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100 Cheese Workers Win $208M Lottery
SeeBS/AP ^ | 8/7/2006 | Staff

Posted on 08/07/2006 1:09:31 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: vox_freedom

LOL - I love that.


61 posted on 08/07/2006 2:30:52 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.)
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To: RockinRight

Correct. That assumes they take a lump sum payment.


62 posted on 08/07/2006 2:31:15 PM PDT by billhilly
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To: RockinRight
Happy B-day from another August 11th baby!

(I'm 29 too-- and have been for the past 16 years. With all that practice, pretty soon I'll be good enough at being 29 to move on to 30 ;o)

63 posted on 08/07/2006 2:32:33 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom (This Mess is a Place!!!)
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To: billhilly

See if you can find some Johnsonville Brats in your area, and treat yourself!

http://www.econsumeraffairs.com/jvs/productlocator.htm


64 posted on 08/07/2006 2:36:04 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thanks Di and those are the brats the fishing show host advertises. Winkie or something like that. Is it Wenkler?


65 posted on 08/07/2006 2:38:26 PM PDT by billhilly
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To: rwfromkansas
Here's a better link since it discusses (in the form of a math problem) the main points of an annuity for lottery winners.
66 posted on 08/07/2006 2:40:30 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Hoodat

He's obviously referring to all makers of dairy products... : )


67 posted on 08/07/2006 2:41:05 PM PDT by Stone Mountain
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To: raybbr

"Spoken like a true elitist."

LOL! I'm the first to graduate college in my family since before the Civil War. I've seen too many of my own family, friends and neighbors who have come into a little money and immediately blown it ... a bright colored ski boat with their favorite NASCAR driver's number on it seems to be a big thing these days. Most people who have never been able to buy something really nice for themselves just aren't able to resist, when the opportunity arises. It's happened to many lottery winners before, as well as many pro sports figures, and it'll happen again. You think that's elitist?


68 posted on 08/07/2006 2:41:59 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

My supermarket carries them. Cooking ideas?


69 posted on 08/07/2006 2:42:12 PM PDT by billhilly
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To: RegulatorCountry

Your experiences notwithstanding, it still sounds disdainful of the "average joe".


70 posted on 08/07/2006 2:46:29 PM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
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To: Red Badger
That's about a million apiece..............

Excuse me but 100 people and 208 million equals a little more the 2 million apiece, before taxes. After taxes they should still have a healthy sum!

71 posted on 08/07/2006 2:51:45 PM PDT by calex59 (The '86 amnesty put us in the toilet, now the senate wants to flush it!)
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To: Red Badger

That's great..and SARGENTO IS my favorite Cheese!


72 posted on 08/07/2006 2:53:32 PM PDT by Hildy (To save us both time, assume I know everything...)
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To: billhilly

Put the brats in a kettle. Add two beers (the cheaper the better) to cover the brats and a sliced onion. Heat them to a boil, then turn off the heat. You may want to poke each brat with a sharp knife to release any extra grease, but Johnsonville's aren't too greasy.

Then grill 'em. I like mine with ketchup and chopped onion, but sauer kraut and brown mustard is more traditional for Wisconsin.

If you don't want to grill them, bake them in a metal or glass 13x9 pan in the oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or so, turning them once.

(There are recipes at that Johnsonville.com site, too!)


73 posted on 08/07/2006 2:54:04 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: raybbr

"Your experiences notwithstanding, it still sounds disdainful of the "average joe"

It's reality. If observing reality somehow sounds disdainful, that was not my intent. I know and love many people just like that. But, wait and see. If more than one in ten manages to hang on to their windfall, I'll be pleasantly surprised.


74 posted on 08/07/2006 2:54:56 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry
Most lottery winners come out just fine and go on to great lives. The ones who don't are all over the news because the libs want you to believe that having money will not do anything for you, so you should just remain poor, don't work hard, don't buy lottery tickets or gamble because money will make you unhappy and EVIL! BS, most people who win big in the lottery, really big, come out ok and use their money wisely, investing etc.

The average person is not as dumb as the MSM would have you believe, and as far as your claim about family and friends(how many could you have that hit the lotto) , I just don't believe you!

75 posted on 08/07/2006 2:57:53 PM PDT by calex59 (The '86 amnesty put us in the toilet, now the senate wants to flush it!)
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To: calex59

These lottery winnings get paid out over many years in annual sums. The taxes are dependent on how you choose to receive the funds. Presumably younger people, if disclipined to save, and retain investment counsel, would benefit more in the long term by taking the lump sum, then leveraging it through investments, like real estate, their own home being the first priority.


76 posted on 08/07/2006 2:58:49 PM PDT by billhilly
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; girlangler

Thanks. I'm going to try them. Our fellow poster, girlangler, has made me a cornbread cooker, and since corndogs are a southern delicacy, maybe I'll try that too.

Just kidding about that delicacy part.


77 posted on 08/07/2006 3:02:24 PM PDT by billhilly
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To: calex59

"I just don't believe you!"

None of them won a lottery, not that I claimed any of them had. It's been a modest inheritance, usually. Some made out rather well from a buyout of RJR stock, back in the day.


78 posted on 08/07/2006 3:04:23 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: calex59
"Most lottery winners come out just fine and go on to great lives. The ones who don't are all over the news because the libs want you to believe that having money will not do anything for you, so you should just remain poor, don't work hard, don't buy lottery tickets or gamble because money will make you unhappy and EVIL! BS, most people who win big in the lottery, really big, come out ok and use their money wisely, investing etc. "

Thank you. Very well said indeed.
79 posted on 08/07/2006 3:08:37 PM PDT by A knight without armor
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To: LibWhacker

ah!


80 posted on 08/07/2006 3:10:51 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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