Some years ago when I was living in Philadelphia I visited a friend in Queens, New York. His father was a Lieutenant on the N.Y. police force with responsibility for the area around Fifth Avenue and St. Patrick's Cathedral - quite a busy area. My friend and I decided to visit the Aqueduct race track in an effort to improve the breed. While there - among forty thousand fans - I recognized a neighbor from my home town who lived across the street. On returning home I remarked to the policeman parent of the coincidence. He asked only one question "Was your neighbor a banker?" I replied, "Why, yes, how did you guess?" He said that bankers never gamble or visit tracks in their home towns - it wouldn't look good. Such is the mind set and the thinking process of an experienced policeman. Now not all gamblers are bankers and, thankfully, not all bankers are horse players.
tjs
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interesting post. given what has happened in the financial markets (subprime loans, for example), one might argue that many bankers are, in fact, gamblers
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