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~inquiry


tetris

congrats on your winnings, and on your house ventures. I too, one day, perchance, seek to dream, to be the sole proprietor, of the domicile that I would be living in.

As time goes on, this dream slips away. Oh sure, new stuff is being built, but demand remains the same. I'm looking into housing associations at the moment as the ultimate fallback. That or 3D printing takes everyone by storm and bursts this horrible bubble

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inquiry
> congrats on your winnings

Thanks!

Kind of miraculously, we managed a $230 win a couple nights ago.

See, we used to play more.. and then we got busy with other things.. then COVID happened... so the casino's infinite wisdom had them spotting my wife $115 per week in March to coax us back, and well, a little luck with such a donation and quitting ahead is "all" it takes....

(FWIW, that casino is visible from the front window of our original domicile in this area - in fact, one of the reasons I wanted the place (see also: "How cool is it to have a casino in the front window? Huh? Huh?!!").)

> I too, one day, perchance, seek to dream, to
> be the sole proprietor, of the domicile that I
> would be living in.

You write way too well for it not to happen. ;-)

I wasn't super able to imagine having the resources to do such when I was younger. But staying somewhat conservative for a couple decades made it possible despite an expensive divorce along the way.

I've kind of clung to an image of a bucket in need of both input and the stoppage of unnecessary leakage to fill.

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tetris
the casino's infinite wisdom had them spotting my wife $115 per week in March to coax us back

wow. Could she just... take the money every week and not gamble it?

I wasn't super able to imagine having the resources to do such when I was younger.
But staying somewhat conservative for a couple decades made it possible despite an expensive divorce along the way.

Thanks, this gives me hope. It might take me some time, but I'll get there

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inquiry
> wow. Could she just... take the money every week
> and not gamble it?

No. You can only keep winnings on it. So you keep track of what your machine pushes were worth, and when you hit what they gave you, you know the rest is yours (assuming there is a "the rest"... :-) ).

> Thanks, this gives me hope. It might take me
> some time, but I'll get there

Based on what I've read of you and our interactions, if you don't get there there's something seriously wrong with your locale... or your wound up with inexplicable - and hopefully not insurmountable... - for-shit luck along the way.

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tetris
seriously wrong with your locale... or your wound up with inexplicable - and hopefully not insurmountable... - for-shit luck along the way.

Bit of both!

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