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AcesAndEights
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November 23rd, 2013 at 11:40:02 PM permalink
One time, when I had just learned how to drive, I scraped another car in the parking lot of my parent's church. My car was a beater so no one noticed the marks on it...I drove away without leaving a note or anything. Still feel bad about it to this day, but not that bad.

Another one that is not a secret to anyone who knows me IRL, but will possibly be amusing to those of you here: I was arrested for public nudity for streaking at a pep rally before a football game. It was totally worth it.
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November 30th, 2013 at 11:25:32 PM permalink
I dyed my eyebrows for a time when they started turning gray. My hair was not gray so it seemed so unfair. I have come to terms with them now although my hair is still not gray.
"Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things." -- Isaac Newton
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December 1st, 2013 at 1:20:11 AM permalink
I don't know where to begin...

I have 2 felonies from the 1980's. No jail time.
My room is a mess. Why waste 20 minutes a day when once a month will do.
I sued a cop for tell my employer about a stop sign I ran.
I was falsely imprisoned by Chicago for 30 day and then paid 40k.
I know of a free porn site. It's a number between 88 and 90.
I once masturbated during the national anthem. Before TV was on 24/7.
I haven't had sex this year. I used to have it all the time.

This concludes my programming day...
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FleaStiff
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December 1st, 2013 at 3:42:56 AM permalink
Okay,,, so we have felons, mass murderers, perverts and people who once died their eyelashes or drove away from a fender-bender.

I had expected a more larcenous lot, but then perhaps those clever enough to have stolen the money with which they gambled were clever enough to keep silent about it.
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December 1st, 2013 at 6:40:15 AM permalink
Quote: wroberson

I don't know where to begin...

I have 2 felonies from the 1980's. No jail time.
My room is a mess. Why waste 20 minutes a day when once a month will do.
I sued a cop for tell my employer about a stop sign I ran.
I was falsely imprisoned by Chicago for 30 day and then paid 40k.
I know of a free porn site. It's a number between 88 and 90.
I once masturbated during the national anthem. Before TV was on 24/7.
I haven't had sex this year. I used to have it all the time.

This concludes my programming day...



I have to say, the most disturbing is the national anthem masterbation. Really?? You couldn't have waited 2 minutes? Waiting 2 minutes DURING sex can sometimes be a problem, but masterbating??

So what really productive thing have you found to fill your sex time? Write a book? Build a house for the homeless? Lol
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December 1st, 2013 at 1:41:11 PM permalink
Quote: FleaStiff

Okay,,, so we have ... people who once died their eyelashes or ...


Eyebrows. Dying your eyelashes sounds really dangerous.
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December 1st, 2013 at 1:58:30 PM permalink
I guess anyone is allowed to post here. I'm VERY happy that I do not have that guy's life. Arrests, etc. Such pride.

My secret is, and I say this humbly, that I am, dollar for dollar, the best performing sports bettor I've ever heard of. I bet no more than one game on any given day, but I bet no less than $500. I had $5k on that Pats game last week. I rarely lose. I won't release my record this year because no one will want to believe it.
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December 1st, 2013 at 1:59:23 PM permalink
Do you dye your eyebrows to the National Anthem, Jim? :-)
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December 1st, 2013 at 2:39:25 PM permalink
Eyebrows, eyelashes... I don't think I've ever even looked at mine or thought about them in any way.

Note: Its Sports Bettor ... bettor.

I understand the rule is to bet the underdog eighty percent of the time.
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December 1st, 2013 at 2:51:33 PM permalink
I know flea. It's one of those "their vs. there" issues I have. The rule about the underdog is true, but there's plenty of exceptions. It's very complicated when you're not using pure math most of the time.
EvenBob
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December 1st, 2013 at 4:56:48 PM permalink
When me and my sister played Monopoly, I always
cheated if I could. I don't know why, she was younger
then me and always seemed to get the best of things.
I enjoyed it.

When I was 12, the 11 year old girl next door went
skinny dipping with me in the river. Without a doubt
the greatest sexual experience I ever had, and no sex
was involved at all. She only did it once, then would
rarely even speak to me for the next 6 years. And it
was her idea, it never would have occurred to me.

She rarely spoke to me for the rest of our school years,
like I had done something wrong. Women. Even 11 year
old women.
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December 1st, 2013 at 9:12:53 PM permalink
Maybe it was a cold day, Bob?
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December 1st, 2013 at 9:16:14 PM permalink
Quote: RogerKint

Maybe it was a cold day, Bob?



Ouch :)
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December 1st, 2013 at 9:24:24 PM permalink
Quote: RogerKint

Maybe it was a cold day, Bob?



