Money and Happiness

Reply #172

smart player — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 04:26:52 GMT

Yeah you got the point. Let's face it, there are simply some sources of happiness that take alot of money to enjoy.

Joker, I really hope your grandma lives to be at least 110 and you win next week.

I think we have learned much in our short 47 years of living on this earth.

~Peace

Reply #171

joker17 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 04:09:53 GMT

Ha ha Sully and smart player...my grandma lives in England, and she's 108 years old. I may go and see her next year. All the money in the world can't buy a sweet grandma, but that's the point I was making throughout this thread. She may not be around much longer at that age, so If i had the money, I'd go there every month just to see her.

Money can do so much, I just wish some people would understand this concept. I haven't seen her since I was about 17 years old because I had to work like a... [ More ]

Reply #170

smart player — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:49:20 GMT

She might. You know how those grandmas are. Oh wait; I am a grandma. Uhm, never mind

Reply #169

sully16 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:48:33 GMT

LOL, YA, That would be a bad memory.

Reply #168

joker17 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:44:10 GMT

I agree, as long as she doesn't slip me the tongue...

Reply #167

smart player — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:40:07 GMT

Awww - How sweet

Reply #166

smart player — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:30:09 GMT

I always try to keep it real. BTW I would love to hear everybody's opinion on some thought provoking questions I posted earlier today entitled How To Claim The Lottery Intelligently? So I would love it if ya'll would check out the post. Thanks

Reply #165

sully16 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:28:09 GMT

Roses are red and violets are blue

Grandmas got big wet kisses , just for you.

Reply #164

smart player — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:11:31 GMT

I think literally taking it up the ass would feel a hell of a lot better than what I deal with at work.

Thanks for the well wishes. I do play, within reason, so there is actually a chance I could win.

I hope you win too, and I hope I make you smile

Reply #163

joker17 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:06:59 GMT

OMG

Reply #162

joker17 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:04:36 GMT

Finally, someone who understands REALITY, and doesn't repeat the same old cliche B.S. with gooey words like a Myna bird.

Don't worry though, there will be plenty of more B.S. coming soon in the following pages. There's gonna be Touchy Feely comments put into nice little warm and cozy poems about what the real definition of happiness is like a hug from Grandma, walking in the park on a summer day, watching a sunset while a puppy runs in front of you............... These people are delusional..... [ More ]

Reply #161

rdgrnr — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:43:16 GMT

I hope you win, smart player.

And I hope you don't mean literally what you said in #3.

Best of luck to you.

Reply #160

smart player — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:57:49 GMT

Does money buy happiness? To answer this question, simply ask yourself the following questions.

1. Does it make me happy to worry about how to pay next month's mortgage, auto insurance, utility bills, car payment, or worse yet - last month's mortgage and last month's bills?

2. Does it make me happy to fight with my spouse over financial problems?

3. Does it make me happy that I am forced to take it in the ass by an abusive boss just to hang on to a job (when jobs are hard to come by now... [ More ]

Reply #159

Simba774 — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:15:50 GMT

Money does not buy happiness, but it buys freedom. Self made or lottery, it doesn't matter. The best medical care, no more worrying about bills, you can travel the world many times over, own your dream home, pay for your kid's college education, retire early, take of sick family memebers. Those things make you happy. Life will never be perfect, but money makes life better.

Reply #158

unseen — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:07:52 GMT

Ha, lol! Well I lived close to a huge amusement park and we went almost every weekend in the summer and after about a month I was done. Same with Vegas. The first few days I was estatic but by day 6 I was ready to go the hell home

Reply #157

Boney526 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:55:35 GMT

LMFAO.

Favorite post of the thread.

Reply #156

karinda — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:00:49 GMT

How do you know that Disneyland gets dull and boring when you go everyday

Reply #155

karinda — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:59:39 GMT

'Tis a gift

Reply #154

joker17 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:00:38 GMT

No, I'm not easily offended, just tell it as I see it. It's one thing to have an opinion, but your post is replete with words that read like supposed facts according to you. Words like... They lack true substance, identity, and a stable frame of mind ... Short comings ... grand delusion ....

