Nicest Canadian couple in world dole out lottery winnings
Thu Nov 4, 1:27 pm ET
By Liz Goodwin
A retired Canadian couple who won $11.3 million in the lottery in July have already given it (almost) all away.
“What you’ve never had, you never miss,” 78-year-old Violet Large explained to a local reporter.
Christina P. (my former co-worker at a Campbell, CA job, now located in Sunnyvale, CA) once told me: “I knew what I wanted to do: desk jobs.”
Fast forward ten years, I’m still doing desks jobs, mostly via the aide of local, temporary employment agencies because I lack the network of people to help find and reference me for REAL paying jobs. I would have done odd jobs during my life but the pay from these desk jobs sustained me just enough for a VERY thrifty lifestyle (of one pair of flat shoes in five years or so) but not enough to laugh all the way to the bank and enjoy the life of the rich and famous.
Once, I saw an ad (through the San Jose Mercury News) for a cocktail waitress. It was paying $14.00 per hour, which is a couple of dollars more than I’m being paid here as a data entry worker, supporting the BPs. The current take-home pay is just about MINIMUM wage. So go figure! Anyway, I didn’t get the job, mainly because I was over qualified with a college degree. I didn’t fill out the job application properly because I didn’t have references or addresses for previous employers.
But that job wasn’t meant to be because I wasn’t HOT-looking enough and had VERY bad hearing, which compromised my listening ability and thus reduced my understanding of the processes. It’s a natural disability inherited from Paw via his recently deceased Maw. I’d be (and have been) asking people to please repeat what they have said. It’s embarrassing, really.
So yeah, I’d like to continue working a day job and maybe start over. I was just hoping to do what I’ve read today’s recent news.
They knew what they wanted in life – each other! Now, that’s true inspiration and selflessness. Most people are generous. It’s the media that generalizes hominids to be violent from the likes of a few lost souls. That’s how I’d expect most people to behave – without motivation to steal or hoard, just be there for others.
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