I believe I will have to call Harry Houdini to schedule a sceance to
contact my dear departed Uncle Jack, who was an entomologist for Dow
Chemical and participated in developing DDT lots of years ago. I'm
relatively certain he could shed some light on the physological
differences between aphids and fleas.
In terms of danger to the casino's economic health, I'm not sure there
is a lot of difference. Both are pests that need to be exterminated.
The casinos are doing their best to accomplish this task.
I do recall a major brouhaha about the fleas some years ago.
If Mr. Houdini cannot assist, maybe David Copperfield can tear himself
away from his activites to conjure up the answers we need.
I have always felt I do a good job of being another type of nuisance,
a chameleon. As such, I really do not care wheter I am percieved as
an aphid of a flea. It's only a question of green or brown.
In any event, I see a lot of seven times points offered and will jump
on a plane next Saturday morning to go play some 98-99% games, have
some fun, and maybe earn less than minimum wage on an hourly basis, if
I'm lucky.
Viva Las Vegas!
Tom
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Harry Porter" <harry.porter@...> wrote:
I may be speaking tangentially to Bill's and Tom's posts, but I'll
offer up that I see a casino "parasite" as one who, like an aphid,
would willingly suck the life blood out of a casino and give nothing
whatsoever of benefit in return. Mind you, I've come across many a
pro who I'd characterize as particularly agreeable parasitesA smart player, by contrast, may simply be an intelligent consumer
looking to get more bang for their buck, and in any case has more
moderate appetite when it comes to demands on the casino. They also
genuinely strive to be regarded as a presence that the casino actively
welcomes.A casino that indiscriminately treats both these player segments as
parasites does themselves a considerable disfavor. That behavior
spills over as discouragement to a decent share of the strongly
profitable "bread and butter" contingent, who have little use for a
negative environment.- Harry