You have a right to your opinions, but don't get pissy when someone disagrees with you.

I refer Ridge as a toothless hillbilly because he has a history of starting the whole name calling a while back,... [ More ]

Reply #153

unseen — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:13:49 GMT

You get offended way too easily. I'm done here. I rest my case on my so called 'opinion' as I can see how easy it was to bait one into a defensive rebuttal; how dare me lump another into my own opinion only to see that person refer to others as toothless hillbillies and rednecks. Should that be spelled out in refridgerator magnets for you to see? That typographical slippage of the mind tells me all I need to know Archie. You're way too invested in this conversation. Stop the self abuse. Enjoy yo... [ More ]

Reply #152

joker17 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:16:50 GMT

It's better than living with all those toothless rednecks way up in them hills. We can actually watch videos on our computers.

Reply #151

rdgrnr — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:34:59 GMT

You can keep that stuff between you and Nancy.

He's California at heart too, just like you.

Reply #150

joker17 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:02:41 GMT

You forgot one:

8. I'll be 80 when bonehead pulls his head out of his ass.

Reply #149

joker17 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:08 GMT

I got your cultural thing alright. And when you pull it out of your ass in the hospital bed crying from pain, you'll finally see the culture.

Reply #148

Boney526 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:55:27 GMT

Hey quit taking every post I make and telling me that I'm claiming to be an expert on the subject at hand.

If I did that, though, here's your resume...

1) I'm about 50 but I act like I'm 12. I've got a young spirit - and I act out like a 12 year old whose Mom just cut his allowence.

2) I have a system that's a guaranteed way to beat horse racing (or whatever the hell system you bought for 2500 dollars) but it has a 3 year learning curve.

3) Did I mention it's a guarenteed workin... [ More ]

Reply #147

rdgrnr — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:55:08 GMT

You hit the nail on the head right there, Boney.

It's a cultural thing.

That's why he hasn't got the slightest idea of what you're talking about.

He has no sense of compassion and no sense of honor.

I was going to say he's all instinct like a dog but even dogs have a sense of loyalty.

He doesn't.

He is 100% totally self-absorbed.

Reply #146

joker17 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:56:28 GMT

You got it totally now?....You wouldn't get it if it hit you square in the forehead going 300 MPH....

Yup, you've got me pegged alright...BRAVO !......

You're such a brilliant person. Now go back to your room and finish your homework, and btw, make your bed and clean up your mess.

Hey folks, now the 19 year old genius is an expert on Psychology and social behavior...Unbelievable folks !

OK, here's your ever growing resume:

Math genius

ESP abilities

Tax attorney expert

Mas... [ More ]

Reply #145

Boney526 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:16:49 GMT

I get it totally now.

You've got nobody you care about, and nobody cares about you, so you'll never feel what it's like to lose somebody.

Or at least that's the only reason I could think of for somebody to make a statement like that. You wouldn't let somebody you care about die for all the money in the world. Something tells me you don't understand that statement because you would seemingly just replace them with all the babes you'd get driving around in ferraries.... [ More ]

Reply #144

joker17 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:01:42 GMT

Sounds like something either Martha Stewart said, or what Jerry Springer said at the end of his show....

Reply #143

joker17 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:57:59 GMT

He went gaga? Okie dokie....

Stop doing so much drugs Coin...

Reply #142

joker17 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:56:31 GMT

Yeah, thanx for the warning dipshmidt. I'm so gald you woke me up to that BS. Go tell it to someone else who will be dumb enough to listen to your know-it-all crap.

Come to think of, you're right, you know what would make me happier than cars and women? For you to realize what a dumbass you really are.

Reply #141

joker17 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:52:06 GMT

That's your opinion. Lumping everyone by saying people confuse the two is simply ignorant. You're the one who is a fool for speaking for others. Speak for yourself.

