Gambling

I love to go to bingo and a casino too so much fun

spot on the bookies have the percentages in their favour

agree the weekend FT is always worth buying I love every section

I have long enjoyed the FT.  When I was in my first job our Management Team used to receive a paper copy delivered daily to their office.  One of those Managers used to lend me his copy for me to enjoy reading over lunchtime. 

We had a system where I would make a small ballpoint pen circle on the top outer corner of a page and then put an asterisk in the column on the page next to an article of note - which I thought was relevant to the environment of our sector / clients / suppliers (or might represent an opportunity for our department, as yet unexploded e.g. developments in our industry).

I was able to read the FT for free and on a busy day the Manager was able to speed read his FT copy.

Last year, while studying an online course, I got frustrated when the course material kept including links to FT articles behind the pay wall.  Top tip: try searching for the same headline on the FT Facebook channel as (very often) you can read the article for free.

I quite like some of the FT podcasts too.

...hmm, about Gambling; I would recommend folks give that a miss ...I have seen enough work colleagues (and therefore their families too) unexpectedly get into traumatic trouble that route to say: no.

It's a good read.  I prefer the days when people got their news from credible sources rather than from Geoffrey on the internet.  I think that makes me deeply uncool and out of touch with modernity.  But never mind.

yes the ft weekend I think is a great paper covers everything

I was a maths prodigy as a young child.  I have gambled but very casually and not for years.

I like the FT but not the stock market.  I like the  FT's non financial journalism.

No, I don't understand numbers at all, I can't pass a GCSE grade C with special teaching, numbers tend to swim about when I look at them and numbers on a digital screen are even worse as they're all based around the number 8 and I can see all the lines that make up the 8 even when the number is 4 or something. My eyes get drawn into figuring out whats not there as much as what is there. I think I must be the only person who can put the same simple sum into a calculator three times and three diferent answers!

I've never seen the attraction of gambling, I did the lottery for 6 months and barely got my stake money back, I felt like my money would be safer in a jar under the bed.

no the good news was I hated losing money so now I have gone back to doing it for fun and studying form etc.I am one of these people that get an idea there is a system and pattern and the bookies don't know about it!

Cat Loving Man said:

Just wanted some views.I used to gamble too much and chase losses .I had this view you could beat the bookies if you just had enough money.it did not work.Now I find gambling boring and ma very selective when I do it.I do it within reason and either lose small amounts or win small amounts.

I was just wondering is my type of obsessions with numbers typical of Autism.I am also very into money and the stock market etc and love the FT.

Look forward to some views on the above

It's also common for anyone with a strong analytical mind to be drawn to these areas, whether they're on the spectrum or not. The key is how it affects your life—if it's something you can manage well, then it's just part of who you are. If you're curious or concerned about how these traits align with autism, it might be worth exploring further with a professional.

Going back to cats they are super intelligent one of mine can open doors including the front door !

The financial editor had to independently chose shares to buy, sell and keep, thats why he got his cat to help, cats not being known for caring about such things was unbiased, but still did very well.

Money is an illusion created by NT society through Language: the elements of linguistics I usually need a day or a few years to work out. Why a thing is interesting or exciting or has potential seems entirely nebulous to me. Sometimes I work it out later. Thus, I don't play games with stuff I don't have enough of. :)

I was just having some banter about you saying the cat did better than the Stock broker no offence meant.

I still think that like in any profession there are good and bad

What am I being cynical about?

oh you are cynical but this may be true.I still say a good stock broker is worth his fees.I just love the markets and channel 505 for the closing Bell

Yes, but as CatWoman backs up my point. The probably seem 'good' after the fact. Just because they won a load of coin tosses doesn't actually make them good.

The financial editor of the Independent newspaper, had to track share prices and investments, to be impartial, he made a board of 100 squares and put a cat biscuit in each one and then left his cat eat biscuits for shares he'd buy or sell or keep. The cat did rather well.

I know what you are saying some of them are good though

You'll be trying to spot patterns that aren't there. They've shown that monkeys do as good a job as stockbrokers if there is no inside knowledge.