FL horsemen:"Screw everyone else. We got ours"

[EasyGoer89]

Originally Posted by BIGTKLO

C'MON MAN nobody needs to see the side profile.

Completes

The superfextahhhhhhhhhhh!!

Love that.

[FantasticDan]

Originally Posted by BIGTKLO

FUNNY STUFF and you have the Soccer Dan call. I called Lava Man, LAVER MAN, and my buddies rode me hard about it.

At least you didn't call Tin Cup Chalice "Tin Cup Sha-lace" in the Indiana Derby..

[Tom]

Originally Posted by BIGTKLO

I don't think there are that many grocery stores in the immediate area for all of us. Oh well, my doctor has been asking me to lose weight for quite some time.

I know people at TOPS.

[BIGTKLO]

Get me in produce. I might not be able to resist taking from the cashier on big pick 6 carryover days.

[thaskalos]

Originally Posted by BIGTKLO

Get me in produce. I might not be able to resist taking from the cashier on big pick 6 carryover days.

Tom will get you in bakery...where you'll be in the dough.

[cj]

Originally Posted by Tom

I know people at TOPS.

They still making baseball cards?

[burnsy]

What people don't understand is: this is an act of desperation, not greed. The horseman see the writing on the wall, and Tom is right. If you have years upon years of horse experience. Where the hell do you go? If you're in upstate NY, its a live stock farm or no where.........Stewarts shop making sundaes? Micky D's? The grocer as suggested?

For all those that keep saying horse racing is in great shape, its doing fine. Go to some of these places, the small venue, scratching it out. For many, casino money and the rate of the signal fee, its the only hope. Its not greed when your back is against the wall. Its the smell of fear.

I'm not a horseman but Saratoga Harness has gone through some of the same deals as described here. Horses are the only thing some of these people know. Its mostly a "family business" that goes back generations and these are not the Whitney's or Vanderbilt's we are talking about here. Like everything in life and the jungle of economics, the weakest and the lowest will fall first. Only a turkey doesn't know when Thanksgiving is......and even some of them know when to "run". They had better get "theirs" because no else gives a damn, and they know and feel what's coming.

[cj]

Originally Posted by burnsy

What people don't understand is: this is an act of desperation, not greed. The horseman see the writing on the wall, and Tom is right. If you have years upon years of horse experience. Where the hell do you go? If you're in upstate NY, its a live stock farm or no where.........Stewarts shop making sundaes? Micky D's? The grocer as suggested?

For all those that keep saying horse racing is in great shape, its doing fine. Go to some of these places, the small venue, scratching it out. For many, casino money and the signal fee, its the only hope. Its not greed when your back is against the wall. Its the smell of fear.

I'm not a horseman but Saratoga Harness has gone through some of the same deals as described here. Horses are the only thing some of these people know. Its mostly a "family business" that goes back generations and these are not the Whitney's or Vanderbilt's we are talking about here. Like everything in life and the jungle of economics, the weakest and the lowest will fall first. Only a turkey doesn't know when Thanksgiving is......and even some of them know when to "run". They had better get "theirs" because no else gives a damn, and they know and feel it coming.

The other side though is that horsemen did nothing to help grow the game while sucking up the slots revenue. We see it everywhere, not just at Finger Lakes. No takeout cuts would ever be approved, no cuts in dates that would have led to bigger fields and more betting, no concessions at all. Just raking in slots money like a gift from heaven with no foresight whatsoever.

[BIGTKLO]

Originally Posted by cj

They still making baseball cards?

That would be TOPPS

[cj]

Originally Posted by BIGTKLO

That would be TOPPS

I know---it was a joke, obviously a bad one.

[BIGTKLO]

I thought it was funny. I liked it.

[cj]

Originally Posted by BIGTKLO

I thought it was funny. I liked it.

I've still got a few of these in the garage for a rainy day

[thaskalos]

http://www.sportsmemorabilia.com/pla...e9saArwz8P8HAQ

Maybe you should move them in the house.

[FantasticDan]

Originally Posted by cj

They still making baseball cards?

You lost Tom on that one.. he only collected Welcome Back Kotter cards

[BIGTKLO]

Originally Posted by cj

I've still got a few of these in the garage for a rainy day

That's a winner. GOOD LOOKING ROOKIE CARD