Sorry, my friend, to put you in such a bind. Hope you'll be able to sleep and not be up all night pacing the floors....
Here in the US there a re folks who will gamble on *anything*. I mean it... *any-danged-thing*. Hey, it were all rich folks, I wouldn't care less but it ain't...
What most states have are lotteries and every Friday night (payday) you go in stores and see folks lined up to buy them lottery tickets. Ain't nobody wearing suits. These are the working class and many are at the lower end of the working class, hoping to hbit it big and get out of the celler.... Sad.... Like the cook down at Leesburg Restuarnt, who gets up a 4:30 in the morning to get to work on time where she makes about $9.00 and hour with no benefits. She's pushin' 60 and has held that same job in that hot kitchen for the last 30 years. But there she is. Tryin' to beat a system that is very much stacked up against her.
And so I listen to C-SPAN and hear these rich white ladies calling in talking about "personal responsibility" and it makes me sick.
There, Gareth, I've probably touched on enough of my "ompassionate humanism" so that you can now cancel the appointment with the doctor.