Is playing a losers profession?

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:52 pm

fair enough bfk ,,,,,if i have insulted you personally then im truly sorry,,,, maybe the pain in my leg is making me grumpy and harsh :P

but i was generalising ,,,,,,,,, of course individuals circumstances are different .

i too spend far too much on holidays and unnecessary gadgets .

im just trying to say (and this is only for people who have been in the game 10years +)

that everyone has had the same chance to put a fair bit away from this game ,,,,,,,,, make hay whilst the sun shines etc.......

it may not be here forever ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, so enjoy life today ,,,,, thats fine ,,,,,,,,, but if you dont keep an eye on tomorrow that is stupid.

Stevie S · Post by **Stevie S** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:10 pm

I will never understand why people pay into pensions, fuck that for a game of toy soldiers!!

BFK · Post by **BFK** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:14 pm

You've not insulted me personally. But your 'generalisation' is wrong.

I have been 'in the game' for about 25 years or so, or since I was tall enough to reach the buttons!! of course most of that time has not been as a full time player!!

I just dont like this 'any player worth his salt' bullshit about having money put away.

Yeah of course I keep an eye on tomorrow, but months down the line or years? No.

If in years to come, I find myself without a penny or nowhere to live, I'll just become some kind of hate preacher or terrorists and be welcomed and benefitted up to the hilt by our kind country.

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:22 pm

BFK wrote: Yeah of course I keep an eye on tomorrow, but months down the line or years? No.

If in years to come, I find myself without a penny or nowhere to live, I'll just become some kind of hate preacher or terrorists and be welcomed and benefitted up to the hilt by our kind country.

ok ,,,, erm im sure that last sentence is a joke m8

but as for the not planning ahead parts ,,,,, and if i end up homeless part ,,,,,, you wouldn't call that stupid ??????????????

...... especially when you've had ample opportunity in this game .

the mind boggle's

Master of Games · Post by **Master of Games** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:30 pm

Next few grand I win I'm going to use wisely.

BFK · Post by **BFK** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:35 pm

Yeah the last line was obviously not serious!!

Lee, I'll say it again, just because I and others not just in the slotting world but the employment world in general, have not scrimped and saved for a future life it does NOT make me/them stupid. You keep using that word.

Its all about choice, I choose to live my life that way, but dont insult my intelligence just because I choose to do so.

You cant be 'stupid' and play machines for a living, you need to be switched on and have general nouse. At the end of the week/month after the durations slotting, all I'm saying is, that I dont think I need to put X away, so that maybe in a year or so, I can buy a better car or some huge gaming system that has 2 million games on dating back to the Amstrad days or maybe I'll treat myself to a new plant pot or decorate a bedroom with superman wallpaper thats so rare its worth £20k a sheet!!!

I think shall I take the misses away, or out for a nice meal, or maybe have a trip away with the lads etc etc. Or maybe just do what I fuckin like.

It may or may not be wise or safe, but it doesnt make me stupid!!!!

Just a twat!!!

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:58 pm

ok if your offended by the word stupid ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, lets use foolish

up to you how you run your life m8 ,,,,,,, of course it is .

but if put to the vote ,,,,,,,,,,, not many would vote against that not planning for an unknown future is somewhat s,,,,,, sorry foolish :P

interesting thread really ,,,,,,,,,, infact bfk i admire your honesty and your daring to gamble with your destiny ,,,,,,,,, its like grasshopper walking the earth into life's unknown tapestry or something .,,,,,,,,,, :P ok ,,,,, im taking the piss now lol

seriously anyone else just living for today ? / not trying to save ? regardless of wether they can or not?

Oddfeet63 · Post by **Oddfeet63** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:03 pm

70%for today 30% savings now

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:16 pm

exactly oldfeet ,,,,,,,,,,,,, lets be conservative even further ,,,,,,,,,, and say that 5-10% should be easily achieved .

but i respect the bfk for not CHOSING to do so

its just opinions bfk m8 ,,,,,,,,,,, i think its foolish to not save ,,,,,,, you would probably think it foolish for a 39 yr old to play with action figures :P

just opinions ,,,,,,,,,,,, its what forums are about

BFK · Post by **BFK** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:25 pm

Absolutely Mr IconHop, I suppose if I'd had half the icon boards you've had I probably have a few grand tucked away!!

Your right, I do think its foolish to play with toys and crack one off to anything superman related, but as I was trying to say earlier, its choice not stupidity.

Eric Clapton certainly wasnt stupid, he was a very talented man. But his choice to go down the heroin route was foolish. How about that?

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:37 pm

fair enough ........

and ive never cracked one off to a superman related product or person :P ,,,,,,,,, erm ok there was that one time at the convention ,,,,,,,, and ,,,,,,, and ,,,,, that girl dressed as poison ivy lol

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trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:38 pm

ps ,,,,,,,, no sorry ,,,,,, anyone who takes heroin is stupid

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:45 pm

got loads more photos lol

Stevie S · Post by **Stevie S** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:52 pm

If you saved a fortune for the future and died tomorrow, you are foolish, but if you don't and lose you source of income tomorrow, just go out and get a job at the very worst, working a normal job isn't that bad I promise lol!

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:57 pm

no stevie m8 ,,,,,,,,,,,,, the first part of that theory falls flat m8 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, because the money can be passed on to your loved ones .

anything i have left when i pop off , will be half for tracy ,,,,,, n half for my sister's kids

never a waste of time saving money if you can benefit someone elses life