Posted on 08/07/2006 1:09:31 PM PDT by Red Badger
(CBS/AP) About 100 cheese-factory workers in the Wisconsin town of Saint Cloud have been celebrating — because they say they're $208 million richer.
Wisconsin state lottery officials say no one has officially stepped forward to claim Saturday's Powerball jackpot.
But a large contingent of employees from Sargento Cheese say they have the winning ticket locked in a safe.
Eric Heimermann is one member of the celebrating group. He told the Fond du Lac Reporter that the mostly second shift workers had chipped in $1 apiece to a pool to purchase lottery tickets.
Heimermann, 24, of St. Cloud, spoke with the newspaper in a telephone interview from Fat Boys Tavern in St. Cloud. The newspaper said many of the winners went to the tavern Sunday night to celebrate.
"I think everybody pretty much decided we're going to pay our bills and we're going to take it from there," he told the newspaper. "We're all going to work tomorrow. We still have a job to do."
It's not clear when the group will try to redeem the ticket. Lottery spokeswoman Jessica Iverson says it can take several days or weeks for a winner to come forward.
The winning numbers drawn Saturday night were two, three, nine, 48 and 50 and the Powerball was 23.
LOL - I love that.
Correct. That assumes they take a lump sum payment.
(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)
See if you can find some Johnsonville Brats in your area, and treat yourself!
http://www.econsumeraffairs.com/jvs/productlocator.htm
Thanks Di and those are the brats the fishing show host advertises. Winkie or something like that. Is it Wenkler?
He's obviously referring to all makers of dairy products... : )
"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?
My supermarket carries them. Cooking ideas?
Your experiences notwithstanding, it still sounds disdainful of the "average joe".
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!
That's great..and SARGENTO IS my favorite Cheese!
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!)
"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.
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!
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.
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.
"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.
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