Subj : Re: Scotch and water was: TV To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Sep 03 2019 17:39:20 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 29-Aug-2019 19:32 <=- BM>>> I just reply the best I can -- if outdated will usually current and BM>>> update, rarely delete. Usually delete only if that portion of the BM>>> message appears to be ended. NB>>> I tend to do the same, more or less... And since I'm spreading out NB>>> the replies, giving my internal date-stamp might help to preserve NB>>> some of my more current context, in some way.... ;) BM>> Though I may have screwed that up by deleting your notations. NB>> At least you saw it when you answered the message, so you had the NB>> context at that point... :) BM> Yes: reminded me was an older conversation. And slowly, we are bringing all those older conversations more into the present.... or at least most of them... NB>>> And she had plenty more where that came from, no doubt.... ;) I have NB>>> a friend that liked to go to Atlantic City (I think it was once a year, NB>>> and it was with a group); she'd put aside $20 to use at the casino... NB>>> when that was gone, that was it... she had the fun without the risk... NB>>> winnings, if any, went into her pocket... And then there was the owner NB>>> of our favorite Chinese buffet, who was addicted to gambling, and lost NB>>> the restaurant in a game... The closest we come to gambling is lending NB>>> money to friends in need.... :) BM>> While I was in college my parents took my Aunt (the one from Vienna - BM>> she was over visiting them) to Las Vegas, mainly to experience and be BM>> entertained and part of the entertainment was a bit of light gambling. BM>> My Mother was telling me they had $150 and when that was done they BM>> were done, though if one was out of money one or both of the other two BM>> would give some from their portion and so the third could continue. BM>> Eventually did run out of the allocated money and they did have fun. NB>> That's the only way that makes any sense to me... :) BM> And me. ...They just started Sports Betting in Iowa; the casino in BM> Davenport (adjoining city) has it; haven't heard on the new if the one BM> down the hill from me has or even applied for the license. OTOH I BM> don't care as not going to bet anyway. Closest casinos to here are at least an hour or more away.... but for a while, the state was running OTB (Off-Track-Betting) places around town... not sure if any are still here in town... they might have just moved it to the racetracks around here.... Like you, I don't really care, since I'm not using them anyway... :) BM>> As for loosing the restaurant or anything else of value -- I BM>> could sort of imagine how that could happen -- obviously BM>> overconfidence -- just my Logical Portion is screaming "No!!!". I'll BM>> admit to not knowing how to gamble (so how does _Crazy Eights_ work BM>> again?) and the closest I've come to bet-it-all gambling is logical BM>> guessing on doing something to repair something electronic: already not BM>> working so can't make it much worse. NB>> Which is, after all, a different animal altogether.... :) As to the NB>> lose-it-all sort of gambling, apparently the mindset is that one's luck NB>> is just about to turn, so one would win it all back.... so one keeps NB>> throwing more and more into the game... and, most aften, one just keeps NB>> losing.... BM> To me that's more like car repairs: keep throwing money into it and BM> hope becomes an income! Car repairs are again a different story... there's some way to gauge how effectively your money is being spent.... :) ttyl neb .... How can I run amok? I don't even own one. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .