Feb
12
Bonus Lotto Tickets
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I just heard that the Florida Lottery has come up with another way to separate poor people from our hard-earned money. The lottery is going to start selling bonus tickets on March 2. As I understand it, the $1 ticket still works the same but the player has the option to play it for $2 or $3 for bonuses of $10M or $25M.
As I wrote in my 7 Weird Things… post, I play the lotto despite knowing better. I rarely play more than $3 on 3 tickets, though. Now, do I play one ticket for $3? If so, which set of numbers? Because you just know that as soon as I pick one set, one of the other sets will hit.
I know it, I just know it!
What to do, what to do…
Oct
26
Why you don’t win the Florida Lottery
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You didn’t play the right numbers.
What did you expect, some convoluted conspiracy theory about how Jeb Bush and the ghost of Lawton Chiles got together with a bunch of other He-coons to take pre-dawn walks and figure out a way to screw YOU?
Anyway…
Did you know that the Florida Lottery publishes a frequency chart for winning numbers?
Me neither.
According to the chart, as of today the six most frequently chosen numbers in Lotto are:
28 - 30 - 15 - 18 - 38 - … and then we run into a problem. 27 and 28 are tied. So you’ll have to play two tickets this week, until one of those two numbers makes a move.
Remember, though, it’s all for the kids.
Oct
14
Only in FLA: Don’t tell the hubby when you win the lottery
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So, this woman is separated form her husband for five years. Then she wins the lottery. What does she do? Files for divorce.
Of course. I’d do the same. Except, I wouldn’t be separated for five years. When I went through my divorce, I’d filed 2 days after we separated. I mean, why wait?
Of course, if you procrastinate and win the lottery, it becomes community property. HA!
So, she keeps this quiet, some guy overhears a conversation in a bar 2 years later, and tells her husband. The husband cashes in for a fraction of the money. Did he deserve it?
Probably not, except the law would surely have given her half if the situation was reversed. So, by being a lying, cheating woman, she gets a bargain.
Yeah, I went there!
Want to read all about it? Check out the story on the Miami-Herald. Note: Link broken
Aug
30
So, if all goes well, about 24 hrs from now I’ll be $300 million dollars richer, thanks to the good folks that play the Georgia Lottery!
You know what time it will be then, don’t you?
Time for a Harley! Stacey won’t let me get one right now despite my “objective” arguments about how much money we’ll save on gas. She’s afraid I’ll get hurt. There aren’t too many things I’m sure about in this world, but one that I am sure about is that if I ever win the lottery, she’ll encourage me to do all the risky activities I can. You do the math.
(Man, once again, I’m going to pay for that comment…)
I’m sure there’s a lot of maintenance that goes into owning a bike. Owning a motorcycle means never having to come up with a handwritten Christmas list, that’s for sure - the Harley Davidson Parts catalog is huge!
I don’t know what it is, but I the last two places I’ve lived seem to be on the regular Sunday route for the bikers. I suppose living off scenic roads between good-sized cities and great little restaurants plays a part! I’ve also seen a lot of large franchise stores and small mom-n-pops open along these routes to sell Harley Parts to the bikers, and these places seem to thrive thanks to the community that exists around Harleys. I suppose that’s another reason I find a motorcycle attractive - meeting a bunch of interesting people.
So, what type of Harley Accessories should I plan to buy to go with my fantasy ride? I assume the black t-shirt and boots won’t count. What else? Helmet, Chrome everything, maybe some medallions?
Aug
29
Moving to Florida?
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There are plenty of guides to moving available, but they are either buried deep inside a very large website, or they are just some reworked junk thrown together to make a little Adsense cash.
Relocation.com is neither. The guides are at the heart of this website, readily available, and gloriously free of Adsense. By browsing the extensive site you can find information on Real Estate, Mortgage, Moving, Apartment Hunting, Insurance, Careers, and Home Improvement. You can also reach those large database-driven sites from within Relocation.com - it is designed to be a portal for all of the relocation needs one might have.
The company also runs some closely-related sites as well. Carmovers.com is similarly designed to be a portal for your auto shipping needs, something many of us need when making moves in multi-car families, or across long distances, especially during corporate moves. Another site they run is Internationalmovers.com, where you can get quotes from licensed international movers. For me, this would definitely be the place to start the planning process for an international move, because honestly, I am clueless about what it would take.
I also expect to need these services shortly, as I have purchased the winning ticket in the $320M Georgia lottery this Friday night. Oh, they haven’t drawn it yet, but I know. It’s a feeling. Then it’s goodbye Florida, hello Belize!
