Here’s another tip - if you have to reference a rule for guidance, change the rule til it fits the situation.

I would think the gymnast went after the coach, but that’s just me.

You are so caught up in convincing yourself that you have failed to see what my reply was all about - the OP said “Why dick instead of vagina!?” and I, in one short sentence, answered JUST that.

You are trying too hard to convince yourself. Perhaps it’s time for some navel contemplation.

I look but especially for blood draws (got one coming up in a week!).

“...that he incidentally did the time for...”

“...This is CLEARLY profiling ...”

“...Fabricating a story about how he secretly DID own the gun and using it as evidence sounds like grounds for an appeal for Everett and a possible citation for the prosecutor.”

Hmmm...a felon with an apartment has a gun in the apartment and gets a rather large sentence for violating that particular law.

“pretty sexist to describe a 28 year old female journalist as a child”

Your first question - answered elsewhere - is the actual genetic/physical sex of the author thus why “dick” makes sense, sorta.

Yes, for sure one would want to diversify one’s investments just like mutual funds do so any temporary (or permanent!) hit in pricing here and there doesn’t do too much damage. DRIPs are great for growth (for others reading - a DRIP takes dividends and reinvests them in the same equity - maybe even partial shares -…

For sure - one would want a good (and independent from everyone you’re otherwise going to be dealing with) contract attorney/firm to check (or write) all the contracts one is going to be signing, financial experts who know all the ins and outs of various investment types, preferably VERY experienced wealth managers…

Where you live.

No.

“...Hard to think of similar types of random events where the odds are ridiculously low, but a guaranty of occurrence exists.”

The annuity investment is typically in Treasury notes so, if you can beat those rates, you win.

The prize as advertised is the total amount a winner would receive if the Annuity option is chosen. That total prize, of course, is subsequently reduced by taxes each time you get one of the annuity payments so the ACTUAL payout via the annuity option is, plus or minus, about 40-45% less due to those taxes.

A standard rule of thunb bit of advice is to take the lump sum, invest 90% of it however one wants to invest it (*), and take the remaining 10% and party like there’s no tomorrow.

I wish Virginia was like that - in Virginia the LAW says the name and “location” of the winner must be available to the public but does NOT give any remain-anonymous period (that would be great) AND the entity claiming the prize must be a “real person” - no trusts/corporations allowed. The Virginia Lottery folks,…