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Post subject: Lucky brother in law
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:06 pm
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Last Thursday morning my brother in law burst into the house waving a piece of paoer over his head-he had won $100,000 on the Loto 649.It couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy.He lost his wife several years ago and is still dealing with grief after almost 15 years and he has been literally dragging himself to work for years due to significant health issues and some serious work injuries that Workers Compensation won't cover despite evidence from several specialists that they are most definitely work related injuries.Saturday night we had to call an ambulance for him because he was actually screaming in pain.They did all kinds of tests and found that the wrist that he had injured at work had become highly inflamed and they drained a large amount of yellowish green goop from it.They sent it off to be tested and won't know the results for a few days. They kept him in overnight and released him yesterday afternoonThey changed a couple of his meds and now he isn't hobbling around and is having much less pain than he has had for years.

We had him up for a Bar-B-Que last night and I told him that it only cost him $25,000 a plate.That won't get me the '54 Strat that I always wanted but it would get me the '64 Firebird VII I have always wanted too.Seriously though I'm as happy as the proverbial porker in excrement for him,he's a great guy who really deserves it and needs it too.

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Post subject: Re: Lucky brother in law
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:09 pm
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Post subject: Re: Lucky brother in law
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:21 pm
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that is awesome. I hope he doesn't get hounded by too many crazies because of this bit of good luck. :)

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Post subject: Re: Lucky brother in law
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:38 pm
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He has caller I.D. and even before this doesn't answer the phone unless he recognizes the number.He won't have any trouble telling people were to go and how to get there, he can be pretty curmudgeonly when he wants to be.The past few months he has been worrying about how he can continue to go on working in the condition he's in,but has to work because his pension payout at this point wouldn't be near enough to support him. Despite working in one place for over 20 years,the place went under and he lost all the pension contributions he had made.He hasn't worked at his current job long enough to qualify for a full pension.Now with this sudden windfall he can pay off all of his debts and can afford to retire despite the reduced pension payout.I've been praying for the poor bugger for quite some time-I think that I'll tell him that if it wasn't for that he'd still be in a hard spot.Maybe he'll repay me with a Rick 360/12 at least...lol.

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Post subject: Re: Lucky brother in law
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 12:44 pm
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Great story and best wishes to him!

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Post subject: Re: Lucky brother in law
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 12:47 pm
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That's just great! :D


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Post subject: Re: Lucky brother in law
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 2:45 pm
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That's great to hear! Sometimes, people can get a break, especially when they've had to endure so much.

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Post subject: Re: Lucky brother in law
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:08 pm
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Nice story Derek. Similarly a disabled friend of mine won 900 USD at the casino Sunday playing a quarter slot machine. He only sank 15 quarters into it and jackpot! He deserved it too and went home with his winnings to leave the message on my phone, lol.

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Post subject: Re: Lucky brother in law
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 5:41 pm
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It couldn't happen to a nicer guy, good for him :)


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