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Ogie Oglethorpe
 Post subject: Alex Snelius
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I guess Menechino's dogshit coaching made him kick the bucket.

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I seem to remember a print story that the lottery win ended up being more of a curse than a blessing.

He seemed like a good guy but I can't say whether he bought drinks

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was 70 when he won it? left a lot of money on the table by taking the lump sum. if he took the annual installments - prob wouldn't have had money that was spent frivolously. 70 y/o, i'm sure it made sense to him to take the lump sum. i believe he could have made a trust and the checks would have kept coming for 26 years, even if he died at 71.
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good dolphin wrote:
I seem to remember a print story that the lottery win ended up being more of a curse than a blessing.

He seemed like a good guy but I can't say whether he bought drinks

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Frank Coztansa wrote:
good dolphin wrote:
I seem to remember a print story that the lottery win ended up being more of a curse than a blessing.

He seemed like a good guy but I can't say whether he bought drinks

https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga ... -headache/


I used to drive past that Westgate Valley subdivision and see that Graceland replica. It's kind of funny that it was associated with Snelius.
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It's always an interesting story to read. The tragedies were all going to happen whether he was rich or poor.

I think anyone who goes to Graceland is underwhelmed by the house.

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good dolphin wrote:
It's always an interesting story to read. The tragedies were all going to happen whether he was rich or poor.

I think anyone who goes to Graceland is underwhelmed by the house.

The plane is cool.

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I think anyone who goes to Graceland is underwhelmed by the house.
It's an overpriced tourist trap.

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totally agree

however, when you hear elvis you think he'd have a big, gaudy, ostentatious home base. Graceland wouldn't even be a mansion in Snellius subdivision of mansions

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good dolphin wrote:
It's always an interesting story to read. The tragedies were all going to happen whether he was rich or poor.

I think anyone who goes to Graceland is underwhelmed by the house.

Doesn't part of that have to do with when the house was built? Also, Graceland gets a false vibe because of the neighborhood the house is in now, when the house was built it was arguably the nicest area in Memphis at the time.

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