The most confusing set of traffic lights in the world was installed in China at the entrance to an amusement park. My Red/Green light system is far simpler!
"You're a numbers guy," wrote Josh to me. "So how many people who buy your Silver Lotto System become members of that prediction service of yours?"
His email intrigued me, so in a spare moment this morning I did the sums.
New Jersey Powerball winner Pedro Quezada won a record $338 million. Under current laws he won't be able to keep his identity secret. Photo
When you win a substantial lottery prize, you need to keep your head down.
Security is ultra important so you don't get targeted by crooks, scam artists and begging letter writers.
In many countries you are required to give permission for releasing your private details as part of the winning contract.
But in the USA there are only 5 states which won't publish your private information:
"I can't even balance my checkbook," he said. "So how am I gonna figure out these lottery figures!"
Chris was a 47 year-old neighbor who loved working with his hands.
He had expanded his hobby, and built exquisite grandfather clocks that sold for thousands of dollars each. But he hated figures.
He desperately wanted to win the lottery to make his family's future more secure.
Imagine while doing target practice if you were given orders in this sequence:
Fire! Ready! Aim!
Crazy. Nothing would happen.
As I was finishing off the Lotto-80 predictions just now, it reminded me how important it is to follow the correct steps.
Put the home of producer Larry David of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Seinfeld" on your buylist after your win!
PRICE: $14,999,000
LOCATION: Pacific Palisades, CA, USA
COUNTIN': 7 beds, 10 baths, 10,000 sq ft
SELLER: Larry David, actor, producer
GAME TO WIN: California Mega Millions - $20 million
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: $5,001,000
Reader's Digest magazine are well known for their long running sweepstakes.
At the young age of 9, I collected a large number of tickets where the prize was a flight in an amphibian aircraft off a local beach.
I wanted to win that sweepstake.
I asked people around me on the beach for their tickets... I pleaded, I cajoled. I desperately WANTED to be on that flight that was leaving in less than an hour.
Why is it that you rarely see fat rich people? What do they do that's different to the rest of us?
And who said, "You can never be too thin or too rich" ... were they right after all?*
Via Redfin
Put this Los Gatos Blvd home on your buylist after your win!
PRICE: $4,395,000
LOCATION: San Francisco, USA.
COUNTIN': 6 beds, 8 baths, 7,500 sq ft
SELLER: Originally Steve Wozniak of Apple Computers. Several owners since.
GAME TO WIN: California SuperLotto Plus - $11 milllion
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: $6,605,000
It's unsettling. I read today that the common bedbug may be resistant to most pesticides.
That means these little blood suckers are getting impossible to kill.
Over the last 15 years the bed bug has spread rapidly. A single fertilized female can infest an entire apartment building. And 10% of all New Yorkers have bed bugs in their homes and at work.
And there seems to be no cure.
Except one. And I know what it is.
"This is your problem," said Clint, holding up a plastic part from the bottom of my shower.
He pointed to the holes drilled in it, and looked perplexed.
"First time I've seen that," he scratched his head. "It's been adapted, and not correctly either."
It started a few months back, when our hall started smelling.
I was 14, and trying to be cool. The music from the live band on the stage started.
The girls were sitting in a long line across the hall.
The guys were grouped on the other side, talking and glancing over at the girls.
One by one they strolled over and asked the girls for a dance. Some guys were accepted.
Some were refused - for no obvious reason that I could see.
I walked across. I was accepted. So far so good.
But when I asked her for the next dance...
The Aston Martin Virage I drove this morning. What a nice way to spend your lottery winnings!
Early this afternoon I put my three 27" screens to sleep, forgot about business, and jumped into my Mercedes sports car.
I was on my way to test drive a new Aston Martin at the local dealership.
Winner of the Pennslyvania Powerball, Roger Custer (r) accepts his ceremonial check for $33.1 million. Photo
I received this email from Jason T:
Ken, as you probably know the Powerball has changed its numbers. I just bought your PRO profiles for powerball a few weeks ago, so now they're useless.
What do I do now? Do I get a new profile when the game numbers change like this? Jason.
Unfortunately it's not only Powerball that change their numbers. Occasionally other lottery games will change their numbers, balls or draw times.
Put this home on your list to buy after your California SuperLotto Plus and Mega Millions win!
PRICE: $14,995,000
LOCATION: Beverly Hills, CA, USA.
COUNTIN': 7 beds, 9 baths, 10,567 sq ft
SELLER: Kelsey Grammer, actor
GAME TO WIN: California SuperLotto Plus $8 million + Mega Millions $41 million
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: $34,005,000
Jim Carrey goes off to Fiji? No lottery there!
If you live in Fiji (Jim Carrey knows where that is, from his film The Truman Show), then your chances of winning the world's biggest jackpot are very slim.
“Hey Ken, I got an email telling me I won a lot of money in a lottery game in England. They told me I had to send them fee money to release the winnings to me because there were insurance costs and bank fees. I don't have a spare $1500 to pay them but I'm thinking of borrowing the money from my sister. What do you think?”
I think you should immediately stop anything involved with this proposal and forget it entirely. It is a common scam, and plenty of people are taken in by it.
If you didn't buy a ticket (or even if you did) this is not the way that genuine lotteries conduct business.
A distant relative of ours lost many thousands of dollars to such a scheme recently. Don't be one of the people who have given their hard-earned money to these rip-offs!
My simple light wallet with some notes folded in the middle. But was it good enough?
Today I walked into a store to make a purchase. This was a big test - because for the first time in my life I had come without my man wallet.
You know, that heavy leather foldable thing stuffed with cards and bills, that is too big for your pockets.
Let me tell you what happened next.
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