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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (3559)	1/30/2006 6:38:56 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

I did quite well with my investment philosophy during the Clinton bubble, but the end of the bubble came at a time when I could not pay attention to my portfolio, and everything went to hell in a handbasket. For example, my $200 investment in Portland General Electric went up to $1000 when Enron bought them out, then up to nearly $10,000 at its peak. Everybody knows what happened after that. My share of the class action suit does not justify filling out the paperwork to get it. Black Jack is the only game in town where a skilled individual can come close to beating the house. A good friend, now deceased, was an expert at it. He was not a card counter, but he was so successful that he often had the goons looking over his shoulder. His secret was his mastery of the table that tells you whether it is best to hit or stand pat. Most black jack players, he said, are so poor at it that the house always wins. I am no good at all at card games of any kind, because I get bored before I get good at it.