Great Chitter Chatter - Stories from Loud Voices

Why watching a friend play rakeback poker I asked him how much have you won. He instantly replied back that I do not play for money only for chips. Over the last 5 years he has accumalated over 12 million chips, I couldnt believe my eyes when I saw his chips, asking why he did not play for real money he replied that is was too much of a risky process.

He later mentioned that he can still make money from these chips as there is a huge market in people buying fake ones. Not only this but he is enjoying what he likes to do and makes free money. I do not actually know why people want to buy fake chips but I reckon the 12 million accumilation of these would go for around $500 if not more.

So for the people that just play online poker for fun, you can now see a potential earning stream from this. Its great, a no loss form of gambling.

I just read that the American treasury has rejected a $700bn proposal from the US government to bailout the current financial crisis that is hitting our globe on a major level. This is getting scary now! What if the credit crunch gets even worse than it already is? The first thing that came into my head for some reason was my own job! Is it in danger? I work at a carpet company in London called, Allied Carpets and I know that my managers have been stressing out big time over the current economic crisis. After all, it is so expensive to move house these days so who would want to go out and buy carpet!?

Additionally, my company have not been comforted by the recent turmoil that bedroom furniture specialists, MFI have had to deal with. They were recently saved from bankruptcy by a mangement buyout after sales were hit by the property market downturn. Mfi were boughtout by MEP in 2006 for roughly £1 as the property market was in complete turmoil. The buyout also means that their staff can rest easy as they know their jobs are safe from the credit crunch.

I wish I could say the same about my job, I am getting more and more nervous everyday about all this recessions stuff. Everyday it seems that something new and horrific has been announced! Well, I have my fingers crossed and I suppose that is all I can do.