--- rockofjello333 <rockofjello333@y...> wrote:
>
> If you say that "luck" exists, I have to challenge
> you to define it.
> The way that most people think of it is that it's
> some kind of
> mysterious "force", like gravity or magnetism, that
> causes a person
> to experience fortunate events. A person who is
> "lucky" has managed,
> knowingly or unknowingly,AND ON, AND ON, AND
ON....................................
I think ROJ's interpretation of "luck" is right on the money. On
some level, most of us make our pilgrimage to a casino feeling light-
headed with optimism and wishful thinking; "feeling lucky". A famous
baseball player may even wear the same unwashed, inside-out
underwear for all play-off games. We have all seen players
making "circles", rocking, rolling, pounding and stomping a VP
machine. However, as both Harry and "Dirty Harry" ( Clint/ "How
lucky do you feel?") so eloquently point out, you should never use
these irrational superstitions to guide your play!
May the "odds" of chance smile down on you! LD Boyd
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Hi Linda,
I agree with your premise completely, that one should not go to the
casino without adequate bankroll, or to play with the rent money,
because one is "feeling lucky". Nor do I feel, as you and Rock so
cogently pointed out, that one should be "quided in their play"
(translation: play over their head) because they "feel Lucky" that
day. I'm equally sure, that if we're dealing with
a "compulsive/degenerate" gambler, nothing short of physical force,
will prevent him/her from playing. I do think, however, that, having
arrived at the casino, and commenced playing, that one's SHORT TERM
GAIN OR LOSS, ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY, regardless of how well one
know the the strategy, or how high the EV of the FP machine one is
playing, is dependent, to a high degree, on whether one is "lucky",
or if you prefer, on "the wonderful side of randomness", on THAT
PARTICULAR DAY!
Actually, I think that we're all pretty much on the same page with
this topic, and, perhaps, just using different definitions
of "luck". Where I differ substantially, with Rock's post, is in the
area of "superstition". I do not think that if one believes in luck,
good or bad, than, ergo, one is superstitious. It is possible, I
suppose, that most superstitious people believe in charms, talismen,
symbols, icons and LUCK, but I don't believe that the reverse is
true; that all people who believe in luck give credence to the rest
of the mumbo-jumbo. i.e. IMO, luck and superstition are not
synonymous.
Anyway, this is an interesting thread that seems to have attracted a
lot of posts. Since I enjoy this type of dialogue, I'm happy to be
able to participate.
Babe
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Linda Boyd" <maggie2194@c...> wrote: