Gamble Goes Lame

[gamble]

I am experiencing connectivity problems
with the present rathter than the past.
Nathan
I did read through too and found some difficulty.
I detected an error, I will correct …

I did not tip the clergy in malta
to discover the whereabouts of the island’s animals
No, I tipped them as it was customary
as I did in St Paul’s cave,
when after greasing his palm
and quite independently of the exchange
did I ask him quite directly
where he had hidden his beast.

Colin,
my krone supplies are always run dowm
in this ultra dry society run by
bankers on hen legs
whose duties swish around
in troublesome
Afghanistan immune tummies.

Of course the unmentionable one
was only a hard and fast rule
on Daylight’s watch
Sharon Avis was that the code ?

His departure and failed acquisition of
the site were seminal cloudbursts
in the stormy history
of this the truffle.

I liked

Mac

and

I aint never coming back

and relished the deluge
in the big thunderstorm
of ten thousand cats and dogs

[Grasshopper]

Good to see you back, wooly one.

[gamble]

Hi there hoppery
greetings
‘n good to see you.

Whereas I cannot
lose my wool
you seem to have had
your admin feelers removed
What was the story there
a mud wrestling match with the knife ?
Or would the advertising revenue
not recognise your expertise at fu kung
and cough up for a new swearbox

[Drone]

The heat of the high mediterranean sun doesn’t seem to have affected the twilit-dark austere northern european prose so thanks be to whoever

Leather armchairs are sooo…not Latin

Why Ravenna, and a hirsute signorina’s ankle and butt?

The Wessie cherubim were there on South Bay sands waiting to bare their acres of pink
to you and Savile from your vantage point high above on Esplanade.

Come July the Boro’ is warned… but you didn’t show boo-hoo

The cold town’s loss was the sweaty boot and ankle’s gain

Being a toe kinda guy a gentle kick in the med floats my boat – Taormina and Etna way

Do linger awhile, and while the winter away with the rest of we grinders of the purple fount

you know it don’t come easy

[Cav]

"grinders" being the operative word

[Grasshopper]

Hi there hoppery
greetings
‘n good to see you.

Whereas I cannot
lose my wool
you seem to have had
your admin feelers removed
What was the story there
a mud wrestling match with the knife ?
Or would the advertising revenue
not recognise your expertise at fu kung
and cough up for a new swearbox

Au Contraire, gamble – my Jedi skills remain intact, and my light-sabre is straight, true, and glows bright green like Master Windu’s.

I fear that my apparent descent from Olympus is due merely to a missing font-change – doubtless overlooked during the recent digital upheavals. Rest assured, I still sup the ambrosia from Cormack’s teat.

As far as the siteadvertising goes, I am more cognisant these days of the damage that can be done with the written word, and try to temper my ‘enthusiasm’ in this area. This change in approach is thanks mainly to my charitable work with the Dsylexia Foundation and the National Council for the Understanding of Tourettes.

[ricky lake]

Flat cap returns ,cead mile failte, nice to see you posting again , I also liked Ian and to be honest cant see why after many moons have passed we cant hear from him again

one can only hope …..

So go on , tell us more about your rambles …..

best as always

Ricky

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[Tor mentor]

As he’s been mentioned…anyone know what ID is doing now? I chucked a few quid at the green place some years ago.There was talk of Eddie The Shoe pumping a lot of liquidity into it.

Not kept tabs on what happened.I wish him well in whatever he’s doing.

[Grasshopper]

The Green Machine was brought down by the Gambling Act, as I understand it – the licencing fees being deemed to be too high for the business to be sustainable.

Last I heard he was involved in Basingstoke FC, but I haven’t seen hide nor hair of the Third Mitchell in a long time – though he may still post on BetFair.

Glenn is a bloodhound when it comes to this kind of stuff, and may be able to cast some more contemporary light on what once was a most compelling tale of gaming-industry-insider shiftiness, opinionated bluster and diva-esque tantrums.

[Glenn]

There lays a tale………

With magnifying glass held to eye we go to Companies House and search the IbetX records:

23/12/2008 DIRECTOR RESIGNED IAN DAVIES

29/04/2008 DIRECTOR APPOINTED IAN DAVIES

What sad tale could lie behind such perfunctory entries? Departing two days before Xmas? We can but speculate, but Basingstoke Town would appear to loom large.

