I could buy an F16!!! 😁

https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/news/the-latest/2020/07/24/f-16-fighting-falcon-for-sale-youl-never-guess-how-much-theyre-asking/

Shocking what you can actually buy these days. Sea Harriers, Hawk's, Mig's, even a Black Hawk! 

 

 

 

Edited July 29, 20223 yr by martin-w

Fancy a MIG-27?

Yours for a mere $6.6 million. 😲

https://aerocorner.com/aircraft/mikoyan-gurevich-mig-27/

Oh but wait... you could get a MIg-39 for $70 million!!!

https://aerocorner.com/aircraft/mikoyan-mig-39-1-44-mfi/

Mach 2.3! That sounds better. 👍

We could cause havoc over our local air fields. 

 

Edited July 29, 20223 yr by martin-w

I'll be able to buy any of that stuff tomorrow morning. Yesterday I bought what will surely be the winning ticket in tonight's  Mega Millions lottery. The drawing is tonight at 2300 EDT (0300Z) and I just can't wait. The estimated jackpot is USD$ 1.28 billion and the ticket was only USD $3. What a deal!

Edited July 30, 20223 yr by W2DR

OK. Now there's no doubt. The lottery was rigged. How do I know? Because I didn't even get one number. Simply not possible. Maybe I'll have better luck next time.....sigh.

P.S. I darn well better win a few bucks next time because my wife has already picked the houses in Hawaii (Maui) and Tuscany (Siena).

$3 Doug?  Odd!  Here in the fogbound city, each line is $2, so my 5 lines were $10. Haven't checked the numbers yet!  Stand by for action! 🤪

CRAP!  1 number plus the Mega Number........no payout numbers listed!  Probably $4  💩

No lottery where I am so if you guys even win, can you send me a few million to buy that Sea Harrier above? 

Thanks in advance. 

On 7/29/2022 at 3:29 AM, martin-w said:

Shocking what you can actually buy these days. Sea Harriers, Hawk's, Mig's, even a Black Hawk! 

Dave (Heavy Diesel) is an interesting character. He's got only slightly less money than Elon Musk.

2 hours ago, martin-w said:

No lottery where I am so if you guys even win, can you send me a few million to buy that Sea Harrier above? 

Thanks in advance. 

I do hereby sincerely and publicly promise that if I win over one billion dollars, I will supply you with sufficient funds to buy three of them,,,Doug

Edited July 30, 20223 yr by W2DR

1 minute ago, W2DR said:

I do hereby sincerely and publicly promise that if I win over one billion dollars, I will supply you with sufficient funds to buy three of them,,,Doug

 

Yipeeeeee! 😺

When nobody wins the California Lottery they increase the prize. It's now over a billion dollars USD.

It's interesting reading countless online news stories of the sad result that come from winning any lottery. Their lifestyle and happiness almost always goes downhill fast. Andi It's all due to overspending. 

Apparently it's rare for someone to spend such 'new money' wisely. 

Lots of Victorian novels where the old money upper class parents pray their daughter escapes marriage from a fun loving forward thinking spendthrift libertine. 

Well, some (mabe) lucky son-of-a-gun in Illinois won the Mega Millions last night: ~$1.34 BILLION. Holy Smokes!

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The lucky lottery player who won the $1.34 billion jackpot, the second highest in Mega Millions game history, purchased their winning ticket at the Speedway at 885 E Touhy Ave. in Des Plaines, Illinois.

Mega Millions jackpot, won at Speedway, increases to $1.34 billion due to big sales - masslive.com

4 hours ago, Fielder said:

Apparently it's rare for someone to spend such 'new money' wisely. 

Indeed. The proper thing to do is to spend 80% of the winnings on whiskey and women and then just pizz away the rest.

4 hours ago, n4gix said:

Well, some (mabe) lucky son-of-a-gun in Illinois won the Mega Millions last night: ~$1.34 BILLION. Holy Smokes!

I don't know what the odds are, but both of the last two "biggies" of over 1 billion  have been one on single tickets.

3 minutes ago, W2DR said:

Indeed. The proper thing to do is to spend 80% of the winnings on whiskey and women and then just pizz away the rest.

I'll take a double.......OF BOTH!

Just be sure to drink the whiskey second.