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A MAN WHO won €350,000 on the lottery is spending the money to go see where Scania trucks are made.
The anonymous man, from the west of Ireland, won the Lotto Plus One draw last week and collected his winnings today.
He said that he usually picks his own numbers based on trucks, but won this time with a quick pick.
“I’m truck mad, so many years ago, I devised a system of picking my Lotto numbers based on the names of trucks I know. There’s tons of them – Scania, Volvo, Peterbilt, Freightliner – and the rest.
So what I did was take the first letter of each truck – say Peterbilt- the letter ‘P’ is number 16 in the alphabet, then the number 16 would go on the ticket, and so on. It might be a bit of a mad system, but I’m that kind of guy.
And as for what he’s doing with his winnings, he was clear on what he wanted.
“I’m going on a cruise with this money. And I’m going on a Scandinavian cruise, to include where Scania trucks are made.
“And I’ll donate a few bob to the Children’s Hospital in Crumlin as well.”
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The only people whom want it to snow are people that don’t drive and don’t have to commute or go to work, and kids.
@David Ronan: I drive, I commute, I work and have kids… I want snow
@David Ronan: think again!
@William O’ Connor: no kids, but do all the rest. Bring on the snow!
@David Ronan: @David Ronan: I drive, I have to drive to work. I’m confident in my driving especially after that icy winter some years ago. I had to drive to Dublin and back and up some very dangerous back roads. I even helped out a woman stuck in Dunnes car park. I stood by the car and talked her trough it, so she could enter The multistory car park instead of abandoning her car in the middle of the road or hitting mine as she was trying to drive. She was in too low of a gear and her wheels were spinning, the car was sliding around. Took me a while to calm her down and got her into the multistory where she abandoned the car.
Good winter tyres on the car, drive in a high gear unless going down hill than stick to a low gear. Drive like the car is full of unsecured eggs, so easy on the breaks. Use the gears to slow down.
Bring on the snow :)
@David Ronan: Well I guess I am a big kid at heart.
@David Ronan: I want snow, I jist want it not to turn to ice that I can’t see and always end up slipping on.
@David Ronan: Driven all my life, and in snow conditions almost unknown in Ireland and I still like an occasional fall of snow. Unfortunately we are not good at dealing with it in this country and you soon tire of it.
@David Ronan: I drive, I have kids and I commute to work 6 days a week. Stop talking out of your A$$
@Lily: Well said Lily as a truck driver myself I enjoy the challenge of tricky conditions. My advice for anyone who is particularly nervous is stay off the road, breaking suddenly because you have hit 6 miles an hour will cause accidents. In snow and ice the break peddle should hardly be touched.
@j4VEpUO8: poor David tried that the first time …it didn’t work out to well
At least a foot of the fluffy white stuff. My inner child can’t wait to get out.
@Lily: Congratulations! When are you due?
@Sshh I’m Undercover: As soon as the first snow falls..
@Lily: A little Christmas miracle. Best of luck to you x
@Sshh I’m Undercover: She ate him lol.
I love snow, but can it wait until Christmas week when I’m not working?
Yes on Xmas morning and a day or two after.
After 2010, I never want to see the white stuff again! Up until then I loved snow.
That stuff only looks good on Christmas cards.
No! Just turns into slush and has to be cleaned up! Also older people can’t get out for fear of slipping!
No thanks. I can’t afford for it to snow because I don’t have the leave left and the drive to work in the snow is terrifying.
You don’t have a “No Feck Off” category!!
Oh let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.!!
Happy Christmas folks..
I’d rather avoid it, although the rest of my family would like it.
Still, as I mentioned yesterday, as a Tory I have the fires of hell always with me. That should see off any snow.
People who want it to snow are absolutely insane to the point of guano-psychosis!
The ideal amount of snow is a dusting Christmas Eve that’s gone by Stephen’s day.
No. Snow is a white supremacist hate symbol. It blankets the world with its frosty oppression #meltthesnow
No I don’t want snow, I’ve no heating and it’s getting hard to stay warm at home, any colder and I might as well go sit in the fridge to warm up
If only.
As as long as I live in Dublin, no absolutely not
Yeah about 4 foot of it would be lovely, would be able to build a great little igloo.
But in reality a flutter will bring the country to a standstill .
With global warming there will be plenty of sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) and snow??? As well as more if the gulf stream switches off due to global warming?
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