It's a hot August night

currently underway here in the big City. Anne's at work and I'm holding down the fort.

I've got the AC going on in the bedroom for Boot's. The other guys can go outside if they want. It's cooler in our room then here in this office.

The guy that I buy my 6/49 ticket a couple times a month told me this morning that the price of these tickets has increased from $2 to $3 starting next week. I remember in the 1980's when 6/49 first came out it was $1 a ticket for a chance to win $1 million. Then sometime in the late 1990's it went to $2 for a chance to win $3 million. Now at $3 a play I wonder if the basic prize goes up, maybe for a chance to win $4 million? When I had full time hours, I'd play once week, sometimes twice if it was a large amount and nobody won yet. The 6/49 prize usually doubles in size if nobody wins. Now, I play only after the first round if nobody wins. The prize usually starts at $3.5 million, to $7 million and so on until somebody wins. The game is usually played Wednesday's and Saturday's. I bought a ticket this morning and played my own random numbers. Most of the time I ask for a $2 quick pick and the machine at the till randomly picks the numbers for me. Most I've ever won was $10 (3 numbers) and I win 2-3 times a year. During the summer as the weekend approaches I like to get a CFL Proline ticket. Today I picked all for games: Friday, Hamilton/Winnipeg, there's a double header Saturday, Montreal/Riders, Stamps/BC and Sunday Edmonton/Argo's. Teams in bold I picked to win. Edmonton is a real long shot to win in Toronto. At $3 if all match I win about enough for a first run video game.

I didn't get out to do what I wanted this afternoon but I can always do this Friday. That's actually the plan because after I do that, I'm heading into the office about 5pm to check on my hours for next week. I could phone in but I'm downtown anyway. Well, that's about all from me for today.