Speaking of stupid, today's Washington Post magazine has a disturbing article about the meltdown caused by a West Virginia guy's winning a massive Powerball 2 years ago. Sounds like it went to his head, and the entire region; destroyed families, strip clubs, drugs, all sorts of mayhem.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36338-2005Jan25.html On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:03:29 -0800, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Personally, I'd be stupid with it. I mean, isn't that what it's for? > :-) > > --Ben > > Ok, you got me; it was a broad, vague statement. I guess it might be more > correct to ask, HOW STUPID? :-) > > Burning off a few grand, maybe even a couple of hundred grand is probably not > that bad, and who wouldn't do that to some extent if they could? > > But being so stupid that you actually loose ALL the money, and eventually end > up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt after just a couple of years is > really, really, really STUPID. Isn't it? > > I am actually a bit surprised that this exact scenario happens to a rather > high percentage of people who receive large windfalls of money. Maybe as > high as 1/4 to 1/3 according to some antidotal articles I have read. > > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145380 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
