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![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65564 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 ![]() ![]() |
Well, my Powerball ticket for tonight was a bust, so I guess I'll have to plan on going to work on Tuesday........ True, the last time I played, I played in a pool, no one there won either. I only played after the bills and such were paid, and only $2.00, though not on powerball then. Though if I had a time machine, I could send someone the winning numbers, but no one knows how to do that. Dreaming is fun and free. Right now I'm waiting for My rent bill, as the meters were read back around the 18th, but then so is everyone else in the park, misery loves company. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 22 Jul 99 Posts: 19 Credit: 1,271,436 RAC: 30 ![]() ![]() |
All powerballs are fake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRljuZzGVzc When you want to throw away money,throw it at me. |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
All powerballs are fake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRljuZzGVzc When you want to throw away money,throw it at me. I don't even buy a ticket every week. No false visions of becoming rich quick here...........LOL. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ![]() |
Sirius B ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24814 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 ![]() |
All powerballs are fake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRljuZzGVzc When you want to throw away money,throw it at me.Hmm, since our lottery started in Nov '94 I've had quite a few nice wins :-) In fact the proof was occasionally posted on these boards. For an annual spend of £156 (£3 per week) it would take xxxx years without a win to start showing a loss :-) |
rob smith ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 21960 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 ![]() ![]() |
The only way to guarantee winning at a lottery is to be the organiser. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30361 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 ![]() ![]() |
The only way to guarantee winning at a lottery is to be the organiser. Or the computer programmer. |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
The only way to guarantee winning at a lottery is to be the organiser. Well, in the case of the Powerball game, the winning numbers are picked by randomly drawn balls. So computer programming skills or hacking would not help ya. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ![]() |
Sirius B ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24814 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 ![]() |
Ah but all my winning numbers were picked randomly by computer :-)The only way to guarantee winning at a lottery is to be the organiser. |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
Ah but all my winning numbers were picked randomly by computer :-)The only way to guarantee winning at a lottery is to be the organiser. But that is a moot point when the end result is determined by random chance. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ![]() |
Sirius B ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24814 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 ![]() |
True, but when using a "fixed" set of numbers, it's not truly random. |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30361 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 ![]() ![]() |
Ah but all my winning numbers were picked randomly by computer :-)The only way to guarantee winning at a lottery is to be the organiser. Well, if you report that the draws look random but they are not ... |
Admiral Gloval ![]() Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 19601 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I won eight dollars once. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65564 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 ![]() ![]() |
The Grand "Canon" is still at Penn base, still shootin... ![]() The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Speaking of lottery. http://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-grand-comedy-of-chinas-biggest-bank-heist/65062 Winning the lottery may not be such good luck after all. That’s what happened to Ren Xiaofeng when he bought tickets with borrowed money, winning enough to pay it all back. You can guess what happens next, right? Going for that winning ticket proved addictive and, unfortunately for Ren, the “borrowed†money came from a bank vault that he was responsible for keeping safe. |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65564 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 ![]() ![]() |
Well now I need a new tire, there goes $48.00 delivered, mounting and balancing $16.00 extra or $64.00 total. If I needed a rim, like this one, that would run $48.60 delivered, I'd be in a real pickle then, and since I have not gotten My rent bill, yet, and I have not bought all My food for the month, so I might be in a pickle now, I just don't know yet. I've got a friend here who can set Me up with a temp tire and rim, so no worries there, I just have to wait until He gets home. ![]() The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ![]() |
rob smith ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 21960 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 ![]() ![]() |
"£$%^&U*I)_+ Vic - not at all nice. I hope you are OK (apart from impending damage to your finances that is) The rim should be OK - I've had far worse blow-outs than that and the rim has been unscathed because the remnants of the tyre has ended up between the rim and the road surface. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65564 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 ![]() ![]() |
"£$%^&U*I)_+ Vic - not at all nice. Thanks Rob, yeah I'm alright, I just need to find out the rent, so I can see about replacing the tire and make sure none of the other 3 are bad or even under inflated, as to the cause, that I don't know, I could have hit a nail or something, but that does not matter now. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65564 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 ![]() ![]() |
Now I know the rent, so I get to order the tire, and I even have enough for a rim, if I needed to buy one or felt like doing so. My projection for the rent was $15.90 higher than reality, the rent bill is $435.46. And I just heard thunder, later. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65564 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 ![]() ![]() |
Tire is bought, estimated delivery Monday Sept 11th. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ![]() |
![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29350 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 ![]() ![]() |
Looks pretty low miles. Did you check to see if you had any warranty? ![]() |
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