MisterV
Platinum

All is well with me and mine here in Stumptown. I've avoided posting as an aid to helping me curb my zeal for casino play; it seems to me anyway...

We have a forecast for possible snow showers (no accumulation, thank heavens) in Portland. Gosh, snow showers: how can we cope? ...

link; https://www.theitem.com/stories/dramatic-temp-swings-heading-to-the-midwest,322090 Those affected will thaw out soon enough.

Warming trend coming: eighty degree temperature swing expected.

Las Vegas: 1906

Q: Why are camels called "ships of the desert?" A: Because they're filled with arab semen (sic).

I very much enjoyed Scott Cameron's board about and for casino dealers: dicedealer.com. Entertaining, informative, yet no longer around.

Huh? Dealers or players?

What I recall is seeing dealers bitch about not making enough money from salary and tips. Given that, their foregoing income does not compute. ...

I always enjoy taking a stroll down mammary lane.

Why would most dealers usually sign the early out list? Don't they need the money?

I'm a recreational gambler, I play -EV games and have lost in the long run. But I'm OK with that. I gamble for entertainment, for the rush:...

The "Sultan of Swoon" surrounded by his harem at the Dunes, 1955: It's good to be the king.

Unhappily for them they have to partner with an Indian tribe in order to do it.

Ah, but what if in fact alan really WANTS to change? Perhaps he's had an epiphany and concluded casino gambling, for him at least, is a fool's...

Not sure if this is it, but here's one of several out there:

alan wants us to think he's leaving the board with his head held high, filled with righteous indignation over the failure of Dan Druff to tow the...

Dino, Frank, Jack Entratter

Well then, maybe it's Marisa's turn to step up to the plate? Whatever, good luck and keep your eyes on the horizon.

Fact be known, I'd be willing to bet (!) that most regular posters on this forum and on WoV have some form or degree of a gambling problem or...

You don't need to discuss any follow up as the initial posts from Jason said all we need to know. It must have been embarrassing, painfully so,...

True dat; see a pro.

You've been gambling for many years, alan. Are you really saying that back in your early gambling days you went to the casinos out of boredom? ...

Back in the Day there were fewer stimulating activities readily available to people; gambling was toward the top. Now there are many other things...

I've left a few hundred on the layout at the conclusion of a hot run at craps. As for slots, $40.

I'd see him while you still can, he's an icon of sin city.

Maybe it's like Dylan Thomas wrote: "Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the...

Shadow--the question is not whether your W2G's exceed the Standard Deduction. The question is whether your deductions such as mortgage interest, real...

I was just responding to the way you worded it. Sounded like you deliberately do nothing to help others, which is unusual. Most folks do...