Ooo. Best joke in days.
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EvenBob
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December 1st, 2013 at 9:47:30 PM permalink
Quote: RogerKint

Maybe it was a cold day, Bob?



I was 12, does it matter? It was 1961, and real
naked girls were in short supply. Playboy was
considered filth, especially by my mother. Spending
10 min with a naked girl my age was the most
exciting time I ever had with a female. I'm lucky
I lived thru it..

The worst time was when I was still a virgin and
got the girls top off and froze. I mean I could not
move, I was terrified of all of it. That didn't turn
out well, she never spoke to me again either. I
was 16. Sigh.
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Tomspur
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December 1st, 2013 at 10:09:36 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

I was 12, does it matter? It was 1961, and real
naked girls were in short supply. Playboy was
considered filth, especially by my mother. Spending
10 min with a naked girl my age was the most
exciting time I ever had with a female. I'm lucky
I lived thru it..

The worst time was when I was still a virgin and
got the girls top off and froze. I mean I could not
move, I was terrified of all of it. That didn't turn
out well, she never spoke to me again either. I
was 16. Sigh.



I knid of have to agree with Bob here and not to take this thread to any worse places but anybody who tells me that they were a "stud" and had a threesome and was on fire....I say BOLLOCKS. It was the most frightened I have ever been in my entire life and I have been in the army as well as shot at by stupid people on countless occasions. Being with two women at a time is TERRIFYING so I kinda understand where Bob is coming from. I didn't freeze but I might as well have because I was a non starter anyway :)

You keep on swimming with those 12 year olds Bob!!! :)
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December 1st, 2013 at 10:50:09 PM permalink
Quote: Tomspur



You keep on swimming with those 12 year olds Bob!!! :)



I think a 12 year old boy and girl swimming naked these
days would probably get arrested. In 1961 it would have
been worse, they would drive you home and tell your parents.
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December 1st, 2013 at 10:58:34 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

I think a 12 year old boy and girl swimming naked these
days would probably get arrested. In 1961 it would have
been worse, they would drive you home and tell your parents.



Yeah, you are right, I would rather get arrested than let my mom find out. My dad would have been proud as punch :)
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December 2nd, 2013 at 1:26:41 AM permalink
>like I had done something wrong.
You had!
>Women. Even 11 year old women.
Precisely!!
EvenBob
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December 2nd, 2013 at 11:33:23 AM permalink
Quote: FleaStiff

>like I had done something wrong.
You had!
>Women. Even 11 year old women.
Precisely!!



I knew nothing about women in 1961, let alone
that they're prone to impulsive behavior. She
was obviously embarrassed in the years that
followed, I was too dumb for that much emotional
involvement, I just wanted it to happen again.

Something similar happened years later in Calif.
My then girlfriend would come over in the afternoons
sometimes to lay naked in the sun in the fenced
backyard. One day the hot neighbor girl came
over and took off her clothes and laid there with her
for an hour. And I'm right there, sitting right there.
I thought I was experiencing an alternate universe
or something. When I told the guy I was sharing the
house with, he went crazy, he'd been after the
neighbor girl for months. Do you think it ever happened
again? Hell no.
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December 2nd, 2013 at 12:16:28 PM permalink
Honest to god, Bob, it's your self awareness that makes me like you. Other than what you post here I don't know you for shit, I don't care that we disagree on about 90% of stuff. We could share some space and enjoy each other's company.
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December 2nd, 2013 at 12:32:44 PM permalink
Quote: Mosca

I don't care that we disagree on about 90% of stuff.



Only 90%? You're just being kind.
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December 2nd, 2013 at 12:47:00 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

I knew nothing about women in 1961

Guys still know nothing about women whether it's 1961...1981...2013...1861...1961 BC...
lol



Seinfeld on what women & men want:

Fighting BS one post at a time!
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December 2nd, 2013 at 1:21:48 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

Do you think it ever happened
again? Hell no.



At least these things happened to you once. This kind of thing NEVER happens to me.
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December 2nd, 2013 at 2:56:25 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

At least these things happened to you once. This kind of thing NEVER happens to me.



I'm sure it was an impulse. She felt safe because my
girlfriend was there. She knew I'd be looking at her,
but women like that. You can see, but you can't touch.
In fact, get your fill of seeing, because it's never going
to happen again. We don't know why women do things
because women don't know why they do things.
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December 2nd, 2013 at 3:22:50 PM permalink
Girls like to get no-line tans together and if the hot neighbor girl wanted to make you suffer, so be it. She may not have cared. Many women don't. Look at what used to be Naked City in Vegas with all those show girls. They were making so much money a week they didn't care if some men in the building got a free show or not. And if the men were young and interesting, so much the better.

