On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Carl D Cravens wrote: > On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Michael Feldhusen wrote: > > I have to say that I have *no* interest in a casino, unless it has > > some other attraction to it. > Nope, just the riverboat casinos. I've never been. I have an > interest, but I don't know that I can afford it and the renfaire at > the same time. > There wasn't a strong interest in it... just one of the things to do > in KC, so we listed it. It's just one of those things that I have never been able to understand. Gambling itself is just a way to dispose of excess income. I can do the math and think of more interesting things to do with my money, thank you very much. (That was not a personal comment, just a comment on the whole "gambling" thing.) > > Driving somewhere is not a problem, as long as suffient time is > > alloted for the drive (a constant failing of Allison, she > > remembers that it take 30 minutes on the highway, forgetting that > > it also take 15 to get *to * the highway). > Gotta remember that we're from Kansas, outside of Kansas > City... anything over twenty minutes is "a long drive" here. :) And I'm from Michigan (originally) and anything under an hour is "nearby" there. The normal New England attitude is that anything that isn't with in walking distance or 10 minutes by car is "far away". Luckily, Allison likes to drive and doesn't object to things that are "far away". -- Michael Feldhusen mike_f@io.com http://www.io.com/~mike_f/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
