[punatic]

Yeah, but you can look it up. "stateside" itself means the contiguous lower 48. Not sure why that is but that's the way it is.

Look it up?  There's an official arbiter of colloquialisms?  How many czars does that make now?

As one who has traveled out of the country quite a bit, I have found that going stateside is used most often to describe returning to (anywhere in) the US from a foreign country.  Traveling to the contiguous states from Hawaii is described as going to the mainland.

You are right when you say 1 in 175,711,536 is mostly insiginficant.  I would bet the holders of the winning tickets don't think so though.  Personally, I think lotteries are a monumental waste of money.  A self-imposed tax.

I did pretty good in one lottery though, my 1973 Selective Service System random sequence number was 26.  Fortunately the year I registered for the draft was also the year the draft ended.

[narvin]

The lottery is like insurance - the expected value of your return doesn't justify the cost.  But instead of paying a small premium to prevent catastrophic events, you are paying a really small one for an unlikely but extremely large gain.  Of course, once the premiums become a disproportionate amount of your income, you need to reconsider your priorities.

And, no, I didn't win, though a winning ticket was sold just a few miles from here, so don't ask for anything. 

[majorvices]

Look it up?

Yeah, like, it's called a "dictionary". Pretty handy tool actually. check it! http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stateside?s=t

 

[punatic]

Look it up?

Yeah, like, it's called a "dictionary". Pretty handy tool actually. check it! http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stateside?s=t

 

copy and paste from your link:

World English Dictionary
stateside  (ˈsteɪtˌsaɪd) 
 
— adj , — adv   
 of, in, to, or towards the US 




and there's this:
Stateside

[majorvices]

Nice editing on your part. 

[punatic]

No editing needed.  It's your link.

[bo]

Look it up?

Yeah, like, it's called a "dictionary". Pretty handy tool actually. check it! http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stateside?s=t

 

I guess a "dictionary" is not really important here.


Lets say I'm out of the country and I tell someone I'm going stateside. Just how many people would consider Hawaii in that statement. I'll bet next to none. Stateside is the CONTINENTAL US.  Even a smiple bridge dweller knows that.

[punatic]

I must have a bad connection.  The SNR is getting pretty low in here.

[boulderbrewer]

Really bummed I didn't win the big one, but maybe I won the second prize.

[narvin]

I must have a bad connection.  The SNR is getting pretty low in here.

Check out a real dictionary.  For the love of Charlie. 

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stateside

I don't really give two $@#$s but I'm tired of you guys talking past each other.

[punatic]

Don't look.

[majorvices]

Ya know what. forget stateside. Puna, I'll buy you a beer the next time you are in America.

[punatic]

Time to buy.  (see post #41 above).

[majorvices]

what? You decided to come stateside for the weekend??? when do you head back to Hawaii?

[tschmidlin]

Even given that Hawaii is in America, you have to leave in order to come back.  Next time you are in America won't be until after you leave.