Luck

Re:Luck (slugbug)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:39:07 GMT

I've been pretty lucky the last few years with contest wins including a trip to Australia last year, and a Harman Kardon Blu-Ray 2.1 Home Theater kit.

Re:Luck (uncle poop)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:38:30 GMT

don't give me this third world country crap... they can work hard and fight for a better life... i did it, i went from being a homeless 14yr old to where i am now... i work hard every day just to be able to afford what little i have... which is a roof over my head, some food and a vehicle to get me to my current job...

it's not good luck i have these things... it's hard work and the drive to not be in the situation i was in... i'm still not where i wish to be but there's not much i can change now and i have to make due with what i have...

do i wish i had some good luck, yes... i think i'm due at least a little... why is it i need to fight and struggle my whole life? why can't i have it easy even if it's just for a day?

Re:Luck (minger66)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:49:39 GMT

Luck is a random event for everyone. A lucky person is someone who generally has increased the odds in their favor through skill, knowledge, or hard work.

The view of luck is such a subjective thing. To a North Korean, Chinese peasant, or African living in Somalia, I bet you look like a pretty lucky guy. You can also bet that there are people making very large salaries who still feel their lives are unjust and unlucky. Nobody ever seems to be truly satisfied until they have more money than everyone else around them, which seems to be most persons definition of lucky.

Re:Luck (Satsujinki)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:52:32 GMT

Programming has taught me that there is no such thing as 'luck'

Re:Luck (KMoore4318)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:44:58 GMT

If you can celebrate that which you feel passionately about, with freedom of speech, and you can attend a church of your choice this Sunday, then you are luckier than over 3 billion other people in this world today.
If you have a roof over your head tonight, and you can eat today, then you are luckier than over 75 percent of the entire population of the world.
If you have never experienced the fear of war, the soul rending terror of torture, the loneliness of forced imprisonment, or the feeling of starvation, then you are luckier today than 500 million other people.
If you can read his notice, which of course you can, or you wouldn't have a computer (unlike over ninety five percent of the world's population), then you are better off than over 2 billion people in the world who cannot read or write.

Re:Luck (aka_STEVE_b)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:37:29 GMT

Comes and goes for me .......

Re:Luck (uncle poop)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:20:26 GMT

i only have bad luck... most recent is about the computer i've been saving for... finally got most of the money up to get the components and get it built then something comes up and now more than half the money i saved up has to go for something else... so it seems it'll be at least a couple of more months till i can afford a computer again....

i have not won any conests, giveaways and don't even come close when i play the lottery... i'm to the point i won't even enter giveaways and all because i have no chance, even if it is a legitimate contest...

someone put me into a super bowl pool thing because they needed to fill in a few boxes or some ****... well this morning i come to find out i would have won if the giants won a different way... it seems the pool is done by score and if the giants got a field goal instead of a touchdown i would have won some money...

maybe i need to do some kind of voo-doo or something to get this bad luck away from me even if it's only for a day...

Re:Luck (James_L)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:38:21 GMT

Currently luck and I have a disagreement. I haven't had a decent bit of luck for a number of years. Hopefully the disagreement will end and I'll be on the plus side of the dice for a bit.

As for scale I think I'm around a 3 or lower right now. Yeah not so good.

Re:Luck (RainStryke)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:34:24 GMT

Hmm... My luck? I have won 1 drawing in my life that I can really recall. It was some tuning instrument for my Trumpet when I was in band in the 6th grade. I was sick and didn't make it, so some other kid got it and destroyed it right after he got it. Out of that kind of stuff, pretty little... I never win drawings lol

As for things in general, I feel I have a pretty solid job, does not pay much, but gets our current bills paid as things are right now and it's not really hard work. Luckily my parents don't have a problem with my wife and I living in the basement. We never get bothered either, so it's like having a apartment but better. It would be a lot harder if I had to get an apartment, since they are about double the rent i'm paying right now. Hopefully things can hold up at least till my wife gets her RN in December.

As for my current luck, I feel it is down since my dog just passed away the day after my birthday. On my birthday I had found out he had quit eating 3 days before and it was only a matter of time. Freakin' sucks...

Anyway, Snake, if your really hurting for any job right now, you might want to check into a contract security company like Wakenhut, Securitas, and MVM. They always hire vets fast.

Oh yeah...

As for a 1-10 scale... Today, i'd put my overall luck at a 8/10. I'm living comfortable, I can eat what I want for the most part. I have a great wife that helps me get through the tough times. I have a pretty relaxed job, so when I get home, i'm not mentally/physically drained at the end of the day. I have good friends. I have a powerful desktop, decent laptop and a awesome smart phone and my internet rarely ever has issues (ever since I switched away from comcast lol.)

Re:Luck (Chrome-M-Dragon)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:32:42 GMT

snakegs

lol you guys are lucky,more often than you think. I have been out of work for a year. I am about to finish up my AS degree and I have been looking for work ever since I was laid off last year. I have been told I am over qualified for stuff and my UI is about to run out this march lol. Like I said, it seems that no matter how hard my wife and I work to get ahead, things hit a snag and we barely make it. I guess I am lucky that I still have a roof over my head but that might all change in about 3 weeks.

At least your overqualified. I won't get into my reason for not being hired. But yeah, I have two more classes (one semester) to finish my AS degree and have not found anything since I lost my job last Jan. And the only reason I have a roof over my head is because my mom isn't a complete psycho, only a partial one....lol but i'm hoping a move to another state and a business plan will get my life jumpstarted to where I need it to be. If not, then back to Ohio and back to meh...

