Win the biggest lottery in the US, get arrested for DUI

Re: glass houses or get stoned in a house?!? lol

Osiris_x11 said:
hmmm... I can assume that no one on this forum, particularly this thread has ever driven an automobile on a public road after consuming a certain quantity of alcohol that would raise their blood-alcohol level above the 0.075 - 0.080 level that is a statutory limit to be considered "drunk" or under the influence? *interesting*

:rolleyes:

Let's leave the judging to the judge.
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I barrel down the road 100+ MPH after a quart of Jack Daniels, no problem. All the while I have a pound of pot burning in the ashtray filling the car with smoke. If I get tired I attach another iv bag of methamphetamines to the needle that is constantly in my vein. I hang the iv bag on the suit coat hook. This usually keeps me awake for hours of fun on the highway.
 
nsxtasy said:
It's unwise to object to a cited speed as a gross inaccuracy by stating that the true speed was considerably faster.
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LOL. That is great. I wish you had the officer's expression on film when he heard that.


nsxtasy said:
If you want to go out and drink, fine. I'll be happy to be your designated driver and give you a ride home afterwards.
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Same here. I won't get behind the wheel even after just 1 drink. I am a clutz by nature, and alcohol in any quantity just magnifies that quality in me. Its actually funny in the right setting, but not behind the wheel.

I also was a witness to a horrible accident involving a poor woman and a drunk driver (they actually called me as a witness for this woman in court). It was so unreal what this idiot did, that I thought for moment I was watching a movie being filmed. It’s a long story, but this moron (a habitual drunk driver who should not have even had a license) basically put a perfectly healthy person in pain for the rest of her life, because he was too stupid and inconsiderate of others to call a friend or a cab.
 
dnicho05 said:
...because he was too stupid and inconsiderate...
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In my opinion, stupidity has little if anything to do with the issue at hand. People who drive under the influence are either inconsiderate or have a death wish for themselves or others.
dnicho05 said:
...a habitual drunk driver who should not have even had a license...
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The reason he still had a license is that there are too many people that drink and drive (lawmakers, judges, attorneys, and jurors) and would not want their license taken away.
 
Re: glass houses or get stoned in a house?!? lol

Osiris_x11 said:
hmmm... I can assume that no one on this forum, particularly this thread has ever driven an automobile on a public road after consuming a certain quantity of alcohol that would raise their blood-alcohol level above the 0.075 - 0.080 level that is a statutory limit to be considered "drunk" or under the influence? *interesting*

:rolleyes:

Let's leave the judging to the judge.
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I can actually say that I have and never will/have drive/driven a car on any road after consuming a certain amount of alcohol that would raise my blood alcohol level above. 075....

Seriously, never have never will.(I don't drink) Saw 3 people killed due to it, 1 a brother of mine, the other 2 were a Father and his Father in-law, killed and 3 families destroyed, due to drunk driving.... It's so easy to avoid. I think MarkB is correct, there are to many people that are deciding the legislature, laws, and convictions, that do the crime themselves.

Sadly, this lotto winner was a knucklehead before he won the lotto. Some one said it earlier in the post. He will most likely kill himself sooner or later... I wish I had run into him that night. I would have offered to drive him home for $100k.... :wink:
 
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Kudos...

hmmm... I'm quite honoured to be in the company of you gentlemen, nsxtasy / NsXMas / len3.8. Nothing compares to leading by example. :smile:

Steveny, I'll be in NY in a few months... we gotta hang'! :tongue: (lol... j/k)

For a general insight on intoxication by alcohol & failing a breathalizer... For an average sized male in good health, 1-2 spirits (1 wine glass, 1 shot of liquor, 1 reg. beer) per hour is the upper limit. It's not unheard to fail a breathalizer after 2 regular drinks an hour even if just for 1hr. That was the point I was trying to iterate. If we have 2 maybe 3 drinks w/ dinner out over the course of a few hrs, we still stand a reasonable chance of failing the breathalizer. By the strict interpretation of the law- we're no different than the BrainiacMinumus driving the H2 in the mountaineer state.

I've experienced the aftermath of drunk drivers in losing someone. Mass transit isn't the solution- but it's a start... I only say that as I see how it 'controls' the plague in the U.K. People are people, behavior isn't going to change (recreational drinking away from home). I wonder if any think-tanks or NPO's have come up w/ alternative ideas?!? :confused:
 
Osiris_x11 said:
For a general insight on intoxication by alcohol & failing a breathalizer... For an average sized male in good health, 1-2 spirits (1 wine glass, 1 shot of liquor, 1 reg. beer) per hour is the upper limit.
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Not true. As noted on this website, a 180-pound male would need to drink more than four drinks in order to exceed the 0.08 blood alcohol content that is the legal limit in most states. Extend the drinking time and/or consume food along with the drinks, and it takes even more than that.
 
