Chances Are
I must say. I've backed myself into a corner a few times in my life but have never really been a chance taker. Spent parts of three days in Vegas, a few years back, and never put a coin in a slot. Growing up, we went to Funtown one day each summer and the games of chance were the farthest thing from my mind. I was too occupied with the Jack and Jill slide, bumper cars, small boats in water that went round and round with bells and cotton candy. Even when the winnings in lotteries stretch to 400 Million, I don't play. I don't buy lottery tickets. I don't play highstakes poker. Jumping in line with these four and trying to win a pile of tickets, stuffed animals or a cheap basketball just wasn't my thing. I guess I can trace it back to the family mantra instilled by my parents. Save. Save. Save. Work hard. Value what you've earned. Use it to make a better life.
Risk wasn't a part of my vocabulary. Still isn't.
Sometimes, I wonder if I'm normal.
I can answer that.
ReplyDeleteBut, Elenka, your answer would probably take a book! :)
ReplyDeleteSo, what's normal? I think you're probably too smart for your own good. Let go. Live a little. Put a quarter in a slot!
Or maybe you're right. Life is risky enough without adding your two-bits!
a good mantra to live by
ReplyDeletei'm not much of a competitor at games and such. i don't like risk-taking, either. but i'll play slots if given the opportunity - not for high-stakes, though.
ReplyDeletePerhaps you just don't fit the profile of the "average" American, whoever that is. Perhaps there's some Scot in your DNA, too.
ReplyDeleteNo interest here either in those games...but I did win a doll once in Atlantic City...we went back once, post casinos...a diffrent place from the old Honky Tonk...
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, I hope you are normal because if you aren't that means I'm not either. Gambling just never appealed to me. I like to get something in return for my money and watching it disappear into a tiny slot or being handed a little slip of paper with numbers on it isn't my idea of a satisfying experience.
ReplyDeleteI do buy Powerball tickets when the amounts get ridiculous, and I have bet on horses when a guest at a race track. That's it. Otherwise, gambling is not my thing.
ReplyDeleteAre you normal? Why settle for normal, Birdman?
I never won a stuffed animal!! I buy a lottery ticket once a week and our winnings aren't taxable here in Canada so it is a big win if you numbers come up.
ReplyDeleteI've won my share of animals and goldfishes. I have no luck with it comes to the lottery so I save my dollar for a candy bar.
ReplyDeleteI am not much of a gambler either. Just spent three days at an Indian casino hotel in South Dakota and didn't bet a penny. I do like horse races though. I generally bet $2 to show on the favorite. I like the people watching there.
ReplyDeleteThe family mantra = smart.
ReplyDeleteMy family mantra was exacttly the same...
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