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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace<br><br><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>>…<span style='color:#222222'>Yes, there are plenty of fools around - casinos aren't lacking for customers, eh?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Can you think of circumstances where casino betting would make perfectly good sense? Assume one finds no recreational value in gambling (I don’t (understatement, I find the whole notion most distasteful (but that might be my puritan roots I just cannot completely sever.)))<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>>…<span style='color:#222222'> Like second marriages - the triumph of hope over experience. bill w</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Vaguely related to the first question, run with it if you wish: can you think of circumstances where a second marriage makes perfectly good sense? Assume one finds recreational value in marriage (I do (understatement, I find the whole notion most tasteful (but that might be my puritan roots I just cannot completely sever (and have no desire to do so in this case.))))<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>