~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, On Sun, 29 Dec 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
Robin and Nick have even more faith in bets as a tool, but Sandy has, at least on our list, been more of a user of such bets.
My problem has always been that they rarely work...in fact, of the last N such bets which were offered (e.g., by Sandy) I can't recall a single one which was ever even accepted, let alone which was settled. (And I recall "bets" offered to Phill Hallam-Baker, Dimitri Vulis, etc.)
Tim's error is assuming that the offer of the bet did not "work" merely because the bet was not taken. All the bets I offered achieved effects I intended. (Exercise for the student, and all that.) S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~