars/euros/pounds wants 20 million. I think this is hardwired into us, and there is no getting around it. This is probably a good thing. Without it, we'd all be happy still huddled around a fire in a cave.

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My experience is: the richer one is, the miserly!

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How many million do they need? I'd be happy with one million.

A million just isn't what it used to be.

Adjusted for inflation it would be a "mere" $134,083 to our parents in 1960's when we were just wee ones (well...SOME of us were just wee ones and others of us have only read about it!).

Taking that forward, a million today is $7,458,064 in the same timeframe into the future.

But, I agree. Can anyone spare a million? I'm good for it.

Regards,

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A million just isn't what it used to be.

A case in point, from some research I've recently completed on Canadian military procurement scandals, 1931 style.

The government had purchased a number of DH.80 aircraft in April 1931, and a significant flaw was alleged a few months later. Debate raged over who's fault it was. (From 80 years later it looks like mostly bad luck.) The manufacturer agreed to repairs at cost, and the leading papers of the day blew up when they found out the vast sums involved. Headlines of the day were all about government inefficiency, squandered tax dollars, kick backs and bribes alleged, etc. Just take today's paper and insert "DH.80" every once in a while.

The outrageous cost: $18.72 per plane in most cases, up to a staggering $262 in one case.

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I'll play "Powerball" once-in-a-while, especially when it's as high as it was recently; I never win anything (not even the lowest amount), but I try.

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A lot of people say that if they won the "big one" in the lottery, they'd probably quit their job. Not me. Even if I did win big (ever), I would keep on at my current job, not because I have to work, but because I want to work.

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A million just isn't what it used to be.

A case in point, from some research I've recently completed on Canadian military procurement scandals, 1931 style.

The government had purchased a number of DH.80 aircraft in April 1931, and a significant flaw was alleged a few months later. Debate raged over who's fault it was. (From 80 years later it looks like mostly bad luck.) The manufacturer agreed to repairs at cost, and the leading papers of the day blew up when they found out the vast sums involved. Headlines of the day were all about government inefficiency, squandered tax dollars, kick backs and bribes alleged, etc. Just take today's paper and insert "DH.80" every once in a while.

The outrageous cost: $18.72 per plane in most cases, up to a staggering $262 in one case.

Interesting stuff Bill! $262 comes to about $3500 in today's dollars. I guess they used to run closer to the bone back then in terms of their squandering. I recall also reading recently that over nearly that same period (since WWII essentially) the largest single increase in household expenses has been taxes. Nothing else apparently even remotely rivals that.

Charming how the scale of government squandering has more than kept up and today we talk about billion dollar boondoggles (gun registry, e-Health, etc) with a "oh well what can we do in the face of government incompetence?" !!

You make me long for the days of DH.80 scandals.

Regards,

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A lot of people say that if they won the "big one" in the lottery, they'd probably quit their job. Not me. Even if I did win big (ever), I would keep on at my current job, not because I have to work, but because I want to work.

Well said. I couldn't "not work".

Having said that I do have a ticket in this week's $41 million draw. But I could sure use just a little more .... if you have any charity in your hearts folks, please contribute and help push up the jackpot! Think of the crunching I would dedicate in your name.

Regards,

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A million just isn't what it used to be.

A case in point, from some research I've recently completed on Canadian military procurement scandals, 1931 style.

The government had purchased a number of DH.80 aircraft in April 1931, and a significant flaw was alleged a few months later. Debate raged over who's fault it was. (From 80 years later it looks like mostly bad luck.) The manufacturer agreed to repairs at cost, and the leading papers of the day blew up when they found out the vast sums involved. Headlines of the day were all about government inefficiency, squandered tax dollars, kick backs and bribes alleged, etc. Just take today's paper and insert "DH.80" every once in a while.

The outrageous cost: $18.72 per plane in most cases, up to a staggering $262 in one case.

Interesting stuff Bill! $262 comes to about $3500 in today's dollars. I guess they used to run closer to the bone back then in terms of their squandering. I recall also reading recently that over nearly that same period (since WWII essentially) the largest single increase in household expenses has been taxes. Nothing else apparently even remotely rivals that.

Charming how the scale of government squandering has more than kept up and today we talk about billion dollar boondoggles (gun registry, e-Health, etc) with a "oh well what can we do in the face of government incompetence?" !!

You make me long for the days of DH.80 scandals.

Regards,

Actually taxes aren't too high, People just over spend on credit cards and mortgages. Read this Here.

Salm: Think the cost of taxes is too high? Imagine the cost without them wrote:

“I like to pay taxes. It is purchasing civilization.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Think you’re over-taxed? Well, let’s see if we’re getting enough swag for our simoleans.

10 Republican Lies for Tax Day

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Actually taxes aren't too high, People just over spend on credit cards and mortgages.

They're too damned high here! A third of my income goes to the taxman, then 17.5% of everything I spend - 50% tax!!! Not to mention the stealth taxes on things like fuel which is MOSTLY tax in the UK.

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Actually taxes aren't too high, People just over spend on credit cards and mortgages.

They're too damned high here! A third of my income goes to the taxman, then 17.5% of everything I spend - 50% tax!!! Not to mention the stealth taxes on things like fuel which is MOSTLY tax in the UK.

I was musing about the USA Andy, People rack up debt and then wonder why do I have a high tax? It's like they think for the taxes that they pay that they get very little for It, Roads, Bridges and reservoirs are largely paid for in the US by Federal money, As the state and local taxes only pay about 1/3rd of the cost and so there are Federal Matching funds involved and they come from taxes, Almost everything the public uses, that is used by the public(citizens) is paid for by tax dollars.

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