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LANSING, Mich. - David Sneath has worked at a Ford Motor Co. parts warehouse for 34 years, but it didn't take him any time at all to walk out once he discovered he had won a $136 million Mega Millions jackpot.

"I yelled to the boss, 'I'm out of here,'" Sneath said Thursday after going to state lottery headquarters in downtown Lansing to pick up his first $1 million check.

Sneath, of Livonia in suburban Detroit, said the reality of his win has yet to sink in.

"I still haven't touched base with Earth yet," he said. When he saw in a newspaper that he had a winning ticket, "my whole body went numb."

Sneath plans to buy a cottage on Mullett Lake in northern Michigan and maybe a new fishing boat or two to help him land the walleye he loves to catch. He's tired of misplacing his glasses and may get laser surgery to correct his vision. And he'll probably move out of his three-bedroom, two-bath ranch home, although he plans to stay in Michigan.

He's even considering a return to Eastern Michigan University to finish his bachelor's degree. He's eight credits shy of a major in warehousing and a minor in international marketing.

Sneath turned 60 on Tuesday, the day he won the jackpot. Friends and relatives at first thought it was an April Fool's joke.

"I called my sister; she didn't believe me. I called my daughter; she thought I was nuts," said Sneath, who said he made his first call to his ex-wife, Deborah.

Deborah, whom he called "my significant ex," attended the Thursday news conference where Sneath was presented with a large replica of a $136 million check. His daughter was there with her daughter, as was his son, who had bought the winning ticket on his father's behalf during trip to a gas station to get cigarettes.

Sneath plans to take a lump payment worth $84.3 million, or $59.6 million after taxes. On Thursday, he got the first $1 million; he'll get the remainder in a second payment. At the warehouse, he made $60,000 to $70,000 a year.

A self-described "character," Sneath generally kicked in $6 a week with four co-workers at his job in Brownstown to buy lottery tickets, spending half the money on tickets for Tuesday's draw and half for Friday's.

This time, his son bought him $15 worth of tickets, picking numbers Sneath suggested. The winning combination — 4, 17, 26, 46 and 56, plus 25 for the Mega Ball — were numbers Sneath once got as a random pick and continues to play.

But his four co-workers didn't entirely lose out. He plans to give them $1 million each out of his winnings.

Sneath said he doesn't have any big plans for the money, but noted none will go toward buying a big, new foreign car.

"I worked for Ford Motor Co.," he said. "I won't be buying a foreign product."

Sneath's $136 million jackpot may seem like a lot, but it doesn't even come close to the record. The largest Mega Millions jackpot was $390 million in March last year, given to two winners in Georgia and New Jersey.

Mega Millions is a multistate lottery game offered in Michigan, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington state. Jackpots start at a guaranteed $12 million and grow when no one wins the jackpot.

Sneath said he doesn't have any big plans for the money, but noted none will go toward buying a big, new foreign car.

"I worked for Ford Motor Co.," he said. "I won't be buying a foreign product."

88 wrote:He's definately demonstrating mensa credentials:

1. He buys lottery tickets.
2. He buys Fords.
3. He gets props from fat no-take-having tards.

Somebody get that dude a drool cup.

He's eight credits shy of a major in warehousing

R-Jack wrote:

"I worked for Ford Motor Co.," he said. "I won't be buying a foreign product."

I laughed. Nice to see good things happen to stupid people.

R-Jack wrote:A fucking third person IKYABWAI? Only Paul. :paul:

RevLimiter wrote:

R-Jack wrote:

"I worked for Ford Motor Co.," he said. "I won't be buying a foreign product."

I laughed. Nice to see good things happen to stupid people.

LMAO...as if you actually think you're BETTER than that guy?

RevLimiter wrote:

Sneath said he doesn't have any big plans for the money, but noted none will go toward buying a big, new foreign car.

"I worked for Ford Motor Co.," he said. "I won't be buying a foreign product."

Simply AWESOME.

mvscal wrote:

Mister Bushice wrote:

He's eight credits shy of a major in warehousing

When did Whitey move to Michigan?

A Major in warehousing? There's a fucking bachelors degree for that?

That's right, you ignorant simpleton. Feel free to attempt to manage a 800,000 square foot facility over three stories tall packed with 100s of millions in inventory without any specialized education. You quite literally wouldn't even know where to begin. Logistics on that scale is mind boggling. Library science is child's play by comparison.

BSmack wrote: they had no idea that it was possible to use one of them newfangled computers to create a database that would allow me to tell our sales people within 100 lbs how much copper, brass, titanium etc we had in stock.

So yea, I can easily imagine a full course of study devoted to warehousing.

Mister Bushice wrote:Sounds to me like a course study in database programming might accomplish that, or hire someone who took one, or buy a program that is ready made. I could see needing a certificate program in warehouse management, or perhaps a two year program tied into business classes, but 4 years of classes dedicated on how to run a warehouse in these days of computerized everything? Hell, when I was a kid in college I had a summer job in a huge food warehouse that was mostly automated. No human even went into the 50' high stacks area where the food was stored and retrieved by machines and delivered except for repairs and maintenance of equipment, and some geek at a computer terminal with an AA degree managed everything remotely, pushing buttons to print out reports and orders for incoming and outgoing product.

Besides - WTF is a 60 year old guy gonna do with a warehousing degree AND 136 million besides get called a dumbfuck?

BSmack wrote: A plant/warehouse manager of a facility 20 times that size is going to be dealing with logistic, vendor, personnel, OSHA, EPA, and customer issues on a massive scale.

BSmack wrote:As for the 136 million dollar man? I salute the guy for wanting to do more than sit on his ass and watch American Idol.

mvscal wrote:What the fuck would you know about it?

mvscal wrote:

.m2 wrote:

BSmack wrote: A plant/warehouse manager of a facility 20 times that size is going to be dealing with logistic, vendor, personnel, OSHA, EPA, and customer issues on a massive scale.

No he isn't.

What the fuck would you know about it? You're a fucking bum.

mvscal wrote:50 million?

We do more than that in a day.

"I still haven't touched base with Earth yet," he said. When he saw in a newspaper that he had a winning ticket, "my whole body went numb."

Sneath plans to buy a cottage on Mullett Lake in northern Michigan...

.m2 wrote: Oh, I don't know.... maybe 20 years of dealing with Manufacturers that are rated 50M or higher with the Thomas Register.

mvscal wrote:I work for a Fortune 100 corporation with revenues substantially higher than 50 million a day.

.m2 wrote:What's the public company you work for (obviously, don't run) that does 50M in profits a day???

OCmike wrote:

.m2 wrote: Oh, I don't know.... maybe 20 years of dealing with Manufacturers that are rated 50M or higher with the Thomas Register.

And you did it so well that you now sell windchimes for a living...

mvscal wrote:Backing your beatup VW van to the loading dock to pick up your windchimes doesn't give you any relevant insight into anything.

.m2 wrote: You really are this stupid... so, I'll help ya out.

Here's a hint to the puzzle for ya.
Good luck!