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03-31-2012 , 10:47 PM

#1626

tsearcher

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Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,854

The brisket is great. Sides and desserts are very good. Ribs are barely edible. Never tried the chicken.

03-31-2012 , 11:00 PM

#1627

KPowers

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Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 13,180

ribs are barely edible imo you got bad beated the ribs there are gnar

brisket and chopped pork are ill tho

03-31-2012 , 11:20 PM

#1628

JoshK

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Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,894

Thank you kansas thank you kansas!!!!

03-31-2012 , 11:38 PM

#1629

Hardball47

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 13,301

Quote:

Originally Posted by KPowers

I got something for her that would make her talent rather useless. At least then I'll know if she's a one-talent wonder.

03-31-2012 , 11:40 PM

#1630

allinontheturn

'Merican Dullard

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 22,649

Quote:

Originally Posted by Picasso

not entirely true. the annuity earns interest on the pretax amount, where if you took the lump sum you would have to pay the taxes upfront so you would need much, much higher returns

Quote:

Jackpot winners have the option of receiving their prize in cash (in two installments; one from the winning jurisdiction, then the combined funds from the other 43 members) or as a graduated annuity paid in 30 yearly installments. Each annuity payment is 4% higher than in the previous year to adjust for inflation.

Well, I'll be damned they do inflate the annuity. I wouldn't have guessed they would.

Quote:

The advertised estimated jackpot represents the total payments that would be paid to a jackpot winner should they accept the 30-installment option. This estimate is based on the funds accumulated in the jackpot pool rolled over from prior drawings, expected sales for the next drawing, and market interest rates for the securities that would be used to fund the annuity

Looks like they also use that inflated amount for marketing purposes tho. I guess it's about a wash relative to my preconceived notions about the lottery.

03-31-2012 , 11:45 PM

#1631

kidcolin

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Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 109,033

when it comes to 'Q, I feel like pulled pork is always the safest bet.

04-01-2012 , 12:57 AM

#1632

The Yugoslavian

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Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 25,040

Quote:

Originally Posted by allinontheturn

No, I think this is where a lot of people get mixed up. The nominal value of the annuity doesn't increase so in real $$ money it loses value. Maybe it's hard to think of when it's $21M because that's a **** load of money now and it will be in 25 years, but try thinking of it in terms of a yearly wage. If you make $50k now you're properly middle class, but if you're making $50k 25 years from now you'll probably be ~poverty level. That's what I mean by disinflating the money because even though nominally it will be the same amount in real purchasing power it will be worth much less.

That's the other half (in addition to being able to invest a lump sum) of why taking the lump sum is better, and I don't think it occurs to a lot of people.

No, I'm talking about ppl getting huge lump sums and then going busto with hookers/blow/really really bad financial decisions. I'm not really sure what you thought I meant in my post. Inflation doesn't outpace someone who hemorrhages $ like G4S eats steak.

04-01-2012 , 01:00 AM

#1633

dtemp

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Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,505

hernia surgery two weeks ago and now I'm pretty sure I have kidney stones...
fml

04-01-2012 , 01:07 AM

#1634

The Yugoslavian

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Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 25,040

Famous Dave's is great and yeah, they are all over MN. I have no idea how they rank with "real" bbq from the south or w/e, but I like most of their food. I usually eat there at lunch and get brisket + sausage link and am liberal with their sauces.

Mmmmm. Damn, gotta find a way to go there soon!

04-01-2012 , 01:27 AM

#1635

allinontheturn

'Merican Dullard

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 22,649

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Yugoslavian

I was referring to the part I bolded in your post, but I subsequently looked it up and apparently they do inflate the annuity by 4% per year.

04-01-2012 , 01:33 AM

#1636

Schwatt

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Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 4,521

Quote:

Originally Posted by KPowers

ribs are barely edible imo you got bad beated the ribs there are gnar

brisket and chopped pork are ill tho

Forgot about the pulled pork, that is awesome too. I actually think the ribs are OK, but our standards for BBQ here in MN are pretty damn low.

Our standards for sweet corn on the cob are prolly the highest in the world though, and Famous Dave's is awful.

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Yugoslavian

I saw a lottery winners show on TLC or something one time, and if 2 people sign the ticket, each person gets to decide how they want their portion.

So for example, a husband and wife both sign the ticket, they get half up front, then the other half in a 30 yr annuity or whatev. Best of both worlds for people who are bad with money.

04-01-2012 , 04:11 AM

#1637

kickpushcoast

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Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,026

I have convict conditioning 1 and 2, they are both really good as far as teaching good progressions on harder bw stuff, and also very corny in regard to the prison tough guy talk. Al kavadlo also has an ebook called raising the bar that is pretty good. Of all 3 I think CC2 is the best because it's about grip, neck, and some pretty simple and cool mobility concepts, stuff that would supplement lifting really well without trying to replace it

04-01-2012 , 04:50 AM

#1638

zinna

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,638

Re: Busto lottery winners. There is a documentary called Lucky were they follow a bunch of lottery winners including one guy who is completly busto after winning (I think) 20+ millions. That guy was the worst ever when it came not spending money on crap. When they had somekind of auction of his stuff it included 12K pair of pants, if he found a pair of pants he liked he bought all the pairs a store had. He also bought 5 of each power tool at some hardware store. His siblings tried to kill him 4 times because he didnt give them money he promised he would give to them.

The documentary is filled with alot of ******ed stuff such as people talking about friends not wanting to see them anymore because they stole their luck and other completly ******ed stuff.

Overall a decent documentary

04-01-2012 , 10:33 AM

#1639

Gorilla4Sale

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Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 5,208

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maximum Rocknroll

QUICK!

Anyone got a link to that one study someone did about the distance runners or whatever that drank alcohol versus those that don't? I know that's really vague, but hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about. It's something about the effects, or rather noneffects, of alcohol on athletics or something.

Not the study, but someone actually sent me this yesterday:

http://onit.msn.com/story?ocid=hpep&GT1=34146