by | Feb 16, 2014 | Stories
Five or six guys were gathered in my dorm room at Abraham Baldwin College in Tifton, Georgia when we heard who were the lucky winners. It was the first and only lottery I ever won. I stayed in college and after graduating from the University of Georgia in...
by | Feb 10, 2014 | Stories
I was a sophmore at UGA and lived in the AEPi fraternity house in Athens. I recall the TV news shows announcing the numbers off and on throughout the day. I forget what day of the week it was, but my fraternity brothers would come and go, looking for their...
by | Feb 10, 2014 | Stories
As I recall, the entire frat house was watching and listening to the lottery and drinking beer. After about number 200 or so, I took a bio break and while standing there, another brother came to use the head. He was one year older than me, but we both had...
by | Jan 30, 2014 | Stories
I was sitting in a dorm room at Georgia with 4 or 5 other resident friends, drinking beer and listening to the live draft on the radio. There was a lot of tension in the room as your number had a huge impact on your immediate future and the choices you faced. A low...
by | Jan 28, 2014 | Stories
Before the date of the first lottery I had already been in Air Force ROTC for four years. After graduating in 1969 I was slated to be commissioned in the Air Force. However, on the morning of my signing up I decided I actually did not want to be...
by | Jan 20, 2014 | Stories
I was living in the fraternity house when the first lottery was held. Everybody put a dollar (or five or whatever it was) in a pot and whoever had the lowest number "won" the money. As you might imagine, it was a pot no one wanted to win. My friend...
