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On 2024-04-02, Kenny McCormack <[email protected]> wrote:

Think of all those lottery winners whose lives got totally screwed up by money.

I'm of the opinion that if I did win the lottery (which I don't play, so there's no chance of this happening), I'd keep a million or two to live on (comfortably) and give the rest away (in one fell swoop) to some good charity. I wouldn't tell anyone about it.

Yes; I've read the stories about this, so I'm well prepared. :)

Not telling anyone is important. If you're required to make an
appearance to accept, wear disguise. Mask, Groucho Marx glasses, ...

Don't let your name be publicized.

The hard part, in this day and age where everything is a scam, would be finding an actually good/deserving charity.

Why, The Free Software Foundation. :)

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In article <UzYON.154262$[email protected]>,
Scott Lurndal <[email protected]> wrote:
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By definition. Because the definition of "too much" implies having crossed >>into the zone of being a bad thing.

I would like to argue that there are things that there is no such thing as >>too much of, but I can't think of any examples off hand.

Money?

Think of all those lottery winners whose lives got totally screwed up by
money.

I'm of the opinion that if I did win the lottery (which I don't play, so there's no chance of this happening), I'd keep a million or two to live on (comfortably) and give the rest away (in one fell swoop) to some good
charity. I wouldn't tell anyone about it.

The hard part, in this day and age where everything is a scam, would be
finding an actually good/deserving charity.

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In article <[email protected]>,
Kaz Kylheku <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2024-04-02, Kenny McCormack <[email protected]> wrote:

Think of all those lottery winners whose lives got totally screwed up by
money.

I'm of the opinion that if I did win the lottery (which I don't play, so
there's no chance of this happening), I'd keep a million or two to live on >> (comfortably) and give the rest away (in one fell swoop) to some good
charity. I wouldn't tell anyone about it.

Yes; I've read the stories about this, so I'm well prepared. :)

Not telling anyone is important. If you're required to make an
appearance to accept, wear disguise. Mask, Groucho Marx glasses, ...

Don't let your name be publicized.

I wonder if you could just transfer the ticket as is to the charity, with
an understanding that you get a seat on the board (or some other no-show
job - this would be more than enough for you to live the rest of your life
on).

The hard part, in this day and age where everything is a scam, would be
finding an actually good/deserving charity.

Why, The Free Software Foundation. :)

Good idea.

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On 02/04/2024 22:16, Kenny McCormack wrote:

In article <UzYON.154262$[email protected]>,
Scott Lurndal <[email protected]> wrote:
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By definition. Because the definition of "too much" implies having crossed >>> into the zone of being a bad thing.

I would like to argue that there are things that there is no such thing as >>> too much of, but I can't think of any examples off hand.

Money?

Think of all those lottery winners whose lives got totally screwed up by money.

I'm of the opinion that if I did win the lottery (which I don't play, so there's no chance of this happening), I'd keep a million or two to live on (comfortably) and give the rest away (in one fell swoop) to some good charity. I wouldn't tell anyone about it.

A lot more people think that, than actually follow through when they win
the lottery (or other large windfall). It turns out to be surprisingly difficult to keep it a secret, surprisingly difficult psychologically to
give most of the money away, and surprisingly difficult to live happily
from a lump sum that you keep. People do fine when they win a large
prize (I guess up to a few $100k) - they pay off their mortgage, buy a
fancy car, take a nice holiday. But prizes of $10M and more usually
cause a lot of trouble for the winner.

The hard part, in this day and age where everything is a scam, would be finding an actually good/deserving charity.

One lottery winner managed this. When he won about £160M in the
lottery, he bought his favourite football club (or "soccer club", for
those who come from a country where "football" doesn't involve feet or
round balls) and set it up as a trust owned by the club's fans.

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On 4/3/24 03:38, David Brown wrote:
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lottery, he bought his favourite football club (or "soccer club", for
those who come from a country where "football" doesn't involve feet or
round balls)

I'm curious - in which country is "football" used as the name of a sport
that doesn't involve feet? I know of many countries where "football"
refers to a sport where the use of hands is prohibited, and others where
it's allowed, but I'm not aware of any where the use of feet to kick the
ball is prohibited.

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On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 14:50:19 +0100
Chris Elvidge <[email protected]> wrote:

On 03/04/2024 at 08:38, David Brown wrote:

One lottery winner managed this. When he won about £160M in the
lottery, he bought his favourite football club (or "soccer club", for
those who come from a country where "football" doesn't involve feet or
round balls) and set it up as a trust owned by the club's fans.

I do wish people would stop intimating that the US is the only place
where Association Football (the football we play in the UK) is known as >soccer. When I was at secondary school (back in the 1960's) "soccer
practise" was a well know alternative to the term "football practise".

IME the only people in the UK who call football "soccer" are rugger bugger types.

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On 03/04/2024 at 08:38, David Brown wrote:

One lottery winner managed this. When he won about £160M in the
lottery, he bought his favourite football club (or "soccer club", for
those who come from a country where "football" doesn't involve feet or
round balls) and set it up as a trust owned by the club's fans.

I do wish people would stop intimating that the US is the only place
where Association Football (the football we play in the UK) is known as
soccer. When I was at secondary school (back in the 1960's) "soccer
practise" was a well know alternative to the term "football practise".


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On 04/04/2024 15:50, Chris Elvidge wrote:

On 03/04/2024 at 08:38, David Brown wrote:

One lottery winner managed this.  When he won about £160M in the
lottery, he bought his favourite football club (or "soccer club", for
those who come from a country where "football" doesn't involve feet or
round balls) and set it up as a trust owned by the club's fans.

I do wish people would stop intimating that the US is the only place
where Association Football (the football we play in the UK) is known as soccer. When I was at secondary school (back in the 1960's) "soccer
practise" was a well know alternative to the term "football practise".

The term "soccer" is sometimes used in the UK, yes. It is most common
in schools or areas of the country where rugby (also occasionally known
as "Rugby Football") is popular.

But the term "football", unqualified, invariably means "soccer" - except
in the USA.

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