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To: kiriath_jearim

I wouldn't want to win the lottery. Honestly. I've seen too many stories about how winning it instantly turns friends and some family into resentful gold-diggers, removes one's incentive to work, and generally erodes one's character.

I've got a job I enjoy doing, and I like knowing that I have to work each day to provide for myself and my family.


17 posted on 12/05/2005 9:03:18 AM PST by Altair333 (Stop illegal immigration: George Allen in 2008)
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To: Altair333

If you ever win, you can give that ticket to me.
Actually, if anyone wants to give me a winning ticket, I'll take it. I am helpful like that.....


29 posted on 12/05/2005 9:16:07 AM PST by Feiny (Hillary hates pick up trucks)
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To: Altair333

Good point. I've often said that an ideal lottery prize would be somewhere in the range of $200,000 to $500,000. Enough money to pay your mortgage, get your kids through school, and buy some things that you otherwise couldn't afford . . . but not enough to change your lifestyle so dramatically that you fall apart.


36 posted on 12/05/2005 9:18:41 AM PST by Alberta's Child (What it all boils down to is that no one's really got it figured out just yet.)
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