tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post5709103081180634605..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Gordon's CasinoBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-57198195520337434502009-02-26T10:09:00.000+00:002009-02-26T10:09:00.000+00:00The first game I want to talk about is actually a ...The first game I want to talk about is actually a charged up version of a player favorite - Mega Moolah. One of the most popular and largest progressive jackpot slots to be found at any online casino, Mega Moolah has paid out millions of dollars to players the world over (I can't believe I just said "the world over"...man I 'm getting old and know it. I suppose that's better than getting older Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-89437459603535723132007-08-30T11:14:00.000+00:002007-08-30T11:14:00.000+00:00A house of a decent size in a nice suburb, no way ...A house of a decent size in a nice suburb, no way Susan, even in Newcastle. It's not just a capital city thing. Getting a decent house you might actually want to live in is just shockingly expensive in the UK.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-46565790676060816422007-08-30T02:48:00.000+00:002007-08-30T02:48:00.000+00:00Well, Nige, suburb of London I can imagine would b...Well, Nige, suburb of London I can imagine would be very pricy -- suburbs of NYC are the same way. But what if I wanted to buy a suburban house in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, say: Could I gt something for a reasonable amt. of dough -- say 100-150,000 lbs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-40966612920700852922007-08-29T22:23:00.000+00:002007-08-29T22:23:00.000+00:00hey, i took six hours to write one post. But it wa...hey, i took six hours to write one post. But it was six hours at work, where i kept having to minimize the window to pretend i was typing, and of course had to go for doughnut breaks, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-25594897144851152482007-08-29T17:48:00.000+00:002007-08-29T17:48:00.000+00:00Thanks Gordon and Anon. But 30 mins! Any blog that...Thanks Gordon and Anon. But 30 mins! Any blog that takes longer than ten is an outrage.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-72961459757274070082007-08-29T16:57:00.000+00:002007-08-29T16:57:00.000+00:00A masterly analysis, Bryan. I blame myself. Gordon...A masterly analysis, Bryan. I blame myself. <BR/>GordonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-23083012685711024492007-08-29T16:55:00.000+00:002007-08-29T16:55:00.000+00:00Nowhere anyone could bear to live, Susan - and muc...Nowhere anyone could bear to live, Susan - and much of London is both unbearable and ludicrously overpriced. The suburban demi-paradise in which I live (about half an hour out of central London) is seriously underpriced, which means only that you can still get a poky two-bedroom terrace house for less than £250,000 (getting on for ten times average annual earnings?). It's insane.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-22927249908829816482007-08-29T16:51:00.000+00:002007-08-29T16:51:00.000+00:00Brilliant piece. Bearing in mind the author, I won...Brilliant piece. Bearing in mind the author, I wonder if it was knocked off in 30 minutes pre-breakfast? I would imagine many bloggers spend 60 minutes over their first sentence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-28631162879366784742007-08-29T13:34:00.000+00:002007-08-29T13:34:00.000+00:00Neil, I think you're right. Chris H. -- I think th...Neil, I think you're right. <BR/><BR/>Chris H. -- I think the East wanted quite a bit more than freedom to shop. Have you seen "Lives of Others"? It's a must see on E. Germany before the wall came down.<BR/><BR/>Why are real estate prices so high in England? Here in the U.S., prices are high in desirable cities or coastal areas, but you can still find a few acres & a house for $100,000 (50,000 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-75565175082113217212007-08-29T12:58:00.000+00:002007-08-29T12:58:00.000+00:00might rising house prices be advantageous to those...might rising house prices be advantageous to those who choose to sell their house and move to a civilized country like France, where the girls are pretty & the violence is decorous & the politicians amusingly rather than tediously corrupt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-62343311269743855722007-08-29T12:27:00.001+00:002007-08-29T12:27:00.001+00:00oops - should have put 'don't live in', rather tha...oops - should have put 'don't live in', rather than 'don't own' ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-79574611697408730002007-08-29T12:27:00.000+00:002007-08-29T12:27:00.000+00:00"As long as you are a property owner, you are bett..."As long as you are a property owner, you are better off for Brown and the bonus boys."<BR/><BR/>Not sure about this. Like everyone else, property owners need somewhere to live; the fact that my house has gone up in value means nothing, as the house I want to move into has gone up in value too.<BR/><BR/>The only people who materially benefit from rising property prices are those who engage in theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-22897186124532595582007-08-29T12:26:00.000+00:002007-08-29T12:26:00.000+00:00A very good piece. I feel pretty depressed about t...A very good piece. I feel pretty depressed about the whole thing, not least the way house rising house prices wreck quality of life: every spare penny has to go to the bank on mortgage charges so we all become even more abjectly enslaved to the Man. Other European nations, with lower incomes but more stable house prices, live better than we do. But then we no longer seem to have any idea what Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-67766948404309245312007-08-29T12:17:00.000+00:002007-08-29T12:17:00.000+00:00Writing from Leipzig, once in the 'socialist' GDR ...Writing from Leipzig, once in the 'socialist' GDR - it occurs to me yet again that deep beneath what you discuss here Bryan is the moral collapse of socialism: the fact that even in GB's Labour world, THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE. When the Wall came down in 1989, people wanted freedom: meaning freedom to shop. As the shock waves spread, and reshaped both our material worlds and our consciousnesses, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-27001691246494390722007-08-29T12:11:00.000+00:002007-08-29T12:11:00.000+00:00Fine. But when was it any better? Perhaps we sho...Fine. But when was it any better? Perhaps we should return to the good old days of Nelson and Napoleon, laying claims to treasure and land because we were pretty damn good at fighting. Unfortunately there are no easy alternatives. However, it could be worse. We could be living in Macau.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-26571215504470139222007-08-29T10:10:00.000+00:002007-08-29T10:10:00.000+00:00It seems to me that politics has been sacrificed o...It seems to me that politics has been sacrificed on the altar of free market capitalism. It's all very sad really and rather unedifying. To be course about it, the market is an incorrigible whore and politicians nothing but shifty pimps. The rest of us... well... we are left with an empty feeling.Neil Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240393170374161007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-52067945771920430972007-08-29T08:48:00.000+00:002007-08-29T08:48:00.000+00:00George Monbiot's book Captive State is very good o...George Monbiot's book Captive State is very good on the perfidy and beastliness and failure and corruption and back-slapping and smarmy lying worthless fakery of New Labour. It looks, from Monbiot's book, that the fat old miner-types tried to do some good at first, then were quietly taken to one side by the Money, and had things explained to them, and thereafter, "meet the new boss, same as the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com