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I decided to purchase a couple of lottery scratch off tickets. I gave them to my girlfriend to scratch off because I never win much if anything from them. She scratched one off and got nothing. She started scratching the second one off and it revealed a $ a 2 and a 0 at first. So we figured $20 at least it pays for lunch. Then the zeros kept going. Holy cow we had a $20,000 winner!!! That's not a typo - twenty thousand dollars. Needless to say I am a happy camper.
So what to do with the winnings... I wish I could say I was going to build a kick butt reef with it, but the priorities don't include that. First priority is saving for a house so the bulk of it will be going there. The one thing I may splurge on is purchasing a new gun for the collection. I should be receiving about $14,000 after taxes.
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Holy hell congrats john!! Think of it this way new house... more rooms... more tanks!!!
I think we know whos gonna be the full time scratcher now!
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Way to go. John, do you think your girlfriend could scratch some tickets for me?
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congrats jon, thats so awsome!!!
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Wow, congrats! That's probably one of the largest wins I've ever seen someone get from a scratch off. Enjoy.
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Lucky day!!
Enjoy it to the max my pal. Not sure if you have a set up right now. I know you were in the middle of changing things. Salty Critter has a great cube kit for around 2K that comes with everything including live rock but r/o water and looks amazing
that would sure get you back in to coral keeping big time!!
I love spending other people's money LOL
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congrats john!
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That's awesome! Congratulations John!!!
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Wow! Congratulations!
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redroc87 said :
Holy hell congrats john!! Think of it this way new house... more rooms... more tanks!!!
I think we know whos gonna be the full time scratcher now!
Thanks everyone!
redroc87 very good point.....
Briney, I think I'll pass on that one for now. Sounds like a great deal though.
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GET OUT! Seriously... WHAT ARE THE ODDS? Enjoy your house hunting. 
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well....what did you buy so far..
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fragnut
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As soon as I get the check, I'll let you know
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Fish Tales said :
GET OUT! Seriously... WHAT ARE THE ODDS? Enjoy your house hunting.
So far it has been not so much joy. I'm getting to hate house hunting.
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You'll love it when you find the PERFECT HOUSE!
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