Tourist women will often go to topless clubs on amateur night or topless beaches at the casinos on the theory that its a vacation and you only live once so just do it. The women just prefer that it be a subtle atmosphere at a topless beach. They know it won't be a restrained or subtle atmosphere at a Gentlemen's Club.
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December 2nd, 2013 at 4:02:43 PM permalink
Now wait until a dude comes along and says, hey bud, care if we suntan naked together......

Yeah, sure, when I beat the 4 hour odd record for a craps roll then I'll tan naked with anybody on the planet!!! :)
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December 2nd, 2013 at 4:08:40 PM permalink
Quote: Tomspur

I knid of have to agree with Bob here and not to take this thread to any worse places but anybody who tells me that they were a "stud" and had a threesome and was on fire....I say BOLLOCKS. It was the most frightened I have ever been in my entire life and I have been in the army as well as shot at by stupid people on countless occasions. Being with two women at a time is TERRIFYING so I kinda understand where Bob is coming from. I didn't freeze but I might as well have because I was a non starter anyway :)

You keep on swimming with those 12 year olds Bob!!! :)




3sums with 2 women are HOT! Go with the flow...no reason to be terrified!
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December 2nd, 2013 at 4:09:12 PM permalink
Quote: FleaStiff

Girls like to get no-line tans together and if the hot neighbor girl wanted to make you suffer, so be it. .



It was the late 70's. That was a strange time, it
was a lot more free as far as sex and nudity went.
No AIDS yet, nobody talked about STD's. And it was
So Calif, a very odd place to begin with.
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December 2nd, 2013 at 4:13:34 PM permalink
Quote: aceofspades

3sums with 2 women are HOT! Go with the flow...no reason to be terrified!



I was young, very young, high off my ass and pretty insecure. All of those things put together doesn't make for a thrilling 3 way, to coin a phrase :)

Anyway, it was what it was. I guess in some alternate universe kind of way I still had fun.

Speaking from experience there ace? :)
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December 2nd, 2013 at 4:16:45 PM permalink
Quote: Tomspur

I was young, very young, high off my ass and pretty insecure. All of those things put together doesn't make for a thrilling 3 way, to coin a phrase :)

Anyway, it was what it was. I guess in some alternate universe kind of way I still had fun.

Speaking from experience there ace? :)





I was stone cold sober and enjoyed every minute of it the two times it occurred!
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December 2nd, 2013 at 4:23:02 PM permalink
Quote: aceofspades

I was stone cold sober and enjoyed every minute of it the two times it occurred!



I wish i could say I'm going to try and catch up but alas, my double fornication days are behind me now even at quite a tender age :)

My wife will have my nuts in a sling, unless she suggests it of course :)
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December 2nd, 2013 at 4:23:22 PM permalink
Quote: aceofspades

I was stone cold sober and enjoyed every minute of it the two times it occurred!



But you're a TV and movie star, and high priced
bachelor lawyer in Manhattan. They expect that kind
of behavior from you.
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December 2nd, 2013 at 4:24:29 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

But you're a TV and movie star, and high priced
bachelor lawyer in Manhattan. They expect that kind
of behavior from you.





Will this be going on the voodoo doll? Speaking of which...has it arrived yet?
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December 2nd, 2013 at 4:48:11 PM permalink
Will this be anatomically correct voodoo doll? Boggles the mind.
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December 2nd, 2013 at 5:15:42 PM permalink
Quote: Mosca

Honest to god, Bob, it's your self awareness that makes me like you. Other than what you post here I don't know you for shit, I don't care that we disagree on about 90% of stuff. We could share some space and enjoy each other's company.


Quote: EvenBob

Only 90%? You're just being kind.


Hell, I agree with nearly everything Bob posts, except when he bashed Breaking Bad near the end.
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December 6th, 2013 at 4:12:01 AM permalink
Well, here's a secret I feel a little chagrined about:

I can't resist tuning in to what's going on in these "Finding Bigfoot" TV shows.

I freely admit they are just awful. For one thing, it is a type of Reality TV, which I can't stand generally. It's clear that the imperative for this show, like all, is "never be boring", yet the bulk of the show is material doomed to be boring if it is honest taping. So the production dubs in fake weird sounds to the soundtrack [clearly] and never fails to reach a point where someone goes "did you hear that?" - then it's cut to commercials. When they come back, it's the lamest dreck in the world, or some hoax being perpetrated [somewhere a dead tree falls - a moron then says "Bigfoot pushed it over!" ] I have to think the "investigators" are allowing themselves to be hoaxed by the production people, or, yes, they themselves are in on the hoax.

