My Webmaster won $70 million in Powerball lottery

[space-time]

if I were him, I wouldn't tell anyone, not even wife. I would let her clip coupons and buy stuff on sale, I would let the kids struggle to get good grades to get into college and when we retire and kids are out of college, I would split the money 40% each kid and 20% left for us and travel around the world to see all the places I couldn't see before. Until then, keep it all secret, don't tell anyone. Now that's a problem I wish I had

[clay]

space-time wrote:
if I were him, I wouldn't tell anyone, not even wife. I would let her clip coupons and buy stuff on sale, I would let the kids struggle to get good grades to get into college and when we retire and kids are out of college, I would split the money 40% each kid and 20% left for us and travel around the world to see all the places I couldn't see before. Until then, keep it all secret, don't tell anyone. Now that's a problem I wish I had

you mean, you wouldn't even be a little tempted to want to quit your job or do fun traveling now, while you're young and can fully enjoy it?

[space-time]

I would be tempted, for sure, but I would try to resist the urge as much as possible. Whether it is possible, I would never know... unless...

[Dennis S]

It won't be as much fun for him to tell his customers to go to hell as it would be to tell your boss to go to hell.

[haikuman]

Dennis S wrote:
It won't be as much fun for him to tell his customers to go to hell as it would be to tell your boss to go to hell.

That's an interesting take, assuming:banghead: he wants to tell his customers to go to hell . . .

[mstudio]

space-time wrote:
if I were him, I wouldn't tell anyone, not even wife. I would let her clip coupons and buy stuff on sale, I would let the kids struggle to get good grades to get into college and when we retire and kids are out of college, I would split the money 40% each kid and 20% left for us and travel around the world to see all the places I couldn't see before. Until then, keep it all secret, don't tell anyone. Now that's a problem I wish I had

Can you imagine what would happen when you wait to retire before you tell your wife that you had million$ of dollars sitting in a bank somewhere? For starters, you would be nut-less because she will kick yours off. Why would you want to hide that from your family? I could see trying to keep it from everyone else, but not my wife. And that's not because of the nut thing I mentioned, I would want to tell.

[$tevie]

If my family could all pursue art and music and charitable work without having to worry about money it would be a blessing indeed. I don't get this Puritannical "work is good for you" stuff AT ALL.

EDIT for typos. :eye:

[mstudio]

$tevie wrote:
If my family could all pursue art and music and charitable work without having to worry about money it would be a blessing indeed. I don't get this Puritannical "work is good for you" stuff AT ALL.

Yes, that's what I wanted to say, thanks.

[Lux Interior]

mstudio wrote: I would want to tell.

As would most people, regardless of what they say.

Bob: "I'm not telling anybody."

Monday morning at work:

Stan: "Mornin' Bob! What's n.."

Bob: "I WON SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

[Black]

the_poochies wrote:
[quote=Black]
And the logic of announcing such a thing . . .?
(edit-- meaning the logic of the webmaster announcing the windfall)

Well I just read the story about this fellow in the newspaper. I never knew anyone who won the lottery, so my reaction was just one of interest. Haters gonna hate, I guess.

To date, my Web designer hasn't returned my calls or e-mails since last week. Hmmm.....
Huh? I think I made it beyond clear I was not questioning why you posted this.