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I'd put a toilet in my recliner.

Talk about a Lazy Boy...

Hey Savage, i was going coyote hunting the other day and had a sudden pain on the way and had to make an emergency pit stop. It was Sunday pm and not much open so i pulled into a Micky Ds.

After unloading i felt empty again, so i decided to break my promise (again), and sauntered up toward the counter. I had to stand in line while one of Mexicos finest 5 ft tall 300 lb (each) couples tried to figure out how to get the stupid gringo behind the counter to concoct a knockoff of one of Starbucks best. He couldnt figure out how much ice cream and other schitt to put in so i started gandering around as my life passed before my eyes.

Low and behold they had a paper advert plastered to a roof support column and it had a pic of a juicy looking double 'beef' patty with a few short strips of bacon. $2. The bacon sealed the deal.

Hey, it wasnt half bad except for now having to worry about the possibility of mad cow disease from brain eating beef from S America in the future. I dont think its certified by the NA Cattlemens Ass.

I wonder what Sam or Jim or Barry would say to that but, hey, 2 big ones is 2 big ones, right?

I guess money would drive me back to Burger King.

Well, guess I'll stick my neck out and nose in. Not money like ol' Jed got, but I went from finding out
I was $45,000 in debt I'd never heard of (ex) to being able to more or less retire, in my mid 40s,
in the space of about 2 years.
More a right time-right place deal, than anything else. I believe God was in it. It didn't change me,
but made my circumstances a lot more pleasant. I think being happy is a decision, and doesn't
depend on what's happening, or not, beyond a few basics. I could choose to be as miserable
having some money, or as happy without any. The choice is just a bit easier on the one side, it
still requires sticking to.

All right. Good to know. Thanks.

You make me think of myself.
I rarely get lottery tickets, my last one is 6 week old, and not checked yet.


I have often thought, could I buy an AMG car, take off the badges and no one around here know what it is.
I wouldnt want friends and family to know I spent that much on a car!

Yo' Cuz,

What abouts a seement pond too?

So's we ken come over ta' fish in it. No mo trips all the ways down t' the river an' scheidt.

Y'all guys could warsh them clean drawers out in it too. Oh wait, that's right, ya' gots the indoor pipes already. Ken warsh 'em out in da kitchen sink then instead a havin' ta go outdoors. The pond'll stay cleener that way. Jus' make sure ta take the dishes out the sink firstest.

signed,

your long lost relative

Geno

PS, you ken get Otis that fancy new pudlepointer gal he's been after too.

Ha. I never bought one.

Its amazing how many people think they are lucky when they are poor as church mice and im not referring to you, DB.

I was standing in line behind a big buyer in worn out tenners and clothes at a convience store. I told the guy behind me its amazing. Said i dont buy them cause im not lucky. I said its crazy how poor folks still think they are lucky.

He wanted to know how i knew. I said, well, its easy. If i was lucky i would have been born rich. He didnt argue.

kw,

sure as heck would simplify a lot of things eh?

Never hafta worry about gettin' yelled at for cleaning guns on the kitchen table, or eatin' beans (or meat) every night if you wanted to. Could buy a goat to put in the yard so you don't have to mow, and eat him later if you wanted, butcher him right there too.

I better go get a ticket so I can get the ball rollin' to hermit freedom.

Geno

Id prolly just ruin it with some stinking fish.

I'll have you know my little igloo smells good as new after some Hill Country HEB orange blossom antibacterial dish detergent and a good airing in the garage for a few weeks. If that doesnt work a good rinse with water and baking soda does the job.

I would give it all to Charity.That bitch be fine!!!

the monetized economy has already changed each and every one of us, no? i mean, without money wouldn't we be changed?

That comment needs to be highlighted. After going through hell on Earth for about a year straight, I learned that. Happiness is unquestionably a choice.

There may have been a time - probably was a time - when some big money would have wrought changes in me as a person. At this point, I think it would not change me at all - and hope that to be true.

Such money certainly would enable change regarding the things I wish and try to do involving others - and hope I would be wise enough to do that as effective as possible.

James,

Here a million (after taxes) stretches a lot further. We even have our own Mennonites here too. Place right down at the end of our road was (is still?) listed at $680,000. 280 acres of decent cattle land (grazing and hay fields) with water rights to the reservoir up the way. Farmhouse, barn, corrals, loading chutes, etc. End of the paved road, only 16 miles or so from town. And it leaves $320,000 to live on/pay taxes etc.

Of course, we're in Cali. Granted, a very rural conservative county, but still have to deal with the rules here. And while there is decent hunting, it's not like you're going to get multiple deer tags as in some other states. Be lucky to draw one every 3-4 years. Bucks only.

Land just over the border in OR (SE OR) is very reasonably priced if you've got a million or two also. Probably cheaper than here, especially undeveloped land.

Drawbacks here are the regulations, and the fact that "decent" medical care is a 2-3 hour drive or in an emergency situation, a spendy helicopter flight out of here. Decent weather, few folks comparatively, relatively crime free.

Just depends on where a fella wants to live I guess, how far the money will stretch.

Geno

PS, read my next post to see how long we stay here if we win "BIG" big.

Hence the old joke: "How do you make a small fortune farming (or ranching)? ... Start off with a large fortune!"

Always thought it would be interesting to be in a position to take a drill rig around drilling wells for drinking water. Know absolutely zip about drilling. But figured if I had that much money, I could hire a like-minded crew to work with me.

I woukd buy me a new pancreas and stock up on pecan pie. Would also do my best to be as big a pain in the ass as I could to peta ans the democrats and anyone else like that.

So, you would have welfare bums living everywhere, huh?

They say money can't buy happiness, but it would sure make my misery a lot more tolerable!