Very interesting article about Lottery winners in People(i cant remember 100%) magazine. It was all about Lotto winners that whose lives were destroyed after winning the lottery. One guy won the money when he was 20 and 5 years later he was delivering pizza. One guy killed himself, and mostly of them either lost the money or their lives were ruined. Our favorite idiot from WV was mentioned in the article but they claimed he was driving an Escaclade not an H2 :smile:
 
steveny said:
You have a better chance of getting struck by lightning twice.
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I have been struck by lightning once already, so does that increase my chances of winning the lotto? I have also survived a plane, car and moped crash I think that should account for something!

I way I see it I am already too lucky to win the lotto, plus I would rather earn my money anyway it seems you enjoy it more that way.
 
More $$$$$ = More EVIL....GREED....etc....

sad, but true....
 
NsXMas said:
hehe, does this mean money is the root of all evil?
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everyone has evil inside of them....$$$$ just amplifies it... :wink: :smile:
 
steveny said:
If you can talk about the plane crash I would like to hear about the details.
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My Father and I built an experimental plane called an Express, we finished in early in the year and hadn't finished our flight training. It used to look something like this:

http://www.nancymoon.com/express_2000ft.htm

The factory contacted us and wanted to show our plane at a flight show in Canada. We let them know that we haven't been flying the plane and it needed to be gone over before flying. They offered to send out a mechanic to go through the plane and make sure it was perfect, they also offered to fly out their pilot to take the plane to the show and provide us with some training in our plane.

We agreed and they sent them out, we also found out that taking the plane out of the country without the owners on board was difficult as it required quite a bit of paperwork. So my father and I decided to go to the show with the pilot.

On June 18th, 2004 my father was in the front right seat and I was in the back with the pilot in the left seat. When we came into land, he had too much air speed and bounced the plane, because of a crosswind we were pushed towards the left side of the runway directly at a runway light. The pilot decided to do a go around and applied full throttle and pulled back on the stick hard. We climbed almost straight up about 100 feet, but he never pushed the stick back forward so he stalled the plane and the left wing dropped straight towards the ground. He then pushed the stick to the right hard and at that point we had fallen far enough that the right wing hit. The plane spun on the tip of the left wing and sheered off the fixed landing gear, we then slid about 150 feet through tall grass. The next thing I remembered was being questioned by the paramedics and not knowing what day it was. When the wing hit my head cracked the window on the opposite side of the plane and gave me a pretty good concussion. My father and the pilot had mostly minor injuries also and we all made it from the plane relatively unscathed.

It was a strange feeling when the wing dropped and I was looking straight at the ground from about 10 stories up through the side window. I thought it was over and the only thing I truly thought about was my wife and daughters. The plane held together very well, thanks in part to a good design and great build! We had over 80 gallons of fuel on board (all in the wings) and could of easily been caught in a bad fire.

Here are some pictures of our plane after the crash that were taken by the insurance claim people:
 

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From CNN:

Lottery winner's granddaughter found dead
Tuesday, December 21, 2004 Posted: 8:01 AM EST (1301 GMT)

SCOTT DEPOT, West Virginia (AP) -- The 17-year-old granddaughter of a lottery jackpot winner was found dead near her boyfriend's home, her body wrapped in a sheet and plastic tarp.

Brandi Bragg, who lived in the nearby town of Hurricane, was last seen alive on December 4. She was reported missing five days later by Jack Whittaker, who on Christmas Eve 2002 won a $314.9 million jackpot.

The cause of death was under investigation. Authorities said there were no obvious signs of violence. An autopsy was planned for Tuesday.

The body was found Monday several hundred feet from a house owned by Steve Crosier, whose son Brandon was Bragg's boyfriend, said Trooper S.E. Wolfe. The body was found behind a junked van.

A preliminary investigation indicated that Bragg may have died in the Crosiers' house and her body was later moved.

Wolfe said Monday's discovery was based on interviews with Brandon Crosier and others. "We are focused on him but I wouldn't call him a suspect yet," he said.

Steve Crosier, in a brief conversation with reporters outside his house, said: "All I know is she OD'd and Brandon freaked out."

But police would not comment on whether drugs were involved, and in a later telephone interview with The Associated Press, Crosier said he did not know any details of Bragg's death or when her body was placed outside on his property.

Bragg's body was identified by tattoos on her neck, said State Police Sgt. Jay Powers. "The troopers had talked to her in the past and knew her," Powers said.

Whittaker has had several brushes with the law since he won the prize. Earlier this month, a magistrate ordered him to go into rehab and surrender his driver's license after his second drunken driving arrest this year.

He has also been accused in two lawsuits of assaulting female employees of a racetrack. And his vehicle, business and home have been broken into.

In September, an 18-year-old friend of his granddaughter was found dead at Whittaker's home. That death remains under investigation. Whittaker was out of town at the time.
 

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