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leftyladyfrommo

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21. That is when all the pawn shops opened up, too.
Mon May 6, 2013, 05:26 PM
May 2013

And all of the title loan companies that have such awful interest rates.

I was working mortgage loans then and I couldn't believe what I saw. Some people just spent their whole paychecks at the boats. Over and over again.

We did a refinance for one woman who was disabled with MS. They pulled all the equity out of their home to pay off all of her debts from gambling. Six months later they were back and she had run up all of their cards again.

It doesn't take long to go broke gambling.

I like to go to the boats for a meal once in a while but I never gamble. Once you get started it's just too hard to stop.

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“Customers look for convenience when they decide what casinos to visit,” aka look @ Jimmy's college Botany May 2013 #1
Wow. What an incredibly horrible idea. leftyladyfrommo May 2013 #2
Dear lord this is catastrophically RiverNoord May 2013 #11
In the late '80s I worked as an adjunct instructor at a small college in KC KansDem May 2013 #20
That is when all the pawn shops opened up, too. leftyladyfrommo May 2013 #21
hONEY WHAT'S THIS BILL FOR $5,000? DainBramaged May 2013 #3
a bill lol?, loan attached to bank account and the house. Sunlei May 2013 #5
ok where is the software to run an online casino, I have an idea with webcams & choice of dealer Sunlei May 2013 #4
Gamblers don't play to win money. DetlefK May 2013 #6
Gee, what could go wrong? nt HooptieWagon May 2013 #7
BAD, Bad Idea n/t Marrah_G May 2013 #8
Then the legislature can pass a no bankruptcy law for gambling loans dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #9
debtor's prison will be 'for profit' prison. more state and federal taxpayer money gone Sunlei May 2013 #10
great idea--give the vampires another vein...... lastlib May 2013 #12
Just proposing such a thing is a crime against humanity. FiveGoodMen May 2013 #13
... with what, 26% interest? Myrina May 2013 #14
Comp drinks at the credit form desk? marble falls May 2013 #15
"Gentlemen.... Turbineguy May 2013 #16
Uh oh. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #17
This is evil, pure and simple. LuvNewcastle May 2013 #18
Fine with me zipplewrath May 2013 #19
NO! Gambling should be done with cash only. N/T GreenStormCloud May 2013 #22
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