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Gamble,
I was thinking last night about the three planets, while gazing up at the stars.
Many planets have passed across my field of vision this past decade. Some were Plutoesque in that they weren’t really as planet sized as they originally seemed. A few were Goofy. Most were Mickey Mouse. Virtually all are now Donald Ducked.
The telescope focused on a remarkable new sighting in a far off galaxy last night – Planet Bodugi. On it an an Arena and in that Arena our hero, spear and rope chain in hand.
He looked ready for one final battle. I will keep you posted of developments.
Glenn keep me informed of any battle action
I’ve always liked a good hun fight.That night you peeked through the bivuoac
to spot three stars in the black
was the same night four krone
were lined up before me
and gave no assistance in writing one wordYesterday I repeated the exercise
with two of the remaining krones
and an intended topic ofaberration
once more drawing a blank.
Today on a blank all weather day
I feel more inclined
but aberration is far for my mind.
and I will just spill what is in there.Lord Aspinall felt he knew what made a good gambler.
however his definition missed two important qualities;
generosity of spirit and a high boredom threshold.The old centre stage in both of the world’s
greatest horror productions
Psycho and little miss riding.
I find it hard to separate them.My name is Davidus Lothario Nevisanus
. Commander of the Armies of Planet Bodugi. General of the Haigh legions. Loyal servant to the true Emperor, King After. Father to a Nevisoned scoop6, husband to a laser beamed topless dancer – and I will have my mammories, after this cup of tea or the next.
one could sink another krone and get repetitive..
Father to a murdered scoop
Husband of a murdered slice
I’ll have my vengeance on topless,
in this life or
on the next six…(oops yours might be better)
just watched the river wild, now running close
second favourite in a three runner stakes
of the most repeated film on television
Shawshank, River Wild, or Neveron’s Gladiator.
Open the envelope and
There’s a nose in it,
and, the winning jockey’s tellling line..‘There’s not a day goes by and I don’t feel regret’
I liked gamble’s comment on the proper forum about how many of us will be posting in another 10 years, and all those lost people…
I’ve just looked and the last time I posted was 17 months ago. I think there’s a repetition to the threads that does for people in the end, (or they take against someone, or they don’t feel welcome, or they have a strop). Or their own lives turn against them. I wonder how many are dead. (RIP Daylight).
So it’s always a treat for those of us reduced to occasional guest viewing to see the likes of Glenn and gamble chewing the fat over Ionesco and the death of value…
My list included a few names from
the top of my head;
Jim Nore Zass Pewter Escorial
I thought to include you also Tooting
as your name sprung to mind and you
are older than me in forum terms
dating back pre La Penn thread.
Of course you are accessible
via a link to your blog so
you are still a working member.Matron is the only original I can
think of who is still banging the keys.
Can you think of any others ?I find your term
‘from the proper forum’
quite illuminating.aberration
I am hugely concentrated in the markets
some days up to sixteen hours with obvious
breaks but I have have a heavy workload and commitments
in other areas too, and recently have been suffering
the classic signs of exhaustion.When I visit a forum I wish mostly to
relax and be stimulated by other minds.
I am possibly an aberration in that
I am not hugely interested in others
views on what horse will win an individual race.
I do visit the proper forum quite regularly
in fact I visit all sections when time allows to see
what is going on and what people are saying,
about matters on the serious side,
but mainly I come to unwind,
and so I am often in hereForums are highly interesting life forms;
highly sensitive to change and
moods and they can be seen to quake
with unpredictability and volatility.
I have seen four forums disintegrate and
die. There is a core of members that decide this
each individually, unless there is an outside
event. How big the core is depends on
the size of the forum. I would suggest the core
varies from five to ten percent of active
members. A few people can vastly effect
the feel of a forum in fact sometimes one person, can
put his hands up and physically stop the tide.
Sometimes worse than death though is sterility.
Forums will go through a sterile period before death.Anyone fancy a drink
You’ve always kept too late hours for me gamble!
Rory pre-dates me – not sure if he’s still posting. And apracing, not that you’ll see him down here! And no doubt many others are still around in some guise or other.
By "proper forum", of course, I meant the raison d’etre for the site, to which I presume this little lounge was an annexe that came with the software, and I think it was called something else in those days – I’ve forgotten what.