Reply #140

sully16 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:02:26 GMT

Beautifully said, I agree wth my whole heart.

Reply #139

rdgrnr — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:00:29 GMT

People who think they can only be happy through money and possessions would seem to me to be very shallow and superficial.

And maybe they think this way because they've never lost the things that are really essential for true happiness. Usually, the things that make you happy are all around you and you don't realize how important they are to your happiness until you lose them. You can't gain happiness by gaining money but you can lose happiness through losing family members. Sometimes you mig... [ More ]

Reply #138

Coin Toss — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:30:30 GMT

joker17,

The babes didn't leave the guy who owned a Yugo, when he met the babes he owned a Ferrari, then he went gaga and was left with a Yugo. Quite a difference.

Reply #137

Boney526 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:35:30 GMT

When someone tells me money will make them happy for the rest of their life and will solve all of their grief I call BS because I feel that deep down inside they lack true substance, identity and a stable frame of mind and the only thing money will do is mask those short comings. Woooooo I can drive and expensive car now and live in an expensive home and show off and now women love me! No what you have my friend is a pain killer that's keeping you sedated from something that's eating at you insi... [ More ]

Reply #136

unseen — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:16:03 GMT

this thread is weird and funny. Trust me I've had hot chicks and didn't need a million dollars to pull them AND STILL DON'T! In fact I dated a few girls that went on to model and one who went on to dance for an NFL team. It was fun, pleasurable, etc but at the end of the day like I said in a previous thread it was external gratification which is different from internal happiness. Again too many people are confused with the difference between the two. I'm closing in on 45 now. I'm happy being in... [ More ]

Reply #135

Simba774 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:01:32 GMT

At least they had it good for awhile.

Hell, I agree. Yes, they made stupid decisions, but at least they got a chance to know what it feels like. For awhile they lived a life most of us could only dream of.

Reply #134

joker17 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:47:57 GMT

What?...

The babes who left the guy who owned a Yugo aren't even on the same plane as the ones qualified to my standards.

Believe you me, only 20 year old ANGELS would qualify, like the one below.

Reply #133

Coin Toss — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:24:48 GMT

joker,

Point is, sometimes the babes attracted to the Ferrari leave the guy with a Yugo.

Reply #132

joker17 — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:45:44 GMT

Do you really think chicks that money could get would make you happy?

Not everyone is into the lovie dovie crap. Some just want a nice ride...

You can either drive a Yugo,

or a

Ferrari.

Driving a Ferrari would most certainly make me happy.

Reply #131

Coin Toss — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:24:15 GMT

Glad for all that go through the storm OK.

OldSchoolPa,

You mentioned money buying hot chicks. Do you really think chicks that money could get would make you happy?

This thread is making me wonder if a study was ever done on jackpot winners who wind up bankrupt how many of them thought material things would bring them happiness and spent it all that way.

happygirl665,

Hang in there. I don't think a lot of people here are looking at money from a jackpot as coming out of dire strait... [ More ]

Reply #130

happygirl665 — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:21:09 GMT

I believe it would because currently I don't have a job and I am struggling. People say money doesn't bring you happiness but I don't believe it. One must go through without having money to fully understand the truth. It is hard out here and just 100 k would make my day. So, yes money does buy happiness in mist of being financially strapped and can't hardly pay your bills.

Reply #129

OldSchoolPa — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:46:54 GMT

Ah contrary to popular sayings, money can buy a person happiness. Bear with me for a moment. If a person derives enjoyment from driving a nice car really fast, that person can rent time at a motor speedway to put said car through paces without worrying about getting a ticket or killing someone else. Only money can buy that though. If a person derives enjoyment from personally visiting the different historic sights around the world, I know for a fact that only money can buy that plane ticket and

Reply #128

Opti-Mystic — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:34:53 GMT

Yeah, money will certainly buy me some happiness - if only to give it to the two people who need it most in my life, so I can get on with MY LIFE. Yeah, if only for that reason, money will most certainly pay for some happiness for me right now.

