Minimum to earn off Fruits, before changing lifestyles?

[Mr McStreak]

[/quote] looks like ur guna be 1 lonely old msn mcstreak. u lost ur virginity yet?[/quote]

Hows your mum and sister?

Whats an msn?

[harry2]

Despite being in this game for 15 years professionally, and having had alot of tricks very early I have managed to save very little.
I have enjoyed a very frivolous lifestyle, and I am very grateful for everything. But presently I am content making between £500 and £1000 a week, and over the last week or two i've had to work fairly hard for it, because I don't drive. But what I'm eternally grateful for is the fact that i've managed to keep my life relatively complication-free. I don't have kids, and don't have a mortgage, therefore my monthly outgoings are kept to a minimum.

To the majority of people reading this, who have kids, my comments are going to seem shallow, as though I see kids as a drain on my resources and time, and to an extent you are right.I want an easy life, with little or no distractions. If I have made £600 by wednesday then I tend to take things very easy for the rest of the week. I still do enough to keep passing players from finding value where I am, but I don't over exert myself. This is because I can't be bothered. Its purely occupational for me, many players relish going out on a daily basis, pressing buttons, but I don't anymore.

A by-product of persuing this "chosen field of expertise" is that its left me consuming copious amounts of alcohol, to the extent where its could become a problem.I sort of look forward to going into rough pubs, because it gives me an excuse to have an alcoholic beverage. Rather unhealthy, but there you have it.

It's a hard life for some.

[Mr McStreak]

Those smileys just get better and better!

[aaamusements.co.uk]

looks like ur guna be 1 lonely old msn mcstreak. u lost ur virginity yet?

Does MSN get lonely then?

[Slammer]

A by-product of persuing this "chosen field of expertise" is that its left me consuming copious amounts of alcohol, to the extent where its could become a problem.I sort of look forward to going into rough pubs, because it gives me an excuse to have an alcoholic beverage. Rather unhealthy, but there you have it.

I hear that. Even now Im working, I still drink 3-5 pints every night.

When I was 17/18, I was used to often being the designated driver and didnt care I was drinking coke all night (no J2Os back then !), now I wouldnt dream of going to a social get-together and not drinking.


Its interesting that Trayhop enjoys the fruit life and thinks its a good lifestyle where as I disagree. I think playing fruits is a terrible lifestyle and I dont agree with the flexible hours either. I cant sit at home in bed, knowing I'm turning down good money, so I'd always be doing 12+ hour days!!!


cheers, Mark

[harry2]

How can you lead a "normal" lifestyle when you are a gambler ?

How many of the following has happened to you.


Arrange to meet a bird for a drink at 8.00 and still be forcing out a mega streak the other side of town at half past.

Gone to a night club with some mates and spent half the evening playing a fruit machine.

Take the day off to pay some bills, get some new clothes,trainers, etc. then nip into the arcade for a quick half hour only to emerge ten hours later with no profit and nothing done, come home late, the missus has chucked your dinner in the bin and gives you earache for a week.

Done your last twenty quid in a machine which means you haven't got a penny left to fill the car up with petrol.

Gambled all your cash by the first week of the month and having to pawn off all of your PS games for peanuts in order to eat for the next three weeks.


and one that I have done.

Invited to a mates wedding reception. Go down town and bought the usual toaster from Argos, some wrapping paper and a card. Plenty of time left over, so a quick trip to the arcade. Lost all my money. Skint. OK, plan B. Back to Argos, get a refund and back to rinse the machine in the arcade. That goes down the tubes as well. Have to walk home skint and then lie to my mate about missing his reception.

[GaryChandler]

pretty much none of them cause im not an addict

[RUDE]

How can you lead a "normal" lifestyle when you are a gambler ?

How many of the following has happened to you.


Arrange to meet a bird for a drink at 8.00 and still be forcing out a mega streak the other side of town at half past.

Gone to a night club with some mates and spent half the evening playing a fruit machine.

Take the day off to pay some bills, get some new clothes,trainers, etc. then nip into the arcade for a quick half hour only to emerge ten hours later with no profit and nothing done, come home late, the missus has chucked your dinner in the bin and gives you earache for a week.

Done your last twenty quid in a machine which means you haven't got a penny left to fill the car up with petrol.

Gambled all your cash by the first week of the month and having to pawn off all of your PS games for peanuts in order to eat for the next three weeks.


and one that I have done.

Invited to a mates wedding reception. Go down town and bought the usual toaster from Argos, some wrapping paper and a card. Plenty of time left over, so a quick trip to the arcade. Lost all my money. Skint. OK, plan B. Back to Argos, get a refund and back to rinse the machine in the arcade. That goes down the tubes as well. Have to walk home skint and then lie to my mate about missing his reception.

Harry, no disrespect as I'm sure you're probably a very good player but the above sounds remarkably like me in my munter days when I was back at school.

I have, on occasion, been a few mins late meeting a group of mates because lines are playing up or something but I'd never be late to meet a bird and certainly not for a wedding reception (even if I had to write off some cash).

As Gary said, anyone who lets gambling have THAT much of an impact on their lives may have a problem, I know I did but luckily I came out the other side relatively un-scathed and now play a couple of times a week for a bit of craic and a few quid extra in my pocket.

[harry2]

How can you lead a "normal" lifestyle when you are a gambler ?

How many of the following has happened to you.


Arrange to meet a bird for a drink at 8.00 and still be forcing out a mega streak the other side of town at half past.

