On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Carl D Cravens wrote:

> On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Michael Feldhusen wrote:

> > 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.)

> I've enjoyed the dog track...  seem to make it out there once every
> couple of years or so.  Spend about $20 or $30 and it makes for a
> fun evening.  And that's really all I view it as... $20 spent for a
> few hours of fun.  I don't go in expecting to take home more than I
> started with.

Racing is different, in that you can see something
interesting/entertaining.  Casinos are just there to take your money
away.

> We're looking at hotels and trying to find one that's reasonably
> placed and priced.  The problem with KC proper is that a lot of it
> is, well...  you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and
> villiany.  Maybe not that bad, but we'll probably end up with a
> hotel in one of the suburbs, which means driving a bit.  (Which
> isn't bad... I was looking at the map and realized when I stayed
> with friends there, they live in one of the suburbs furthest from
> downtown KC, and half of what we were doing was in downtown.  It
> means a bit of driving, but it's not painful driving.)

Fine with me.  I can deal easily.

-- 
Michael Feldhusen
mike_f@io.com
http://www.io.com/~mike_f/

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