I'm not a lover of money and I wouldn't sell my soul for it, but I do love the independence it gives, the fact that I can say kiss my a$$ and walk fast to certain persons, and the RR which I sorely need and could now get because of it, YEAH, all i... [ More ]

Reply #127

karinda — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:47:01 GMT

thank you we are fiine eastern monmouth near sabndy hook

We losst poweerr miidnite. Fridaay has been out ssince then. Lost landline phonel yesterday

But itt was on thru the worst of things

i am glad that you got thru OK thoughts to alll in nj and everyone

Affected by the storm in other states and canada.

I'm changing my vote to yes moneey can buy happiness because it provides a way

For us to have what we need and when we have what we need we are happy

Stay safe

Kar... [ More ]

Reply #126

haymaker — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:38:38 GMT

no problems overnight,very lucky.a few trees down,planning to cut them anyway.

had electric for most of the storm,got up around 8 and thought we were in the eye.

put on TWC only to find irene was already in ma.

then power went out at 2 in afternoon,just came back few hrs. ago.

don't know where you are,hope you're ok.

Reply #125

psykomo — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:06:01 GMT

Set4life whata U tonkn BOUT ????????????? DON T spend ALL UR JACKPOT HOLD ON!!!!

(1) hot women (PSYKO KNOW$$$)

(2) lexus cars...(PSYKO KNOW$$$)

(3) travel D world (PSYKO KNOW$)

(4) 9 to 5 bullcrap (NO comment$)

PSYKO kan solve ALL ur PROBLEM's 4

$2500 per HOUR...........really CHEAP 4 what U GET HAPPINESS

Reply #124

haymaker — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:21:47 GMT

thanks dude,this is new territory for many incl. me,last time we had this badass i was jus a gleem in dad's eye,LOL

Reply #123

rdgrnr — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:01:32 GMT

Hunker down and stay safe up there, haymaker.

Everybody else up that way too. Take care.

Reply #122

haymaker — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:50:19 GMT

Karinda, thanks, this too shall pass always a comforting thought.

Reply #121

rdgrnr — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:30:12 GMT

Roger that, karinda.

Some people will never understand.

But then there is no accounting for taste or class.

Some people act as annoying as the nouveau riche just thinking they're going to be.

Reply #120

karinda — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:04:42 GMT

Hang-in there Haymaker.

This too shall pass.

Karinda

Reply #119

karinda — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:51:19 GMT

Possessions can make you less happy. In contrast, the body of research suggests that

if you want additional money so you can buy stuff -- like cars, clothes and jewelry --

with the goal of impressing or keeping up with others, these pursuits will actually

diminish your happiness, Dr. Maddux said, adding that research shows that the pursuit

of bling contributes to unhappiness because people probably are pursuing material

goods at the expense of self-development and relationships.

Reply #118

haymaker — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:13:14 GMT

right now i'd be happy if a women named irene made a hard right turn.

been darker than usual most of the day.

losing the satelite signal more often as storm gets closer.

treetops shakeing more as rain comes down harder.

i think this is just the front edge.

can't get the weather channel or any right now,still have power thank the lord.

god help the ppl.south of me who just delt w/ a earthaquake and now this.

Reply #117

karinda — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:22:43 GMT

This is very interesting Coin Toss. Thanks for sharing it.

Reply #116

Coin Toss — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:29:00 GMT

kapla,

To some extremely wealthy people money is simply the way they keep score .

And re: the OP, do you really think these Wall St. types are happy? Do you think not being able to get to sleep because your nieghbor's Rolls Royce Corniche is one day newer than yours is true happiness?

joker17,

Have you been writing for the Weekly World News? Dr. Oxie Muron and Sum Ting Wong? Are you Erik Von Datiken

Reply #115

joker17 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:59:06 GMT

Hey folks, I just found this article on the net concerning people who are lottery enthusiasts and the reasons they visit lottery sites. Very Interesting read, It's by Dr. Oxie Muron.