Gone to a night club with some mates and spent half the evening playing a fruit machine.

Take the day off to pay some bills, get some new clothes,trainers, etc. then nip into the arcade for a quick half hour only to emerge ten hours later with no profit and nothing done, come home late, the missus has chucked your dinner in the bin and gives you earache for a week.

Done your last twenty quid in a machine which means you haven't got a penny left to fill the car up with petrol.

Gambled all your cash by the first week of the month and having to pawn off all of your PS games for peanuts in order to eat for the next three weeks.


and one that I have done.

Invited to a mates wedding reception. Go down town and bought the usual toaster from Argos, some wrapping paper and a card. Plenty of time left over, so a quick trip to the arcade. Lost all my money. Skint. OK, plan B. Back to Argos, get a refund and back to rinse the machine in the arcade. That goes down the tubes as well. Have to walk home skint and then lie to my mate about missing his reception.

Harry, no disrespect as I'm sure you're probably a very good player but the above sounds remarkably like me in my munter days when I was back at school.

I have, on occasion, been a few mins late meeting a group of mates because lines are playing up or something but I'd never be late to meet a bird and certainly not for a wedding reception (even if I had to write off some cash).

As Gary said, anyone who lets gambling have THAT much of an impact on their lives may have a problem, I know I did but luckily I came out the other side relatively un-scathed and now play a couple of times a week for a bit of craic and a few quid extra in my pocket.

This did happen some time ago.


How many "pro" players would you estimate there to be in the UK ?


I reckon it is less than a thousand . A fair amount of the rest are addicts.

[anfield road]

How can you lead a "normal" lifestyle when you are a gambler ?

How many of the following has happened to you.


Arrange to meet a bird for a drink at 8.00 and still be forcing out a mega streak the other side of town at half past.

Gone to a night club with some mates and spent half the evening playing a fruit machine.

Take the day off to pay some bills, get some new clothes,trainers, etc. then nip into the arcade for a quick half hour only to emerge ten hours later with no profit and nothing done, come home late, the missus has chucked your dinner in the bin and gives you earache for a week.

Done your last twenty quid in a machine which means you haven't got a penny left to fill the car up with petrol.

Gambled all your cash by the first week of the month and having to pawn off all of your PS games for peanuts in order to eat for the next three weeks.


and one that I have done.

Invited to a mates wedding reception. Go down town and bought the usual toaster from Argos, some wrapping paper and a card. Plenty of time left over, so a quick trip to the arcade. Lost all my money. Skint. OK, plan B. Back to Argos, get a refund and back to rinse the machine in the arcade. That goes down the tubes as well. Have to walk home skint and then lie to my mate about missing his reception.

Done a few of then about 4 years ago, now days if I arrange something I will not let people down!

I doubt any decent player in the country ever does that anymore!

For starters there only 1 arcade I go in and thats only for a stopper and a cluedo!

gambled all money in the first week lmao!! more like made all me money in the first day

Sounds like MUNTER MODE

[Mr McStreak]

How can you lead a "normal" lifestyle when you are a gambler ?

How many of the following has happened to you.


Arrange to meet a bird for a drink at 8.00 and still be forcing out a mega streak the other side of town at half past.

Gone to a night club with some mates and spent half the evening playing a fruit machine.

Take the day off to pay some bills, get some new clothes,trainers, etc. then nip into the arcade for a quick half hour only to emerge ten hours later with no profit and nothing done, come home late, the missus has chucked your dinner in the bin and gives you earache for a week.

Done your last twenty quid in a machine which means you haven't got a penny left to fill the car up with petrol.

Gambled all your cash by the first week of the month and having to pawn off all of your PS games for peanuts in order to eat for the next three weeks.


and one that I have done.

Invited to a mates wedding reception. Go down town and bought the usual toaster from Argos, some wrapping paper and a card. Plenty of time left over, so a quick trip to the arcade. Lost all my money. Skint. OK, plan B. Back to Argos, get a refund and back to rinse the machine in the arcade. That goes down the tubes as well. Have to walk home skint and then lie to my mate about missing his reception.

Yeah in years gone by i've done some things I regret, think I took a c64 game back once, but in those days you could only come to so much harm playing 2p play machines. These days I have some sympathy for the new generation of degenerate gamblers, because with S16's etc the financial impact is far greater. I'm glad I got my misdemeanours out of my system 20 years ago.

I know intelligent people who are ruined beyond belief through gambling in the current all-accessable climate.

I think every regular gambler has at some point done things he/she regrets, and those who admit to them deserve credit.

[JG]

Yep, you youngsters must have served your apprenticeship as well, but then we didn't have the Internet back then, so it was much harder to fish for clues and you spent more time addicted. Bloop.

I guess I get off mild to some, but worst thing I ever did was I had arranged to meet up with a mate for a few frames of snooooker.
I got involved and the snoooooooooooooooooker got blanked. This was in the days before mobile phones. After the session I phoned up my mate, who I correctly guessed had gone back home and apologised, saying it had 'slipped my mind' that we had arranged a few frames of snoker. I can't even remember the offending machine.

I've never blanked anything big. If I was in a losing session I'd just spit on the machine, abuse the staff, smash the glass with a chair, swear loudly, threaten to kill everyone and make it on time to the event with a bore like a stair head, no a head like a sore bear or however the saying goes.

Ah so easy to be wistful in recollection. How destructive is gambling to the chi? Such a mindf*ck at times. A bad gambling session can make you impotent and witless for weeks.