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laurasdada

Guess I'm an outlier, perhaps as a lifelong skier, but I enjoy snow. Winter sans snow is a gray, depressing sight. I don't love shoveling it, and as a townhouse dweller I don't have to, but I love seeing it, walking the dog in snow, even driving in snow.
When life gives you snow, make snowmen!

jmonroe1

laurasdada said:

Guess I'm an outlier, perhaps as a lifelong skier, but I enjoy snow. Winter sans snow is a gray, depressing sight. I don't love shoveling it, and as a townhouse dweller I don't have to, but I love seeing it, walking the dog in snow, even driving in snow.
When life gives you snow, make snowmen!

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I’d much rather let sunshine give me a tan. Which, BTW, will melt your snowmen.

jmonroe

laurasdada

And that is another reason snow is great, eventually it melts away, filling our rivers and streams (any, yes, creating mud season). It rarely causes catastrophic damage, unlike some of Mother Nature's other offerings.

The A7 is encased in ice. I scraped the windows, freed the wipers, opened/closed all the doors. Supposed to be ~50 by Wednesday, no worries.

And I also have a warm spot in my heart for that bright ball of warmth in the sky (in fact, if it disappeared tomorrow for good, I'm not sure I'd want to live!), always enjoyed visiting my parents in Boca and my brother in LA. As well as Aruba, Bahamas, Turks/Caicos...

laurasdada

So, just a gorgeous morning, our little world reflects brilliant sunshine from the fresh, white snow/ice. HOA did a nice job of plowing/shoveling, carefully hand shoveling around the poor, homeless A7. I should have thought of it earlier, but this morning I backed the Audi into the driveway to allow Mr. Sun to do its magic on the front of the car as it is pulled across the sky by Helios.
Nice doggie walk in the crisp air this morning, even at 14+ he continues to love and romp in the snow. We both enjoyed a brilliant sun lit view of the Atlantic.

Michaell

Snow falling this morning in the greater Denver area. Only a few inches of light, fluffy snow, but a slight breeze has created a few drifts, here and there. Girls have a camp at the studio today, but reported that the major roads were fine on their drive in.

driver100

laurasdada said:

When life gives you snow, make snowmen!

Or like be in Florida

laurasdada

Florida? Hurricanes, flooding, Palmetto Bugs, snakes, alligators...um, no.
Actually, as mentioned, always enjoyed visiting family in Boca in Winter. But, then back to the slopes!

snakeweasel

laurasdada said:

Guess I'm an outlier, perhaps as a lifelong skier, but I enjoy snow. Winter sans snow is a gray, depressing sight. I don't love shoveling it, and as a townhouse dweller I don't have to, but I love seeing it, walking the dog in snow, even driving in snow.
When life gives you snow, make snowmen!

When life gives you snow stay inside, get a fire going in the fireplace, pour yourself a nice cognac and wait for a warm sunny day.

laurasdada

Can't afford cognac; how about a Diet Coke?

snakeweasel

laurasdada said:

Can't afford cognac; how about a Diet Coke?

In that case, light a candle and have a diet coke.

laurasdada

You are most wise.

oldfarmer50

Interesting. Carvana just told my my car is worth $1,100 more this month than last. Right after the first snow too. I guess they wouldn’t be trying to sell it locally.

driver100

laurasdada said:

Florida? Hurricanes, flooding, Palmetto Bugs, snakes, alligators...um, no.
Actually, as mentioned, always enjoyed visiting family in Boca in Winter. But, then back to the slopes!

