And that’s exactly what I need to connect my laptop to an online casino and gamble online while the guys outside are blowing themselves and everyone else to smithereens. When night falls I switch on the emergency lights and connect up my laptop. From there I go straight to my fantasy world of bright lights, gorgeous women and the clicking of casino chips.

I’m on my third laptop – the first two were ruined by the fine dust that gets into everything. My internal system manages it quite well, but the laptops fold after a few months of grinding dust. The good news is that on each tour I made enough money in the online casino to afford new laptops.

I’m working on a major personal project now. I read about the new Bentley in the papers and I just have to have one of those! So I’m playing for a big win. I play slots for a while hoping to hit the progressive jackpot. You have to play the maximum number of coins to qualify for the jackpot; it means that I’m betting $5 on each spin of the reels. I get nowhere and my cupful of coins disappears pretty quickly. 

I switch to roulette, the other game in the online casino where one can make a major hit quickly. I select $50 chips. I choose a number, 19, in my head and place one chip on each of the following: 2nd Dozen, 1st Column, Red and Odd and I spin, holding my breath. Number 19 comes up and I have won 4 times $100 or $400. I move the four $100 chips onto number 23, mutter a short prayer and spin. Got it! I have won $14,000 without straining myself. I am on the way. Now I need to decide on the Bentley model so I can get an idea of the price. I break from the casino and surf for a few minutes. I’m looking at a tad over $200,000. I guess I will be here in the sands of Iraq for quite a while.

Posted on: November 15, 2008

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