Yeah, that guy is infamous. He's probably looking at a jail term at this point.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lakein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 11:43 PM Subject: Re: I now live with a millionaire > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect Your PC from viruses, hackers, spam and more. Buy PC-cillin with Easy Installation & Support http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=61 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145405 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
