#4530313 - 07/17/20 12:38 AM
Re: Online gambling is destroying people's lives.
[Re: marko1231123]
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Nix in his best Kingfish voice:We needs to simonize our watches so we can begins our instigation into dis matter as a team.Maybe we can get twitter security to help? After all, they try to follow me around just for visiting this site... unsucessfully of course.
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Look for me on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or Tic Toc...or anywhere you may frequent, besides SimHq, on the Global Scam Net. Aka, the internet. I am not there, never have been or ever will be, but the fruitless search may be more gratifying then the "content" you might otherwise be exposed to.
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#4530452 - 07/18/20 07:31 AM
Re: Online gambling is destroying people's lives.
[Re: marko1231123]
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Gambled once in my life. Friend was one of the managers at an Indian Casino. She gave me a card with like $20 starter amount. Told me I couldn't cash it out, I'd have to gamble it. I went in hit the "nickel slot machine". Well, $19 and change into it, I hit a $25 win. Walked out with the $25 and never looked back.
Left there after she exposed corruption that was going on between the casino and a few members of the tribal counsel.
Keep Calm and Check CanopyThere are no ex-paratroopers, only ones off jump statusLearn Economics at: http://www.mises.orgCarthago delenda est
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#4530962 - 07/22/20 02:53 PM
Re: Online gambling is destroying people's lives.
[Re: marko1231123]
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Looking back over thread...always interesting to see old usernames long gone.
I'm in casinos all the time (well I was before the virus), been on many cruise ships, have a nice poker kit. Yet I've never gambled in my life that I recall (including never having played the lottery). No moral objections, just no interest. I wouldn't turn down a freebie, however.
My wife's aunt and uncle did it right, IMO. Once a week they'd gamble $50.00 on a Casino boat (Baton Rouge had two on the Mississippi River). IIRC, $50.00 was the minimum for a free buffet (known to be very good). They thought it was worth dinner and a couple of hours of entertainment (mostly slots, I think). And when they occasionally won something, they still stopped at their original $50.00. Smart.
The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in Gives way and suddenly it’s day again The sun is in the east Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset, hmph Could be the human race is run
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#4531063 - 07/23/20 07:34 AM
Re: Online gambling is destroying people's lives.
[Re: marko1231123]
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Ages ago when I was a young fresh lad in Hong Kong me and a few mates would purchase return tickets to Macau, grab our passport, the equivalent of USD60~100 in cash each and off we would go for 24 hrs. Never ever took our credit cards or cheque books with us, just the return tickets... Our Macau sorties would usually have us ending up early at the ferry pier Macau side for our trip back, nothing to do, hungry, tired, sharing a pack of Marlboro and terribly short of cash Rarely, one of us would get back with more cash in his pockets than he had when we left Hong Kong. Never a life-changer, but always fun. It’s all about blocking access to additional cash and, yes, keeping your kidneys where they naturally belong ! Oops, the thread is about online gambling, oh well, much more dangerous I reckon. Cheers, Slug
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#4531071 - 07/23/20 11:26 AM
Re: Online gambling is destroying people's lives.
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Gambling is too much like giving cash away. I've never been into that. Just think of what would happen in places like Monaco and Las Vegas if hardly anyone gambled? They would have to find another industry to rely on and fast.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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#4531072 - 07/23/20 11:27 AM
Re: Online gambling is destroying people's lives.
[Re: MarkG]
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PanzerMeyer
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Looking back over thread...always interesting to see old usernames long gone.
. Yup, same here. I've been on SimHQ for 19 years now so it's always fascinating for me to see all the people who have come and gone. The ones who have passed away are especially poignant.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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#4537278 - 09/16/20 03:09 PM
Re: Online gambling is destroying people's lives.
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I totally agree with you! It is very easy to start to gamble, have fun and spend a lot of money on it and it is very hard to quit gambling or to learn ho to have more self control in order to count your money and to understand when you need to stop or to go on. Anyway, I'll better play games like poker or blackjack. There, I have much more chances to win because everything depends on my skill and not on my luck. Usually, I like to play on Link deleted and I suggest everybody to try it as well, because it is worth.
Poster is permanently banned. Determined to be a bot.
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#4537284 - 09/16/20 04:31 PM
Re: Online gambling is destroying people's lives.
[Re: marko1231123]
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Andrew Avery, now what made you resurrect an old thread ?
Just asking to see that you are not a bot.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#4537285 - 09/16/20 04:36 PM
Re: Online gambling is destroying people's lives.
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Andrew Avery, now what made you resurrect an old thread ?
Just asking to see that you are not a bot. I also found the location of Corinth, Greece to be odd. We all know we don't have any Greek members on SimHQ!
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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#4537294 - 09/16/20 06:27 PM
Re: Online gambling is destroying people's lives.
[Re: oldgrognard]
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Andrew Avery
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Andrew Avery, now what made you resurrect an old thread ?
Just asking to see that you are not a bot. Im here, I am not a bot and I did't see the year of this thread haha, sorry man!
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#4537295 - 09/16/20 06:28 PM
Re: Online gambling is destroying people's lives.
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Andrew Avery
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Andrew Avery, now what made you resurrect an old thread ?
Just asking to see that you are not a bot. I also found the location of Corinth, Greece to be odd. We all know we don't have any Greek members on SimHQ! I often visit Greece, that's why.
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#4537296 - 09/16/20 06:29 PM
Re: Online gambling is destroying people's lives.
[Re: Vaderini]
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In recent times, we've seen a lot of these kind of users. YvonneGrant, AngelaTurner, henrywalts, Office Work Design, grabdexter, Dasko, DVermont... Most have something to sell, but the intriguing ones dig up old threads for no apparent reason and vanish as quick as they came... Would love to see if this is AI or not I'm real I'm alive!
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#4537303 - 09/16/20 07:23 PM
Re: Online gambling is destroying people's lives.
[Re: marko1231123]
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Ok. That’s good and welcome aboard. Lots of good sub-forums and people to help you with issues. Community Hall is for anything you want to talk about except leave politics and controversy out of it. There is a sub-forum for that at the bottom of the list.
We’ve just been getting a number of bots coming on so we try to be sure.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#4537386 - 09/17/20 12:00 PM
Re: Online gambling is destroying people's lives.
[Re: Andrew Avery]
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PanzerMeyer
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Andrew Avery, now what made you resurrect an old thread ?
Just asking to see that you are not a bot. Im here, I am not a bot and I did't see the year of this thread haha, sorry man! So what was it about this thread that piqued your interest enough to revive it? I mean, you must have had to click through quite a few pages of threads in order to have discovered it right?
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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