My Life Sucks Since Winning the Lottery

My wife and I did what I advised. Starting out, we bought a small house that just met our needs. I had learned enough skills from odd jobs to do our own remodeling. Pinched pennies and invested. Later, after our kids were born and finances got better, we moved to a larger house but kept the old one and rented it out after more remodeling. Then we set about paying down the principal earlier on our mortgage, to greatly reduce the interest owed. We own our home free and clear. Meanwhile, friends and relatives took equity out of their homes and spent their money; an opposite path which made them broke. Paying down our mortgage allowed us to invest money which would otherwise have been thrown away in interest payments.

I've passed on carpentry and repair skills to my kids, now themselves parents. One of my daughters got a paying job repairing dorm rooms at her college, then went on to remodeling her home with her husband which they sold at a profit. These skills stick with you through a lifetime. I just finished remodeling a kitchen for an elderly relative (more elderly than me, I'm in late 60s). Contractors wanted tens of thousands to do it. I did it for a few hundred in material costs. You would be surprised what you can do with a few machines, spackle and paint. Main cost was flooring and electrical fixtures.

Many young people would rather spend time in idle gossip at coffee shops than try to pick up skills that would better their lives. Once you create wealth, you can sit around sipping coffee in your later years and smile.

When I lived up in WA, my wife and I used to go to the local casino once in a while. It seemed that every time we were there, there was always this one couple at the blackjack tables. The woman was a real loudmouth, and constantly bragging that they had won the lottery (don't know how much).

Seems to me the last thing I would do would be to brag to strangers. I wonder if they still have any money, or are even alive at this point.

LOL. They have too short of skirts too. Not as bad as some. Must be a thing at Fox, “must wear dress, length somewhat too short but not slutty”.

I just remembered that years ago on “Red Eye” one of the Fox babes from Bikini Island (as Rush says) had her shirt buttoned up too low (it was Patti Ann Brown) and it caused quite a stir. I think she may have been unaware of this slight malfunction. Most are totally aware.

Then there was Maria Bartoromo at the dinner that Trump and Hilda were at last year. Maria was stunning, distracting from the speakers with her classy but too busty evening gown.

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