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A Sad but True Texas Lottery Winner Story ....
http://www.lottoreport.com/TXWinnerSuicide.htm
| Nov 24, 2004
Posted on 11/27/2004 4:07:31 AM PST by DirtyHarryY2K
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To: ALWAYSWELDING; Eaker; need_a_screen_name
Suicide is one of the most selfish acts a person can carry out. Be prepared to be taken to task for your observation.
To: BB2
"Sounds like Texas doesn't pay out to survivors of deceased winners. Now THAT should be criminal."
Texas DOES continue to make the payments to the winner's estate.
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posted on
11/27/2004 7:55:22 AM PST
by
chaosagent
(It's all right to be crazy. Just don't let it drive you nuts.)
To: R. Scott
I would disappear the day I picked up the check and every once in a while I would mail some money to the people I choose.I would do this for a few years before settling down again.
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posted on
11/27/2004 8:12:57 AM PST
by
rdcorso
(Did I mention I was in Vietnam where I lost my backbone? Spineless John)
To: DirtyHarryY2K
Now the wife and new boytoy have it all...
Something tells me he STILL is not happy..
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posted on
11/27/2004 8:14:44 AM PST
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to included some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: TheSpottedOwl
I've bought one or two tickets over my lifetime. They were worth the price of a good daydream. And were I to win, I'd hightail it to a lawyer-friend and try to figure out how to hide behind an alias...
I wish that convenience stores were not little casinos, however--slows down my purchases of milk and soda.
It's depressing to be getting some chips and soda on a Friday afternoon. I get to watch a line of the poor, having rec'd their small paychecks, spend a chunk on the "stupidity tax." I think then of how shameful it is that the state exploits people this way...
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posted on
11/27/2004 8:22:40 AM PST
by
Mamzelle
(Nov 3--Psalm One...Blessed is the man...!)
To: R. Scott
the first thing I would do is pay off the few bills I have, write checks to my daughter, sister and a few friends then set up an investment portfolio. Deliver the touch in a planned manner, early on. I'd think that'd make it easier to say "no" later.
Giving money to people isn't always helping.
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posted on
11/27/2004 9:02:52 AM PST
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Gorzaloon
Is it not their "constitutional" right to be stoopid? We do alcohol and tobacco. Lotto should be a choice left to the people - not blocked from the ballot because politicians want to control how the stoopid spend. Besides, the money discarded on lottery tickets cannot be used to buy smokes and Mad Dog 20-20. Perhaps, but poor people who also have all those vices tend to be more readily involved in things that impoverish (or kill) their neighbors, and make you have to hire more police, and build more jails.
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posted on
11/27/2004 9:08:29 AM PST
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Truth666
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posted on
11/27/2004 9:23:39 AM PST
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: quadrant
>>You must not become a fountain of funding. <<
Invest all the money and live off the returns. A million will easily give you 150 k a year. If you can't live on that, take the shotgun route because bankruptcy is just down the road.
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posted on
11/27/2004 9:35:39 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
((The lack of alcohol in my coffee forces me to see reality!))
To: American Vet Repairman
I am going to be so bold to say something that will tick people off but I have to say it. This man was an idiot. Sure he may have been a Christian but I have doubts. G-d loves idiots, too-He certainly made enough of them. Hopefully, when the poor fellow is called to account, some considration is given in that the person could not even manage his life well, before it was complicated by a windfall that he was helpless to manage.
How a Believer can commit suicide, I cannot guess at, though. If Life is a gift, and the gift is thrown back in the Giver's face..well.
Dante had some theories abou that.
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posted on
11/27/2004 9:50:00 AM PST
by
Gorzaloon
(This tagline intentionally left blank.)
To: KateatRFM
I buy a $3 lottery ticket every week. My sister buys a $4.50 latte at Starbucks every day. True. But I'm sure that latte tastes a lot better than a losing lottery ticket! Your sister probably feels like a winner every day.
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posted on
11/27/2004 9:50:33 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
(Red Sox Win The World Series...And Bush Wins Re-election Too!)
To: DirtyHarryY2K
That is a sad story. If I ever win the lottery. Some money would go to God. Some to family. The rest is MINE! There would be a simple sign posted at the entrance to my property.
If you are found here at night.....you will be found here in the morning. :o)
To: BraveMan
Be prepared to be taken to task for your observation.This guy did everybody a favor it appears to me.
What is yer bellyache now?? Didn't he live long enough to give you the bucks you thought you had coming??
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posted on
11/27/2004 9:56:28 AM PST
by
Eaker
("He's the kind of guy who would fight a rattlesnake and give the snake a two-bite head start.")
To: DirtyHarryY2K
keep mouth shut
And warn spouse that blabbing would be grounds for divorce. ;-)
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:04:28 AM PST
by
cgbg
(I know it would be hard--but I could figure out how to handle this problem. :-))
To: RaceBannon
Being laid off all the time does not mean he cant manage his life.
Unless you have been there, you wouldn't understand. : Well, it would depend on WHY he was constantly being laid off. Quite often people who get laid off repeatedly do have something to cause them for getting laid off ... like talking back to the boss, coming in late everyday, not being able to take orders, etcetera.
Now there are some people who get laid off ... sometimes many times. But they usually right themselves and get back on track ... or they find a job that works for them. But the fact that this guy was constantly laid off ... and then kills himself when he can't manage the terrible tolls of winning the lottery, suggests that he may have had problems just managing his life.
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:06:10 AM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(George W. Bush is our president ... Get over it!)
To: DirtyHarryY2K
keep mouth shut
And warn spouse that blabbing would be grounds for divorce. ;-)
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:06:17 AM PST
by
cgbg
(I know it would be hard--but I could figure out how to handle this problem. :-))
To: DirtyHarryY2K
This story was written in the hopes that future lottery winners would simplu give ALL of the proceeds back to the government, who after all, knows how to spend it better... /s
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:09:01 AM PST
by
Libertina
(We praise You Lord, You have granted America a Christian leader!)
To: Knute
......as apposed to other taxes which are confiscatory? Give me lotteries any day.
To: BigCinBigD
The rest is MINE! There would be a simple sign posted at the entrance to my property.
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:18:18 AM PST
by
DirtyHarryY2K
(Perversion is not a civil right.)
To: quadrant
All good advice.
The way to handle relatives that you want to help is to set up trust funds, administered by an attorney or bank near them, with modest monthly or annual payouts.
That will minimize the damage they can do to themselves since they won't have a lot of cash at one time.
I also agree with the poster who suggested disappearing for a while. It will not be practical to remain in your home town after winning the lottery imho.
If you want to spend a lot of money on houses, cars,etc. then I would recommend living in a community where everyone is as wealthy as you. Then you will be "normal" and your new friends won't care about your money.
Envy is the nastiest emotion there is, and you don't want to be exposed to it.
This reminds me of a funny story.
Years ago I lived in Newport Beach, California. I was at a party and made the mistake of asking a twenty something young man what he did for a living.
His answer: philanthropy. :-)
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posted on
11/27/2004 10:21:47 AM PST
by
cgbg
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