bbarnhouse 0 #26 April 18, 2002 Well there ya go Clay! Did you catch sight of her b/f? Egads dude talk about red neck. *sings.....go clay go go clay go....It only takes a little pixie dust...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #27 April 18, 2002 "People always say that money doesn't make you happy, I just want the chance to try to prove them wrong. "I'd spend a lot of it on my own DZ, a Super Otter, A Skyvan, some pretty packing girls, sexy freefly chicks, lots of beer, and probably just waste the rest of it...CyaD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #28 April 18, 2002 If I won $58 mil, the first thing that I would do is buy 100 units of public housing to put in the middle of a 'holier than thou' community across the river from us, so they could help shoulder the burden a little. The second thing I would do, is buy 1000 jump tickets at WFFC and just pass them out to whomever walked by, just to see the reaction on their faces. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #29 April 18, 2002 Quote'holier than thou' communityI'm embarrassed to say, but I grew up in one of those holier than thou communities who did successfully stop a low cost housing project from being built back in the 80's. I think it cost a whole bunch of bucks to fight this, but the citizens were more than willing to fork over their tax dollars to do it. Kind of sad when you think about it.Skydivers...they're just plain cool!Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #30 April 18, 2002 'holier than thou' Is that like NIMBY people? Not In My Back YardGawd I dislike them so much......CyaD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #31 April 18, 2002 Actually 99 percent of the people that win the lottery go bankrupt within 2 years.. Blue Skies ..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #32 April 18, 2002 Quotebuy 1000 jump tickets at WFFC and just pass them out to whomever walked by, just to see the reaction on their facesAt Dead shows they used to call free tickets "Miracles"Hippies cruisin arouns saying "i need a miracle".......I kinda miss Jerry........wierd...SEBAZZ....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #33 April 18, 2002 In Atlanta I sold a couple "Miracles" for $350...."It's all about the BOOBIES!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingILweenie 0 #34 April 18, 2002 I'd buy a cookie first, a really really good cookie.Then new gear, a ferrari, a cool house, and invest some of it, and then proceed to skydive. A lot.blue skiesTomas"Marge, it takes 2 people to lie. One to lie and one to listen."-Homer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spy38W 0 #35 April 18, 2002 Mmm, think of what you could get... I know, 58 million lotto tickets... First thing I would get would be an airplane, a nice Grand Renassaince Aerocommander, then a DZ close to my apartment (er wait, why don't I just buy a house near Z-hills, or Arizona), then a second rig, and a perpetual jump ticket --My poor rig, all alone with no main... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spy38W 0 #36 April 18, 2002 Quote Actually 99 percent of the people that win the lottery go bankrupt within 2 years..I can't believe that, I mean, I do believe it, but I just fail to see how these people don't have the foresight to prevent it--My poor rig, all alone with no main... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #37 April 18, 2002 99 is WAY high. The most recent numbers I've seen is about 52% of winners go bankrupt.Which really isn't very surprising. Most of the people who regularly play the lottery really don't have any fiscial knowledge. This is proven by the fact that they're plaing the lottery in the first place. They'd be ahead of the game if they just saved their money in the first place._AmICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com AIM: andrewdmetcalfeYahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #38 April 19, 2002 two years ago, we had a couple of kids who had hitchhiked to Quincy from Florida. They had been in Florida from England, when they heard about the WFFC. They were obviously living on a shoestring. One kid signed up to jump, the other didn't even get his gear checked, cuz he said he didn't have enough cash to jump. I pulled a $20. out of my pocket, and said "you can't come to the WFFC and NOT jump!" You should have seen his face. You woulda thought I gave him a million bucks.God I love skydivers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #39 April 19, 2002 In one year I think it is 50-60 percent.. At 2 years it is almost definite.. I read it in a self help book somewhere.. I can't fully back it up of course but I know I am very close.. Blue Skies ..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #40 April 19, 2002 the reason alot of people go bankrupt after winning is cuz they think...hey i got millions lets blow it....unless they take the lump sum...(i would if i won) they get it in 20 payments at 1 a year... they go blow the first payment and then are in debt from there on.......and can never get out even when that paymen does come the next year.... id'd go for a lump sum and invest a quarter, save a quarter and then buy a house, car, and some new skydiving stuff....and then find a fun job to pass the time untill it's time to skydive.....oh and i'd move away so i don't have everybody calling me asking for money and saying they would kill themselvs unless i gave em some....."i may not go to heven, i hope you go to hell"-C.C. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #41 April 19, 2002 QuoteIs that like NIMBY people? Not In My Back YardGawd I dislike them so much......Yea it is. These communities will vote in every tax increase in order to make it too expensive for the "undesirables". They won't admit it, but it is true. I love the town I grew up in, I was born and raised there, but as real estate boomed more and more of these people moved in. Anyway, I live amongst more "real" people now in Massachusetts.Skydivers...they're just plain cool!Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #42 April 19, 2002 QuoteI love the town I grew up in, I was born and raised there, but as real estate boomed more and more of these people moved in. I grew up in the coolest small town - pine trees, on the coast, pretty beaches, awesome sunsets, nice people... and then the "rich retired Orange County assholes" discovered it. Tripled in size, property values quadrupled or more, small town ambience disappeared. All within about 10 years. Shortly thereafter I left. Was a great place to grow up when I was growing up, but I wouldn't move back there now even if I could afford to live there - they ruined it.pull & flare,lisa[subliminal msg]My website Go Now[/subliminal msg] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #43 April 19, 2002 QuoteI grew up in the coolest small town - pine trees, on the coast, pretty beaches, awesome sunsets, nice people... and then the "rich retired Orange County assholes" discovered it. Tripled in size, property values quadrupled or more, small town ambience disappeared. All within about 10 years. Shortly thereafter I left. Was a great place to grow up when I was growing up, but I wouldn't move back there now even if I could afford to live there - they ruined it.Ditto here! I wouldn't say my town has been ruined physically, it is still very beautiful, I would say the attitudes really suck.Such an interesting monster with such an interesting hairdo.Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
