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Post subject: Re: Powerball $375M after tax. What's your new fleet look li Posted: 02 Nov 2022, 19:29 |
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Joined: 11/03/08 Posts: 14567 Post Likes: +22924 Location: Peachtree City GA / Stoke-On-Trent UK
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When we lived in Tasmania I worked with a guy who was a farmer on the side. He had the proverbial rich uncle pass away and leave him many millions of $$. Of course Adrian immediately disappeared from his job at the railroad and we figured that was the last we'd seen of him. But a couple weeks later he came back. He apologized profusely for being gone to wrap up his uncle's estate, but assured everyone he was glad to be back and ready to work. We all had the same question, Adrian, what did you do with all that money? He thought for a moment and then said "I needed some new tractor tyres, got those".
So if I ever come into a pot of gold I didn't earn - I hope to be like Adrian.
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Post subject: Re: Powerball $375M after tax. What's your new fleet look li Posted: 02 Nov 2022, 19:56 |
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Joined: 08/13/14 Posts: 538 Post Likes: +258
Aircraft: Cessna T206H
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Free will
And Free Choice
Govt didn’t impose any of it. We voted for it. Maybe I’m remembering it differently so please correct me.
Edit to add to post: A Phenom 300 is a great choice and one I agree on.
Next would be a PC12 for shorter trips.
Then maybe a Gamebird and a bunch of training. Or a floatplane….
Then a loaded CC.
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Post subject: Re: Powerball $375M after tax. What's your new fleet look li Posted: 02 Nov 2022, 19:57 |
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Joined: 02/21/11 Posts: 512 Post Likes: +592 Location: Northside of Atlanta
Aircraft: RV-6 & RV-10
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Something old and simple - Aeronca Champ. Something old and complicated - Cabin Waco Something old and more complicated - Beech AT-11 Something old, fast, and complicated. Supermarine Spitfire. MKV or earlier. I-26. Something to tow the I-26. King Air, Vision Jet, PC-12, etc. Something with high dispatch reliability I could reasonably expect to fly on <1,000 mile trips with a few friends.
And, of course, I'll keep the RV-6 and RV-10.
Everything else starts looking like a NetJets subscription, Charters, or First Class with Delta.
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Post subject: Re: Powerball $375M after tax. What's your new fleet look li Posted: 02 Nov 2022, 19:59 |
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Joined: 05/22/10 Posts: 4 Post Likes: +1 Location: Roseville, CA
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Best Slogan regarding the lottery??? I think it originated from the New York State lottery many years ago…
“You can’t win if you don’t play!”
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Post subject: Re: Powerball $375M after tax. What's your new fleet look li Posted: 02 Nov 2022, 20:09 |
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Joined: 05/11/10 Posts: 12403 Post Likes: +11412 Location: Indiana
Aircraft: Cessna 185, RV-7
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Username Protected wrote: Best Slogan regarding the lottery??? I think it originated from the New York State lottery many years ago…
“You can’t win if you don’t play!” Statistically, you can't win whether you play or not. But I'll play this. Beaver on amphibs. Carbon Cub FX3. Beech 18 with its own mechanic. A flight instructor on call to keep me from killing myself in those three. A really nice cabin where no one can find me. A nice condo in, say, Bimini, where my friends and family can find me. Netjets subscription to get me to those places with minimum hassle. Enough land in central Indiana to put each of my kids in a house there. Big enough to call it a "compound." Or, an alternative: If I bought a Connie, how long could I run it before burning through $375M?
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Post subject: Re: Powerball $375M after tax. What's your new fleet look li Posted: 02 Nov 2022, 20:48 |
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Joined: 01/23/13 Posts: 8070 Post Likes: +5761 Company: Kokotele Guitar Works Location: Albany, NY
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Username Protected wrote: Statistically, you can't win whether you play or not. About 10 years ago Powerball had hit a big landmark amount, so there was a lot of media coverage about it. There was an interview with a mathematician who said you’d be stupid not to play because nothing else offers such high reward for so little risk, and people do win. He also said you’d be stupid to buy two tickets because the odds are so remote that doubling them makes no meaningful difference.
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