tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post3093859401900660501..comments2023-06-18T09:16:07.072-06:00Comments on Pantalones Del Fuego: Heads I win, Tails you loseMLEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301902783411290755noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post-21551913138517824682007-08-24T06:02:00.000-06:002007-08-24T06:02:00.000-06:00I've taken many risks in my life, some of them rea...I've taken many risks in my life, some of them really stupid. However, I've rarely gambled, and only small amounts of money. Once at the dogs, once at the horsetrack, and did not at all care for either experience.<BR/>I did once win about 5 bucks in nickels at a slot machine, but this did not do a whole lot for me.<BR/>We've been investing our savings for awhile now. With inflation and the wacky stock market, it feels like a bigger risk each day. That's enough for me.Cilicioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278874987398952742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post-55605947163541248092007-08-22T17:50:00.000-06:002007-08-22T17:50:00.000-06:00I don't gamble either-not that I have a hard time ...I don't gamble either-not that I have a hard time spending money but $10 buys like 2 really awesome spicy tuna rolls in Little Tokyo. <BR/><BR/>I think depletion of money, especially when it's something you're not interested in (as in, you get no payoff from gambling it seems), will probably always bother you and I just think it's natural. I get no entertainment from gambling. That said, I don't have the same issues so if I were invited to a $10 poker game I'd probably just mutter "ten dollars flipping wasted" and go for the company, knowing I'm going to lose in 5 minutes. <BR/><BR/>I guess, if the issue is really gambling for entertainment, you could set aside all the crappy pennies in a jar and just watch them pile up? Or a buck here and there? <BR/><BR/>I think more important than entertainment gambling is not being averse to taking a little bit of risk to making your money grow. There's investing in bad IPOs and setting up mutual fund account or investing in your 401K. It's killing me that I'm losing hard cold cash every paycheck into the 401K but I know it's going to grow way way more over the long term (and they have plans to account for risk etc.).Monkey McWearingChapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159146850159129520noreply@blogger.com