By definition. Because the definition of "too much" implies having crossed >>into the zone of being a bad thing.
I would like to argue that there are things that there is no such thing as >>too much of, but I can't think of any examples off hand.
Money?
Think of all those lottery winners whose lives got totally screwed up by money.
I'm of the opinion that if I did win the lottery (which I don't play, so there's no chance of this happening), I'd keep a million or two to live on (comfortably) and give the rest away (in one fell swoop) to some good charity. I wouldn't tell anyone about it.
The hard part, in this day and age where everything is a scam, would be finding an actually good/deserving charity.
On 2024-04-02, Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:
Think of all those lottery winners whose lives got totally screwed up by
money.
I'm of the opinion that if I did win the lottery (which I don't play, so
there's no chance of this happening), I'd keep a million or two to live on >> (comfortably) and give the rest away (in one fell swoop) to some good
charity. I wouldn't tell anyone about it.
Yes; I've read the stories about this, so I'm well prepared. :)
Not telling anyone is important. If you're required to make an
appearance to accept, wear disguise. Mask, Groucho Marx glasses, ...
Don't let your name be publicized.
The hard part, in this day and age where everything is a scam, would be
finding an actually good/deserving charity.
Why, The Free Software Foundation. :)
In article <UzYON.154262$TSTa.122307@fx47.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
...
By definition. Because the definition of "too much" implies having crossed >>> into the zone of being a bad thing.
I would like to argue that there are things that there is no such thing as >>> too much of, but I can't think of any examples off hand.
Money?
Think of all those lottery winners whose lives got totally screwed up by money.
I'm of the opinion that if I did win the lottery (which I don't play, so there's no chance of this happening), I'd keep a million or two to live on (comfortably) and give the rest away (in one fell swoop) to some good charity. I wouldn't tell anyone about it.
The hard part, in this day and age where everything is a scam, would be finding an actually good/deserving charity.
lottery, he bought his favourite football club (or "soccer club", for
those who come from a country where "football" doesn't involve feet or
round balls)
On 4/3/24 03:38, David Brown wrote:
...
lottery, he bought his favourite football club (or "soccer club", for
those who come from a country where "football" doesn't involve feet or
round balls)
I'm curious - in which country is "football" used as the name of a sport
that doesn't involve feet? I know of many countries where "football"
refers to a sport where the use of hands is prohibited, and others where
it's allowed, but I'm not aware of any where the use of feet to kick the
ball is prohibited.
One lottery winner managed this. When he won about £160M in the
lottery, he bought his favourite football club (or "soccer club", for
those who come from a country where "football" doesn't involve feet or
round balls) and set it up as a trust owned by the club's fans.
On 03/04/2024 at 08:38, David Brown wrote:
One lottery winner managed this. When he won about £160M in the
lottery, he bought his favourite football club (or "soccer club", for
those who come from a country where "football" doesn't involve feet or
round balls) and set it up as a trust owned by the club's fans.
I do wish people would stop intimating that the US is the only place
where Association Football (the football we play in the UK) is known as >soccer. When I was at secondary school (back in the 1960's) "soccer >practise" was a well know alternative to the term "football practise".
On 03/04/2024 at 08:38, David Brown wrote:
One lottery winner managed this. When he won about £160M in the
lottery, he bought his favourite football club (or "soccer club", for
those who come from a country where "football" doesn't involve feet or
round balls) and set it up as a trust owned by the club's fans.
I do wish people would stop intimating that the US is the only place
where Association Football (the football we play in the UK) is known as soccer. When I was at secondary school (back in the 1960's) "soccer practise" was a well know alternative to the term "football practise".
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