tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528393111359731672.post5480521726220357327..comments2024-03-24T00:19:53.054+00:00Comments on Green All Over: The Timelessness Of Derby DayCassinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879449876804295094noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528393111359731672.post-69268791729573729412009-06-12T05:29:55.468+01:002009-06-12T05:29:55.468+01:00Sorry Phil - interseting stuff as always from you....Sorry Phil - interseting stuff as always from you. I turned the moderation on because some twat was smamming some stock market scheme and commented twice on here and it was annoying.Cassinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05879449876804295094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528393111359731672.post-915761362077407962009-06-10T17:42:35.559+01:002009-06-10T17:42:35.559+01:00Why have you switched to "comment moderation&...Why have you switched to "comment moderation" Cass? I have replied to a couple or three of your posts but nothing has appeared. Are you getting some dodgy comments, or what?<br /><br />Regards, PhilPhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528393111359731672.post-92194190426879219442009-06-07T10:55:59.205+01:002009-06-07T10:55:59.205+01:00Hi Cass,
My actual birthplace was Epsom, according...Hi Cass,<br />My <i>actual</i> birthplace was Epsom, according to my birth certificate, but I only remember living in Croydon. However, I went to many Derby days on the Downs where there were plenty of bookie stands, most of dubious standing!<br /><br />I was about 14 or so and just left school when I went to one Derby meeting and had a bet in every race! OK, only 1/- each, and all at ludicrously high odds, 33-1 or so. I kept all the bookie tickets with the horse name and odds which I'd written on the back. All were losers of course. I got home and told my Dad where I'd been and what I'd done. He was absolutely furious as I'd lost what was then a fair bit of money (six shillings). I argued my case by saying that I stood to win a lot of money as the odds were so big! He gave me a lesson in betting probabilities there and then.<br /><br />It's a truism that 99% of ordinary punters always lose; it is only the occasional "win" that keeps their interest in horse-racing alive. If the losing run is long enough, (and this varies with the individual of course) then the interest will die.<br /><br />I've <i>never</i> completely lost my interest in horse-racing ever since a "traveller" for Marshall Taplows, the wines and spirits arm of Charringtons the brewers for whom I once worked gave us a tip for a nag called Bahktapeace, which I backed with the local bookie for 1/- each way. It won at 33-1 no less! However, having worked in the game between 1956-1972 for various bookies I have always kept my punting to a very small level. If I have a £5 bet then it has to be something special, and these are very few and far between. I had £2 on Sea the Stars yesterday, and that was a big bet for me!PhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.com