I want to say a few things.
One, of all the LP "names" people use here at LP, I have to say that the name, "Numba Tuff" is a darn good and inventive one. When I read it, I think of somebody determined to battle the numbers the way Beowulf battled monsters in the original Beowulf story I read in school (many years before the movie came out, btw). So congrats on having a darn good name; my name is SO boring, hehe.
Second, if you research my posts, you will see that I am a big fan of learning about patterns, pattern recognition, and intuiting the numbers that apprehend a pattern or contradict it. One of the books advertised here at LP talks a lot about different types of patterns.
One reason patterns are fascinating is because just when you THINK you have apprehended one, either another one forms OR something uncommon or strange or "random" occurs! Yes, in randomness patterns are indeed "found" but "following" a pattern to its presumed end (i.e., the winning numbers!) is like trying to ride a surfboard when a wave from a perfect storm arises! How many of us ended thrown off the surfboard or could only keep one foot on, if that?
I guess that's the fun of it and it's the reason we hope and aspire to "ride that wave" until it ends on the shore after the "cameras" capture the chase, the thrill, the nailing of that elusive winning combination. It's a hell of a ride. The thought of mastering that wave fuels our hopes and motivates us to try and try again.
But still, we at LP, and elsewhere, still paddle back out into the waves and climb back up on our surfboard (prediction) and try to ride it in not only to the shore but to the bank.
I choose to believe that everyone here is a good person, with good intentions. We can show each other how to "surf" but in the final analysis, only each of us alone can get up on that
"board" and try to ride that combination in to the shore, the lottery's HQ, and then to the bank.
I hope we can continue to share and not show off our knowledge and refrain from strutting our ego and going on the attack or the offensive, something I am still trying to learn!
Winning a lottery is like Pele's amazing bicycle kick or Dr. J's going behind the backboard, having a cup of coffee, putting the ball in the basket, and then coming back down on both feet. It might be elusive but it is not impossible. We work on our own "art". We delight at our improvement. We strive to transcend "limitations".
We're all on the same team but sometimes only one of us can cross that elusive finish line; other times more than one crosses it at the same time or also lands on the shore successfully.
Good luck to everyone.
Hey, do you see that? I see a wave forming out there-- you guys ready? Let's get out there and ride it in!
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"Whenever you have eliminated the impossible, whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truth." -Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"How do you hit the bullseye? DON'T AIM!" - Zen saying