"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 09:22:13 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2014-07-14 9:17 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> > On 7/14/2014 8:45 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> >
>> >> We were returning home from vacation down around Virginia and had
>> >> stopped at Gettysburg along the way. Just before we got to the PA NY
>> >> border there was a fireworks store we stopped at. There was security
>> >> fencing topped with concertina wire all around it. It was inside PA
>> >> but
>> >> PA residents were not allowed to buy anything. You had to show ID to
>> >> get
>> >> it.
>> >
>> > I know that place, I've seen it on tv. It's too dangerous for
>> > their own residents, but hey, sell to anyone else.
>> >
>> It is sort of like the casino business. We know they are bad for people
>> and don't want our citizens to have their lives ruined by gambling, so
>> we allow them to be built in border cities and attract gamblers from the
>> neighbouring states and provinces. That works well until the neighbours
>> realize how much they are missing out on and build their own.
>
> Trump's casino in Atlantic City is performing so badly, it's going to
> be closed soon. It couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.

I was there once. Was amazed at how different the casinos are there. If
you want a drink, you go downstairs to the bar and pay a fortune for it.
Not like the ones here or in Nevada where they bring you drinks for free.