Chanceyness

All this chanceyness is only part of the gamble. I mentioned the risk of starvation.

‘The chanceyness of it all,’ I tried to explain as he lay there blowing smoke out into the sky. The houses and the offices and the showrooms with the people going in and out.

What I am trying to figure out is how is this chanceyness being cranked into the decisions and the plans of both EPA and the State Department as you go to negotiate with all these enthusiasts on the other side of the oceans.