What would you do?

I have never bought a lotto ticket since they started here in Texas. So, I
know that I will never have to seriously consider that question. However,
someone did give my wife a lotto ticket for her birthday a few years
ago...didn't hit one number :-(. When I think of winning the lotto I think
of the phrase: "Da Plane!" "Da Plane!" "Welcome to Fantasy Island."

Harry

"Sven" wrote in message
news:uKuHb.669964$HS4.4764314@attbi_s01...
The multi-state PowerBall lottery is going to be over $200 million
Wednesday. This thread has been done on here before...

What would you do if you won the Lotto???
Upgrade your plane?
Get a newer/bigger/better plane? Get a fleet?
Get AMEL/ASES/ Instrument and/or Commercial ratings?

I'll wait until I win to decide... ;-)

Many years ago when the Michigan lottery hit ten million bucks, on impulse I
stopped at the local party store on a friday night and got in line... I'm
standing there with my dollar in my hand and I have lots of time to observe
the line... The fella in front of me is obviously a hard working man, worn
clothes, down at the heels, thick calloused hands, greasy nails, etc... He
has a wad of the slips you mark with a #2 pencil for the machine reader to
enter your numbers... He is talking to himself and by the time he gets to
the register he has a hundred bucks worth of numbers marked up... By the
time he gets done with the clerk he has a hundred fifty bucks worth of
numbers...
I'm next and I have to ask the clerk what the rules are for the number
sequence, he tells me, I pick out some random numbers and surrender my buck
(no, I didn't get a single number in the drawing)...
But, I got a dollars worth of entertainment, and I have thought about the
guy numerous times... It was clear from his clothes, and his speech that he
was a laborer... A hundred fifty dollars had to be a major chunk of his
weeks wages that he could ill afford to throw away... I can afford to spend
that amount any time I choose, yet I was only willing to wager a dollar...
It is true (from my observation) that the lottery, and gambling in general,
preys on the poor... Strange that our governments find that attractive when
they have to supply welfare services to those newly impoverished by
gambling...

Don't get me wrong, I am a flaming capitalist and if the guy wants to waste
his money then someone might as well take it... Still, I find it strange
that those who can afford to gamble least, gamble most...

Denny
"Harry Gordon" wrote in message
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I have never bought a lotto ticket since they started here in Texas. So, I
know that I will never have to seriously consider that question.

"Dennis O'Connor" wrote in message
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It is true (from my observation) that the lottery, and gambling in
general,
preys on the poor...

Well...the stupid, anyway.

Strange that our governments find that attractive when
they have to supply welfare services to those newly impoverished by
gambling...

Hmmm...try as I might, I can't recall anyone going from gambling to
welfare. (Not that I pay it THAT much attention).

Don't get me wrong, I am a flaming capitalist and if the guy wants to
waste
his money then someone might as well take it... Still, I find it strange
that those who can afford to gamble least, gamble most...

Are you referring to those who play the horses...or those who play the stock
market?

Company I work for bought a really nice Citation CJ a couple years back from
a guy who lost his ass in the stock market and had to liquidate quite a few
of his assets. The CJ was really nice...less than three years old, only 220
or so hours. AIUI, he got hit with a margin call and had to raise some
serious cash within 72 hours...

The fella in front of me is obviously a hard working man, worn
clothes, down at the heels, thick calloused hands, greasy nails, etc... He
has a wad of the slips you mark with a #2 pencil for the machine reader to
enter your numbers... He is talking to himself and by the time he gets
to
the register he has a hundred bucks worth of numbers marked up... By the
time he gets done with the clerk he has a hundred fifty bucks worth of
numbers...

This is not uncommon at all.

As many of you know, in a previous life I spent 7 years in Racine, WI's
inner city (between Milwaukee and Chicago) collecting money from deadbeats.
This meant going into the poorest, meanest parts of town on what was known
as "Father's Day" -- the day the welfare checks arrived, shortly after the
first of the month. (It was called "Father's Day" cuz that was the only day
of the month anyone ever saw 'em.)

If you got to the deadbeat Moms before the Dads could take the money, you
stood a decent chance of getting paid. Otherwise, you were out of luck for
another month. And those deadbeats could be found standing in line at one
of two places: On the street, buying drugs, or at the convenience store,
buying lottery tickets.

It was always a lively debate, discussing which was more pathetic.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"