I also liked to roam the other forums when the racing threads became too repetitive, or when an escorial or Avis squatted over the board – a job gone ginger these days – and found a nice little snug down here where the people were friendly, if the politics not always to my taste!
I am also very fond of the systems forum, a dusty basement full of blokes tinkering and hammering away, seeking alchemy.
"And the rest of the world thinks we are all total nutters, but they can go and talk to their backsides for all I care. Because they are all just fruit-loops who don’t know what it is to believe in something which is hard to see, or keep looking for something which is totally hard to find."
Anyone fancy a drink
Sir, your batphone is ringing.
Tooting – Potts is the legend’s legend. I first bumped into his camera crew on the Esher slopes in 1994 backing a horse named Koathary, who had appeared through the mist on the Sussex Downs at 50s+ on the nanny just a few weeks before.
It was sad to read that, like Nevison, he appears to have hung up his gloves. It would be great to have a drink with him one day.
They say the world is just a stage and I feel that our hero still has a starring role in this theatre of the absurd!
I have found a spare twenty minutes
to react a little to the thoughts on here
also answered the phone Glenn.I must backtrack on my suggestion
I am uninterested in peoples views
on what particular horse might
win a thread,I mean a race.
I had just had too much horse feed
and I gave a tired reply.At some stage I will do a conclusive
study on American racing – I have
been tinkering around its edges
and would suggest to the uninitiated
to delve lightly as it is a conFusing and
difficult product.
In contrast despite the lack
of liquid I do like the red ochre sands
of the Vaal and these are much easier
markets than one dollar day at turf paradise.
or the walking on eggshells that is
necessary in Meydan.Well Tooting it looks like you are one of the
four horsemen – one of the remaining four originals;
Rory posts occasionally I believe and
Potts has visited the lounge on a couple
of occasions in the past nine years of thread.Glenn I had no idea Potts and Nevison have retired
from racing. As for as Nevison it is British rail’s
loss.The system section, the wards seven crowd
do a lot of grafting
and it can be a nice read. Some of Billion’s
memories of ordinary life in the thirties and forties
were a definite winner.Gamble , long time no see in this parlour of Japery …..
Tooting nice to see you and Glen as well
The question is who was David Marshall and what happened pre flutter days
cheers
Ricky
Marshall was a very evil
minded person Ricky.
Far more so than any
I have seen in this house,
and as Mr Pilsen suggests
he was rotten to the core,
but certainly wouldn’t aspire
to Johnny’s heights
and possibly still lives
with the old dad who
reputedly used to beat him
repeatedly
until he was rightYes I was aware of where
you were coming from,
but thanks for the link
I hadn’t seen it.Lydon lived in Finsbury
with an outside toilet.
Possibly why he trashed
toilets in Chelsea
in later life !I see , I wonder if we will ever witness that sort of japery again , we live in a much more sanitised version of TRF nowadays , where its all about the new posters and their jolly happy days out tra la la ….and if at all possible lets not get contentious
ah well maybe its best to stick to this part of the outpost
Tell us more Gamble as I fear we will all be dead or barred unless we get to the bottom of this affair
cheers
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Hi there. I’m a new member but despite what you say above Ricky, it’s a while since I had a day out though the Governor assures me I’ll be getting early release soon; however, I fear I’ll be going straight back to the hospital. All the same, I look forward to reading more from you and your friend Gamble.
Ricky,
Flutter was a magical place. It’s where Gotham’s Good Guys go when they die.
95% books, the managaemnt shipped greenhorns in by the coachload and stuffed tenners in their pocket money pockets and the Miss World betting never closed.
Form study consisted of collating as many past copies of page three of the Sun as you could get your hands on and browsing them at leisure. The shills didn’t know their Deep Impacto from their Haru Urara.
It was the days of the wild west before the bots and insiders and gravy trainers breathed on the world with timid breath.
Greg Wood likened them to Everton but Andy Gray never donned a flutter sweater. Annakin smoked a lot and got others to pay for his pizza while De Pakki did good business with his 2500% Grand National books.
The offices were next door to The Griffin public house and ever since they pulled the plug many have been praying for a revival. Some Meerkats set up shop there last year but they seem no more than a pale imitation.
Today Davidus Nevisanus Lotharius carries the baton for all who wish to see those days back again. I feel like we should all challenge him to a duel inside the Arena. Maybe the baying mob will return once more.
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