Mega jillions

[buttahflake]

Thank you kind sir

[riser4]

Jesus Fucking Christ y’all, just fucking asking is all.
Laps Cunts

It was covered previously. Which means you didn't read it. Laps, kook.

[buttahflake]

This a ski forum, you understand this amirite?
You should try skiing, you might like it.

[dan_pdx]

Hey Tgapp, I got your PM but can't reply because your inbox is full 🤣. Maybe when we win Mega Millions, we'll buy them a new box fan.

My Venmo handle is @danpdx, profile pic is me attempting to surf

[CascadeLuke]

Jesus Fucking Christ y’all, just fucking asking is all.
Laps Cunts

I mean.. whatever happened to western union, amirite?

[powpig]

I sent Dan a HD card for $8 to cover my MM tonight and PB tomorrow.
I bought a couple extra to cover whoever may need it, so I got Cat In January covered if he hasn't paid yet or Dan can get on with the cat herding and decide who gets it.
Thanks much Dan for all your efforts!

[riser4]

This a ski forum, you understand this amirite?
You should try skiing, you might like it.

You should invite your neighbors over for tea, you might like it.

[summit]

If you left your laptop on the NYC subway and could find it by randomly dialing phone numbers for the entire population of the USA, and you are hoping to randomly call the right person, would you engage in that behavior?

That's a good proxy for the odds invovled.

What if it was a $400M laptop but each phone call cost $4?

[buttahflake]

Yeah that’s it right there, you prefer drinking tea with your neighbor. I prefer to get high and ski. See the difference.
Take a Lap, Nancy.

[up an down]

I got you up and down and put in for myself too. Good karma for the win

Thanks Cat!! Pm me with your info so that I can repay you..Or email me at up_an_down@yahoo.com

[John_B]

If you left your laptop on the NYC subway and could find it by randomly dialing phone numbers for the entire population of the USA, and you are hoping to randomly call the right person, would you engage in that behavior?

That's a good proxy for the odds invovled.

What if it was a $400M laptop but each phone call cost $4?

I figure I'm paying 4 bucks as insurance not to be totally miserable for the rest of my life if everyone else strikes it rich and I don't!

[ex-powderbroker]

If you left your laptop on the NYC subway and could find it by randomly dialing phone numbers for the entire population of the USA, and you are hoping to randomly call the right person, would you engage in that behavior?

That's a good proxy for the odds invovled.

What if it was a $400M laptop but each phone call cost $4?

NEVER TELL ME THE ODDS

[dan_pdx]

If you left your laptop on the NYC subway and could find it by randomly dialing phone numbers for the entire population of the USA, and you are hoping to randomly call the right person, would you engage in that behavior?

That's a good proxy for the odds invovled.

What if it was a $400M laptop but each phone call cost $4?

The way I see it, the 2 bucks are the entry fee for a bunch of freestyling about Audi group buys and buying our own heli op. Having said that, the people behind me in line when I was buying the tickets yesterday definitely seemed like they might be questioning my financial decisions.

[Dantheman]

I figure I'm paying 4 bucks as insurance not to be totally miserable for the rest of my life if everyone else strikes it rich and I don't!

Exactly. That's a lifetime of self loathing I can't even begin to fathom, and I can think of far less entertaining ways to waste $4.

[buttahflake]

That’s it right there. Thanks again MTM

[ex-powderbroker]

does anyone know if the rs6 e-tron be out before the check clears?

[John_B]

Having said that, the people behind me in line when I was buying the tickets yesterday definitely seemed like they might be questioning my financial decisions.

Were they opposed to Venmo too? Thanks for organizing!

[BmillsSkier]

If you left your laptop on the NYC subway and could find it by randomly dialing phone numbers for the entire population of the USA, and you are hoping to randomly call the right person, would you engage in that behavior?

That's a good proxy for the odds invovled.

What if it was a $400M laptop but each phone call cost $4?

