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Lottery millionaire builds a football ground in his garden to play with his mates
Wales Online ^
| 31 AUG 2017
| Tom Bedford
Posted on 08/31/2017 2:42:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Always thought a baseball field would be fun to have out back.
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posted on
08/31/2017 2:46:42 PM PDT
by
Jolla
To: Jolla
The super-rich bachelor is blowing his fortune
Spent half on wild women and wild times...wasted the rest.
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posted on
08/31/2017 2:47:53 PM PDT
by
Jolla
To: nickcarraway
"...soccer stadium..."
It is actually pretty darn modest and the guy is just having a little bit of low-cost fun.
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posted on
08/31/2017 2:49:09 PM PDT
by
Blue Jays
( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
To: Jolla
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posted on
08/31/2017 2:50:15 PM PDT
by
morphing libertarian
(Imprison, The Clintons, Holder, Obama, and Huma for starters)
To: nickcarraway
“play in goal”, “touchline”, “pitch”... those Brits sure talk funny...
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posted on
08/31/2017 2:50:45 PM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
To: grobdriver
Do you have a torch in your boot?
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posted on
08/31/2017 2:53:54 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
To: nickcarraway
Ohmygosh, how many tens of pounds did he waste on that?
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posted on
08/31/2017 3:04:36 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Fresh Wind; grobdriver
To: grobdriver
What’s a jumper goalpost.
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posted on
08/31/2017 3:15:45 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: nickcarraway
“But after a lottery lucky dip netted him £2,604,015 hes living the life of a Premiership soccer star.
Matt flies around the world to cheer on his beloved Wales football team and his hero Gareth Bale .
-snip
Despite his £600,000 luxury home and £100,000 BMW M6...”
Sounds like hes going to be broke within a few years.
To: lowbridge
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posted on
08/31/2017 3:25:12 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Reset Underway!)
To: Yo-Yo
"...tens of pounds..."
Exactly. A handful of friends could create that "stadium" in an afternoon and quit early to have beers and hamburgers.
If anything, the guy seems pretty darn modest modest.
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posted on
08/31/2017 3:33:44 PM PDT
by
Blue Jays
( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
To: nickcarraway
In the boot of my lorry? Does your lorry even have a boot?
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posted on
08/31/2017 3:35:38 PM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
To: Jolla
$3.4 million is a long way from being super-rich. A $750k house and its expenses, a $150k car and trips to watch Redskins games in America is only sustainable for maybe a year.
$3.4 million isn’t much more than retirement money.
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posted on
08/31/2017 3:37:53 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: nickcarraway
He better hold onto his postman’s job.
To: smokingfrog
I think he might have meant junipers.
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posted on
08/31/2017 3:42:39 PM PDT
by
ShasheMac
(www.needGod.com)
To: Yo-Yo
Ohmygosh, how many tens of pounds did he waste on that?
Obviously not enough to the guy that does his grass. You think he could have at least put a new layer of turf down...:^)
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posted on
08/31/2017 4:01:41 PM PDT
by
az_gila
To: ShasheMac
I think he might have meant junipers.
No he did mean jumpers.
Standard UK stuff, a jumper is a sweater, so defining the goals with your top layers of clothing while you play is normal.
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posted on
08/31/2017 4:04:42 PM PDT
by
az_gila
To: TADSLOS
Yes, it is unsustainable, so sad, if he were to manage his winning he could enjoy a high standard of living for the rest of his life (including attending all his favorite teams playing).
In five years he will need to ask for his old job back.
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posted on
08/31/2017 6:15:03 PM PDT
by
2001convSVT
(Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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