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12-25-2016, 04:20 PM
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12-25-2016, 06:52 PM
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#32
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: California
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Nothing has change in Hoopieville. It nothing but WWF Wrestlemania anyway.
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Likewise with randomness, uncertainty, chaos: you want to use them, not hide from them. You want to be fire and wish for wind. -- Antifragile, Nassim Taleb
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12-26-2016, 06:23 PM
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This was always going to happen. Once declared "seasonal," employees get no benefits. This saves ownership money.
On a personal note, given the unique range of rolls I fill at mnr, I SHOULD be confident of being called back this spring-but nobody, myself included, is resting all that easily these days.
With that said, however, I'm a realist who never expected such a long successful run, and I'm well-satisfied with our legacy and body of work.
And, incidentally, if I HAVE been canned, permanently, that is, it's not NEARLY as traumatic as I would have expected. My confidence and sense of self remain virtually unshaken.
I'm now backed by two separate whales, and Mahoning is easy pickings.
Thumbs down to Mahoning, by the way, for routinely running out of forms, refusing to change monitors in the upstairs sports bar to the local product, and failing to anticipate today's large crowd. Some of the omens there are not real encouraging.
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12-26-2016, 06:56 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Boston+Ocala
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mountainman
This was always going to happen. Once declared "seasonal," employees get no benefits. This saves ownership money.
On a personal note, given the unique range of rolls I fill at mnr, I SHOULD be confident of being called back this spring-but nobody, myself included, is resting all that easily these days.
With that said, however, I'm a realist who never expected such a long successful run, and I'm well-satisfied with our legacy and body of work.
And, incidentally, if I HAVE been canned, permanently, that is, it's not NEARLY as traumatic as I would have expected. My confidence and sense of self remain virtually unshaken.
I'm now backed by two separate whales, and Mahoning is easy pickings.
Thumbs down to Mahoning, by the way, for routinely running out of forms, refusing to change monitors in the upstairs sports bar to the local product, and failing to anticipate today's large crowd. Some of the omens there are not real encouraging.
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merry xmas.......they had a .10 superfecta today that paid over $16,000. i happened to have had the winner and liked the horse that ran third in the race, but i didn't even think of playing the super!
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12-26-2016, 06:56 PM
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Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 2,053
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mountainman
This was always going to happen. Once declared "seasonal," employees get no benefits. This saves ownership money.
On a personal note, given the unique range of rolls I fill at mnr, I SHOULD be confident of being called back this spring-but nobody, myself included, is resting all that easily these days.
With that said, however, I'm a realist who never expected such a long successful run, and I'm well-satisfied with our legacy and body of work.
And, incidentally, if I HAVE been canned, permanently, that is, it's not NEARLY as traumatic as I would have expected. My confidence and sense of self remain virtually unshaken.
I'm now backed by two separate whales, and Mahoning is easy pickings.
Thumbs down to Mahoning, by the way, for routinely running out of forms, refusing to change monitors in the upstairs sports bar to the local product, and failing to anticipate today's large crowd. Some of the omens there are not real encouraging.
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take down that pick 6 mountainman!
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12-27-2016, 01:20 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Originally Posted by EMD4ME
Agreed! I LOVE the Mountainman and Nancy as well.
Mountainman is in another world, when it comes to hard work and talent.
They can land anywhere. I hope they land on their feet near a track I love IF MNR goes away
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Please don't mistake me, my friend. As a reliable source of income, talking on tv beats the living hell out of competing with real money against guys like you.
In other words, don't expect me to dive into the Emerald Downs pools anytime soon.
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12-27-2016, 02:14 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: west view, pa. now Lancaster, Ca.
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Originally Posted by Peter Berry
I can say with the utmost confidence that the owners of Mountaineer are committed to its future. They want racing to succeed and prosper.
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Peter, is mnr suffering because of the new casinos in Pittsburgh-Meadows and Presque isle?? seems for a while a short 45 drive to Newel...but now less then then a 15 mins. to the rivers and 25 to the meadows all highway. rt 30 2 lane country rds from 22/30 and cutting through Springs down by the mill up 2 just as long.
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and now in Lancaster, CA.
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12-27-2016, 06:55 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 876
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Originally Posted by alhattab
Funny post- not sure if intended but funny nonetheless- in spite of the sad subject matter. I've never so much as taken a drag from a cigarette and the smell never bothered me either. I looked forward to it since they banned smoking indoors at the NJ tracks. Maybe because my dad used to smoke at the kitchen table. As far as the cat peeing, pretty much anything smells better than cat piss!
Hang in there Peter!
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Thats good considering the crew you hang with at monmouth
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12-27-2016, 09:37 AM
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#39
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Track Announcer
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 521
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ldiatone
Peter, is mnr suffering because of the new casinos in Pittsburgh-Meadows and Presque isle?? seems for a while a short 45 drive to Newel...but now less then then a 15 mins. to the rivers and 25 to the meadows all highway. rt 30 2 lane country rds from 22/30 and cutting through Springs down by the mill up 2 just as long.
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Mahoning Valley and the state's money grab have hurt us more.
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12-27-2016, 10:19 AM
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NoPoints4ME
Join Date: Sep 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Berry
Mahoning Valley and the state's money grab have hurt us more.
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States money grab of slot revenue? (Excuse my ignorance please)
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12-27-2016, 10:46 AM
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Track Announcer
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 521
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Originally Posted by EMD4ME
States money grab of slot revenue? (Excuse my ignorance please)
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Yes. Low-hanging fruit.
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12-27-2016, 11:13 AM
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NoPoints4ME
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 9,854
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Originally Posted by Peter Berry
Yes. Low-hanging fruit.
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yuck.... sorry to hear that.
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12-27-2016, 04:46 PM
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Just Deplorable
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lebanon, Ohio
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Hey Pete, send out some feelers to Belterra. It's a nice 5 1/2 month meet; they may not be looking for a new announcer, but they should be.
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12-27-2016, 05:34 PM
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NoPoints4ME
Join Date: Sep 2013
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12-27-2016, 09:20 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
Posts: 46,816
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EMD4ME
States money grab of slot revenue? (Excuse my ignorance please)
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Horsemen and tracks were just as quick to do a money grab when slots came about too. It will go away everywhere eventually.
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