I might let slip what I know after a few krones. Stay tuned – same bat time, same bat channel………

[Pompete]

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Cormack – Firm but Fair

….there are only two rules –

Do Not Write On The Walls and Obey All The Rules

[Drone]

As he’s been mentioned…anyone know what ID is doing now? I chucked a few quid at the green place some years ago.There was talk of Eddie The Shoe pumping a lot of liquidity into it.

If memory serves ID was first smitten by EF in a chance encounter on the return train from Ludlow, and suspect the only liquidity exchanged between them then and in future trysts was in response to the shout of ‘your round’

Mr D was/is an able scribe but far too LOUD
Mr F is an able scribe and agreeably reserved

They seem chalk ‘n’ cheese to me

At least they do when peering through narrowed eyes at the closeted racing village from my favoured pitch way out here on the perimeter

but they do say opposites attract[/color:23dnet23]

[gamble]

eee
Drone the south bay sands acres of flesh beauty
reminds me much of the big bubbly unquenchable
mistress of the keys who kept a clean house
at the Three Gables. She was so large that
as she crept the stair to gain entry to the
lucky one on the top floor his ardour quickly retreated
at the thought of Mike Tyson having booked the same room
so loud did the stair wood crack and creak and the handle
shake.

Why Ravenna ? I was there five years again writing my first paper on the secret of life and I believe in twice lucky and forget the whys and butts of familiarity.

back in jiff

[Tor mentor]

All interesting stuff,and sounds like more to come

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I do love a bit of gossip

[gamble]

Drone thanks for your refreshing words
and Ricky so good to see you

… as for Avis showing us his stumps

… I have planned a day pass for all the one eyed
to return to this site and spit their usual venom
until all the eyes are full of spittle
then they be led to the top of truffle mountain
to be suspended by the legs until each has recovered
their sight and seen the light and shouted Mac

What I will say about Davies was
his £10000 problem with this site
and of course some rough justice came his way
for wasn’t that the self same amount
that the gambling act imposed on minnow exchanges ?

Grass Hopper ahhh I left you till last
as I have ,more on you..

you are or have the most unfortunate
green member
For it was in October 2004 in a very old
email to Jilly that I was discussing
your possible banning from this site.
In fact you were not banned but rather
lost in space with all your post numbers
in the shredder.

Your charitable work for dyslexics is no great
surprise to me as previously you set yourself up as grand master in the word association thread to get
the others past the magical three letters

[gamble]

Actually thinking of the main contributors
to word association I can only think of you Hopper
and matron and possibly non vintage. All the others were
lost – oh Razeen put his four letter boot in there once

I have to admit I was a secret reader
it was the same sort of pleasure
I get when tapping a table
or playing dominoes
or watching tales of the unusual people
a nice atmosphere too
clubby

Downside was it was
pretty damned annoying
but Davies’s mantra was
let sleeping dogs lie

[gamble]

I am just drinking my first tea of the day
writing near a draughty window
with a new sore throat for company.

I hope my idea of a three day pass
for the cruelly banned lifers
is at least considered by admin.
I have never been in favour of a lifetime
ban and I wouldn’t be writing if
reversal of my term had not been sought
thank you Slippy Blue.
Actually Xmas with its carols
Good King ….
might be a time suggestion

I wish Davies well with his football interests.
His chances of getting back on here
are far less than him scoring a convincing hatrick for Basingstoke though.
I would like to touch again briefly on the
subject of gorillas in the mist or

grinders on the exchanges

A few years ago before BUG (betfair Union Group)
was being thashed out Betfair announced some
interesting figures on those earning 15k and over a year. Correct me if I am wrong but pretty sure it was
.071 or .073 well seven people in a thousand.

My suspicions are that that figure has dropped
have there been any further announcements ?
and there are more big winners and less minor ones.
The premium charge however may have restored
the numbers back to what they were.

This doesn’t avoid the fact that 97% are grinders
keeping their heads just above and many many in the red.

A morning toast to all of you !

[Author]

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