You’re both right. It’s a Whalphin.
lol and interesting a wholphin does exist:
Im off Wednesday to sunday. First days off since I had covid in August.
I get the point of that article but I can tell you I don’t value vacation days at all. I’ve made my workplace idyllic to the point that going to the office and walking on the ocean and riding the scooters (weather permitting) and just living our lives is much more pleasant than most vacations. Vacations almost seem like work, and I can’t wait to get back to the office.
This isn’t necessarily true for the actual work that I do at the office. I don’t hate that work but I don’t love it either. It has to do with the place and the lifestyle I lead when I’m there.
I had trouble reading most of the article. By vacation. I thought it meant taking time off. Not necessarily traveling.
I think I’m going to norway in june. No other travel other than my sister in law is having a baby in Florida in July. That coukd be a 1 day off vacation. Long weekend.
Is trouble the name of your cat?
I’ve met my WaPo quota of free articles.
Sounds like a nice vacation. What are your plans while there?
Great news. Has she named him/her yet? How many siblings do you have?
Looks like he lost it.
Heartbreaking! If that story is true, he must be crushed.
I don’t do the lottery but to me instead of asking stupid questions about customer numbers and multiple tickets, they should have people sign for their ticket. Having a video would be a great way to confirm ownership of a ticket, also.
You mean sign for the ticket when you buy it? That’s a good theory, but you’d be asking an 18 year old clerk to check the buyer for their ID proof, then sign something, then compare the signature. The state wants people to buy a ticket and not make it more complicated.
There should probably be a better way. You can also buy them online.
Unfortunate that they need to be paid with cash in person. Although, using a credit card in person wouldn’t link the lottery numbers on your ticket to your credit card like it does online.
I wonder if these 2 know each other. The plaintiff has to prove someone stole the ticket after it was the winning ticket. It is an odd thing to steal ahead of drawing.
I just reread the article. It was stolen a day before the drawing. I don’t believe him.
Stealing something that you have a 1 in 292,000,000 chance of winning that costs 2 dollars is a very odd thing to steal.
My guess is the guy found it on the ground at a gas station.
What are you talking about. I was just suggesting signing for your ticket and if you win, then, you can provide a photo ID that would confirm both face and signature.
Interesting. I didn’t know the lottery happened online.
That makes both methods severely flawed.
Who knows! They could be acquainted but not friends, which would make it easy for one to betray the other, but you’re right. There’s no way someone would steal a ticket that has no value in advance of the drawing. If he actually did steal it, the only plausible theory would be that he stole it after he learned it was the winning ticket, which means he had to be in contact with the ticket holder at some point. The only other theory I have is that it wasn’t stolen and this guy is lying about it being stolen from him in order to profit in some evil way.
You think someone bought a ticket and then threw it down outside, before the drawing? That’s just not logical. Why would anyone do that? There has to be more to this story. This guy is going to great lengths to prove it’s his ticket.
I think that’s what I asked. So you want them to sign for the ticket when they buy it?
I think it fell out of his pocket/car when he bought it at the gas station. Happens all the time. You’ve never lost a receipt or dropped anything without realizing it?
Obviously, he wouldn’t have thrown it on the ground on purpose.
Well, I was but you added photo ID’s and other nonsense to complicate the whole thing.
I have dropped many things over the years but you don’t just drop a lottery ticket that you just purchased. Most people hold it until the drawing.
I’ve lost lottery tickets before. I’m sure it’s fairly common.
I guess deficits don’t matter when your party creates them but then, no one creates a deficit better than Trump’s deficit. In fact, Liberals will look at these charts in the future and swear Trump’s deficits are deeper than Biden’s, probably because of his passionate commitment to the task of manufacturing debt. A passion Biden only weakly generates for divisive causes, like war and only with NATO approval. I like these charts. It demonstrates progress, which is why the spineless ignore it completely.
Ooops, slip of the tongue. I’m certain it won’t happen again. 