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- They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.
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Who's betting he tries somewhere else.
pun intendedAkaiKitsune
Sarcasm dear, sarcasm. I’m well aware that dealing with civilians in any capacity will skin your faith in humanity alive, then pickle anything that remains so as to watch it shrivel up into an immortal husk thus reminding you of how dead inside you now are.
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Quoth taxguykarl View PostIn Illinois, there is some regulation requiring a disclaimer to that effect for casino and lottery ads: Gambling problem call 1-800-GAMBLER.
Over here in Aussie land, there is a system set up for problem gamblers where they can bar themselves from entry into a casino or pokies area.
https://www.austgamingcouncil.org.au...usion-programs
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You can have yourself self banned from casinos in AZ as well.
We have a very good friend who has a gambling problem. He doesn't play scratchers, he plays at the casinos.
His income is the same as ours, but he was always borrowing hundreds of dollars from us every month. He is a very good friend who doesn't march to a different drummer*, so we started grilling him on where his money was going and it turned out that he was spending almost 2 grand a month at the casino.
We refused to lend him any more money until he brought us copies of him signing to be self banned for a year. Its been 7 months and he has been amazed at how much money he has now.
*because he ran out on the parade field, assaulted the drummer, tried to kick his foot through the drum and then hobbled off the field and staggered around in the bleachers.
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Not giving the loan was the right call.
But most people here seem to assume he's still off the wagon.
What this sounds like is a gambling addict who has gotten help in the past, but had a little episode. See, you can stop gambling, but you can't stop being an addict.
Something happened and he slipped, and the next thing he knew he was in a casino writing checks he couldn't cover.
And he got out of there and got back into recovery. But that doesn't change the fact that he wrote checks ha can't cover. Which is actually a crime.
What he's trying to do is minimize the damage caused by things he did while off the wagon. Much like an alcoholic who falls off the wagon for a weekend might be placing phone calls to see if there could be no criminal charges if he returns the goat.
I don't think he was "lying" the first time so much as omitting some embarrassing details. He was kinda hoping to get this handled without having to tell a stranger about his gambling problems. Again.
As I said, none of this means you should have given him the loan.
But this doesn't seem like a guy on a ride to the bottom of a hole (as most posters seem to have assumed), but rather a guy trying to climb out.
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Quoth SpyOne View PostBut this doesn't seem like a guy on a ride to the bottom of a hole (as most posters seem to have assumed), but rather a guy trying to climb out."I look at the stars. It's a clear night and the Milky Way seems so near. That's where I'll be going soon. "We are all star stuff." I suddenly remember Delenn's line from Joe's script. Not a bad prospect. I am not afraid. In the meantime, let me close my eyes and sense the beauty around me. And take that breath under the dark sky full of stars. Breathe in. Breathe out. That's all."
-Mira Furlan
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Quoth Ghel View PostI suppose he was trying to make things right (at least temporarily), but that doesn't matter as far as giving him a loan was concerned.Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. --Enzo Ferrari
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Quoth Ghel View PostI suppose he was trying to make things right (at least temporarily), but that doesn't matter as far as giving him a loan was concerned. And now the bank has returned the items which overdrew his account, so the casino won't let him use his debit card there again. It'll be cash only, which should limit how far in the hole he can go in the future.
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