DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES
A young married couple who were spending a week at a famous spa had nothing but a run of bad luck and on the sixth day were down to their last two dollars and a ticket good for one free admission to the local race track. The young man said to his wife, “Let me go out there to the track alone today. I’ve got two dollars, and a hunch.” He went to the track and picked a 40 to 1 shot in the first race, and won. Every succeeding race was won by a long shot on which he had a bet. At the end of the afternoon, he has amassed more than $10,000. On the way back to the hotel he stopped off at one of the gambling casinos to cash in further on his run of good luck. Within a hour he had run his bankroll up to a neat $40,000 at roulette. On the point of leaving he…
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