I can’t remember the guy’s name, but around 1979-1980, an American won the Irish Sweeps and was put in jail for refusing to pay the taxes on it to the IRS.
@Bobby Cole That's a very Interesting story so did a search. https://www.nytimes.com/1979/03/14/...-still-fighting-irs-bill-justice-wouldnt.html
Typical of the USA; it has probably cost them 5X the "tax due" on legal proceedings and maintaining him incarcerated for a few years.
After I finished tithing some of that big money, then split the rest of it up between my family and all my siblings...it wouldn't be big money anymore and I would still be the same me as I always have been.
Watching a man spending £12 on lottery, scratch card tickets and knowing the toast always falls butter side down I decided to continue spending £600 annually on a luxury weekend. Winning £10 million pounds would make me miserable knowing it wasn't twenty.
I bought a lottery ticket last week and haven't even looked to see if I won. I forgot that I had it. If I win, though, I'll send all of y'all a few bucks.
It would only change where I live.Because it sure wouldn't be here,thankful and grateful for a roof and my own tiny apartment but the surroundings can be scary.
I’ve heard you mention a couple times about your frightening environs. Is this big city, suburbia, out in the sticks, and what makes it scary? Be safe.
It is low income housing and there are people that frequent some apartments here and things happen,when they do it's generally in the middle of the night so sleeping is an issue.It is a smoking building meaning people can smoke in their apartments and of course it's not just cigarettes.I do report some things I see out my peephole in the apartment door to the hall but it still happens,what's scary about it is what I see and hear.Fighting over whatever they came for.When I became on my own there was very little I could afford so I applied for low income housing.I make it as nice as I can on the inside of my apartment but I do not engage with anyone here.
I would NOT want to deal with a Big Money thing, I could use a little more now as I would be able to afford PRP work but Big Money itself would not heal my body. More money I'd somehow hire someone to come in daily to help me, I think. But maybe someone come in 2 or 3 times a week....once we give up doing for ourselves, we can decline more...I believe that.
I’m sorry to hear that you are frightened to the point of losing sleep. I don’t know what the rules are in Canada but is there any possibility of moving to a safer location?
I am on a transfer list but there is a housing crisis in Canada and a regular apartment that is not low income is very expencive like you'd be hard pressed to find something under a thousand a month.It's a Landlords market at the moment.To achieve the transfer basically its when someone passes away and then there would be availability.That's how it is presently.I have hope tho.