Date: 8-26-2011

Edited by: Sum Ting Wong

A Panel made up of experts in the field of human interactions was ceated by Dr. Oxie Muron in early August of 2011, soley to conduct research in the mental develepment and social stucturing behaviors of lottery enthusiasts. The panel interviewed a tot... [ More ]

Reply #114

kapla — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:37:51 GMT

Ok, so WHY then did we see all the GREED in Wall Street (and other places all over the world) the last few years that tanked our economy? People who were making 10's of millions needed to create ways (illegal immoral) to make 100's of millions!!

This was also the basic premise of our government back when they 'eased' the regulations on Wall Street years ago 'Oh they would NEVER do anything that would jeopardize the firm they built and own' Yet we now know they didn't care about the firm they... [ More ]

Reply #113

joker17 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:08:04 GMT

Thanx Ridge, that's all I needed to see. So If I ever win the JP, I'll turn it down and give it all away to charity because Dr. Maddux said It would make me less happy. Thank God for Dr. Maddux....! Just Imagine the lifelong unhappiness I would've had to endure If Cointoss didn't post this.

Boy that was a close call. Thanx Coin and Ridge, you guys just saved me from a life of hell. I owe you guys big time....

How can I ever possibly repay you?.....

Reply #112

rdgrnr — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:28:09 GMT

Possessions can make you less happy. In contrast, the body of research suggests that if you want additional money so you can buy stuff -- like cars, clothes and jewelry -- with the goal of impressing or keeping up with others, these pursuits will actually diminish your happiness, Dr. Maddux said, adding that research shows that the pursuit of bling contributes to unhappiness because people probably are pursuing material goods at the expense of self-development and relationships.

That's exact... [ More ]

Reply #111

Coin Toss — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 06:45:20 GMT

Received this today in an e-mail from Bottom Line's Daily Wealth. It fits this discussion like a glove:

Money and Happiness: It s Not About the Bling

You know how people are always saying that money can t buy happiness? It turns out they re wrong!

I ve recently seen not one but two studies that reveal some important findings on what cash can deliver in terms of quality of life. It s a compelling topic these days -- not least of all because the economy is forcing lots of us to confron... [ More ]

Reply #110

joker17 — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:15:54 GMT

You're right, I do need a hug by about ten 20 year old hotties using 100 dollar bills to fan me in my 20 million dollar mansion......

A already tried your suggestion in front of a mirror, but then I realized it was a two way mirror...

Reply #109

rdgrnr — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:09:43 GMT

Uh-oh, sounds like someone needs a hug.

I think some positive reinforcement through daily affirmations might help though.

Try this one:

I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!

Just keep repeating that while sitting in your favorite chair and looking longingly at yourself in a mirror.

Reply #108

joker17 — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:44:10 GMT

Well, according to some here, you'd get bored with all those sexy women, hot cars, travel, and no 9-5 job. Eventually you'll be so unhappy, you'll go back to your slave job and just have to put up with mediocre women who are middle aged, wrinkled, and rotting teeth, drive your Yugo, no vaction travels, and punch a clock at work with your miserable boss. Why?....because we all know money won't make us happy, and we'd give away all our fortune and return to a life of misery because that's what rea... [ More ]

Reply #107

Truckstop — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:42:28 GMT

I still play lottery every week, almost every day, but with the years, more the time goes by, more I don't expect to win. Playing for me, it's more a habit than expecting TO WIN SOMETHING. it's more like a cigarettes addiction than drugs addiction if one can compare. I don't like the Casino and scratch off tickets, I never play them. I really hate casinos. it's not about happiness, it's if I win, I win, if I don't too bad , but it won't change anything. 3 times in my life I missed the Jackpot of... [ More ]

Reply #106

Set4life — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:49:30 GMT

hot women, all the lexus cars, travel the world, none of that 9 to 5 bullcrap lol. This is what i think about when i play powerball/mega.. so yeah

Reply #105

rdgrnr — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:44:19 GMT

Mash down here to enlarge

Now you have to admit, that is one nice turban! And it's available

Reply #104

rdgrnr — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:08:45 GMT

I was thinking of contacting Johnny Carson's estate and seeing if his Carnac the Magnificent turban is available.

