So the comments from the last post flooded in.
Ok, well maybe 4 comments did anyway - and half (you do the maths) suggested I gamble my hard-earned £10.
Passing a Tesco on the way home, I ran in and grabbed 5 lottery tickets for Saturday and 5 scratchcards - which I've never actually bought before.
Anyhow, those lucky dips didn't do a lot of good for me just after I'd bought them - running up the steps at Turnham Green station to jump onto a train that was about to depart, I lost my balance and thudded onto the platform floor, twisting my knee and ankle, laptop falling on the floor, making a hole in the knee of my trousers and having the train doors close before I could crawl on it: all completed in one highly-elegant move. The train driver, to his credit, did reopen the doors so I could hobble on - which, Mr Driver, I do appreciate - thanks :)
Getting home and clutching a £1 coin - one of the new ones (which incidentally, Josh Russell blogged about the other day, spotting their accessibility problems) - I began to scratch away at my 5 cards:
Not having ever used these before, I wasn't aware of how they're designed to be really addictive: you scratch off 2 panels out of 9, and already you've got two lots of '£100,000', needing just one more to win the star prize, which, of course, never materialises. I did though, win £1 - wooooo (shall I buy another lottery ticket?!)
I'll now have to wait until Saturday to see if any of my 5 lucky dips come up...let's hope so.
In the unlikely event that absolutely anyone would be interested, I'll publish the numbers now - so if I do win, you'll know about it first ;) - think of it - a Londonstuff world exclusive :)
9, 12, 14, 38, 44, 47
2, 23, 27, 37, 41, 45
8, 19, 25, 30, 32, 47
18, 19, 30, 42, 46, 48
7, 12, 18, 24, 28, 41
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