Mall or TGJB -- I am that annoying guy now who only \'calls\' when he needs a favor.
My wife and I will be at SAR on Saturday, Septebmer 4. Do either of you know how I can get two seats (anywhere will do) for that day? The price is not a problem for me.
I have been so out of the loop lately. Who won the KY Derby and how far off was Friedman\'s Wood #?
Thanks!
David
Seems to me you posted after the contoversy about the Derby beaten lengths...
That weekend it is usually very easy to get seats, you should be able to get them from NYRA.
If I recall, you live in Vegas. Were you at the Expo?
Jerry,
I live in Chicago now. I was being facetious about the Wood and Derby. How would I get tix from NYRA -- I thought that you had to write them or something -- or do you think that they will have tix at the gate to sell?
Thanks.
I\'ll check tomorrow to see if the box I used the week before last is available & there are two relatively new restaurants I can recommend, but it\'s been awhile & you\'re going to have to remind me of your email address.
Mall,
Thanks. My email is dpatent@harrahs.com.
David
I have seen a few references to the expo, and am wondering what I missed.
anybody care to recap, or is there nothing to tell?
ps -- dave p
how do you like chicago, so far?
burbs or city?
otb or track?
Post Edited (08-19-04 02:15)
I posted extensively about my experiences about a week after the Expo, and if you punch in \"Fear and disorientation in Las Vegas\" in the search engine below you should be able to find it.
The DRF is selling a box set of DVD\'s for areasonable price (I think $80). Our panel was edited, and Len F got the worst of the cuts-- his stirring closing comments, where he talked about the excitement we all feel when we sit down to handicap, were omitted. I got goose bumps listeneng to it, and flashed back to the many times we went to the track together in the early days. (At the banquet that followed, Steve Crist told a story about there not being enough rooms for all the guest speakers, the punch line being that Len and I had to share one. In fact, we did that many times, back in the days when Delaware was the only Sunday racetrack). Len\'s speech also made me wonder for about the hundreth time what the hell has happened to him, but that\'s another story.
They also edited out some of the testy exchanges between Len and myself, and my \"Changing Track Speeds\" presentation, which went over the heads of about half the audience, which got a bit restless. Since the level of that audience figures to be higher than that of those who buy the DVD, I\'m not sure how many would have gotten it anyway. The ones sophisticated enough to understand it and get the implications mostly already come to this site, where it is still up, and there have been over 6,000 downloads, which Paul guesses (and it is a guess) means about half that many unique viewers.
heh...you could\'ve edited the sales pitch at the end, but thanks for the reply --- just checked it out.
sounds like the UNedited dvd might be worth 80 bucks.
if I may return the favor --- you might be interested in this:
http://www.ncptsd.org/facts/general/fs_effects.html
ps
\"he (len) then unleashed his attack dogs on this Board. Here came Alydar, Marc, Soup, Jerry JR. and numerous other GOONS specifically to try and destroy TGJB and Thorograph. \"
hehehehehehehehehehe........
this is why I love the internet.
Where is the quote from?
oh, sorry..I should have attributed that --- it\'s from a silver charm reply in that thread.
here\'s the companion piece:
\"More to the point though was the ensuing war of words that began where Friedman basically called me (sc) a liar, bozo, partisan and a toady sicko.\"
heh...
Excuse me, but where in both of those statements, which I was the author, was there any inaccuracy???
Attack threads were coming in to This Board, from the previously named attack dogs, faster than spam mail in your Yahoo Bulk folder. Simply because I happened to be the man behind the grassy knoll on the day Chilukki broke her maiden.
My account of what happened on that fateful day totally brought into question the Speed Figure Methodology of not only the Ragozin Sheets but Beyer as well. Beyer gave Chilukki, a two year maiden running in April a 109 figure and I think Ragozin gave her a Negative Number. TGJB defended me. It was as though I testified against the Mob.
Why do you think I make it a point to never sleep in the same bed two nights in row.