Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]D Khong wrote: ><Snip> > I am beginning to wonder whether the *act of bidding* is in itself an > addiction, an obsession or some form of psychiatric disorder. Similarly we > now know that compulsive gambling is a form of mental illness. > > It does not matter what these people bid for but the chase, the > anticipation and the final (even ridiculous) bid to win might release > gallons of adrenaline needed to sustain what's worth living for. Then it > starts all over again. > > Dan K. Dan this is exactly how I see it. Another form of Gambling addiction. Combined with a form of Materialistic compulsion. And the stock marked another form of gambling. Mark Rabiner