Powerball mayhem. Greenwich, CT where I work has shut down sales of tickets as the

OTOF · 08-23-2001, 08:14 PM

town is overrun with people from NJ and NY travelling to town to buy Powerball tickets. Traffic jams you can't believe...lines up and down every sidewalk, parents locking small children in their cars while they stand in the pouring rain for tickets....total madness. The only bad part is now that Greenwich is shutting down machines they'll hit Stamford and then my town. Stopped at the grocery store in my town tonight and there were at least 60 people in line to buy tickets....damn, I probably won't be able to buy my big $1.00 worth...I figure one dollar is good enough. If it's your lucky day; it's just gonna be that way whether you buy one or forty tickets...can't wait til this is over on Saturday night....traffic on 95 was bumper-to-bumper...usual 20 minute ride home was one hour tonight...

TP · 08-23-2001, 08:54 PM

OTOF · 08-23-2001, 09:16 PM

it's only ten minutes from my house....don't have to go near I-95... ;-) That many people were out and it was pouring rain, too....

TP · 08-23-2001, 09:17 PM

OTOF · 08-23-2001, 09:31 PM

QuaTTrochick · 08-23-2001, 10:04 PM

TP · 08-23-2001, 10:08 PM

the prize??

OTOF · 08-24-2001, 04:48 AM

BryanTT · 08-24-2001, 05:23 AM

the horror on the faces of the locals as the vast unwashed pours into town. Come on up to Fairfield, Den, a bought $10.00 of quick picks and was the only one the gas station. I rode home on a Metro North that stopped in Greenwich yesterday and it was packed. Somehow I don't think these folks were headed up to White Birch for a polo match

economisTTwo · 08-24-2001, 05:31 AM

with the ticket i bought yesterday. please buy more! :-)))

08-23-2001, 08:14 PM	#1
OTOF Elder Member Account #: 39 Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 29,329	Powerball mayhem. Greenwich, CT where I work has shut down sales of tickets as the town is overrun with people from NJ and NY travelling to town to buy Powerball tickets. Traffic jams you can't believe...lines up and down every sidewalk, parents locking small children in their cars while they stand in the pouring rain for tickets....total madness. The only bad part is now that Greenwich is shutting down machines they'll hit Stamford and then my town. Stopped at the grocery store in my town tonight and there were at least 60 people in line to buy tickets....damn, I probably won't be able to buy my big $1.00 worth...I figure one dollar is good enough. If it's your lucky day; it's just gonna be that way whether you buy one or forty tickets...can't wait til this is over on Saturday night....traffic on 95 was bumper-to-bumper...usual 20 minute ride home was one hour tonight... __________________

08-23-2001, 08:54 PM	#2
TP Junior Member Account #: 133 Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,913	The news this evening reported lines of 500-600 people waiting to buy tickets. __________________ TP 2001 225 Audi TT quattro Roadster 18x8.5" Simas-X wheels (front) 18x10" Simas-X wheels (rear) Kumho 712s 225/40/18 (front) Kumho 712s 255/35/18 (rear) Valentine One Neuspeed chip, Euro mirrors TT-design armrest Hyperboost DV TT valve stem covers Auco roofliner, Becart frame Phone mount, Cover Craft cover

08-23-2001, 09:16 PM	#3
OTOF Elder Member Account #: 39 Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 29,329	Totally nuts. Nice thing is I have the company picnic tomorrow and it's only ten minutes from my house....don't have to go near I-95... ;-) That many people were out and it was pouring rain, too.... __________________

08-23-2001, 09:17 PM	#4
TP Junior Member Account #: 133 Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,913	Hmmmm....maybe a TT Forum group buy on some Powerball tickets???? __________________ TP 2001 225 Audi TT quattro Roadster 18x8.5" Simas-X wheels (front) 18x10" Simas-X wheels (rear) Kumho 712s 225/40/18 (front) Kumho 712s 255/35/18 (rear) Valentine One Neuspeed chip, Euro mirrors TT-design armrest Hyperboost DV TT valve stem covers Auco roofliner, Becart frame Phone mount, Cover Craft cover

08-23-2001, 09:31 PM	#5
OTOF Elder Member Account #: 39 Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 29,329	Accchhh, nooooooooooo.... __________________

08-23-2001, 10:04 PM	#6
QuaTTrochick Junior Member Account #: 6358 Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,125	What a mess! We don't have it in WA but OR does. Should have bought some when I passed through. __________________

08-23-2001, 10:08 PM	#7
TP Junior Member Account #: 133 Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,913	What? You don't want to wait hours in the rain for your TT comrades?? Or you don't want to share the prize?? __________________ TP 2001 225 Audi TT quattro Roadster 18x8.5" Simas-X wheels (front) 18x10" Simas-X wheels (rear) Kumho 712s 225/40/18 (front) Kumho 712s 255/35/18 (rear) Valentine One Neuspeed chip, Euro mirrors TT-design armrest Hyperboost DV TT valve stem covers Auco roofliner, Becart frame Phone mount, Cover Craft cover

08-24-2001, 04:48 AM	#8
OTOF Elder Member Account #: 39 Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 29,329	First one...I won't wait for a ticket if there are more than 2 people in line, much less 100's :-) __________________

08-24-2001, 05:23 AM	#9
BryanTT New Member Account #: 18906 Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 469	Talk about a cultural dichotomy on Greenwich Ave.! It's a riot seeing the horror on the faces of the locals as the vast unwashed pours into town. Come on up to Fairfield, Den, a bought $10.00 of quick picks and was the only one the gas station. I rode home on a Metro North that stopped in Greenwich yesterday and it was packed. Somehow I don't think these folks were headed up to White Birch for a polo match

08-24-2001, 05:31 AM	#10
economisTTwo Member Account #: 9828 Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,701	i'd like to that all of you for putting more money into the pot that i have already won... with the ticket i bought yesterday. please buy more! :-)))

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