Tarheel Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 Don't worry about me homies.....with 8 tickets I'm practically a shoe in 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Went to the Custer's Last Stand/Battle of Little Bighorn National Monument yesterday. Cool history. Off to Mt. Rushmore today. I hope somebody I know wins the Powerball, just the scraps from their table would probably do me 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 1 minute ago, babadono said: Went to the Custer's Last Stand/Battle of Little Bighorn National Monument yesterday. Cool history. Off to Mt. Rushmore today. I hope somebody I know wins the Powerball, just the scraps from their table would probably do me I visited there several years ago. It does give off a sense of history just being there. I liked it way better than Rushmore. Try to check out the progress on Crazy Horse if you can. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, oldtimer said: Try to check out the progress on Crazy Horse if you can. Roger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted August 23, 2017 Moderators Share Posted August 23, 2017 13 hours ago, USNRET said: Well, the yard has been dry; talking heads say 2-10" Thursday - Friday. YEA, right. But I didn't see a warning label, sorry wrong thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 15 minutes ago, oldtimer said: I visited there several years ago. It does give off a sense of history just being there. I liked it way better than Rushmore. Try to check out the progress on Crazy Horse if you can. Crazy Horse? Cool... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 18 minutes ago, babadono said: Roger. His name is Brian..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted August 23, 2017 Moderators Share Posted August 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Tarheel said: Don't worry about me homies.....with 8 tickets I'm practically a shoe in If you do win you will have new LF's lined up around the block, but for the wrong reason. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-js- Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 34 minutes ago, dtel said: If you do win you will have new LF's lined up around the block, but for the wrong reason. Yes, but those might be the kind that some say 'you pay to go away ' ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 48 minutes ago, dtel said: If you do win you will have new LF's lined up around the block, but for the wrong reason. he will just have to pay them to go away... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Tarheel said: Don't worry about me homies.....with 8 tickets I'm practically a shoe in Good luck Chuck, remember us pee-overs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 didn't win Ticket sold in Watertown, MA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 34 minutes ago, Tarheel said: didn't win Ticket sold in Watertown, MA And the masses pay their idiot tax again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 1 hour ago, CECAA850 said: And the masses pay their idiot tax again. I understand your thinking Carl, but I still bought two tickets (one easy pick and one more) each of the last two drawings. I figure it this way: Someone will win; My odds are as good as anyone's; Each of us beat similar odds, ~3,000,000:1, just to be conceived; At $4 for two chances, it's a cheaper vice than cigarettes; and Some of the money goes to education. All that said, it is a tax on the poor and gullible. For every person, such as Chuck and yours truly, who can afford cheap entertainment, there are way too many who risk money they can't afford to lose. It's ironic that PSAs warn about problem gambling, while Michigan allows lottery ticket purchases online by credit card. FWIW, one ticket on the draw before was a $4 winner, so yesterday was house money. Or, I could spend $7 on a pack of cancer sticks. That is a true idiot tax. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 24 minutes ago, DizRotus said: Someone will win; I didn't think that was a given My odds are as good as anyone's; True Each of us beat similar odds, ~3,000,000:1, just to be conceived; If I would have known conception was that hard I would have never used protection. At $4 for two chances, it's a cheaper vice than cigarettes; and You could also have had a happy meal. Some of the money goes to education. You would have had a better return on your investment buying brownies at a PTA bake sale I remember reading an article one time written by an expert in odds. He said that you could put your name in a Dixie cup and randomly mixed your cup among every cup that it would take to line the streets on all sides of the Empire state building and then go to the top of the building, blindfold your self, spin around and throw a penny off the building. You had better odds of getting your penny in the cup with your name on it than winning the power ball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 29 minutes ago, CECAA850 said: Each of us beat similar odds, ~3,000,000:1, just to be conceived; If I would have known conception was that hard I would have never used protection. Carl, I assume you're kidding. The odds aren't as to conception in general, they're the odds that the specific gamete with your name on it would win that lottery to fertilize the ovum. As to someone winning, it is a given, eventually, but not at each drawing. I remember a time when a numbskull bought two tickets with the same set of "lucky numbers." That is truly a fool's bet, as your odds of winning are not improved. It would be hard to convince him of that, as his "lucky numbers" were winners. Another person also had a winning ticket. So, instead of splitting the jackpot 50/50, numbnuts got 2/3 for buying two tickets with the same numbers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 You can't win if you don't play slushie boy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardsweb Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Just my luck, I plan a get together for weeks, only to have a massive storm decide to descend on us the very same day. What are the odds? Oh well, meet is still on. I expect the storm will affect the numbers but for those who show, we will have some fun. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, Wardsweb said: Just my luck, I plan a get together for weeks, only to have a massive storm decide to descend on us the very same day. What are the odds? Oh well, meet is still on. I expect the storm will affect the numbers but for those who show, we will have some fun. I have two raincoats....I only need one. Let me know 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, Wardsweb said: What are the odds? Better than winning the lottery. Those who brave the elements will earn and enjoy a good time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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