Now that was a turban

Reply #103

Simba774 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:10:00 GMT

Of course. I never believed the money doesn't buy happiness' saying. No money does not make life perfect (life just isn't perfect) but it makes life so much easier. You no longer have worry about not being able to pay your bilsl, you no longer have worry about losing your job, you can buy the things you have always wanted, but never could afford. You can travel the world and never have worry about those things. People hate to admit it, but the world treats you better when you have money.... [ More ]

Reply #102

joker17 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:49:51 GMT

Ok, can you at least make sure my turban is clean before i go to work? My boss is a stickler for clean turbans.

Reply #101

rdgrnr — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:23:48 GMT

I'll slap that turban off your head so fast it'll make your head spin.

Then I'll take a dump in it and put it back on your head before you know what hit ya. It'll probably still smell the same though.

Then I'll take a picture of you on the ground looking up out of the corner of your eye with my size 12 on your neck.

Then I'll spit a wad of BEECH-NUT in yer eye and be on my way.

Reply #100

joker17 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:57:39 GMT

Wow, you got me good, so I ate some curry from time to time, but you made it sound as If it was a staple in my diet. You actually went back to look for an inconsistency for curry?...ha ha...That's the best you got? That's laughable at best. So what? Big freaking deal....Wow, you had to dig at the bottom of the barrel to find some dirt on me?.....Give me a break....

At least I didn't lie about how much money I make, like you MR. BIG spender...800 a week is pocket change to you but you live amo... [ More ]

Reply #99

rdgrnr — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:19:27 GMT

I just caught you in yet another baldfaced lie.

You just said:

I don't eat curry,...

But back on May 23rd of this year, you said this:

Comments

1.

Comment by joker17 - May 23, 2011, 12:21 am

Thanx for getting the word out. I've been saying this for the longest, even though I'm not a poster child by any length. I do eat as much salad but a good burger is hard to resist sometimes. McDonalds is tottaly out of the picture, and the rest of the fast food crappy chains out th... [ More ]

Reply #98

joker17 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:22:35 GMT

The only strings you pull is out of your ass. You ain't got me all hyped, I don't allow loser rednecks like yourself to talk smack to me. Yaeh, bleeding lip, black ey, and broken jaw. You'd regret opening your crock smucker in the first place you dumb old whiskey slugging goat. Go eff yourself asswipe !

I don't eat curry, but if i had a choice I'd rather smell like curry than some scum like you that stinks to high heaven from B.O.

You don't know waht work is. How can you even go to work wh... [ More ]

Reply #97

rdgrnr — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:03:44 GMT

LMAO! I love pulling the strings and making my little puppet dance! Looks like I really hit a nerve that time for you to go berserk like that, LOL! My bleeding lip, ha ha ha ha ha, you couldn't reach my lip you little pipsqueak, I'd step on you like a c*ckroach. I've seen your picture remember? You're a little, stubby, fat runt. So get over yourself, seriously dude. And I was just talking about a virtual handing of your ass to you. But anytime you feel froggy...

You have to work like a slave... [ More ]

Reply #96

joker17 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:22:04 GMT

You should be used to racist remarks since you started it loser. Look who's talking, a backward hillbilly who can't watch videos. A toothless old fart living in the woods getting drunk all day long preaching to me about life. Not to mention believing in fairytales....What a joke !

I'm not bragging dumbass, that's what the inexperienced drivers make, you can make more. Chump change, ha!!!....At least I don't live on govt assistance like you probably do. Sure 800 a week ain't a lot, but it was... [ More ]

Reply #95

rdgrnr — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:50:33 GMT

LOL, you're like a brand new pair of cheap shoes. Trying to appear all nice and shiny but ready to come apart at the seams.

