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True North[_2_] True North[_2_] is offline
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On Wednesday, 13 January 2016 12:25:13 UTC-4, amdx wrote:
On 1/12/2016 7:18 PM, True North wrote:
Local TV station's supper hour show had one of it's people (former ladies world champion curler) down at Point Pleasant Park asking people what they would do if they won your Powerball 1.4 billion dollar prize.
Yes... seems silly ..I'm not sure if you can even get tickets up here.
Anyway I did right by the group..or at least by the few boaters in here. I said I'd buy a large yacht. Probably should have led with family, charities etc...but she caught me by surprise and that was the first thing out of my mouth.


Don't get to excited, if you take the lump sum payment, after taxes
you'll be lucky to have $600 Million to scrimp by on.
I'm frugal though, that could last the rest of my life :-)

Mikek


Don't you plan on coming back for a few more after this one ends?