[Mick]

Originally Posted by aerovette

When I was 15, my dad was out of work from back surgery and wearing a brace and we went shopping to buy something very small for my mom. It was Christmas and we were running thin in our house. I had $2.00 in my pocket and I bought two lottery tickets. I won my $2.00 back. The woman in the booth asked if I wanted two more tickets or the $2.00. I asked if she could split it. I took $1.00 and one ticket. I scratched that ticked and won $10,000.00. After taxes it was about $8200.00 and it could not have come at a better time. I bought a 10-speed and some school clothes and gave the rest to my parents. That was about 1975. That's almost $50k in today's money.