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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gboulton, post: 1015042, member: 27043&quot;]Fair enough, and well said. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Quite inclined to agree here, for the most part.&nbsp; I&#039;ll take two exceptions, however. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>First...it doesn&#039;t take &quot;balls of steel&quot; if you&#039;re not risking anything substantial. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And perhaps that&#039;s really what&#039;s under this whole thread.&nbsp; The OP, as both of you have pointed out, was looking for a reason to do something he wanted to do.&nbsp; Ok, good for him.&nbsp; I wish him luck.&nbsp; But, let&#039;s be honest here...how &quot;wise&quot; of a move this will be for him depends ultimately on what his risk is.</p><p><br /></p><p>And risk doesn&#039;t have to be a particular dollar amount.&nbsp; Maybe the OP is debt free, with a 6 figure family income, and is tossing around a couple thousand dollars.&nbsp; Most likely, he CAN afford to go play with that kind of money.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, maybe he&#039;s a college kid with $50k+ in debt, who charged a pizza last night.&nbsp; In that case, risking even $50 is insanity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since none of us know the OP&#039;s situation (or anyone else&#039;s but our own) I think it&#039;s probably &quot;overzealous&quot; to label his DECISION as foolish, or anything of the sort.&nbsp; Does it fit, as you guys described, the idea of &quot;I want to ____, what do you think?&quot;.&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; but that doesn&#039;t necessarily mean it&#039;s bad.</p><p><br /></p><p>The OTHER nit I&#039;d pick is the line about having fun in Vegas...SOME of us don&#039;t GO to Vegas (or any casino for that matter) to have fun...we go to make money.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A very small percentage of us succeed. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s left as an exercise for the reader to determine why i keep drawing the same analogy.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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