Flawed hypothetical.

After the first $4 call I stopped caring about the laptop and stopped calling. I'll just lose another laptop 2 days later and pay another $2 on a call to find it and if I don't and someone else finds it, then guess what? I go back to not caring about the laptop.

Also, all of this:

I figure I'm paying 4 bucks as insurance not to be totally miserable for the rest of my life if everyone else strikes it rich and I don't!

NEVER TELL ME THE ODDS

The way I see it, the 2 bucks are the entry fee for a bunch of freestyling about Audi group buys and buying our own heli op.

[Danno]

If you left your laptop on the NYC subway and could find it by randomly dialing phone numbers for the entire population of the USA, and you are hoping to randomly call the right person, would you engage in that behavior?

That's a good proxy for the odds invovled.

What if it was a $400M laptop but each phone call cost $4?

thanks poindexter.

nobody who is ponying up cares about the odds.

I'm buying the dream. and the right to not be miserable if the group buy hits.

[dan_pdx]

Okay folks, the pool for tonight's Mega Millions drawing is closed. I'll post the final list of members shortly.

And...the pool for tomorrow's Powerball drawing is now open! The cut off will be noon Pacific tomorrow, March 27. Please include your TGR handle and "3/27 Powerball" in the notes, it got a little tricky today since there was some overlap between Powerball and Mega Millions. I feel confident that with our excellent practice selecting the Powerball numbers on Monday, the jackpot is within our grasp.

[present tense]

Cash option is $537.5M, MM ticket costs $2. if I left a $537.5M laptop on the subway and had 1/300M odds of reclaiming it by randomly calling 300M people at $2 per call, there’s decent odds you’d recover your laptop and come close to breaking even, or did I do my math wrong?

Bump the cash option to $600M or greater and worst thing that happens is you break even, assuming your fingers and phone directory are good for 300M entries.

We just need danpdx to front about $600M and buy up all possible combinations.

[summit]

It's $338,666,812 after federal taxes and before state taxes...

In Oregon it is $285,454,312 after taxes

[MontuckyFried]

The way I see it, the 2 bucks are the entry fee for a bunch of freestyling about Audi group buys and buying our own heli op. Having said that, the people behind me in line when I was buying the tickets yesterday definitely seemed like they might be questioning my financial decisions.

It's $338,666,812 after federal taxes and before state taxes...

In Oregon it is $285,454,312 after taxes

Aaaaand that's a problem? It's still plenty for me to kick back IRL while I take my fake business to the next level!

[dan_pdx]

It's $338,666,812 after federal taxes and before state taxes...

In Oregon it is $285,454,312 after taxes

I packed up and moved to WA during the pandemic, so we'll take the whole $338,666,812, thank you very much.

Here's who I got on the list for tonight's Mega Millions drawing:

Uglymoney
Bmillsskier
3pin
Full Trucker
Dantheman
Evdog
Falcon3
Hawkgt
Danno
Iowagriz
KJA64
Zion Zig zag
CascadeLuke
TAFKALVS
Buster
Vendul
T-the-East
Self Jupiter
2Funky
JohnB
AnotherVTskibum
Carl Mega
m2711c
Stapes
Not DJSapp
Soul skier
Sweetbippy
bourbonisgood
Aldo
Cat in January
Upanddown
Present Tense
Jerlane
Criscam
Byates1
Rideski
Riser4
Durangobrad
Singlecross
Ticketchecker
VT-freeheel
Teleee
MontuckyFried
UTpowder
Ex-Powderbroker
Gepeto
Ridgehippy
Tgapp
Smartyiak
MakersTelemark
Buttahflake
Powpig

[riser4]

If you left your laptop on the NYC subway and could find it by randomly dialing phone numbers for the entire population of the USA, and you are hoping to randomly call the right person, would you engage in that behavior?

That's a good proxy for the odds invovled.

What if it was a $400M laptop but each phone call cost $4?

Buzz. Kill.