[sevencard2003]

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Being able to afford a room and spending the cash on one are two different things, and judging by your posts, you try to avoid that as much as possible. My first thoughts while reading this were, does this guy shower during this whole trip? Nothing worse than having to sit for hours next to someone with questionable hygeine.

As a favor to all of us, feel free to save money where you can, but please, please, keep up on the showering while on your journeys.

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one thing that might help would be if i couldve found people willing to let me use the shower in their room for say $1-3 for about 10-15 minutes. it would be nice if people would be more helpful to those struggling to make it. i have found that in SOME (but very few) casinos the health spa-and pool with a shower area-is open to anyone who can pay the $30 fee or whatever, the vast majority its just for hotel guests. but for the few that are its nice to shower, and lay out resting by the pool for only $30 for 8 hrs on a friday or saturday when rooms at the casino are like $129-399. [b] many times it wouldve really been nice if someone wouldve just been willing to pretend i was staying with them simply so i couldve been allowed to use the pool, in all them places where u gotta be a hotel guest. people, if they really wanted to be nice and helpful could assist people who need showers in getting them if they are creative. and lots of times id spend like $3-8 to get the cheapest Tshirt i could find if i needed a clean one and wasnt in a big city where i could ride the bus to a thrift shop, or if i had comps use them in the gift shop.

anyway i dont think this poster really read this thread or hed not thought i never showered, cause i talked about all the times i got a COMP room while i was on the trip. and i paid for rooms a lot of times too, it only when things are going bad and im really low on money that i didnt have one usually except for special occasions like a saturday nite with jacknifed prices. having the ssi now really helps. i didnt get it til 2005, and its protected me from ever having to worry about going broke. (cause if i would at least more money would soon come.)for years i was totally dependent on winning at poker. now im NOT. makes life alot easier. too bad i dont know how to drive, cause a car wouldve solved so many problems too. for if u have a car u can get back and forth to a TRUCK STOP and use their shower for like $5. not only that it provides a place to store ur clothes bathroom supplies, etc.

there are a lot of people living outta campers and RVs near casinos, wish i owned one. only difference is they had a place to shower and clean thier clothes. so thats why they dont look bad to all the other players and i did. and i admit im somewhat to blame, for had i stuck only to poker and refrained from always playing BJ and video poker id never ever had money troubles.