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07-10-2017, 08:47 PM
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#46
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 16,908
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I forgot to say CONGRATULATIONS!
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07-11-2017, 12:54 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posts: 1,622
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PA first, the rest nowhere. Well done, many happy returns.
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07-11-2017, 01:21 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 28,546
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
You're confusing numbers on the alexa website...I'm nowhere near that popular.
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You are popular enough.
I was at my local OTB a couple of months ago, sitting next to a semi-regular who likes to ask me aggravating handicapping questions throughout the racing day. He noticed that I was browsing your website on my phone...and our conversation proceeded as such:
HE: "Are you a member of that site?"
ME: "Yeah...I've been a member there for a while now. It's a pretty cool place, where we hold some interesting conversations from time to time."
HE: "Yeah...I've been lurking there for a while...and I was thinking of joining up. But I can't stand some of those know-it-alls there...who can't stop bragging about what "great horseplayers" they are. All of them are 'pros'...who supposedly have this game 'all figured out'. Makes me sick to my stomach."
ME: "Yeah...I guess some of that goes on there once in a while. But it's easy to ignore, IMO. All in all...I find the place pretty enjoyable."
HE: "The guy who pisses me off the most is some guy named "thaskalos". He talks like that blind old guy in the old TV show KUNG FU...pretending that he is a "wise pro", and shit. I bet he is some bust-out who still lives in his mother's basement."
I gave him a disgusted look, and almost jumped down his throat...but then I noticed the $3000-worth of losing mutuel tickets that I had scattered in front of me...and I quickly deduced that this was the wrong time to defend my honor as a "wise pro". I gave him a fake smile...and ended the conversation tersely.
Congratulations, PA...and thank you for all the wonderful work that you do. 
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Last edited by thaskalos; 07-11-2017 at 01:29 AM.
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07-11-2017, 09:01 AM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
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That's a great story thask...not sure I believe it all, but if it's all true, great story for sure...
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07-11-2017, 10:08 AM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
Posts: 46,827
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
That's a great story thask...not sure I believe it all, but if it's all true, great story for sure...
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Gus talks to himself sometimes, that is all.
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07-11-2017, 12:52 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 16,487
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
You are popular enough.
I was at my local OTB a couple of months ago, sitting next to a semi-regular who likes to ask me aggravating handicapping questions throughout the racing day. He noticed that I was browsing your website on my phone...and our conversation proceeded as such:
HE: "Are you a member of that site?"
ME: "Yeah...I've been a member there for a while now. It's a pretty cool place, where we hold some interesting conversations from time to time."
HE: "Yeah...I've been lurking there for a while...and I was thinking of joining up. But I can't stand some of those know-it-alls there...who can't stop bragging about what "great horseplayers" they are. All of them are 'pros'...who supposedly have this game 'all figured out'. Makes me sick to my stomach."
ME: "Yeah...I guess some of that goes on there once in a while. But it's easy to ignore, IMO. All in all...I find the place pretty enjoyable."
HE: "The guy who pisses me off the most is some guy named "thaskalos". He talks like that blind old guy in the old TV show KUNG FU...pretending that he is a "wise pro", and shit. I bet he is some bust-out who still lives in his mother's basement."
I gave him a disgusted look, and almost jumped down his throat...but then I noticed the $3000-worth of losing mutuel tickets that I had scattered in front of me...and I quickly deduced that this was the wrong time to defend my honor as a "wise pro". I gave him a fake smile...and ended the conversation tersely.
Congratulations, PA...and thank you for all the wonderful work that you do. |
BTW, which OTB do you frequent? I'm guessing our paths crossed in the past.
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07-11-2017, 01:00 PM
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Mad as hell !
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Bridgeport, CT
Posts: 1,136
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The burning question is "which will fade away first, PA or horse racing in general" ?
Last edited by Nutz and Boltz; 07-11-2017 at 01:07 PM.
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07-11-2017, 01:08 PM
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#53
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: New York
Posts: 39
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I started reading Racing message boards back in 2001.
There were quit a few of them back then, I remember handicapping contests between the different boards.
Most are gone now sadly. PA thankfully continues on
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07-11-2017, 03:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: FL
Posts: 1,164
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Originally Posted by Tom
Wow! 18 years.
Amazing run.
I remember my first few times here....just a few people at the time. Boy did that change in a hurry. The old food fights in OT, in the racing section, ATM_ATW, Peep, Frank, Kat, Sain......you've had a better line up then Law & Order! 
Met a lot of great people through this place over the years, in the real world. Including YOU!
C O N G R A T S U L A T I O N S!!!!!!
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Don't forget PA's personal favorite Duke. 👍
While I don't contribute much any more, I still read this site most days. Congrats on on the birthday. Hard to believe us posters from day 1 didn't burn it down.
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07-12-2017, 06:56 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: pen
Posts: 4,578
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
He talks like that blind old guy in the old TV show KUNG FU......
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master? do you not know all the horses in that racing form by memory?
yes grasshopper!! but can any gambler afford such arrogance?
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07-12-2017, 11:45 AM
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loose on the lead
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: mosquito cove NY
Posts: 6,604
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Just saw the bridgejumper thread linked in a paulick report article. PA KEEPS WINNING
Mind you I caught this on Facebook. Cool stuff
https://www.paulickreport.com/news/r...-simple-wager/
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07-12-2017, 07:52 PM
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Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: near Philadelphia
Posts: 4,560
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Congrats Mike on your great, great website.
Continued success with PA and any other endeavor you engage in.
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07-12-2017, 08:43 PM
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#58
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 2,357
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I show up late to this birthday party and you guys are already drunk!Fortunately I did my catching up just now with a few beers. 18 years old? I have underwear older than that. What's the big deal?
Seriously Mike. Congratulations. You deserve success for putting up with guys like me. Happy Birthday.
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07-12-2017, 08:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Central New Jersey
Posts: 1,467
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[quote=I miss AOL dial-up[/quote]
I miss CompuServe BBS
Congrats Mike, Happy Birthday PA
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07-12-2017, 11:57 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: St. Louis suburb
Posts: 1,761
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Congratulations.
It was on this site that I witnessed indisputable evidence for the expertise of "the Crowd". It may have been Jeff P who posted a database displaying the incredible accuracy of the public, whose odds-to-win pct. correlated almost perfectly, even at small increments like 3-1/7-2...9-2/5-1.
Toss in a few threads about Bill Benter, et.al., incorporating public odds as a significant factor, and I altered my approach for the better.
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