beachbumbabs
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March 8th, 2015 at 6:00:12 PM permalink
I wish you all the best, Ace, but I didn't say you had to have a woman or anyone else "solve" you from the outside. I said the opposite: You have to have yourself, first, last, and forever. Everything else flows from that. It's mistaken as arrogance or pride in a lot of folks, but it's a quiet, pervading sense of confidence when you dial it in. Really hard to do, especially as an adult.
If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
Kerkebet
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March 8th, 2015 at 6:07:38 PM permalink
Quote: Baccaratfrom79

Ace at least if you play some baccarat you can rip the cards up, crumble them in your fist or even stab them with a pen. It helps.


Good grief.
Nonsense is a very hard thing to keep up. Just ask the Wizard and company.
Kerkebet
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March 8th, 2015 at 6:09:19 PM permalink
Quote: beachbumbabs

You have to have yourself, first, last, and forever. It's mistaken as arrogance or pride in a lot of folks, but it's a quiet, pervading sense of confidence when you dial it in.


It certainly shows, whatever it is.
Nonsense is a very hard thing to keep up. Just ask the Wizard and company.
MrV
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March 8th, 2015 at 6:21:53 PM permalink
I suspect that Ace, like most lawyers I know who specialize in divorce, has conflicting emotions: empathy vs. non-attachment.

The desire to help others to ease their pain must be tempered by objectivity, lest their problems become your own.

Not always the easiest tightrope to walk.
"What, me worry?"
Kerkebet
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March 8th, 2015 at 7:26:57 PM permalink
Quote: MrV

I suspect that Ace, like most lawyers I know who specialize in divorce, has conflicting emotions.


Gambling, at least, doesn't discriminate.
Nonsense is a very hard thing to keep up. Just ask the Wizard and company.
MrV
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March 8th, 2015 at 7:39:43 PM permalink
The "conflicting emotions" causes tremendous stress.

Drinking, drugging, gambling: classic balms / escapes in the profession.
"What, me worry?"
aceofspades
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March 8th, 2015 at 7:45:40 PM permalink
Quote: beachbumbabs

I wish you all the best, Ace, but I didn't say you had to have a woman or anyone else "solve" you from the outside. I said the opposite: You have to have yourself, first, last, and forever. Everything else flows from that. It's mistaken as arrogance or pride in a lot of folks, but it's a quiet, pervading sense of confidence when you dial it in. Really hard to do, especially as an adult.




Thanks Babs :)
aceofspades
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March 8th, 2015 at 7:45:56 PM permalink
Quote: MrV

The "conflicting emotions" causes tremendous stress.

Drinking, drugging, gambling: classic balms / escapes in the profession.





Indeed - plenty of stress and vices to go around
Greasyjohn
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March 8th, 2015 at 8:21:38 PM permalink
Ace, you've heard from a lot of us. Hope you take away something positive. Babs, you've shown you care. Thank you both for sharing.
1BB
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March 8th, 2015 at 8:30:55 PM permalink
Is PTSD being suggested? Lots of armchair shrinks in the world.
Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth. - Mahatma Ghandi
Artemis
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March 8th, 2015 at 8:39:29 PM permalink
I chnage my mind.
I'm OK with Corps which pick and choose clienteles. Both insurance companies and casinos have the right to pick and choose customers. They may keep profitable ones and kicked out the rest. But, I'm not OK with a casino supervisor who says counting cards... is like stealing food from a buffet (a foodlifting offense), or video-taping a movie in a cinema (a piracy offense).
Baccaratfrom79
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March 8th, 2015 at 8:44:56 PM permalink
To the best of my knowledge, the story went that she blamed it on the casinos for not policing her bad habits?? Or something like that. I dealt with many many attorneys and none of them stole my money in their escrow accounts. Some of their bills were awful high, but that's another story.
Bac79=Hazardous Material and Chemical person correcting other's mistakes. Non AP'er, I can't count cards, low intelligence. Sprinkles magical dust on the cards. Has a lucky monkey. Baby also has a green one. Sum it up: "It's okay just blame me, it's all my fault"! ( No one believes me--so I chose to stop posting)
aceofspades
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March 8th, 2015 at 8:45:06 PM permalink
Quote: Greasyjohn

Ace, you've heard from a lot of us. Hope you take away something positive. Babs, you've shown you care. Thank you both for sharing.