As Joan Rivers said, "I don't do any sport where there is an ambulance waiting for me at the bottom of the hill".
Not too many hurricanes in the winter, and alligators have to be very hungry to try and eat a person.

driver100

I bought a $160 million dollar Mega Million ticket for tonights draw. I haven't bought a ticket in about 15 years...I used to buy them when I went into a gas station to pay. Now that you pay at the pumps I don't bother.
If I do win I will have to buy a nice boat, a new baby Rolls, a house in London and Switzerland, a Rolex, get a membership to a posh tennis and pickleball club, maybe get an executive jet, find some fancy new friends, and it will have been nice knowing you guys.

venture

driver100 said:

I bought a $160 million dollar Mega Million ticket for tonights draw. I haven't bought a ticket in about 15 years...I used to buy them when I went into a gas station to pay. Now that you pay at the pumps I don't bother.
If I do win I will have to buy a nice boat, a new baby Rolls, a house in London and Switzerland, a Rolex, get a membership to a posh tennis and pickleball club, maybe get an executive jet, find some fancy new friends, and it will have been nice knowing you guys.

I hope you win.

jmonroe1

driver100 said:

I bought a $160 million dollar Mega Million ticket for tonights draw. I haven't bought a ticket in about 15 years...I used to buy them when I went into a gas station to pay. Now that you pay at the pumps I don't bother.
If I do win I will have to buy a nice boat, a new baby Rolls, a house in London and Switzerland, a Rolex, get a membership to a posh tennis and pickleball club, maybe get an executive jet, find some fancy new friends, and it will have been nice knowing you guys.

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That being the case, I hope you win.

Edit: I see @venture beat me to it. Great minds think alike.

jmonroe

fintail

driver100 said:

I bought a $160 million dollar Mega Million ticket for tonights draw. I haven't bought a ticket in about 15 years...I used to buy them when I went into a gas station to pay. Now that you pay at the pumps I don't bother.
If I do win I will have to buy a nice boat, a new baby Rolls, a house in London and Switzerland, a Rolex, get a membership to a posh tennis and pickleball club, maybe get an executive jet, find some fancy new friends, and it will have been nice knowing you guys.

That's a lot of money for a lottery ticket.

driver100

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

sda

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

jmonroe1

sda said:

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

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Now I have even more reason to hope he wins.

jmonroe

stickguy

had an interesting call today from a local Ford dealer (not the one that I used last year for the 1 oil change I had done while I lived up here). They apparently got a list of local people with a car that has an open recall, and cold called to see if I wanted to get it taken care of. They have a roaming tech service now, and for recalls (software updates only basically) they will make an appointment to come out and do it at my house.

I told them not to bother, and I would have it down in a couple of months when it is time for my first oil change. Still not quite sure I want it done since I am not having any issues they supposedly address, so why tempt fate?

driver100

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

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Now I have even more reason to hope he wins.

jmonroe

Sorry, they should give me the prize for not even having one number right.
I guess you will still have me around for a while.

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

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Now I have even more reason to hope he wins.

jmonroe

Sorry, they should give me the prize for not even having one number right.
I guess you will still have me around for a while.

I don’t play those big lotteries until the payout is greater than the odds of me winning. Currently on the Power Ball and Mega Millions the odds are about 270 million to 1 against me. I couldn’t be bothered with a measly $160 million.😂

PS. If I won $400-500 million I’d buy every poster buddy a new car, the oil changes would be on them.

explorerx4

Now for something completely different. Pretty entertaining. 6 minutes long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeXls4zY2Q8

ab348

driver100 said:

If I do win I will have to buy a nice boat, a new baby Rolls, a house in London and Switzerland, a Rolex, get a membership to a posh tennis and pickleball club, maybe get an executive jet, find some fancy new friends, and it will have been nice knowing you guys.

Be sure to look into electric options for the Rolls, the airplane and the boat.

laurasdada

driver100 said:

laurasdada said:

Florida? Hurricanes, flooding, Palmetto Bugs, snakes, alligators...um, no.
Actually, as mentioned, always enjoyed visiting family in Boca in Winter. But, then back to the slopes!

As Joan Rivers said, "I don't do any sport where there is an ambulance waiting for me at the bottom of the hill".
Not too many hurricanes in the winter, and alligators have to be very hungry to try and eat a person.