So why watch it?

I am compelled to tune in to the only good part, where they check out the latest best claims of people saying they have seen or heard something they became convinced was a 'squatch, as they like to put it. These shows really stay up on the latest claims. The interviewed people sometimes are quite convincing in that they really believe they experienced something unexplainable. Invariably they are completely unaware of the unreliability of the memory of their own experience - when someone says "I know what I saw", it is compelling. Yet, research shows differently.

[wikipedia has some good stuff on eye witness research, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyewitness_testimony [Suggestibility...when detail that comes after the actual event is incorporated into the memory of the event ... information gained after the event had already ended. ... demonstrated how memories can fail to be accurate records of experiences ... serial reproduction of a story distorted accuracy ...With each repetition, the stories were altered... (etc., for people who are trying to be faithful to the facts in many cases]

So I like to be up on the latest of this, try to sort out hoax perpetrators from the duped-by-eyes-playing-tricks from the, well, that *is* hard to explain. The bottom line is always that the least likely explanation would be that some unknown creature was seen, heard, or filmed or taped. But I gotta watch. I always record and generally just fast forward through the bulk of the program.
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December 6th, 2013 at 12:01:13 PM permalink
Quote: odiousgambit


I can't resist tuning in to what's going on in these "Finding Bigfoot" TV shows.



I can't understand why they are always searching the woods??

Bigfoot lives in the White House, and goes by the name Michelle.
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December 6th, 2013 at 1:26:18 PM permalink
Quote: kewlj

I have to say, the most disturbing is the national anthem masterbation. Really?? You couldn't have waited 2 minutes? Waiting 2 minutes DURING sex can sometimes be a problem, but masterbating??

So what really productive thing have you found to fill your sex time? Write a book? Build a house for the homeless? Lol



I sued the police and city of Chicago. Is travel productive? That's were a majority of my money went. I grew my own pot indoor between 2004 and 2010. I stopped because of someone's secret.

If I was 11-15, in today's terms, I would be a registered sex offender. Sexuality and exploration started at a young age for me.

I was 11, 12.
Buffering...
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December 9th, 2013 at 4:20:23 AM permalink
My mom buys 90% of my clothing. The other 10% I replace less than once a year.

The reason why is because she works at a Duty Free and get's Polo's and other brand name stuff real cheap when they go on sale. Problem is I cannot access the inventory as parts of the Duty Free store is only available for people with international flights. Without a boarding pass you can't even walk in the area, therefore I really have no idea what type of clothing I am getting until she sends it.

Socks/underwear/undershirts usually I'll just pick up at a Walmart or something. I'm very cheap in this area as well since most of those items I just mentioned were issued to me by the Air Force during basic training a year ago.

I borrow towels/toilet paper/bathrobes from casinos. I have not bought toiletries except for dandruff shampoo, toothbrushes and toothpaste. A flagship property at a major strip casino has instituted the "djatc" rule: Bathrobes may be taken out of rooms for $80 apiece since I borrowed 2 and didn't return them. I"ll give you a hint it's not MGM lol.

Finally one last thing. I haven't loved a person in many many years. Except for my family but you know you are forced to love them even if you hate them. Sometimes I feel like I'm becoming somebody who has an unhealthy love of money, and cannot rationalize the expected loss in hourly by not "working".
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December 9th, 2013 at 5:04:57 AM permalink
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I borrow towels/toilet paper/bathrobes from casinos...A flagship property at a major strip casino has instituted the "djatc" rule: Bathrobes may be taken out of rooms for $80 apiece since I borrowed 2 and didn't return them.


Did you return the toilet paper that you "borrowed"? lol...
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December 9th, 2013 at 5:51:06 AM permalink
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December 9th, 2013 at 8:14:08 AM permalink
Quote: djatc

My mom buys 90% of my clothing. The other 10% I replace less than once a year.

The reason why is because she works at a Duty Free and get's Polo's and other brand name stuff real cheap when they go on sale. Problem is I cannot access the inventory as parts of the Duty Free store is only available for people with international flights. Without a boarding pass you can't even walk in the area, therefore I really have no idea what type of clothing I am getting until she sends it.

Socks/underwear/undershirts usually I'll just pick up at a Walmart or something. I'm very cheap in this area as well since most of those items I just mentioned were issued to me by the Air Force during basic training a year ago.

I borrow towels/toilet paper/bathrobes from casinos. I have not bought toiletries except for dandruff shampoo, toothbrushes and toothpaste. A flagship property at a major strip casino has instituted the "djatc" rule: Bathrobes may be taken out of rooms for $80 apiece since I borrowed 2 and didn't return them. I"ll give you a hint it's not MGM lol.

