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jda Jul 2022 3:34pm, 30 Jul 2022 13,100 posts	0 jda Poker at least if you're skilful you can reasonably expect to make money. Day-trading, not so much.
HappyG(rrr) Jul 2022 5:35pm, 30 Jul 2022 43,125 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) He went to a 2 day training thing in New York earlier this year. Has run a dummy pretend money account but trading in as if real for a year and has made enough to libe off. Not for me. Feels too much like gambling! I wish him well of course. G
Steve NordRunner Jul 2022 8:58pm, 30 Jul 2022 1,749 posts	0 Steve NordRunner I have a friend that was on the dole straight after uni. He took his payout to a casino in Birmingham every time and played his system for a maximum of twenty minutes - enough for a few roulette spins on several tables simultaneously. At twenty minutes he would cash up, after eating several of the free sandwiches and snacks thoughtfully provided. In the end (after nine weeks, IIRC) he stopped after being ahead every time - not because he was losing, but the possibility of losing all his money just became intolerable. Both of us (keen on maths and statistics) know that systems don't work, naturally
TROSaracen Jul 2022 10:05pm, 30 Jul 2022 25,634 posts	0 TROSaracen Friend of mine while studying for our Accountancy passed his first year exams but didn’t want to stay. Rather than leave, he worked out that if he was fucking useless no one would book him on jobs. He could then clock on as ‘unassigned’, get paid and do what he actually enjoyed: studying and playing the stock market. He’d do that until lunchtime, then have 3 or 4 pints and go home. He kept it up for over a year, made a fair pile of money, described it as the best year of his life then landed a job with a top stockbroker.
Jef Aug 2022 5:18pm, 1 Aug 2022 7,137 posts	0 Jef First day of retirement today. Walked into town. Paid off the remaining 6 months of mortgage. Oddly enough the feeling is ... flat.
Mandymoo Aug 2022 5:19pm, 1 Aug 2022 14,873 posts	0 Mandymoo Double congratulations Jef
Ness Aug 2022 5:27pm, 1 Aug 2022 23,857 posts	0 Ness Hope things start to feel better for you Jef now you have the freedom to do what you want, when you want it.
Velociraptor Aug 2022 5:27pm, 1 Aug 2022 59,093 posts	0 Velociraptor Congratulations, Jef Three months of unemployment for me. Not been bored or missed work yet.
EvilPixie Aug 2022 5:32pm, 1 Aug 2022 34,489 posts	0 EvilPixie 🍾🍾 Jef! Good news vrap. Mr pix wasn’t bored on his break, I’m sure I’d be fine now whereas previously I thought I would get bored
Johnny Blaze Aug 2022 5:43pm, 1 Aug 2022 28,044 posts	0 Johnny Blaze Statistically speaking, card counting works. If you are clever enough and you can get away with it for long enough.

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