Yet, you drive on the perfectly safe roads. In Florida.

roadburner

jmonroe1 said:

driver100 said:

I bought a $160 million dollar Mega Million ticket for tonights draw. I haven't bought a ticket in about 15 years...I used to buy them when I went into a gas station to pay. Now that you pay at the pumps I don't bother.
If I do win I will have to buy a nice boat, a new baby Rolls, a house in London and Switzerland, a Rolex, get a membership to a posh tennis and pickleball club, maybe get an executive jet, find some fancy new friends, and it will have been nice knowing you guys.

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That being the case, I hope you win.

Edit: I see @venture beat me to it. Great minds think alike.

jmonroe

Ditto.

driver100

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

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Now I have even more reason to hope he wins.

jmonroe

Sorry, they should give me the prize for not even having one number right.
I guess you will still have me around for a while.

I don’t play those big lotteries until the payout is greater than the odds of me winning. Currently on the Power Ball and Mega Millions the odds are about 270 million to 1 against me. I couldn’t be bothered with a measly $160 million.😂

PS. If I won $400-500 million I’d buy every poster buddy a new car, the oil changes would be on them.

That's nice of you @oldfarmer50 . Do we get to choose whatever car we want?
I would have offered that for $500 million, but not with a measly $160 million.

imidazol97

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

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Now I have even more reason to hope he wins.

jmonroe

Sorry, they should give me the prize for not even having one number right.
I guess you will still have me around for a while.

I remember the good old days when the Ohio lottery started and the numbers from which
you picked were 1-40. Now it's what? 1-90? So the odds of picking a number that
rolls up on the ping pong balls is really low on each 6 numbers per line on
the tickets.

kyfdx

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

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Now I have even more reason to hope he wins.

jmonroe

Sorry, they should give me the prize for not even having one number right.
I guess you will still have me around for a while.

I remember the good old days when the Ohio lottery started and the numbers from which
you picked were 1-40. Now it's what? 1-90? So the odds of picking a number that
rolls up on the ping pong balls is really low on each 6 numbers per line on
the tickets.

I can remember jackpots under $1 million

driver100

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

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Now I have even more reason to hope he wins.

jmonroe

Sorry, they should give me the prize for not even having one number right.
I guess you will still have me around for a while.

So the odds of picking a number that
rolls up on the ping pong balls is really low on each 6 numbers per line on
the tickets.

But if you buy 10 tickets you have 10X as much chance of winning....lol!
I'd only buy 1 ticket, maybe two, but basically it is total luck if 6 numbers line up...but, someone usually does win.
Apparently,
The Mega Millions lottery requires players to choose five numbers between 1 and 69, and one additional number, the Mega Ball, from 1 to 26. To win the top prize players must select all six numbers correctly, at odds of 302,575,350 to 1.

And if you buy 10 tickets you get 10 chances out of 302,575,350.

driver100

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

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Now I have even more reason to hope he wins.

jmonroe

Sorry, they should give me the prize for not even having one number right.
I guess you will still have me around for a while.

I remember the good old days when the Ohio lottery started and the numbers from which
you picked were 1-40. Now it's what? 1-90? So the odds of picking a number that
rolls up on the ping pong balls is really low on each 6 numbers per line on
the tickets.

I can remember jackpots under $1 million

$1 million doesn't change my life enough to make it worthwhile.

jmonroe1

driver100 said:

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

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Now I have even more reason to hope he wins.

jmonroe

Sorry, they should give me the prize for not even having one number right.
I guess you will still have me around for a while.

So the odds of picking a number that
rolls up on the ping pong balls is really low on each 6 numbers per line on
the tickets.

