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From: Michael Press <rub...@pacbell.net>
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Subject: Re: might have to move to vegas soon......
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In article 
<480862bd-2657-44da-9662-99dced128...@fr28g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
 unklbob <mcgrisw...@aol.com> wrote:

> On Jun 1, 4:18 pm, michael anderson <mianderso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > or eventually accept a job where 4-5 months out of the year(the fall
> > and winter) I live there......
> >
> > it's no great secret that I am of fan of playing football games.  It's
> > also no secret that I'm very good at it.
> >
> > but the difficulties in living 3000 miles from LV continue to
> > increase.  Now my bank is having problems accepting a deposit into one
> > of my accounts....which means that I'll now have to pay even more
> > money to have checks cut and mailed.  If it's not my bank causing
> > problems(either with deposits or trying to deposit money at online
> > sites), it's the sites themselves.  I only play sites of the highest
> > reputation(like 5dimes) and I've always been paid, but the increasing
> > fees and hassle on both ends are becoming just too much.  The closing
> > of bodog was another major blow to ease of transactions(and no, bovada
> > is not the same thing in practical terms)
> >
> > Im already considering 2-3 vegas trips this year.  By "trip", I simply
> > mean booking a flight, flying into the vegas airport, and then taking
> > a cab straight to a sportsbook where I make a number of high stakes
> > plays and then fly back an hour later with tickets in hand which I can
> > do certified mail at a later date to redeem.  But the expense of the
> > flight and transportation cuts into winnings, not to mention it's
> > almost a 3 hr drive to the atlanta airport.  I'd waste a whole day
> > almost just catching flights back and forth and driving from the
> > airport back home.
> >
> > Of course the real problem is the us govt's stance on sports
> > gambling.  Why I can't make legal plays at a casino here only god
> > knows........
> >
> > frustrating.
> 
> You'd fit right in:
> 
> http://www.vegasrex.com/2010/08/10-worst-things-about-living-in-las-vegas/

Just read the section on weather. Living in AC all the time
might be harsh. I lived in El Paso with swamp coolers and
it was heaven on Earth. Sit inside. Get up. Go outside.
Walk around. Work. Go inside. Hot dry weather is perfectly healthy.

-- 
Michael Press