Atlantic City casinos closing...

Trelja,
In my case I have every right to blame the economy, and I'm quite sure the current economy has taken its toll on the casual gambler as well. Don't sit on your high horse making statements about something you obviously know very little about, being forced to sell your system due to sixteen months of unemployment on top of which the Republican Party felt as of the first of the year I was not eligible for anymore governmental assistance. When you have to choose between paying your mortgage or having a high end system then get back to me about the current economy.

Trelja, I don't deny any of your observations regarding the demise of gambling in AC and greatly appreciate your concerns of my financial stability. I am recently back to work and am starting to get back on my feet. As Zd542 so ignorantly reminds us it's very easy to blame the victim.

Trelja,
I am in Central N.J.
I grew up in Freehold.
I lived the life Springsteen sang about in his song "My Hometown".
I started in manufacturing in 1981 as a Quality Control Inspector. It took 12 more years until the plant closed. I was at my next position for another 12 years until that company was sold. Since then I have been laid off numerous times due to layoffs, employee reductions in the work force and jobs being sent overseas.
The economy has not been kind to the manufacturing industry in America.
I am a Quality Assurance Inspector by trade, this is what I do. Tomorrow is my 58th birthday and I've had some of the hardest times in my life for last 16 months. Is this all my fault? Younger untrained people willing to work for much less then me, competition from other people in the same boat as me.
My new position pays less then my last one and I am forced to work the grave yard shift but that's life. Not the life I had hoped for in this stage of the game but at least I can start getting out of debt.
I do not resent success and the pleasure it brings, I like my toys like most of us but it shouldn't be so god damned hard.