Money
What’s The Chances? - 2
Earlier this year we heard of the national lottery that drew the same numbers two weeks running. Now meet the man who has just won a lottery jackpot for the second time!The unnamed 34 year-old from the Limpopo province of South Africa beat 24 million to one odds to take the country's "PowerBall" draw for 30 million rand ($4 million), just seven years after winning 11 million rand ($1.5 million) from an earlier state lottery system with odds of 14 million to one. His feat is all the more remarkable given he claims to spend only 100 rand ($13) a month on tickets (Telegraph).
Posted By: Dumbfounded - Tue Nov 10, 2009 -
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Category: Games, Human Marvels, Money, Synchronicity and Coincidence
Strange Congo Signage
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 04, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Money, Signage, Billboards, Foreign Customs, Africa
Expensive Pets
Alex's post on animal owners seems to have divided WU readers into two camps: those who would pay any sum to heal their pet, and those who would duct-tape a gerbil at the first sign of infirmity.I'm sure both types of readers would like to learn about the experiences of Kim Cavallero.
Due to myriad health issues, Kim Cavallero has racked up more than $20,000 in veterinary bills for her cat, Annie, in the past year. Through the employee assistance program at her job, she discovered Feline Outreach. "During a time when people thought I was crazy for continuing to care for my pet through very serious and expensive medical care, Feline Outreach validated me -- especially emotionally,'' she said. "With their grant, they let me know that I was doing the right thing for my cat.''
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 12, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Medicine, Money
A Day of Thanksgiving
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 26, 2008 -
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Category: Family, Food, Holidays, Money, Documentaries, 1950s
What Is Money?
How I wish I knew!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 15, 2008 -
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Category: Money, Documentaries, 1940s
ACM Wallet
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 31, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Products, Inventions, Chindogu, Money
What Makes Us Tick
Ha-ha-ha-ha! The Stock Market as savior of our nation! (Here in two parts.)
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 25, 2008 -
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Category: Money, Cartoons, 1950s
Donation Meters
The donation meter!
The picture here portrays one in Denver, which I found on the Flickr page of msitarzewski.
Read all about Atlanta's recent experiment with donation meters here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 29, 2008 -
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Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Entertainment, Government, Money, Charity, Signage, Stupidity, Experiments
Smelly Washer
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 23, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Products, Domestic, Hygiene, Inventions, Money
Invest in Literature—and a Piece of the Brooklyn Bridge
Do you have a spare $2000.00 lying around the house? Why not send it to this untested fiction writer and receive a share of his entirely hypothetical profits?In fact, I'm a relatively penniless writer too!
Thanks to good pal Sandy Pearlman for discovering this one!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 08, 2008 -
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Category: Frauds, Cons and Scams, Literature, Books, Writers, Money, Charity, Self-help Schemes, Performance Art
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