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Previously on "Lottery winner goes back to flipping burgers"
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Gosh, you lot! He's gone to do something he enjoys. Sheet, if you had that much money, wouldn't you go out and find something you'd enjoy to do?
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Originally posted by Jog On View PostI wonder how much interest it would earn just in the bank and if that's more than a year's salary at McD..
I'm sure with that sum of money you could get a much better deal though.
Certainly more than an McJob
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostStrange they didn't tell him that he better go back to work but it may be worth investing in skill/training so he could do a job he liked.
I wonder how much interest it would earn just in the bank and if that's more than a year's salary at McD..
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Originally posted by PAH View PostI thought the Lotto mob provided financial guidance for what to do with the winnings?
Maybe they saw it was only a million and said he'd better get back to work.
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I thought the Lotto mob provided financial guidance for what to do with the winnings?
Maybe they saw it was only a million and said he'd better get back to work.
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Originally posted by HRH View PostIf I won the lotto I would do some form of work. Sure I'd have a year or so off to do what I want but after that you need some kind of routine in your life. A lot of people say they'd 'set up on their own' but thats a cop out and an excuse to get nothing done. If you are working for someone-even a charity you have a responsibility to get out of bed and not let people down. However flipping burgers in ChavDonalds would not be my personal choice.
Of course I'd do stuff and still 'work', but on entirely my own terms. I can think of plenty of better things to do that don't involve getting up before 9 am and travelling to some grey office every day
That's what I'm working toward doing anyway but I don't buy lottery tickets.
I think the mill is wasted on him if he's not even looking for a way to apply himself and learn to leverage it as best he can.
The whole 'I'll still work/it won't change a thing' arguement - although admirable - is a bit of a waste if he's decided to go back to the bottom of the food chain when he could be doing something much more useful.
Still it's his money and his life
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and a bit of hard work never did anyone any harm.
Workaholism has in fact killed many people .
What a jerk ...
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Originally posted by Lucy View PostPittard says he's only young and a bit of hard work never did anyone any harm.
A bloody inspiration IMHO. Wheel him round all the local schools as an example for the great unwashed is what I say.
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Originally posted by PAH View PostYeah it's depressing how little you can do with a million these days.
I think it's the type of work he's settled for that's a bit uninspiring. Plenty of plan B's out there if you have a million to play with.
He is only 25. I am sure he has invested in a house so no mortgage to worry about, but with world economics he can not rely on that sum supporting him and his family forever.
If he loves McDs so much why doesnt he invest his winnings in a franchise?
As you said. There are better things to do when you have a spare mill.
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Though not as depressing as this if the ticket holder finds it in a clearout after the deadline:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7313994.stm
Clock is ticking for £7m winner
The ticket was bought in Devon on 28 September 2007
The Devon winner of a lottery prize of almost £7m has only a matter of hours to claim the cash.
A total of £6,989,367 was won by someone in the EuroMillions Lottery drawn on 28 September 2007.
However, the unknown multi-millionaire has until 1730 GMT on Wednesday to claim the cash, or it will be donated to the lottery's Good Causes fund.
The winning EuroMillions numbers were 22, 30, 34, 35, 44; and the Lucky Star numbers were 4 and 5.
The winner matched the five numbers and one lucky star number.
A National Lottery spokesperson said: "We're urging everyone to make a final bid to check their old tickets again or look anywhere a missing ticket could be hiding."
The unclaimed prize is currently earning interest at a rate of £1,063 a day and the full 180-days' worth of interest will be in the region of £191,298.
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostLet's face it - £1.3 million isn't really that much money when you've got your whole life ahead of you. He's only 25, so could have a long time left, and wants to work.
What's so wrong with wanting to work these days?
Yeah it's depressing how little you can do with a million these days.
I think it's the type of work he's settled for that's a bit uninspiring. Plenty of plan B's out there if you have a million to play with.
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Originally posted by roadster198 View PostDON'T!! get me started on these types of idiots
basically he could live more than comfortably on this nice wee win however he's decided to keep someone else out of a job. I'd take the money back off him.
These types of people can't cope with that sum of money what a waste.
What's so wrong with wanting to work these days?
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Originally posted by ratewhore View PostProbably an immigrant. Then you'd be moaning about how they take jobs off UK workers...
CUK forum - license to moan!!
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