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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,905
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I figure I've already won. Let me explain:
Hey..a record powerball drawing tomorrow night. $1.9 BILLION dollars. Of course, the odds of a winning ticket are 262 million to one. I've decided to not even take that chance of ruining my life. I'm not worried about eating or having a warm place to sleep...have a paid for home, a wife I love dearly, and a couple of functioning cars. Why should I jeopardize that for some paper with a lot of numbers on it?
Hmmm, this Sunday marks my 79th trip around the sun. Time to get a bit reflective. A Jimmy Buffett lyric comes to mind: "some of it tragic, some of it magic"... Overall? A pretty good run. Especially when I consider all those buddies who aren't here now. What the hell? Guess I've already won the lottery...
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"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent."
-Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.)
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