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06-10-2011, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by exiles
Prepei na eheis fillous Karpathious.
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Oi Karpathioi lene "tou hartopehti"...ohi "tou alogopehti"... 
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06-10-2011, 09:44 PM
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Easy answer.............
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Originally Posted by Casino
My son is now attending college hes now coming home for the summer.My question to this forum is would you ever take time to teach your kids how to handicapp?And do you think its a bad thing since most of the public opinion view is gambling is for degenerates.IMO personally me i would say no,and if i did my wife would put a stop to it quickly!
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..HELL NO!!
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06-10-2011, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Oi Karpathioi lene "tou hartopehti"...ohi "tou alogopehti"... |
Eheis dikeo legane hartopaikti yati then eihe alogopaiktes totes.
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06-10-2011, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Oi Karpathioi lene "tou hartopehti"...ohi "tou alogopehti"... |
Ta Amerikanakia etho then ehoun thei kalogerou arhidia.
Pige enas kleftis na klepsi ena ksoklisi yati nomize o kalogeros eleipe kai to
pianei o kalogeros kai ton rihni kato kai tou thinei ena megalo ksilo kai opos itan apo pano tou eithe o kleftis ta arhidia tou kalogerou yati then forouse sovrako
kai opote kokorevotane kanenas sto klefti autos elege ( esei then eheis thi kalogerou arhidia)
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06-10-2011, 10:08 PM
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That's a ton of stress....
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
The racetrack is usually where a college education goes to die.
Many a college student has traded in his college degree for the life of a renegade gambler...living off his "wits" at the track.
I know...because I was one of them...
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....i manged 2 undergrad degrees ( redundant i know ); while suffering horses and studying; and i mean suffering......
what a way to live; at the track when u have a midterm the next day; then trying to pull together some quality study hours after having your soul destroyed at the track just an hour earlier....
...dropping courses to try and save your GPA....which means the same course in the future....
...the worse: underachieving in both areas because of borrowing time from each endeavour.......
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light heartedness, health, and, success to all of us
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06-10-2011, 11:25 PM
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It's all Greek to me
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Originally Posted by exiles
Ta Amerikanakia etho then ehoun thei kalogerou arhidia.
Pige enas kleftis na klepsi ena ksoklisi yati nomize o kalogeros eleipe kai to
pianei o kalogeros kai ton rihni kato kai tou thinei ena megalo ksilo kai opos itan apo pano tou eithe o kleftis ta arhidia tou kalogerou yati then forouse sovrako
kai opote kokorevotane kanenas sto klefti autos elege ( esei then eheis thi kalogerou arhidia)
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Are you guys talking about the 3rd at Belmont tom'w?
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06-10-2011, 11:26 PM
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If my son had an interesting in handicapping of course I would teach him. No different than if he had an interest in computer programming, painting, etc..
I believe (as others have alluded to) that much can be gained from the handicapping experience. Discipline, statistical analysis and money management are just some of the concepts that can be applied throughout life outside of handicapping.
Those opposed to the idea claim, the game isn’t beatable and one’s time would be better spent pursuing other interests and so on. I’m not going to disagree – that may indeed be the case for those individuals. I’ve heard fellow classmates in college and graduate school complaining that the material or work load is overwhelming and quitting. I didn’t disagree with them – perhaps it was simply too difficult or challenging for them.
Personally, the most perplexing statement in your post is that you’re concerned about public opinion. You’re factoring in public opinion as to what you teach your children?
BTW, I don’t think my wife would oppose the idea either considering she often relied on the pari-mutuels to pay her undergrad tuition.
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06-11-2011, 01:35 AM
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The way the economy is going he has a better chance of making money at the horse races than he does using his college degree upon graduation!
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06-11-2011, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
The racetrack is usually where a college education goes to die.
Many a college student has traded in his college degree for the life of a renegade gambler...living off his "wits" at the track.
I know...because I was one of them...
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I learned how to play the horses while in college with student loan and grant money! I still graduated and had a lot of fun!
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06-11-2011, 02:10 AM
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My son (at Harvard Law School) has always been tolerant and understanding (in an amused sort of way) of my pursuit of handicapping as a hobby, but he himself has never shown a serious interest in either the sport or wagering aspects of the game. However, I have no doubt that he could and would succeed at it, if he applied himself to it. (On the other hand, having devoted his time and attention to other pursuits probably explains why he's at Harvard in the first place!)
His view of racing tends to be colored by the occasions when I took him to the Quad City Downs Betting Parlor in East Moline, Illinois (after the track itself had closed down for harness racing) from the time that we lived in Davenport, Iowa (from 1999 (when he was almost twelve) until 2004 (when he finished his junior year in high school)), where he still mentions his memories of a smoke-filled atmosphere, with retired men (whom he invariably refers to as my "bypass buddies" (punctuated with a cough when he says it)) standing in front of TV monitors, watching the stretch run of a race, and yelling, "Come on with that 2! Come on with that 2!" (never referring to the horse by name, only as a number).
I don't believe that my daughter (four years younger than my son) will ever develop the slightest inclination to follow racing in any respect. Her current interests are college and her boyfriend (but not necessarily in that order).
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06-11-2011, 02:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Exotic1
Are you guys talking about the 3rd at Belmont tom'w?
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Yup...the lengthy layoff of that Greek horse is a big concern.
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06-11-2011, 03:13 AM
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too much being made out of nothing.
I don't know how to play any type of casino games at all, never been. My dad goes a few times a year, and his wife like every other week.
If i called them and told his wife or him that hey im' going to the casino can one of you show me how to play black jack, it's not like it turns into the karate kid or something where I have to go on this epic journey and i'm wax on and wax offing at 5 in the morning just to learn the basics of the game.
There is not a person here, well not many that if you had a son and he was going to the track and he said something like "I'm going to bet on the gray horse" you wouldn't cringe and give him a few "words of advice", or break out a form and show him or her the basics of what they are looking at.
And if they have fun, maybe they come with you next time and you show them a little more.
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06-11-2011, 03:55 AM
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that's awesome..........
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Originally Posted by Overlay
My son (at Harvard Law School) has always been tolerant and understanding (in an amused sort of way) of my pursuit of handicapping as a hobby, but he himself has never shown a serious interest in either the sport or wagering aspects of the game. However, I have no doubt that he could and would succeed at it, if he applied himself to it. (On the other hand, having devoted his time and attention to other pursuits probably explains why he's at Harvard in the first place!)
His view of racing tends to be colored by the occasions when I took him to the Quad City Downs Betting Parlor in East Moline, Illinois (after the track itself had closed down for harness racing) from the time that we lived in Davenport, Iowa (from 1999 (when he was almost twelve) until 2004 (when he finished his junior year in high school)), where he still mentions his memories of a smoke-filled atmosphere, with retired men (whom he invariably refers to as my "bypass buddies" (punctuated with a cough when he says it)) standing in front of TV monitors, watching the stretch run of a race, and yelling, "Come on with that 2! Come on with that 2!" (never referring to the horse by name, only as a number).
I don't believe that my daughter (four years younger than my son) will ever develop the slightest inclination to follow racing in any respect. Her current interests are college and her boyfriend (but not necessarily in that order).
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....about your son scholastically.
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06-11-2011, 04:28 AM
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Double hell no son is twenty goes to college does not like horses. May be I should have took him to track since 4 or 5 years old like my father took me . We would spend every weekend at Santa anita ,Hollywood and del mar. All uncles would be their get to visit Mel stute barn.great childhood.
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06-11-2011, 07:44 AM
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The way the economy is going he has a better chance of making money at the horse races than he does using his college degree upon graduation!
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This is the quote of the year!
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