chas ... obviously, we could debate this for eternity, but if the guy WON the lottery with his last $5 it certainly seems like a good decision, perhaps not the BEST because of the odds, but it worked out ... if he didn't, it was a bad decision ...

I actually started feeling this way about decisions when I relocated to RI and people would ask me if it was a good decision - I said that I KNOW it wasn't a BAD decision because things worked out well ... had I relocated and gotten fired soon after and not found other employment, then it might have been a bad decision ...
I'll never know if it was the BEST decision, because I will never know what would have happened if I had stayed in NYC and found new employment there ...

Merry Christmas to you and your family, and Happy KWANZAA ...