Where did I criticise anything? I was answering the Gambling Man or Porch Dog message.

Jeezzzz, we are getting a little touchy, aren't we?

Yup, 1000 made, nice to know.

...are you a betting man or a porch dog. I will bet they have many left over as of January or even February.

Somedays I bet, others I sleep in the shade with my tongue hanging out the side of my mouth. You decide.

I have been told... they will return to IGT any that they have left over sometime early next year.

I've been told lots of things, sometimes they are true. When the strikes are removed from the machines, and returned to IGT, I'm a believer.

Call me a skeptic, not of you or what you've been told, but of what comes from floor managers, cage people and even those casino folks who don't even know their casino has a (huh?) "strike machine?"

Come one, after knowing me through the BB all these years, you know what I'm going to say now?

I'll believe it, when I see it happen.