Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind (Post 1171100)

I'm more upset that he doesn't know the meaning of exacerbated. In fact, I'm downright exasperated!

Originally Posted by v j stauffer (Post 1171102)

ex·ac·er·bate
[iɡˈzasərˌbāt]
VERB
exacerbated (past tense) · exacerbated (past participle)
make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse:
"the exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem" · "the forest fire was exacerbated by the lack of rain"

From what I can tell exasperated isn't a word.

But hey, I didn't know what pandering was and I've been doing that for decades.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind (Post 1171098)

So were the posts made yesterday, since ( according to Vic, or whatever eviler twin this is ) he hasn't been here in days, also made by some relative in Lichtenstein?

Originally Posted by v j stauffer (Post 1171105)

There were no posts made yesterday.

Lilly left for HAMBURG GERMANY not Rogerstein on the 31st.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind (Post 1171098)

So were the posts made yesterday, since ( according to Vic, or whatever eviler twin this is ) he hasn't been here in days, also made by some relative in Lichtenstein?

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind (Post 1171100)

I'm more upset that he doesn't know the meaning of exacerbated. In fact, I'm downright exasperated!

Originally Posted by v j stauffer (Post 1171111)

C'mon take off your angry cap for a minute and tell me what you thought of the Smarty Jones.

I respect your opinion and I'm very pumped about the start of Derby Season.

One thing I'm sure we can all agree upon is the call was SUPERB!:tro:

Here's a very VERY SCARY thought.

You and I were VERY close to being co-workers and dare I say colleagues!

After Tom left I applied for the NYRA announcers job.

I was sure I had it. At least it certainly seemed that way after excellent conversations with both Dan Silver and Marty Panza.

I "think" not positive, I was their guy.

Then I didn't get it.

I was told by a reliable source that Chris Kay had never heard of me. It was not long after Larry had done the Housewife's call and he wanted a bigger name. He got the gig. Heard that Bobby Flay had something to do with the decision as well.

But that's racetrack rumor so who knows for sure?

The part about Martin and Dan isn't rumor.

Imagine how great it would have been to work together? The #1 handicapping opinion in the country and you there to keep me sharp.

That would have been a blast.

Best part is I'm sure that we'd have become fast friends and all this vitriol would never have happened.

You'd have found out that everything JP told you about me was nonsense. You would have been able to draw your own conclusions about whether I was a good guy or not.

Who knows maybe someday?

We did start out strongly. I'll always remember how classy and gracious you were when I asked you to help me with a harness racing shift I had to do on TVG.

Where did it all go wrong? :)

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind (Post 1171098)

So were the posts made yesterday, since ( according to Vic, or whatever eviler twin this is ) he hasn't been here in days, also made by some relative in Lichtenstein?

Originally Posted by v j stauffer (Post 1171094)

Hey everybody it's Vic Stauffer here.

I'm saying hello and Happy New Year since this is the first time I've posted on DT in several days.

My wonderful stepdaughter Lillian has been in town from Hamburg Germany. She's one of the four of us that got the same Christmas tattoo which I shared on Twitter.

Anyway, Lilly is a huge fan of horse racing in general and Oaklawn in particular.

She knows as much or more about the game and everything that surrounds it than even me.

She follows the blogs and forums much closer than even I do.

Before heading this way she was studying for finals and didn't read anything for a couple weeks.

She knows all about the ongoing battles I've had over the years with DAHOSS and ANDY.

When she arrived, she got caught up. The first thing she said was dad I can't believe you're still dealing with that guy. Leave it alone he's not worth it. Exacerbated I said I know I should, but I can't back down. Even though I really wish I could. She said let me have a crack at it.

Ok, I said. Here's my login and password. Have at it. Good luck you'll need it. I trust you to not to cross the line. Welcome to the Jungle!

So, for the past 4 or 5 DH has been trading punches with a 24 year old girl from Germany!

Have Steve check the IP address. :D:eek:

She left to go back to Europe yesterday morning.

Before she left I told her to delete everything she could and to put DH on ignore. I don't want to know anything.

So for those days I was OBLIVIOUS to EVERYTHING! I had no idea what DH said and what her responses on my behalf were. She wanted to tell me a couple things, something about calling Oaklawn, that worried her a bit. It's cool I said, no worries. :)

I think they have a show on TV the kids like.

I think it's called YOU'VE BEEN PUNKED!! :tro:

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all the great racing fans.

Let's make 2023 the BEST ever.

VJS

Originally Posted by Dahoss (Post 1171112)

Wow

Originally Posted by jms62 (Post 1171114)

Throwing your Step Daughter under the bus. You actually think this helps you in any way?

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind (Post 1171115)

I don't know if I should thank you or chastise you for quoting it and then causing me to actually see it. It's kind of painful to read. It's also completely false. An utter fabrication. Right down to some delusion of me being helpful to him about something related to harness racing. That's 100% made up.

It's pretty sad that he just can't stop. Nobody cares.

Originally Posted by v j stauffer (Post 1171113)

Wow, sharing about missing NYRA job was cathartic. Fun being nostalgic. Got me thinking about other things I've experienced in this crazy life god gave us.

Like when my car was re-possessed in 2000 at Gulfstream or when I sent a letter to the Sonoma County Fair requesting consideration for the announcer's position.

Wonder what will become of that?

Originally Posted by v j stauffer (Post 1171118)

You don't remember when I called you?

I introduced myself and told you that I was doing a shift that night on TVG.

I asked if you knew anything about harness racing or somebody that did.

I had to cover the Meadowlands or Yonkers can't remember which.

You said you knew a little and sent me several cliff notes about the races that were on during my shift. They were extremely helpful.

I thanked you by name on the air more than a couple of times and again the following morning when I had an early shift.

If you truly can't remember that. It's kinda scary.

If you're lying about remembering, it's par for the course.

IT HAPPENED.

I have a buddy who has an archive for EVERY second that TVG has been on the air.

I'm going to figure out when exactly that happened.

Get the tape and post it right here on DT!