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Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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That is quite the upgrade!

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Damned right! I musta made some good choices in between the bad ones, 'cause here I am.

If you'd asked what my sixties would be like while I was in my forties, I'd have said that I'd be comfortable, assuming I wasn't dead.

If you'd asked me when I was in my 20s, I'd have expected to be dead - or really still poor and never able to retire.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd be here. Largely 'cause I didn't waste money on the lottery and that was the only path I could envision for true wealth. I didn't think my company would be that valuable. We made a tidy profit and all employees were taken care of, but I never dreamed I'd sell it as soon as I did and definitely didn't think I'd sell it for what I did.

Ah well... Such is life. Sometimes you come out on top, sometimes you come out on the bottom. I was on the bottom long enough to appreciate being at the top.

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Maybe I should go buy a lottery ticket!

I don't ever do that!

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The lottery is a tax on stupid - or at least people who don't understand math. (The term is similar to illiteracy, it's innumeracy. And most people suck at math, even if they have a good grasp of arithmetic.)

Sure, you can't win if you don't play - but you're more likely to get struck by lightning than you are to win a big prize amount. You're more likely to be killed by a truck carrying bananas than you are to win big at the lottery. Your odds of winning the jackpot are infinitesimally small.

In short, buying lottery tickets is a bad idea. It'd be smarter to save that money - or even just to chuck it out the window while you drive down the road.