... to brighten up even your darkest night...

[cmorioles]

Come on, I thought Big Ern was back.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Come on, I thought Big Ern was back.

Thanks to my post, you had an opening to post your overused put-downs of Ernie.

We all walk away as winners here!


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Somewhere there is a blog entry about My Miss Aurelia's lucky cat, but I was only able to find the photo:

http://www.drf.com/sites/default/fil...-31-11.BL_.jpg

[Calzone Lord]

Sighty, no mocking of Ernie will ever get old.


This seems like a dopey subject -- but it's one that legendary horse bettor and successful horse owner Pittsburgh Phil believed in.

A horse he bought named Belmar had won the Preakness and Belmont Stakes in 1895 (thus making him a dual Classic winner) -- but the horse had fallen badly off of form when he bought him.

'Phil' talks about how he thrived once he hooked him up with a dog.









He utters a line in the following cut that tells you quite a bit about how much the game has changed in 100 years.

[Sightseek]

Where do you get these clippings?

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Where do you get these clippings?

The clippings in this thread are from the following book:






It was published after Pittsbugh Phil ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_..._%28gambler%29 ) died. Chapter 1 opens with a great line...

[Indian Charlie]

George Smith called himself Pittsburgh Phil.

Maybe you should be called Erie Dick?

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

George Smith called himself Pittsburgh Phil.

Maybe you should be called Erie Dick?

He was given the nickname "Pittsburgh Phil" to differentiate him from the other Smiths that also frequented Riley's pool halls and it stuck.

Phil is short for Philadelphia.

Erie Dick sounds too much like Pippy's favorite running back Eric Dickerson.

[casp0555]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

The clippings in this thread are from the following book:






It was published after Pittsbugh Phil ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_..._%28gambler%29 ) died. Chapter 1 opens with a great line...

Nice stuff ...............

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Thanks to my post, you had an opening to post your overused put-downs of Ernie.

We all walk away as winners here!

Sorry Steve, I'll ease up.

To be clear, it wasn't a put down. I'd love to have Ernie posting again.

[pointman]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Come on, I thought Big Ern was back.

I think he just posted on Steve's selections thread for tomorrow.

[my miss storm cat]

Dreams really do come true!

edit - I don't see him there... is he invisible?

[asudevil]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Dreams really do come true!

edit - I don't see him there... is he invisible?

Don't think the Carole King lyric doesn't go unappreciated. The pinnacle of what we call singer/songwriter.