Welcome to the USA

Salu · 29-09-2005, 09:53

http://212.58.226.30/1/hi/world/africa/4290820.stm

Make of it what you will........and I know you will...

Pierre · 29-09-2005, 10:03

Good on him,

I do not see anything here but a "good news" news story

marky · 29-09-2005, 10:05

Now that's what i call a welcome present

andygrif · 29-09-2005, 10:08

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Originally Posted by Pierre

Good on him,

I do not see anything here but a "good news" news story

Exactly. He bought his ticket fair and square and won like anyone else could have done.

I guess it was his lucky day! Good on him.

me283 · 29-09-2005, 10:19

I like the fact that he will be sending money home to Kenya - think of the amount of good it would do there, compared to the USA. What a great guy. Fair play to him.

basa · 29-09-2005, 10:34

Fair play to him and good luck I say.

He spent 16 years working to become a US citizen, they deserve a leg up and it appears from the article they intend to use the money to good advantage to their family.

Wish more in this country had that sort of loyalty and values

skyblueheroes · 29-09-2005, 10:46

Good luck to him.

AndrewJ · 29-09-2005, 16:50

Aye, whats is his email, I could use a new DB9.

Shaun · 29-09-2005, 17:10

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It doesn't happen anywhere - I guess only in America

Well any where with a lottery!

andygrif · 29-09-2005, 19:20

I'm quite pleased that everyone is happy for this chappy.

I do wonder, however (which I think is why Salu posted it originally) if there would be as much positivity if the same family had just arrived in the UK.

Not that I wish to stir it up of course....

marky · 29-09-2005, 19:22

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Originally Posted by andygrif

I'm quite pleased that everyone is happy for this chappy.

I do wonder, however (which I think is why Salu posted it originally) if there would be as much positivity if the same family had just arrived in the UK.

Not that I wish to stir it up of course....

Erm read it properly
After being sworn in as an American citizen after waiting for 16 years, he popped in to a store to check a lottery ticket and discovered he had won.
16 yrs is a long time

andygrif · 29-09-2005, 19:25

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Originally Posted by marky

Erm read it properly
After being sworn in as an American citizen after waiting for 16 years, he popped in to a store to check a lottery ticket and discovered he had won.
16 yrs is a long time

Yes I know he's been there 16 years, what I was hypothesising was if he had just arrived in the UK. As I said.

marky · 29-09-2005, 19:26

Dont get you mate a lottery is just that, pure luck

AndrewJ · 29-09-2005, 19:33

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Originally Posted by andygrif

I'm quite pleased that everyone is happy for this chappy.

I do wonder, however (which I think is why Salu posted it originally) if there would be as much positivity if the same family had just arrived in the UK.

Not that I wish to stir it up of course....

If they was legal and law abiding why would it matter?

Gareth · 29-09-2005, 19:47

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Originally Posted by andygrif

Yes I know he's been there 16 years, what I was hypothesising was if he had just arrived in the UK. As I said.

But he hasn't 'just arrived' in the US either. As others have said, he's been there 16 years. We could hypothesize and say that the winner was a lesbian, single-parent, asylum seeker, paraplegic neo-nazi with bad breath... but it's just a hypothesis and isn't the case - in the same way that it isn't the case that the actual winner has 'just arrived in the US. Sorry, mate, I really don't see where you're coming from on this one.

Now, if you'd argued that he'd bought the ticket before becoming a US citizen, and whether he deserved to win a US lottery (not sure if anyone can deserve to win a lottery...?) when not being a US citizen but merely being a US resident then that would be a different matter.