[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago

[Herb Brannon]

The next part of my observations, at Rivers Edge Casino, which I did not
write in the earlier post, was that every single one of the elderly
"gamblers" were smiling, laughing or really in an 'intense' state of game
playing. None of them appeared to be depressed. That casino is probably
going to add many years onto the lives of lots and lots of Pittsburgh senior
citizens.
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:

> Yes, depressing in those casinos populated by Seniors.
>
> Bob 829/09
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phillip Clark Campbell" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>  Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 10:21 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago
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> > From: Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 8:47:57 AM
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Bob Rathke<bobrathke at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> It always amazes me how many people in wheelchairs and on oxygen are in
> >> casinos pumping money into slot machines. I've seen people on walkers
> >> positioned between two slot machines play both machines at the same
> time.
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> > It's something you can do if you're sedentary, which in many but not
> > all of those cases,the people are.
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> > It's that, TV, bingo...
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> > How depressing Mr.Brashear.
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> > * Know of but never played bingo;
> > * rarely watch TV;
> > * don't visit casinos.
> > How about the internet?  That's sedentary.
> > Library as well.
> > Ride the T.
> > Visit friends at home.
> > Volunteer - some such work hardly involves movement.
> > Wheelchair bound could work on a food line where only
> >          movement is in the arms.
> > Surely there's much better than TV, bingo, casinos.
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> > Phil
> > Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'
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-- 
Herb Brannon
On America's North Coast