[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Bankruptcy

[Kathryn Cawte]

Sue (aka suehpfan)
>
> There is also the whole spiritual "thing" about not being comfortable
> with the money.  It is so common for people who came from poverty to
> end in poverty regardless of their life experiences.  It is truly a
> massive effort to rise above it and stay there, lottery or not.  By
> the way, George Foreman announced today that he wants to return to
> the ring as well...not enough money in grills I guess.  He's 55!
>
K

It does bring to mind the woman who won the football pools and managed to
spend the lot - can't think of her name right now but they made a
(shortlived) musical about her called "Spend, Spend, Spend" which was what
she said (I think) when asked what she was going to do with all the money.

What really irritates me is lottery winners who go on about how the money
won't change their lives (usually what they're meaning is that it won't
change them, and usually they're spouting a load of rubbish) - my usual
reaction is to think - then give it to someone whose life it *would* change
(me for preference - but a charity or something would do <g>). There was a
guy just after the whole lottery started who won *big* and then complained
that all the money was going to make him miserable and he didn't know what
to do with it - honestly if you don't want to win there are better ways to
waste a pound. Besides which how difficult can it be to give it all away if
you don't want it? There are literally hundreds and hundreds of registered
charities out there who'd love the money, and many other good causes which
aren't technically charities. From what I remember he was a Muslim gentleman
from the Midlands somewhere - I'm sure his local mosque could have helped
him find deserving causes - if I remember rightly charity *is* one of the
duties laid down by Islam ...

The editor of a local newspaper won recently and the BBC were interviewing
her staff who were all delighted for her, one of them said something which
amused me no end. They were asking if the rest of the staff were jealous and
she said "It couldn't have happened to a better person - well it could, it
could have happened to me ..." :) My sentiments exactly :)

My father buys me a ticket each week (a habit he picked up when I was at uni
and my campus newsagent wasn't a lottery outlet). I've promised him, if I
ever win the jackpot I'll give him his pound back :)

And on the other thing - George Foreman is, in my opinion, an idiot. I can't
quite understand why anyone would want to make a living out of a sport where
you spend all your time trying to hit the other guy harder than he's hitting
you, but for those who do I think that if they have their health intact when
they retire they should thank their lucky stars and not push their luck
trying to unretire.

K