Finally one last thing. I haven't loved a person in many many years. Except for my family but you know you are forced to love them even if you hate them. Sometimes I feel like I'm becoming somebody who has an unhealthy love of money, and cannot rationalize the expected loss in hourly by not "working".





Couldn't your mom take a photo on her cell phone and text/email them to you showing you the choices available?
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December 9th, 2013 at 9:10:35 AM permalink
Quote: djatc

My mom buys 90% of my clothing. The other 10% I replace less than once a year.

The reason why is because she works at a Duty Free and get's Polo's and other brand name stuff real cheap when they go on sale. Problem is I cannot access the inventory as parts of the Duty Free store is only available for people with international flights. Without a boarding pass you can't even walk in the area, therefore I really have no idea what type of clothing I am getting until she sends it.

Socks/underwear/undershirts usually I'll just pick up at a Walmart or something. I'm very cheap in this area as well since most of those items I just mentioned were issued to me by the Air Force during basic training a year ago.

I borrow towels/toilet paper/bathrobes from casinos. I have not bought toiletries except for dandruff shampoo, toothbrushes and toothpaste. A flagship property at a major strip casino has instituted the "djatc" rule: Bathrobes may be taken out of rooms for $80 apiece since I borrowed 2 and didn't return them. I"ll give you a hint it's not MGM lol.

Finally one last thing. I haven't loved a person in many many years. Except for my family but you know you are forced to love them even if you hate them. Sometimes I feel like I'm becoming somebody who has an unhealthy love of money, and cannot rationalize the expected loss in hourly by not "working".



Interesting post, djatc. The duty free thing plays into the frugality that many AP's have as a quality. But, REALLY, cut the cord. You are a grown man...buy your own cloths. Lol.

Your post also indicates that loner quality that many card counter, AP types posses. When, I became active in the online blackjack communities, I was surprised to find so many card counter types, especially players that play for a living or play for serious money share the same 'loner' quality that I did. I have concluded it comes down to trust issues. As I examined myself and this issue, I didn't like that quality. In the past couple of years, I have made more of an effort, to be less of a loner, and enjoy those people that I am close to. In my own case, this is really a small circle. But it's a start. Lol
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December 9th, 2013 at 10:39:22 AM permalink
Ace: no cell phones allowed at her work. I used to skip a lot of high school because of this.

kewlj: I figured it would be a secret worth sharing..... Even though it is one of those things that doesn't help me in any way. I asked her to stop buying me clothes but she would still do it because of the great deals she gets.

Regarding AP, luckily I found a couple of guys who run in the same circles and accomplish the same things I am attempting. One guy has quadrupled my hourly and I am reaping a more comfortable income because so. It's more fun to work with people than alone in this business. Sometimes we share action and look for new plays which would be torture if I had to do it on my own.
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December 9th, 2013 at 10:40:20 AM permalink
Quote: Beethoven9th

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I borrow towels/toilet paper/bathrobes from casinos...A flagship property at a major strip casino has instituted the "djatc" rule: Bathrobes may be taken out of rooms for $80 apiece since I borrowed 2 and didn't return them.


Did you return the toilet paper that you "borrowed"? lol...



I hope to someday but for now its "borrowed"
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December 9th, 2013 at 11:21:11 AM permalink
djatc's momma dresses him. :) You got no shot at getting a girlfriend. :)
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December 9th, 2013 at 12:16:38 PM permalink
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I'm becoming somebody who has an unhealthy love of money.



You're Japanese, isn't that a cultural thing?
The Japanese I knew when I lived in Hawaii
were all very tight with money, it was almost
their religion.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
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December 9th, 2013 at 1:03:58 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

You're Japanese, isn't that a cultural thing?
The Japanese I knew when I lived in Hawaii
were all very tight with money, it was almost
their religion.



I think it is more of a local mentality. I grew up in Hawaii and I was resigned to working 2 jobs if I wanted to move out on my own. Mom still charged me rent, but it wasn't outrageous so I could manage. Now I have no job and make my rent without slaving in a cubicle.

I still get crap about being cheap. I had to go do a play and the hourly was high but still walked to the casino instead of taking a cab.....
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December 9th, 2013 at 1:19:36 PM permalink
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I still get crap about being cheap. I had to go do a play and the hourly was high but still walked to the casino instead of taking a cab.....



I'm sure you know this, Japan has one of the
most frugal societies in the world. They have
a great work ethic and save their money like
crazy. They also have one of the unhappiest
cultures on the planet. This has to be connected
to the money thing. I saw a study on TV and
most Japanese are not happy, they have a very
high suicide rate.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
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