But if you buy 10 tickets you have 10X as much chance of winning....lol!
I'd only buy 1 ticket, maybe two, but basically it is total luck if 6 numbers line up...but, someone usually does win.
Apparently,
The Mega Millions lottery requires players to choose five numbers between 1 and 69, and one additional number, the Mega Ball, from 1 to 26. To win the top prize players must select all six numbers correctly, at odds of 302,575,350 to 1.

And if you buy 10 tickets you get 10 chances out of 302,575,350.

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At least you know if you buy 10 tickets you have 10 times the chance of winning. You’ll never get that kind of a guarantee playing the stock market.

Better to go with the guarantee.

jmonroe

cdnpinhead

Lotteries are visible proof that most people can't do arithmetic. For starters, half or more of the take goes to the government or whoever sponsors the thing. If Nevada was giving 50% odds of winning, the place would be a wasteland, I mean all of it, not just the 90% that is today.

sda

I hope the storm that headed north hasn't impacted anyone badly. We had this fun in our back yard. A dry stream open up in the woods and trashed the yard. It has happened before but not like this. Thankfully it never got close to the house.

jmonroe1

sda said:

I hope the storm that headed north hasn't impacted anyone badly. We had this fun in our back yard. A dry stream open up in the woods and trashed the yard. It has happened before but not like this. Thankfully it never got close to the house.

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Nothing bad in the Burgh area, just a little wind but not as bad as what they were predicting.

I hope that cleanup goes well but it still looks like a lot of work. Good luck with that.

jmonroe

kyfdx

driver100 said:

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

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Now I have even more reason to hope he wins.

jmonroe

Sorry, they should give me the prize for not even having one number right.
I guess you will still have me around for a while.

I remember the good old days when the Ohio lottery started and the numbers from which
you picked were 1-40. Now it's what? 1-90? So the odds of picking a number that
rolls up on the ping pong balls is really low on each 6 numbers per line on
the tickets.

I can remember jackpots under $1 million

$1 million doesn't change my life enough to make it worthwhile.

I bet it would have made a difference 40 years ago, when the jackpots were $1 million.

driver100

kyfdx said:

driver100 said:

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

————————————————
Now I have even more reason to hope he wins.

jmonroe

Sorry, they should give me the prize for not even having one number right.
I guess you will still have me around for a while.

I remember the good old days when the Ohio lottery started and the numbers from which
you picked were 1-40. Now it's what? 1-90? So the odds of picking a number that
rolls up on the ping pong balls is really low on each 6 numbers per line on
the tickets.

I can remember jackpots under $1 million

$1 million doesn't change my life enough to make it worthwhile.

I bet it would have made a difference 40 years ago, when the jackpots were $1 million.

Yeh, That's when a $1 million was worth a $1 million!

fintail

driver100 said:

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

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Now I have even more reason to hope he wins.

jmonroe

Sorry, they should give me the prize for not even having one number right.
I guess you will still have me around for a while.

I remember the good old days when the Ohio lottery started and the numbers from which
you picked were 1-40. Now it's what? 1-90? So the odds of picking a number that
rolls up on the ping pong balls is really low on each 6 numbers per line on
the tickets.

I can remember jackpots under $1 million

$1 million doesn't change my life enough to make it worthwhile.

I seldom play, but when I do on a whim, the jackpot has to be at least mid 9 figures.

1MM - so after tax maybe 650K. I could pay off the house and car, maybe buy a few treats, invest the rest - no new car, no new house, no early retirement etc.

venture

I was looking at my local Toyota website. They don't use the term MSRP. Now they are saying SRP.

You have to give them credit for ingenuity.

venture

fintail said:

driver100 said:

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

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Now I have even more reason to hope he wins.

jmonroe

Sorry, they should give me the prize for not even having one number right.
I guess you will still have me around for a while.

I remember the good old days when the Ohio lottery started and the numbers from which
you picked were 1-40. Now it's what? 1-90? So the odds of picking a number that
rolls up on the ping pong balls is really low on each 6 numbers per line on
the tickets.

