Gregor, quickly I must speak on this. Yes. Gambling. In Arizona I had a hard working close and dear neighbor and friend. I loved this precious man like a fleshly brother. Cannot stress the goodness in his person. BUT! He was the area Big Time private bookie, did BIG business in the local upper-class working bars, and I visited with him continually for those years until he died of a heart attack shortly before I left--in the middle of a Sun's game. Live by the Sword, die by the sword.
He was a gambling addict. His working buddies were addicts. They were all addicted to gambling, via big league games, all three sports., All year long.
When I started becoming strangely glued to CNBC, and calling my close conservative broker friend at Merrill Lynch with my hot tips and what did he think, I was getting stern and fatherly warnings.
Then one day I called him and said, "Timmy, I think I'm getting addicted to this stuff just like a gambler gets addicted to the NFL games," and he finally admitted to me that that was what he was seeing in me and was worried.
CNBC. And interesting early, early morning bar, except you have your coffee. The highest energy rock/jazz comes on. The guys are pumped, the stocks come out, you start to put up your bets.
You lose, you come back the next day, new touts, new approach, bring in the Babes! O.K., guys here are the Babes. The Babes call out the new winners, posting the losers and tout the next race.
Saw the Sting the other day. Does it look a little like that '40s setting movie. Almost kind of the same thing even way back then. On it goes, day after day, all day long now and around the clock to some GREAT music. Brilliant. I just wish I could have gotten David to discuss it with me, but we never brought it up I wasn't investing in Arizona.
And I really worry about some of the gambling addict activity I see on a couple of the hype and tout threads. I donno.............. |