And clueless.

You brag about making $700 to $800 a week like that's good money.

$700 to $800 a week is $36,400 to $41,600 a year. That's chump change amigo, and way below the national median income. And knowing you, you're probably even exaggerating about that paltry sum.

You're a small man with small mind and delusions of grandeur, who's failed miserably for a... [ More ]

Reply #94

Boney526 — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:25:56 GMT

No of course not.

I'd make me happy for a little - like the original excitement of winning, but there's far more to being happy in life than winning.

The things I could potentially do with the money could make me happy - but there's no knowing unless it happens.

Reply #93

joker17 — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:07:09 GMT

If you really must know you over grown beer bellied drunken hillbilly billy goat, I start my new job in a couple of days making 7 to 800 a week, but i have to work like a dang slave 6 days a week to make it.

And yes, all those things will make me happy. Just because you're happy drowning yourself in Jack Daniels and hunping toothless wimmins with sagging teets doesn't mean everyone else will be either.

Secondly, I'm 47, not 50's something, get your facts straight. At least I'm not 74 like... [ More ]

Reply #92

lovewinning — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:34:37 GMT

with you dr65

People need to understand the true meaning of happiness, for some is winning the big jackpot believing that money will solve all their problems

While it does pay off the bills buy the new house car, trips etc.

But at the same time money will not change were you came from and who you really are inside, the events in your life weather good or bad that make you who you are

In my opinion until you can win the big jp

Look inside your self to find the happiness you seek

Reply #91

dr65 — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:50:19 GMT

For some miserable people in the world, money is the main source of their misery. Wondering if someone will steal it, wondering if someone will take

advantage of them because of it, wondering if they'll have enough to live on when they already have more than enough, wondering how the hell

they can stay alive long enough to spend it or just watch it rot in the bank. Why do they need more? They sure wouldn't be happy with more of the

same.

They complain about prices, complain about int... [ More ]

Reply #90

redhot7 — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:47:22 GMT

The only thing that is NOT making ME happy is the lack of a lot of money.

If the only thing that makes you unhappy is the lack of money, well then congratulation. You have already been privileged even before winning the lottery. I hope you win the lottery, then all the problems that make you unhappy will be solved.

But for me, it's not that simple. Most of the problems in my life that bother me the most can not be fixed with any amount of money. I don't want to get into details here bec... [ More ]

Reply #89

rdgrnr — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:34:27 GMT

You only think all those things will make you happy, you don't know it because you've never had any of it. So you're just guessing and hoping.

You've never had money and you're miserable so you assume that having money will change all that. Nope, doesn't work that way, sonny boy.

And I don't understand why you take this arrogant, condescending tone anytime and everytime someone questions you about anything. It shows how basically unhappy you are at your very core. Money won't change that,... [ More ]

Reply #88

unseen — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:07:08 GMT

There's internal happiness and external happiness. All of my friends who have been rich (friends who played in the NBA, NFL etc) are or have been externally happy. Same with the very few friends I had in the entertainment industry. But one thing I noticed is rarely were any of them internally happy and that's what people don't understand or can't grasp at all. There's a reason why drug use is so prevailent in the entertainment industry. Why suicidal thoughts is not uncommon among the rich, why t... [ More ]

Reply #87

joker17 — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:56:59 GMT

I'm not in a rage and not the world's leading authority on everything, but I think I know myself better than anyone else. NO?

What?....what are going to tell me next, what my favorite color SHOULD be?

Excuse me If having a few houses spread around with the mortgage already paid in full makes me happy.

Excuse me If owning a few sports cars in all those houses makes me happy.

Excuse me If having a harem beside me most of the time makes me happy.

Excuse me If I can help my family and... [ More ]

Reply #86

rdgrnr — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:37:05 GMT

Alrighty then.

