Final thoughts (again)

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Originally Posted by MisterV

Your brother cares about you and is there for you.

That's what matters.

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yes, my brother is great. I love him so much and am so lucky to have him as my brother. The haters will assume (hopefully not say) some kind of sick and twisted thoughts. My brother is straight and we are not from appalachian mountain region...so there is none of that sick shit. I love my brother like ...a brother. He is my best friend.

Last week hit him very hard. He has never had anyone close to him get sick or go through a major medical situation. He didn't leave the hospital for 3 days, sleeping the first night in the waiting room, while I was in ICU and the second night in my room in the cardiac unit. I am surprised they allowed that but they did. Wednesday, I convinced him to o home and shower and change his clothes and get some sleep.

And then Thursday, I went home from the hospital and the first night I slept in the living room in my recliner, because I didn't want to tackle the stairs. My brother slept 10 feet away on the sofa. I tried to tell him not to. Over the weekend, they would not allow him to sleep at the rehab facility. :rolleyes:

He is my younger brother by 8 years, but this last week it sort of feels like he is my older brother looking out for me. I love that kid!

Only problem is...he is my blackjack partner. 50/50. we don't play together, but combine and split results. This smooths out variance. My year (blackjack) ended prematurely at a moments notice. Ideally, I would like to have my partner still putting in his hours, but he has not played a hand o blackjack, in 12 days now. I love that he is helping me and wants to be a part of my recovery, but I want to get him back to work in the next week or so.

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Originally Posted by pkspins

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Originally Posted by mickeycrimm

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Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson

I don't have any problems with Mickey's cost of living figures. I'll compare them to mine, estimated for a full year:

Mickey says he spent so far $16K on hotel rooms, my apartment rent is about $24K per year.
Mickey says he spends about $6K on fuel, I spend about $40 in gas each week which is $2,000 per year.
Mickey spends about $11K in restaurants and meals, and my weekly grocery tab is about $60 and I probably spend $100 or more each week eating out which is about $8,000 a year.
My insurance is a lot more than Mickey's. My auto insurance alone is more than $2K and that's because I'm in sunny SoCal. I also have other insurance.

So Mickey's figures are very believable.

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This is the highest expense year I've run and it's because I've spent so much time out of state on the road. I've put 50,000 miles on my car this year. Another expense I have is my apartment back home that I haven't even spent 30 days in this year.

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What kind of hotels are you staying at? 294 days year to date means you're averaging $54 a night in hotel expense. If you aren't wedded to staying in casino hotels, with that kind of travel you can leverage hotel frequent stay benefits and mitigate some of those costs - or pick up some EV+ if I'm using your vernacular correctly - between the regular points and the promotions. If you want to explain more about this area I can maybe help you with some explanations.

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Pkspins, this topic needs its own thread so I'll start one.

I believe Mickey said he doesn't play rated because most (all?) the places he plays at are bars which do not have a hotel attached and they also don't comp food. Don't know what kind of cash-back they'd offer (IF they even have a players card system), but 0.1% back adds maybe 1-2% overall.....likely not worth the possible malfeasances associated with it.