Yeah this turned out to be a very constructive thread and I appreciate you all
dummy
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March 8th, 2015 at 8:51:04 PM permalink
Not half as much as weenjoy reading your adventures. Never thought I would admire a HONESTlawyer.
EvenBob
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March 8th, 2015 at 9:24:37 PM permalink
Quote: Artemis

She "borrowed" her clients' money from the escrow account and lost them all. She got disbarred and had gone to jail for 'borrowing the money." It's a very sad story.



It's the biggest reason lawyers go to jail.
They can't keep their hands off the escrow
money. I know a guy that did it for years
and always paid it back. Then just like
floating checks, he didn't get paid and
the escrow was gone and he was
screwed. Another one used the money
to pay back taxes. On and on, they
just can't stand all that money sitting
there doing nothing.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
sc15
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March 8th, 2015 at 9:28:38 PM permalink
What happens when someone gambles away stolen escrow money?

Does the casino have to give the money back? Seeing how they received stolen goods, and normally if you're caught with stolen goods they're seized.

Obviously the lawyer who took the money deserves jailtime for theft/fraud.
Baccaratfrom79
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March 8th, 2015 at 9:43:13 PM permalink
There is what they call 'claw back'. The Government uses it when stolen or fraud money is used to buy things or invest or even donated for charity. The recipients have to give it back to the Government to make the victims whole or at least attempt to.
Bac79=Hazardous Material and Chemical person correcting other's mistakes. Non AP'er, I can't count cards, low intelligence. Sprinkles magical dust on the cards. Has a lucky monkey. Baby also has a green one. Sum it up: "It's okay just blame me, it's all my fault"! ( No one believes me--so I chose to stop posting)
sc15
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March 8th, 2015 at 9:54:51 PM permalink
Quote: Baccaratfrom79

There is what they call 'claw back'. The Government uses it when stolen or fraud money is used to buy things or invest or even donated for charity. The recipients have to give it back to the Government to make the victims whole or at least attempt to.



Right, madoff's case was one highly publicized version of this. I would think the casino would have a vested interest in these kinds of stories staying as quiet as possible.
Artemis
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March 8th, 2015 at 10:04:47 PM permalink
I chnage my mind.
I'm OK with Corps which pick and choose clienteles. Both insurance companies and casinos have the right to pick and choose customers. They may keep profitable ones and kicked out the rest. But, I'm not OK with a casino supervisor who says counting cards... is like stealing food from a buffet (a foodlifting offense), or video-taping a movie in a cinema (a piracy offense).
aceofspades
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March 9th, 2015 at 5:32:34 AM permalink
Quote: dummy

Not half as much as weenjoy reading your adventures. Never thought I would admire a HONESTlawyer.




Thanks, that means a lot - too many attorneys are not even courteous these days, let alone honest
AxelWolf
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March 9th, 2015 at 6:07:16 AM permalink
Quote: aceofspades

Nothing to do with women.

Oh, IC, I hadn't realized. Hey this is 2015 that stuff is perfectly acceptable nowadays ;)
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
aceofspades
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March 9th, 2015 at 7:17:44 AM permalink
Quote: AxelWolf

Oh, IC, I hadn't realized. Hey this is 2015 that stuff is perfectly acceptable nowadays ;)



Not that there's anything wrong with that but that is not the case either :-)
EvenBob
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March 13th, 2015 at 4:28:11 PM permalink
Ace, are you in AC this weekend? I need
you to win so you can keep going.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
aceofspades
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March 13th, 2015 at 5:18:51 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

Ace, are you in AC this weekend? I need
you to win so you can keep going.





No trip this weekend—I needed a mental break from playing - even though, in the long run, it is all one continuous shoe, and going one weekend versus another weekend has nothing to do with whether I will win or lose, I felt like I needed a mental break
RaleighCraps
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March 13th, 2015 at 5:42:11 PM permalink
Quote: aceofspades

No trip this weekend—I needed a mental break from playing - even though, in the long run, it is all one continuous shoe, and going one weekend versus another weekend has nothing to do with whether I will win or lose, I felt like I needed a mental break



Who is this imposter prattling on like this, and what have you done with the real AoS?
Always borrow money from a pessimist; They don't expect to get paid back ! Be yourself and speak your thoughts. Those who matter won't mind, and those that mind, don't matter!
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