ARE YOU A GAMBLER?

[Wilma]

First off, I am not a good gambler.  I can't stand the thought of parting with my money on a whim.

But, I have picked some winning horses on impulse.  Like the one that danced all the way to the gate.  He won.  And the one whose tongue was hanging out his mouth like a dog's.  He won.  Sometimes I decide because of it's color or it's name.  I pick 2 horses for each race and one time they came in 1st and 2nd.  This is all on TV horse races, of course.  I have never been to a real betting horse race.

But, with my address and phone number, (303 and 3033), you would think I could come up with a combination of three's that would win the lottery.  I haven't tried because I figure it would just be more money joining what I have already lost.  Should I get reckless and risk a dollar?

[Diane Amberg]

No!    If you really want to win big money on a lottery, you have to pick numbers higher than 31 because so many people use birthdates and calendar dates.  Now if your lucky number was 52 or something... go for it. (Don't you dare.)  I have done very well at the track but I rarely go, study the horses and riders and never bet more than a set limit that I can afford to lose.  Now that we're retired and the income is down I don't place real bets any longer.

[Wilma]

Good girl.  I would like to have the satisfaction of knowing that I could pick a winner by studying the horse, but that will never be.

[greatguns]

I am a gambler.  Most days I gamble pretty big, as I get out on U.S. 400 twice a day 5 days a week.  It is quite a gamble with your life on that road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wilma]

You're right on that one, Sally.  I can see a need for four lanes on 400 every time I go to Wichita.  I can't believe the string of cars we meet going either way.

[Dee Gee]

Yes I see the need for four lanes but isn't it a whole safer now then when it was US-96 a narrow two lane blacktop road?

[Wilma]

Much safer.  At least you have some place to go when a car is coming at you in your lane.

[Tobina+1]

Speaking of US-400, can someone (Janet?) explain the rules of the passing lanes?  It seems as though a LOT of people can't read the sign that says "KEEP RIGHT EXCEPT TO PASS", which says to me that you HAVE to drive in the right-hand lane unless you are passing someone.  If you also notice, the oncoming traffic lane DOES have the right to PASS, and use that center lane to do so.  It makes me pretty nervous when I'm headed East and need to pass someone and there is an oncoming car in their far right lane, but I understand that it is legal for me to go ahead and pass, correct?  What if someone is in the center lane headed West (and not in their far right lane like they're supposed to be) and someone from the East tries to pass another car and they get into a wreck... who's fault is it?

[Wilma]

I would say the person who is left of the center line is in the wrong as they are not supposed to pass unless the way is clear and if there is a car in the lane they have to use for passing, the way is not clear.  As for people not staying right except for passing, I don't know if there is a law, but if there is, then they are illegal, too.

[Diane Amberg]

Around here we have a few three lane roads with that "suicide lane" in the center.  And yes, you MUST stay in the right lane unless you are passing or making a left turn.  If a person is driving straight through in the center lane and something happened, it would be charged to them....but then try to prove it.  We have some odd ones too.  What would you do if you came up to a flashing green light?