A BILLION dollars

[jyl]

$1.2BN prize, if you take the lump sum then after taxes you would have around $300MM. You could stick that in Treasury bonds for pre tax income about $12MM/yr. Give $11.7MM/yr to charity and live perfectly fine on the rest. Take your time figuring out what to do with the corpus, as they say.

[911 Rod]

That's a lot of hookers and blow

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

So it's legal to become a drunk at 18 in NZ?

pretty sure its legal to get drunk in pretty much any country , except for the US of A.

Most countries recognize , if you are old enough to vote, and fight, you are old enough to drink..

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by 911 Rod

That's a lot of hookers and blow

Man, that buys you a cartel and a couple of cat houses.

[jamesnmlaw]

$300MM after taxes? Doesn't seem worth the effort.

[svandamme]

you have to pay taxes on gambling ??
here in europe that would be tax free

I thought America was freeer then anybody else?

[Chocaholic]

I figure, the odds of finding the winning ticket on the ground as you walk to the mailbox is only slightly less than buying the winning ticket. Very slightly.

So, that’s my strategy.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by svandamme

you have to pay taxes on gambling ??
here in europe that would be tax free

I thought America was freeer then anybody else?

I was surprised by that too.

Here in NZ if you win it, it's yours. However if you give away some of it the person receiving it will have to pay tax on it. But if you write on the lotto ticket something social club, where a bunch of people have "bought in" to the ticket, everyone can have a tax free share of the winnings.

[pwd72s]

That part does suck. I mean, they take maybe 40% of ticket sales to begin with...then have the gall to add federal and local taxes on top of it. Maybe the feds don't share in the ticket sales money, but the states running the show do.

[gregpark]

Originally Posted by svandamme

you have to pay taxes on gambling ??
here in europe that would be tax free

I thought America was freeer then anybody else?

We are the land of the free but slaves to the tax man. 25% fed, 10%state and 15% self employed tax on income for me. They want half! Cough it up sucker. And the tax laws are so complicated that anyone can be construed as a criminal if they want to mess with you. Pay up chump and BTW, it's none of your business what most of that tax money is spent on.
We are the land of the free slaves

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Hmmm, wanna be king of your bar's pool table? If I'm not mistaken, "Captain Hook" lives in Florida and is willing to give lessons at the right price. To win in a bar doesn't take much, really...to win what he has? Well, that takes more, a LOT more. I'm thinking he must be pretty good at instructing. He taught Tom Cruise, who'd never held a cue before filming Color of Money". Tom's stroke in that film looked like a pool player's stroke. Not always the case in movies...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Sigel

I use to shoot pretty regularly, but after I had corrective eye surgery, my dominant eye changed from right to left and my game went to hell.
I would have to retrain and relearn all the angles and I get too frustrated. Funny thing is, since I have to start over a friend wants me to play on their team since it is handicap.

[pwd72s]

Eye surgery for me as well...didn't work out well. Now thinking of giving my case & cues to a guy at the Cue Ball...one who was always kind to Cindy & I. Hurts to admit it, but think my playing days are over. After the surgery, took some quarters & a cue to a local bar...couldn't make 3 balls in a row...then couldn't see at all through the tears. I'm gonna miss playing...a lot!

Must be an APA league you were invited to join...but being left eye dominant and right handed can also cause stance problems. There's a pro, John Morra, who developed such neck pain with that problem, an orthopedist advised him to quit pool. Instead, he spent god knows how many hours training himself to shoot left handed. Took almost 2 years before he returned to the tournament circuit...shoots very competitively now.

League pool...the drinking league!

Sorta back on topic...Greg nailed it...taxation is theft. Government taking "tax" money from their own numbers racket is grand larceny.

[Sooner or later]

Here are my standard picks. A while back KC911 called me a liar and said my nose as long as my pecker.

My numbers
9 Birth month
15 Birth day
53 Birth year
11 Shoe size
4 Letters in my first name.
12 length of my pecker
Old 01-13-2021, 12:54 PM

[KFC911]

^^^^^ LOL .... I don't remember that SOL .... and can't possibly recall ALL of the BS I've posted here over the years ....

What did I call ya.... Little Big Knows ?

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by Sooner or later

Here are my standard picks. A while back KC911 called me a liar and said my nose as long as my pecker.

My numbers
9 Birth month
15 Birth day
53 Birth year
11 Shoe size
4 Letters in my first name.
12 length of my pecker
Old 01-13-2021, 12:54 PM

Did you win??
If not...you lied.

[Chocaholic]

12mm might be the result of shrinkage. You know what they say…it ain’t big around, but it sure is short!

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by KC911

^^^^^ LOL .... I don't remember that SOL .... and can't possibly recall ALL of the BS I've posted here over the years ....

What did I call ya.... Little Big Knows ?

I have a memory like a steel trap. Your deep disbelief deeply harmed me.

Post #3
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/1083203-i-plan-winning-both.html

LOL ... a nose as long as yer pecker ?

[KFC911]

LOL... you got me! I've drunk a lot of weed and smoked too much beer to keep up

[Alan A]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

I would make sure every poor kid in this country got breakfast and lunch at school.

Shame you can’t vote for this. O wait - never mind…

[stevej37]

The smoker you drink...the player you get.
Wise words.