I can remember jackpots under $1 million

$1 million doesn't change my life enough to make it worthwhile.

I seldom play, but when I do on a whim, the jackpot has to be at least mid 9 figures.

1MM - so after tax maybe 650K. I could pay off the house and car, maybe buy a few treats, invest the rest - no new car, no new house, no early retirement etc.

I never play, but if I did win a million it would change my life. I would be able to invest it along with my others and turn it into $900,000 in almost no time.

jmonroe1

venture said:

I was looking at my local Toyota website. They don't use the term MSRP. Now they are saying SRP.

You have to give them credit for ingenuity.

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Clever thieves have always had ingenuity. In the case of selling cars the buyer has always subscribed to the truism, “there’s a sucker born every minute”.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

venture said:

fintail said:

driver100 said:

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

sda said:

driver100 said:

@venture & @jmonroe 1 Thanks for the good wishes....if I win I'll buy both of you an oil change, each.

You can at least treat them to a first rate steak dinner, dessert and a fine bottle of wine.

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Now I have even more reason to hope he wins.

jmonroe

Sorry, they should give me the prize for not even having one number right.
I guess you will still have me around for a while.

I remember the good old days when the Ohio lottery started and the numbers from which
you picked were 1-40. Now it's what? 1-90? So the odds of picking a number that
rolls up on the ping pong balls is really low on each 6 numbers per line on
the tickets.

I can remember jackpots under $1 million

$1 million doesn't change my life enough to make it worthwhile.

I seldom play, but when I do on a whim, the jackpot has to be at least mid 9 figures.

1MM - so after tax maybe 650K. I could pay off the house and car, maybe buy a few treats, invest the rest - no new car, no new house, no early retirement etc.

I never play, but if I did win a million it would change my life. I would be able to invest it along with my others and turn it into $900,000 in almost no time.

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I didn’t know we have the same financial advisor.

jmonroe

kyfdx

venture said:

I was looking at my local Toyota website. They don't use the term MSRP. Now they are saying SRP.

You have to give them credit for ingenuity.

Someone linked Toyota stickers that had "TSRP" at the bottom..

dino001

Brave new world of old style ADMs.

tjc78

$650K after taxes would be amazing. Pay off one of the houses, tuck a little away and buy a classic car for me and a few fancy things for the wife.

Life changing? Maybe not but would be darn nice!

imidazol97

"Hertz cites weak demand, high damage costs in decision to downsize EV fleet"

My son had EV either 2 or 3 times on his trips to DC last year. I think he decided
they were more trouble than they're worth, even for short drives working in the area.

I recall they didn't tell renters that the unit only needed to be charged to 80% to be
considered a "full tank" upon return the first time he rented. So he had to try to
fuss around getting the "tank" as full as possible to drop off at DCA.

On one of the last trips he had a BMW, which he kind of liked. Scares me.


https://www.marketwatch.com/story/hertz-cites-weak-demand-high-damage-costs-in-decision-to-downsize-ev-fleet-0996ae17?mod=home-page

venture

kyfdx said:

venture said:

I was looking at my local Toyota website. They don't use the term MSRP. Now they are saying SRP.

You have to give them credit for ingenuity.

Someone linked Toyota stickers that had "TSRP" at the bottom..

https://www.gofioretoyota.com

fintail

tjc78 said:

$650K after taxes would be amazing. Pay off one of the houses, tuck a little away and buy a classic car for me and a few fancy things for the wife.

Life changing? Maybe not but would be darn nice!

I suppose with no mortgage or car note, I would have some extra play money. Maybe expand the garage and pick up another old croc - but maybe like you, I am a "low roller" in my old car tastes, and would be unlikely to want anything more than 20-25K. Also maybe take a cool vacation more frequently.

laurasdada

I'd take the net and try to get the wife to retire, apply the proceeds to health insurance premiums until Medicare time.
And then go nuts and play a $50 hand of blackjack.