Today's Quote

In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We keep winning. 

                        

Matched	Prize	Date	Numbers   Drawn (Mega Ball)
1 of 5 + BB	$ 3	9/22/2006	7 - 12 - 17 - 22 - 43 (16)   Megaplier 4X

Since we have megaplied, our $3.00 equals $12.00, the Megaplier was 4X.
We now have $34.00 in our bank.

No one won the Jack Pot on Friday Night's drawing, the Jack Pot rose to $15 Million.  So for Tuesday Mega is $15 Million and PowerBall is $15 Million for their Wednesday drawing.  Someone in Iowa won the Jack Pot for PowerBall.

Since being a Lottery Pool Host for over 2 years now, I have found that the People of Ohio win more Mega Million Jack Pots than any other state.  But with PowerBall in seems Iowa has more wins than any other state.  So if you want to win a Jack Pot in either Mega or PowerBall, you'll need to move to either Iowa or Ohio.

In Tuesday Night's drawing, the estimated cash value of this jackpot is $8,891,520.00.

This group has 57 Members, with 64 shares being sold.

Here is the breakdown.  Remember this is an estimate only and it doesn't not take into account any attorney fee's, taxes, or tithes:

                                          

Shares Purchased	Amount that could be won
.5	$69,465.00
1	$138,930.00
1.5	$208,395.00
2	$277,860.00
3	$416,790.00
4	$1,756,440.00

I will try to hold off on starting the next game until I get a new member or someone who is rejoining us.

Right now I think I will set the next game for Friday October 6^th, 2006.

     

Growing OLDER -- Fender Skirts

What a great blast from the past! I haven't thought about fender skirts in years. When I was a kid, I considered it such a funny term, made me think of a car in a dress. Thinking about fender skirts started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice.

 Like "curb feelers" and "steering knobs." Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction first. Any kids will probably have to find some elderly person over 50 to explain some of these terms to you.

Remember "Continental kits?" They were rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.

 

When did we quit calling them "emergency brakes?" At some point "parking brake" became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went with "emergency brake."

 

I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the accelerator the "foot feed."

Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never anymore-"store-bought." Of course, just about everything is store-bought these days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress or a store-bought bag of candy.

 

"Coast to coast" is a phrase that once held all sorts of excitement and now means almost nothing. Now we take the term "worldwide" for granted. This floors me.

 

On a smaller scale, "wall-to-wall" was once a magical term in our homes. In the '50s, everyone covered their hardwood floors with, wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.

 

When's the last time you heard the quaint phrase "in a family way?" It's hard to imagine that the word "pregnant" was once considered a little too graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company. So we had all that talk about stork visits and "being in a family way" or simply expecting."

 

Apparently "brassiere" is a word no longer in usage. I said it the other day and my daughter cracked up. I guess it's just "bra" now. "Unmentionables" probably wouldn't be understood at all.

 

It's hard to recall that this word was once said in a whisper -"divorce." And no one is called a "divorcee" anymore.  Certainly not a "gay divorcee." Come to think of it, "confirmed bachelors" and "career girls" are long gone, too.

Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a pure-'60s word I came across the other day - "rat fink." Ooh, what a nasty put-down!

 Here's a word I miss - "percolator." That was just a fun word to say. And what was it replaced with? "Coffeemaker." How dull. Mr. Coffee, I blame you for this.

 I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound so modern and now sound so retro. Words like DynaFlow" and "ElectraLuxe." Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with "SpectraVision!"

 

Food for thought - Was there a telethon that wiped out lumbago? Nobody complains of that anymore. Maybe that's what castor oil cured, because I never hear mothers threatening their kids with castor oil anymore.

Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered list. The one that grieves me most - "supper." Now everybody says "dinner". Save a great word. Invite someone to "supper. Discuss fender skirts.