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As I mentioned in my first post on this long thread, Caledon IS very clever, and, even though I’m still not entirely sure that this is or isn’t an extremely skillful " fishing trip" a la aforementioned " buttfair forum", I am prepared to try keep an open mind here.
Therefore I welcome further posts from Caledon and Tuffers; where’s the harm, when all is said and done.Btw, Caledon,
pointless personal abuse, lack of comprehension, failure to read what is written, and blinkered fantasising are all long-standing normal ingredients of racing message-boards. This one is as bad as any, imo – and I’ve been on most!
It must be all very different from the academic world of higher mathematics, I guess!
Anyway, keep posting, please. This thread will run and run, till, most likely, "admin" step in to lock it closed.
Same old racing message-board format, I regret to say, but that’s just the way things are.Not sure if Caledon is still about, but I just wanted to ask if he believes in "trading" and/or "dutching"?
I noticed he mentioned "Angel" several times.Caledon is certainly very clever and I welcome his presence here. I’m not clever enough myself to know whether this is just a fishing/wind-up thread ,or, whether, as he says, he would just like a bit of chat about the gambling game, in order to break the boredom and loneliness of being a pro-punter.
What I can say, with absolute certainty, is that there are definitely some professional punters who use this forum. In fact, one well-know guy has taken so much flak from the the usual suspects here, that he threatened to stop posting at one stage.
On the other hand, there seems to be several who think they are an authority on almost every subject, yet, in my humble opinion, may not be quite as clever as they think.
Anyway, I hope you continue to post, as I find the subject very interesting. Btw, I think Tuffers is probably one of the switched-on posters here, though I’m judging only by what I see on this forum.
All the best with your come-back!
Thanks, Craig.
I suppose it’s difficult to generalise about a sub-continent with any degree of accuracy.
In Great Britain – London, to be precise – I’ve witnessed terrible hatred between West Indians and black Africans. And that was just in the bookie’s!Imo, tribalism is one of the strongest forces for both bonding and dividing folk. It’s often called "soccer".
Thanks, Neil, though I’m afraid that was wasted on me, as I’ve never even heard of Andie MacDowell.
And thanks to Craig for the clarification.
Now that I have a rough idea about who Craig is, my opinion is that his remarks about "blacks seeing Obama as one of their own" are a bit off-beam.
In my view, Obama is not a true, typical black American, ie, he is not a descendent of slaves brought from Africa to work in the southern states.
When all is said and done, this dude is "half-white".
Now, there’s no way anybody would come out with a silly statement that " whites are glad to have Obama in power because he is one of their own".The whole idea is ludicrous, but, as I think there is a lot of nonsense spouted about so-called race and racism, I ‘ll not be saying any more about the matter, as it’s unproductive. You don’t like the guy and that’s all there is to it. Enough said, imo; no need for spurious reasoning involving things like south Chicago dialect, etc.
When I was at the Breeders Cup, I saw some of the electioneering on TV and, imo, McCain was an even better speaker/orator than Obama.
It’s all acting, anyway, so I rarely take much heed of politicians.
My conclusion remains unchanged from then: supporters of Obama -_whoever he is/ whatever he is – should prepare to be disappointed.
Ain’t nothing much he can do in reality.
I wish there was, but, as I still recall how hopeful we were when Jack Kennedy became the first non-wasp to be President, I can’t help remembering how things didn’t go quite the way we wanted back then.
Those Texan oil-barons had a lot of power.I must confess to not knowing the basic facts that led to this long thread that seems to stem from an apology by Craig, but maybe some kind soul will answer a few of my questions, so that I may get up with the pace and get a grip of the situation here?
Is Craig a young English or Scottish schoolteacher who lives in the States and wants to be a racing commentator?
Did he find it easy to get his Green Card?Yes, Kentdougal is correct.
There are probably millions of punters across the country who do not realise this.
As for betfire, I asked them how does a punter back the unnamed fav; the reply suggested that there is no facility for this, other than taking a guess.This domination in NH racing is very interesting. Is there a geographical bias?
It seems than any English stable north of Herefordshire can hope for no more than the occasional shock win.Thank you, Drone,
though I feel little wiser.I did waste a few minutes reading through all that tosh, though, as I’m heading for Cheltenham in a few hours time, I’d have been better off snoring in bed.
Just for the record, things in Thailand are pretty bad at present, and I’m not sure whether the Pringle’s factory is any better.
Sadly, the bets don’t seem to have done the business, though I was half convinced that the dude was keen on Imperial Commander, which was alright.
Anyway, I hope that all characters involved are doing fine. 
"Time for bed": said Zebedee; or, was that Jackanory?I don’t find Harrow any worse than the average for the outer London boroughs. The area near the hill is decent, though, criminals can and do operate anywhere around London.
What really fkd solid working-class "Irish" Harrow was the closure of Kodak; killed off in the name of technological progress, when those cell-phone cameras took over.
Actually, there are plenty of really rich "immigrants" in the borough, especially in among the Jewish and Indian communities, but, like most places in Britain, the place and the quality of life is on the decline.Well done, Alan, Pat, Robert, and, of course, the star himself, Salute!
A wonderful run to win the last race of what was a very good card for Wolver.
I was very happy with the 7/1 on course. I note we have both Laddies and Billies standing in the line now. Apparently, they bought a couple of cheap pitches in order to make sure that there will always be enough books at Wolver to return an SP.
Btw, I thought the three of you looked very smart and confident in the paddock before racing.Glenn,
You don’t me to tell you that "ALL" never do anything in the world of gambling.
The game wouldn’t work like that.
Still I can’t quite follow the aim of that, Dave, I’m afraid:
Betting shop folk, who fund the levy, taking 9/2 early about a gambled easy winner, can’t be all bad, can it?
Certainly, it did me no harm, so I’m not complaining, even though my own selection in the race was feeble.
Btw, whatever happened to Fist of Fury? Why has he taken a sabbatical?
I must have missed a few chapters, I think.I cannot see the point of this perrenial anti-Wolverhampton theme thread that several members on this forum seem to delight in dishing out several times a month.
Surely it cannot be a gesture of sympathy towards those "mug-punters in the shops" who bet at SP and also receive regular slaggings from the "sharper brains" on here?
Certainly, nobody in the ring at Wolver, except the very slow, or, the very sure, bet at SP, and the likelihood is that any shop punter, who fancied that horse, got on at the early shop price of 9/2.
Can’t you change the record to something original like moaning about the weather ?
