Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
That lesson learned was in 1973.

When I said I haven't gambled since that wasn't quite true. A couple of years ago we were on a west coast RV trip and on our return home we spent the night in Reno NV. There was a casino nearby which had the closest restaurant to our campsite. We went for dinner and before leaving decided to try our hands at the slots. I put in my $20 and was broke again within minutes. My wife put in her $20 and immediately went up $106.00. She promptly hit the cash out button, collected her winnings and we left. Total gambling time was less than 10 minutes, but dinner was free and she had a few dollars more upon leaving than when we arrived.
This is how I feel about my investment portfolio. I’ve been playing it for 35 years, things are good, I wanna cash out.

I think slots are boring and I don’t see how anybody can sit there hour after hour doing it. However ! I CAN understand gambling addiction because I had just a hint of it decades ago. We were traveling I think to Florida? Don’t remember exactly it was somewhere south of here and there was an open air bar/restaurant that has some kind of game going on. I really do not remember the specifics of the game,But I remember being absolutely taken with it, spending time there, then going there after dinner, and even going out the next morning skipping breakfast to play. Creepy.

I can also see how blackjack could be interesting although I’ve not played.