[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago

[Schneider Fred]

That means that they can accept people like the Schneiders, Swindlers  
and Lybargers on whom they loose money?

I remember settling up with the purser after our cruise to Alaska.    
I owed Royal Caribbean $30.   I wasn't what you can a profit  
center.   (You can buy the tour to the Mendenhall Glacier outside  
Juneau for $60 on the ship or you can pay Capital Transit $1 each way  
(plus medicare card).)   Cheap Cheap Cheap Cheap.


On Aug 30, 2009, at 3:35 PM, John Swindler wrote:

>
> I was amazed at number of slot machines on a recent cruise.  About  
> one per ten passengers, and once outside territorial limits, most  
> occupied full time.  Plus all the other games of chance running non- 
> stop.  Combined with alcohol and drinks, helps explain why the  
> cruise price can be so low.  Perhaps the cabin price is just a  
> 'loss leader' to fill the ship, on premise that there will be a  
> percentage of the passengers who will generate a sufficient profit  
> on casino, drinks and tour packages.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> John
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>> From: bobrathke at comcast.net
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago
>> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:50:06 -0500
>>
>> Yes, depressing in those casinos populated by Seniors.
>>
>> Bob 829/09
>>
>>
>> ----- 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
>>
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> It's something you can do if you're sedentary, which in many but not
>>> all of those cases,the people are.
>>>
>>> It's that, TV, bingo...
>>>
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>>> How depressing Mr.Brashear.
>>>
>>> * 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Phil
>>> Without a 'coast' but not a 'cause.'
>>>
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