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12-13-2008, 10:02 PM
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My Friend Fred
So I grew up going to the track when I was 14 with my life long buddy named Fred. At 53 Fred's had a tough luck life. Fred stayed with his wife 3 years longer than he wanted as she was dyeing with cancer and he could not leave her even though he wanted to. Fred's have 4-5 bad luck jobs. Fred dated a girl moved in and when she wanted to open a spa he parlayed every cent, max out all his credit cards, borrowed from friends, only to find the girl split and leave him with a dream he never wanted and a nightmare in debt.
Why am I telling you this? Well, today my handicapping buddy won the Beulah handicapping contest over some 200+ people and took home a well disserved $22K as well as a trip to the finals in Vegas. I've never been so happy for someone else. He diserves it and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Look out Vegas, Fred's coming!
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12-13-2008, 10:07 PM
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Awwwwww! Way to go Fred! Thats really fantastic Spyder... Good things do happen...sometimes we just have to be patient.
 Very happy for him.
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12-13-2008, 10:31 PM
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Sounds to me that Fred just cashed in on that rough paper route that he had his whole life. Kudos to Fred. Hope he stretches tha 22k a long way, and best of luck to him in Sin City.
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12-13-2008, 10:52 PM
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Why am I telling you this? Well, today my handicapping buddy won the Beulah handicapping contest over some 200+ people and took home a well disserved $22K as well as a trip to the finals in Vegas.
I've never been so happy for someone else. He diserves it and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Look out Vegas, Fred's coming! Maybe it's a Christmas miracle! Anyone handicapping tracks in Columbus in December probably needs one.
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12-14-2008, 03:47 AM
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Good for Fred! Nice to hear of good karma, and good luck to him!
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"Have the clean racing people run any ads explaining that giving a horse a Starbucks and a chocolate poppyseed muffin for breakfast would likely result in a ten year suspension for the trainer?" - Dr. Andrew Roberts
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12-14-2008, 09:38 AM
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a smart guy once told me ..if it floats /flys/ or phucks == rent it!
 congrats on the win fred
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12-14-2008, 09:44 AM
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12-14-2008, 10:40 PM
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12-15-2008, 11:35 AM
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There's a lot more...she was very, very bad to him...serious abusive bad for years...and when he was just about to leave, she was diangosed with terminal cancer. She treated him worse as she battled and finally past away, but he would not leave her on her own, as no one else would have been there. He sacrificed himself for years for someone who treated him like shiat, but felt he had to at his own expense.
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