From:  mac
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On: 2007/05/20 09:45:47
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didn't i read this story in 'Charlie & the Chocolate Factory'?
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From: stone5150
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On: 2007/05/20 09:55:33
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Good idea, I will play the lottery, but only buy the last ticket on the roll.
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From: Huntress
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On: 2007/05/20 23:39:12
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So let me get this straight...out of an annual payment of $500,000 she only gets $34,000??? What kind of shit is that?
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From: RobinD
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On: 2007/05/21 00:55:04
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Huntress, It's spread over 20 years so should be $50,000 annually (not $500,000). $34,000 was after taxes. I think I would take the lump sum and invest it myself though. One million even placed safely in the bank should be worth a bit more after 20 years.
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From: stone5150
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On: 2007/05/21 05:44:18
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She loses 28% to taxes which is about typical in Amerika. I would take it either way, money is money. Though I guess just putting it in the bank would garner more interest than would be lost to inflation, probably.
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From: mac
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On: 2007/05/21 08:23:37
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at least she's smart enough to know she's going to blow it.
i'm too stoopid for that.
i'd get the lump sum and find me a hoochie to spend it on.
wouldn't take me 5 years either.
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From: stone5150
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On: 2007/05/21 09:01:40
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I am a hoochie, send me some money and I will provide pictures for you to ummm use for your pleasure.
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From: mac
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On: 2007/05/21 09:34:32
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still working on "something to make a bunch of money on the side"?
keep working!
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From: Huntress
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On: 2007/05/21 22:08:35
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I beg to differ...did any of you bother to work out the math on a calulator? I did. 10M/20yrs is 500K, NOT 50K.
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From: RobinD
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On: 2007/05/22 00:54:57
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I did! I did! It's $10 and $1m
'Schneider decided to buy that last scratch-off ticket with the $10 she found, and it ended up being worth $1 million.'
(calculators pah! never trust a machine, perhaps yours has a dodgy decimal button?)
Still 50kpa, but I wonder what the lottery company does with the interest she could be earning.
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From: Huntress
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On: 2007/05/22 03:12:40
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<red face> I could have sworn it said $10M!!! My bad. ![[sad]](http://www.carobit.com/Forum/images/sm/sad.jpg)
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From: RobinD
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On: 2007/05/22 03:22:05
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Don't worry, it's easy to slip up by 9 million or so. I'm sure we've all done it - and maybe nobody will notice...
I now think the story is a fake, created by the winner just to really annoy people now that she can afford to. Perhaps she has a secret dislike of the guy who didn't buy the last ticket, and maybe one of the people she asked if they'd dropped the money was rude to her. What a fun way to get back at them!
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From: mac
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On: 2007/05/24 14:34:44
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living well is the best revenge!!!
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From: stone5150
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On: 2007/05/24 15:17:52
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Damn it, I want get some revenge like that!
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From: hes
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On: 2007/05/31 09:55:52
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<<<red face> I could have sworn it said $10M!!! My bad>>
LOL
Sandi,
What's +/- 9 million :)
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