Sorry for throwing you into a rage.

You're obviously already a very happy little person.

And that must be nice when you're also the world's leading authority on absolutely everything.

Pfffffft

Reply #85

joker17 — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:25:26 GMT

Ok, let me rephrase it. Money would make ME Genuinely happy for the rest of my life. The only thing that is NOT making ME happy is the lack of a lot of money. Maybe to others it may be fleeting and transitory, but I think I know myself better than anyone else on the planet, so I KNOW it wouldn't be a passing thing.

Some people here just don't get it and never will. Sorry, but i can't make it any clearer than I already have.

All the peripheral attributes of happiness you mentioned may make... [ More ]

Reply #84

rdgrnr — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:57:46 GMT

I think money can make you happy in the same sense that a nice birthday or Christmas present can. But how long does something like that make you happy? I don't think money will make someone with a miserable disposition happy. I agree with those who've said that if you're not already happy, no amount of money in the world is gonna change that.

I think the happiness directly related to winning a JP would be transitory and fleeting. After that initial upheaval, it all comes back down to being ha... [ More ]

Reply #83

jjtheprince — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:42:11 GMT

Like some here said, money can buy freedom which can lead to happiness, that's the way I see it.

If I were to win tomorrow night's powerball $47 million, I'd retire at 35 and never have to worry about a boss, or bills again. I wouldn't even need to go buy a massive house, a Corvette, and take a trip to Hawaii, those things alone I stated before alone would thrill me

Reply #82

joker17 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:25:01 GMT

But what If everything in your life that makes you unhappy is directly involved with money, which is my case? A lot of money would make me GENUINELY happy...

Reply #81

joker17 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:22:01 GMT

Wow, someone who actually gets it. Bravo!

I don't know about the cow part, but whatever tickles your pickle...

Reply #80

numbergirly — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:19:39 GMT

I must say that I have to agree with you. I think you have to be genuinely happy in order to be happy with money otherwise I think you will definitely make some bad decisions trying to find that missing happiness which, isn't missing at all it was never there to begin with..

Reply #79

gonnawinwatchme — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:22:03 GMT

Yes. I hate the way I live....worrying about how I'm going to pay bills, put food on the table, counting change for a gallon of milk sometimes. Those are my biggest problems. If I actually have MONEY, I won't have those problems to worry about, only a new set of problems.

Reply #78

rdgrnr — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:57:43 GMT

You must really like cows a lot to want to spend the whole day with them.

Although I would rather be with a herd of cows than a herd of Homosapiens myself.

Reply #77

feri32 — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:21:45 GMT

Sure it would. If the financial troubles are gone, I would buy some cows and would be out with them all day long.

Of course the knowledge that my family's future is set also would give me peace and happiness.

Reply #76

karinda — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:06:16 GMT

Whatever works! ...

Reply #75

rdgrnr — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:31:42 GMT

I been drunk in a lot more places than Billings Montana!

I've been everywhere, man.

I've been everywhere, man.

Crossed the desert's bare, man.

I've breathed the mountain air, man.

Of travel I've had my share, man.

I've been everywhere.

I've been to:

Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota,

Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota,

Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma,

Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma,

Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo,

Tocapillo, Baranquilla,... [ More ]

Reply #74

Piaceri — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 01:04:32 GMT

Continuing with what a lottery will buy you in song ....

I'm through with standing in line

to the clubs I'll never get in

It's like the bottom of the ninth

and I'm never gonna win

This life hasn't turned out

quite the way I want it to be

(tell me what you want)

I want a brand new house

on an episode of Cribs

And a bathroom I can play baseball in

And a king size tub big enough

for ten plus me

(yeah, so what you need)

I'll need a, a credit card... [ More ]

Reply #73

tiggs95 — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:20:08 GMT

It's only because ridge is always dead drunk and has no idea whers he's at or how much he's lost..One morning they found ridge sleeping on top of a truck...a semi truck in Billings Montana...