Re:Luck (HeThing)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:06:58 GMT

voodoo do-er

HeThing

Max killz

up till last year i think my luck was a 8/10 now i think its about 1.5/10

why is that?

well he bricked his pc not long ago

That sucks.. Im sorry to hear..

Re:Luck (voodoo do-er)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:04:35 GMT

HeThing

Max killz

up till last year i think my luck was a 8/10 now i think its about 1.5/10

why is that?

well he bricked his pc not long ago

Re:Luck (Viper97)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:56:14 GMT

Mine sucks.

Re:Luck (HeThing)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:51:47 GMT

Max killz

up till last year i think my luck was a 8/10 now i think its about 1.5/10

why is that?

Re:Luck (snakegs)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:46:08 GMT

well thats the thing, I work hard for everything and right now all I want is a great job to support my family lol. Have been working hard for a long time to get it but nothing so far.

Re:Luck (Bruno747)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:42:45 GMT

In general, my feeling would be that were it not for bad luck, I would have no luck at all.

There are however UBER rare moments when I actually get lucky.

Re:Luck (Max killz)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:40:57 GMT

up till last year i think my luck was a 8/10 now i think its about 1.5/10

Re:Luck (wizdumb1)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:38:20 GMT

Luck is very slim with me. I can't say I never run into any at all but If I do I have learned not too get too excited about it because I know there is a turnaround coming real fast. I try not to dwell on what feels like a curse at times because it's not the type of person I am. I fight on and yes once in a great while dump what I feel on the phone to a family member or online for all to see. It feels good to just vent it out sometimes. Just get out there and work hard for what you want it feels good to earn it you can't rely on luck because you'll end up disappointed in the end.

Re:Luck (snakegs)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:11:14 GMT

I would take 5.0/10.0 lol

Re:Luck (HeThing)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:50:18 GMT

I think my luck is around 0.5 times the luck Sleepee has..

(so that would be 5.0/10.0)

Re:Luck (blacksapphire08)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:40:17 GMT

My overall luck is pretty horrible. If something bad can happen when it comes to a job or a relationship, then yup. If you want a boost in luck I would recommend rubbing Sleepee's noggin... how do you think I won some of those contests last year?

Re:Luck (snakegs)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:03:03 GMT

problem is I am a veteran lol and most of the time that is what over quals me.....sounds dumb but that's what I am being told lol. That last 3 apps I took some things out of my resume and never heard back from those employers, made several calls to check in with my application and no response lol. Not much I can do to get around it because some how they find out I served....stupid SSN :)

Just post those magical 6 numbers for me lol I will play them and split it when I win

Re:Luck (dhemke)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:50:17 GMT

snakegs

lol you guys are lucky,more often than you think. I have been out of work for a year. I am about to finish up my AS degree and I have been looking for work ever since I was laid off last year. I have been told I am over qualified for stuff and my UI is about to run out this march lol. Like I said, it seems that no matter how hard my wife and I work to get ahead, things hit a snag and we barely make it. I guess I am lucky that I still have a roof over my head but that might all change in about 3 weeks.

Dude, trust me, I went through the "over-qualified" nonsense, just "dumb-down" your resume. Once you're in, show them what you're capable of.

Re:Luck (snakegs)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:40:09 GMT

lol you guys are lucky,more often than you think. I have been out of work for a year. I am about to finish up my AS degree and I have been looking for work ever since I was laid off last year. I have been told I am over qualified for stuff and my UI is about to run out this march lol. Like I said, it seems that no matter how hard my wife and I work to get ahead, things hit a snag and we barely make it. I guess I am lucky that I still have a roof over my head but that might all change in about 3 weeks.

Re:Luck (Chrome-M-Dragon)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:41:03 GMT

Ehh, How about sporadic? I'm lucky when i don't really wanna be, and not lucky when i need to be.

Re:Luck (donald trump)

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:33:18 GMT

I would say I have great luck, but then for some reason it only lasts like a month. I've found money in the $X,XXX range before, and then something goes horribly wrong where I owe double what I found.

Sometimes, just sometimes, I have decent luck and nothing goes wrong but 9/10 times something completely horrible happens right after my good luck.

Re:Luck (XrayMan)

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:32:26 GMT

sk2play

My apologies, I thought I was being clever with siting a bible verse and google reference to it. I won't do that again on EVGA forums. Chalk this one up for experience points. No evangelizing meant by my citation.

LESSON LEARNED. THANKS for forum members correcting my posting behavior with PM's on this one, My Bad

Not a problem! I made a few mistakes myself, that I learned from, before I was a Mod. Take care!

Re:Luck (sk2play)

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:26:44 GMT

My apologies, I thought I was being clever with siting a bible verse and google reference to it. I won't do that again on EVGA forums. Chalk this one up for experience points. No evangelizing meant by my citation.

LESSON LEARNED. THANKS for forum members correcting my posting behavior with PM's on this one, My Bad

Re:Luck (XrayMan)

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:20:12 GMT

voodoo do-er

oh no @sk2play

religion is not allowed here

That's correct! Post was deleted!

Re:Luck (voodoo do-er)

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:12:20 GMT

~~oh no @sk2play~~

~~religion is not allowed here~~

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