$300 million USD? Hmm...

[bjarvis]

The Powerball lottery jackpot is now up to $300 million USD. I've got a few places I could put that kinda change... paying off the mortgage, learning to fly, perhaps some travel to Canada and Britain, remodelling of our basement and the main floor bathroom...

EDIT: That's about $346 million CDN. I only mention this because surely my mother has probably already done the calculation in her head and would be preparing to spend $347 million. :-^

Comments

[madknits.livejournal.com]

Hell, if you win, I will be your personal Canadian-wannabe house boy.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

It's a wee bit premature for me to start composing a job description for a houseboy, but the idea has a certain fantasy appeal... :-)

[faghatesgods.livejournal.com]

Pick me! I'll swallow!

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

I was hoping Brian would suffer a 401K malfunction so he and Kent would be forced to move in with us a live-in slaves, but you can come, too...

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Um, OK, that'll be Plan B. :-)

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Does the arrangement include mondragon too, or does he cost extra? :-)

[madknits.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I know all the words to O Canada.
And God Save the Queen.

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

I know all the words to O Canada

in both official languages?

and God Save the Queen

even the third verse,
O Lord our God arise / scatter her enemies / and make them fall
(dee da dee dah)
Confound their politics / frustrate their knavish tricks /
on thee our hopes we fix / god save us all
???

I had to learn verses 1 & 2 (God save our gracious Queen, and Thy choicest gifts in store) to get my second star when a Wolf Cub (4th East Barnet pack); but the knavish tricks verse came as a happy surprise years later.

[madknits.livejournal.com]

I'll take Aguidor as my role model.

And I don't do windows.
;-)

[paigemom.livejournal.com]

complete with the bare feet?

[madknits.livejournal.com]

Yep. I prefer being barefoot. I wear Birkenstocks because they are the closest I can get to bare feet and still have shoes on. Though today I have on my big butch boots. Lotta snow out there.

I probably won't wear the wicked small cut offs, because I'm built more like a classic teddy bear than a Guatemalan twinkie.

[paigemom.livejournal.com]

I prefer Birkies too! Although for some reason I grabbed my sneakers this morning.

[madknits.livejournal.com]

I used to call myself a discalced Unitarian. In mediaeval times (and even today), certain orders of monks and nuns take a vow of shoelessness, and go barefoot (thus discalced, without shoes). In the modern world, they wear sandals. Birkenstocks are often the sandal of choice. So, I when I was ordained, I became a discalced Unitarian.

[paigemom.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, most of the Unitarians and American Buddhists I know wear Birkies. Considering I have or I still consider myself one of each of the above, I guess that makes me discalced too.

But I am not an unwashed heathen -- I took a shower this morning!