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Skriven 2012-08-30 17:55:49 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 28869 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
Ärende: Big Hitters & Bull Shippers
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-=> HAP NEWSOM wrote to DALE SHIPP <=-

 -> That is not all that bad a reason.  You know that the mathematical odds
 -> are against you, but there is that very slim chance that you might be
 -> *the one*.
 
 HN> Not only that but by my own perverse math I up my odds of winning
 HN> substantially. Here's how it works...I buy tickets say on Thursday,
 HN> the drawing ( I don't really KNOW when the drawings are!) is on
 HN> say..Saturday..If 50% of the folks who bought tickets check them on
 HN> Saturday night or Sunday, and 99% of those (at least!!) are losers...
 HN> then I fall into the remaining 50% where the odds of me being a
 HN> winner just went from 1:10,000,000 to 1:5,000,000! And if I wait
 HN> an additional few days/weeks/month or so...the odds get better and
 HN> better in my favor until (theoretically) the become 1:2...that's
 HN> 50/50 odds! Now I accept that 99.99999% of the time I'm gonna fall
 HN> in the "Sorry you're not a winner" 50%...but I get to fantasize ALL
 HN> that time while my odds are "improving"!!
 
 HN> Isn't it wonderful how delusions can work??

So, now I'm gonna pee all over your fantasy ... the Lottery people know as soon
as the numbers are drawn in each game exactly how many tickets are winners and
where each was sold. That's why, when that huge jackpot was hit last spring
officials knew that there were three winners who would be sharing the (about)
640 million dollar jackpot -- even if the winners had not claimed their
prize(s). Lottery officials placed the odds of winning Mega Millions at about 1
in 176 million.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Good Housekeeping Chicken Winner                            
 Categories: Poultry, Vegetables, Beans, Chilies
      Yield: 4 servings               

      4 lg Chicken breast halves; skin
           - on
      3 tb Olive oil

MMMMM--------------------------SAUCE--------------------------------
      1 oz Melted butter
      6 oz Onions or leeks; chopped
    2/3 ts Flour
      1    Red chile; seeded, minced
           +=OR=+
        lg Pinch ground red chile
    150 ml Chicken stock (6 1/2 oz)
     15 oz Can kidney beans
      1 ea Paul Newman's Bandito
           - Diavolo Sauce
           Salt & pepper

  In a heatproof casserole, brown the chicken breasts in the
  olive oil; remove. Cook the onion or leeks in the butter
  until golden. Stir in the flour, chile, stock, beans,
  chicken and the sauce. Bring to the boil; season.

  Cook at 360øF/180øC for 45 minutes.

  From: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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