Today is the right time to call it quits.
I've talked with many about it over the last few hours - and they have offered to put a small 'DrugS' decal on the back of their helmet (avatar) I was touched by the genuine outpouring of love and support.
Sure, I have rubbed pretty much all of you the wrong way at one time or another. That board persona I had so long ago cultivated was naturally how I might act at a Jr. High lunch table - my posting style was how I might act in a gym class with a substitute gym teacher.
Now that I'm in my late 20's - it's time to retire. If there is a Florida of the Internet (a place for old people like me to retire to) it would probably be Pace Advantage. I won't be going there either though.
This is truly a young mans game - and I'm much too old for it. If not a young mans game, it's also a bored workers game .... If I ever accept a job - and I grow to hate the job ... I'll be here during work ASAP.
When I was a young guy - back in the day - every day at the betting parlor was a blast. Extremely young to very old alike - we gambled together, we talked about racing together in between races - and we joked around a lot. Those were fun times, but as computer betting became big ten years ago, that experience was lost...and message boards filled that role well.
There's no one here I don't like. There's no one here who I wouldn't have a beer with. I will miss you all - just like I miss the old off-track days as a kid. It's 2:17 PM - I'm a senior on his last day - and school lets out at 2:50.
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