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Lottery Winner Toth Goes From Rags to Riches to Rags
The Tampa Tribune ^ | September 24, 2010 | KEITH MORELLI

Posted on 09/25/2010 8:54:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: Windflier

The fact that she is white just proves that we are all equal regardless of preconceived notions of race. Whites are equally idiotic as any other race. Therefore, hate crimes should be applied equally. We are all idiots.


41 posted on 09/25/2010 10:40:39 PM PDT by abner (I have no tagline, therefore no identity.)
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To: Old Sarge

A close friend of my DIL lost her husband and got quite a big settlement from the company he worked for and he had a lot of life insurance.

Not long after the settlement she came to my DIL and wanted to know how much money she wanted. My DIL asked her what she meant, well it seems that many of the people who helped her out after her husband died also hit her up for money later. My DIL told her that she didn’t want anything but she called her back later and told her she wanted one thing and that was for her to get a financial advisor the next day.

She listened to my DIL and her financial advisor and the mooches are no longer in her life and she is doing quite well and should continue to do so.


42 posted on 09/25/2010 10:40:42 PM PDT by tiki
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To: abner
The fact that she is white just proves that we are all equal regardless of preconceived notions of race. Whites are equally idiotic as any other race.

Yes, under the skin, people are just people. Melanin's got nothing to do with character or intelligence.

43 posted on 09/25/2010 11:05:20 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: kcvl
That's 53???
44 posted on 09/25/2010 11:10:32 PM PDT by oprahstheantichrist (The MSM is a demonic stronghold, PLEASE pray accordingly - 2 Corinthians 10:3-5)
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To: wastedyears
From the beginning, she said, she knew they were handling their good luck badly. They decided to get payments over 20 years and the yearly payment came to $666,666.66.

The payout option of the beast!

45 posted on 09/25/2010 11:15:49 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others)
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To: tiki

I try to teach my kids that people who can predict the future will succeed and people who cannot predict the future will fail. This woman clearly had no ability to predict the future beyond about 30 minutes.


46 posted on 09/25/2010 11:23:27 PM PDT by BRL
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To: nickcarraway

stupid is as stupid does, there is a certain type of person that will never know how to utilize money if they tried.

All she had to do was put it in the bank and live off the interest and have a bit of fun...but oh no.


47 posted on 09/25/2010 11:31:47 PM PDT by sunmars
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To: nickcarraway

Bush’s fault.


48 posted on 09/25/2010 11:39:45 PM PDT by Hoodat (.For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: RichInOC

He is a real hoot, that tater salad..


49 posted on 09/25/2010 11:54:30 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: PROSOUTH

sure wish he was my uncle and I was his only favorite niece.This old gal has been around long enough to know how to spend money, sometimes wisely....


50 posted on 09/25/2010 11:59:18 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: max americana

I remember about one winner that didn’t show up for a month. He was smart enough to see a lawyer first and set up a trust plus other legal documents....


51 posted on 09/26/2010 12:01:32 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: Windflier

Its not fair, there are more whites in this country so we have the majority of stupid people...LOL


52 posted on 09/26/2010 12:07:22 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: proud_yank
***That alone is the precursor to the events that followed. This doesn't surprise me at all.***

If I had a bottle of good bourbon, a carton of ciggies and only 27 dollars and 20 cents, I probably do the same thing...see lots of us whites are stupid....LOL

53 posted on 09/26/2010 12:10:48 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: QBFimi

I heard it described as a tax on people that are bad at math.


54 posted on 09/26/2010 12:12:01 AM PDT by Free Descendant (Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.)
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To: Grizzled Bear

Haha, yes indeed!


55 posted on 09/26/2010 12:21:42 AM PDT by wastedyears (Iron Maiden's new album in the top 5 in the US. Incredible)
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To: goat granny
Its not fair, there are more whites in this country so we have the majority of stupid people...LOL

Good one! Hadn't thought of that ;-)

56 posted on 09/26/2010 12:33:35 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: nickcarraway

Geez.... what a couple of idiots! Sounds to me like a combination of Gambling habits and probably drugs in addition to handing out money to anyone with their hand out..... I’m no expert on money but c’mon...They won in 1990...The Market was booming in the 90’s a few well placed investments in the Stock market..Some Microsoft stock or Google stock and they would be worth $100 million or so these days...Of course that is considering they got decent advice..followed it..and got out of the Market before the bubble busrt....


57 posted on 09/26/2010 2:02:12 AM PDT by jakerobins
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To: SuziQ

The first lottery winner in Texas was a single nurse in her fifties. She won a million dollars. She eventually had to move out of her home and go into hiding. Strangers were knocking on her door at all times of the night.

If I was to win NOBODY would know. Not even family.


58 posted on 09/26/2010 2:20:44 AM PDT by Terry Mross (Never again will I hold my nose and vote for a rino.)
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To: SuziQ

Advice for people who win big: help the friends you had before the hit. The ones who helped you move, or drove you home when you got drunk, or were pallbearers at a loved one funerals. Those were the ones who knew you when you were going thru you sofa for spare change and still stuck by you. Those will be your only friends you can trust.
And beware of any relatives you havent seen in a long time. And dont be afraid to tell people to push off when they come asking for cash.
And stay away from Vegas.


59 posted on 09/26/2010 2:47:24 AM PDT by Yorlik803 (better to die on your feet than live on your knees.)
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To: SuziQ
Amazingly, a couple of weeks after my Daddy died, my mother received a letter from a perfect stranger, saying that since my mother would probably get money from his insurance, she should send some to this perfect stranger, who had fallen on 'hard times'.

Good grief. Probably some scumbag, Democrat con artist who reads obituaries and tries to take advantage of the bereaved.

That's despicably low.

60 posted on 09/26/2010 3:24:26 AM PDT by Allegra (Flank steak is very lean.)
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