Is The Track A Depressing Place? - Page 4

Mortimer · #61 04-08-2007, 04:16 PM

I hope you aren't going to let him get away with that,PP.

#62 04-08-2007, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by pgardn

yes they did

ok

you will quite possibly be footing a bill in some way or another for them

Maybe the father, in an act of desperation, will pull out a gun and shoot me in the face while i'm in line to make a wager. Oh oh...maybe the kid will go on to win American Idol someday and thank me for influencing his dad to stop gambling. Or, or maybe I'll just mind my own business because I dislike when people are all up in my business and let that poor family be.

#63 04-08-2007, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Maybe the father, in an act of desperation, will pull out a gun and shoot me in the face while i'm in line to make a wager. Oh oh...maybe the kid will go on to win American Idol someday and thank me for influencing his dad to stop gambling. Or, or maybe I'll just mind my own business because I dislike when people are all up in my business and let that poor family be.

How inspirational.
Guess you dont pay taxes.

#64 04-08-2007, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by pgardn

How inspirational.
Guess you dont pay taxes.

If you're so concerned about paying extra taxes then the least of your worries should be a degenerate gambler with a family.

#65 04-08-2007, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

If you're so concerned about paying extra taxes then the least of your worries should be a degenerate gambler with a family.

You dont have any idea how much you will be paying for those kids. When they break into your car (insurance), when the screw up a school (local taxes), when they constantly are in and out of jail (police force, courts). When they hit some poor guy in the face and he goes to the local county hospital (local taxes). When they get drugged out and visit a rehab facility (fed. and local).

You think you live on some island. You think you are totally disconnected. Welcome to the U.S. for the first time.

byalip · #66 04-08-2007, 05:03 PM

Belmont DOES have fine sculpted shrubbery. Ever check out the horseshoe around Ruffian's grave. If you get up real close, you'll see the plastic flowers and the chips in her stone. THAT'S depressing.

#67 04-08-2007, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by pgardn

You dont have any idea how much you will be paying for those kids. When they break into your car (insurance), when the screw up a school (local taxes), when they constantly are in and out of jail (police force, courts). When they hit some poor guy in the face and he goes to the local county hospital (local taxes). When they get drugged out and visit a rehab facility (fed. and local).

You think you live on some island. You think you are totally disconnected. Welcome to the U.S. for the first time.

This is Spartaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

I haven't been told in a long time. Thanks for telling me what's up. I'll keep an eye out on those scary babies at the track.

Mortimer · #68 04-08-2007, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by byalip

Belmont DOES have fine sculpted shrubbery. Ever check out the horseshoe around Ruffian's grave. If you get up real close, you'll see the plastic flowers and the chips in her stone. THAT'S depressing.

Well excuuuuuuse ME.

#69 04-08-2007, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

This is Spartaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

I haven't been told in a long time. Thanks for telling me what's up. I'll keep an eye out on those scary babies at the track.

Its a strange thing but babies become adults. Some can grow up into big ugly thugs under the proper conditions. And you and I will be old when they do. Im not much for hiding out. Kinda into not having to watch my back constantly.

So yes I am a bit concerned when I see parents that dont give a damn about their kids. Im out of this tangent. Just a long term sort of view.

#70 04-08-2007, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by pgardn

Its a strange thing but babies become adults. Some can grow up into big ugly thugs under the proper conditions. And you and I will be old when they do. Im not much for hiding out. Kinda into not having to watch my back constantly.

So yes I am a bit concerned when I see parents that dont give a damn about their kids. Im out of this tangent. Just a long term sort of view.

Yeah just think that a kid could become a mass murderer because his father didn't bet Tiago. Scary stuff.

#71 04-08-2007, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Yeah just think that a kid could become a mass murderer because his father didn't bet Tiago. Scary stuff.

Ok. I give up. Uncle.

ateamstupid · #72 04-08-2007, 07:11 PM

No, the track isn't depressing to me, it's exciting. NYC OTB's, however, make me want to bash lightbulbs over my head. Those are depressing.

pmayjr · #73 04-08-2007, 08:23 PM

I guess it depends where you go.

Going to Keeneland on a yearly basis in December, when it's ratty out, is still so beautiful and not depressing at all. Everything there is classy. But the last 2 years when I've gone there, I've stayed in Cincy. So I also make a visit to Turfway. Turfway is clean, but tacky. It's a much more depressin atmosphere there.

Now as for my home track Canterbury, I don't think that place is depressin at all (except when I lose $$$ lol). During live racing in the summer, it has a younger atmosphere. You see young couples there all the time, especially on Thur and Fri nights. Minnesota summers (eventhough we maybe get 3 good months... maybe 4) are for the most part pretty pleasant, especially in the early evenings. So it makes the racing there not depressing at all. Canterbury doesn't have the classiness of Keeneland, but it's a clean and modern-looking place.

brianwspencer · #74 04-08-2007, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by pmayjr

Now as for my home track Canterbury, I don't think that place is depressin at all (except when I lose $$$ lol). During live racing in the summer, it has a younger atmosphere. You see young couples there all the time, especially on Thur and Fri nights. Minnesota summers (eventhough we maybe get 3 good months... maybe 4) are for the most part pretty pleasant, especially in the early evenings. So it makes the racing there not depressing at all. Canterbury doesn't have the classiness of Keeneland, but it's a clean and modern-looking place.

I've always felt like I should take a trip up there sometime. Though I'd probably be well served to get Churchill out of the way first...

ALostTexan · #75 04-09-2007, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by 2MinsToPost

THE vacation destination

Beulah Park, my home turf

If you love old green paint, you'll love Beulah Park!

Oh, hell, come on. Scioto is a MUCH classier place...

ALostTexan

Pointg5 · #76 04-09-2007, 06:09 AM

Turfway is about as depressing as it gets, I call it the Dungeon.

I like to go to River Downs, it's not a bad place to go for simulcasting.

Riot · #77 04-09-2007, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by pgardn

My wife still does not understand what it is like to have interplay with so many different people during a day. Its very taxing even though I love it (the teaching part).

You need a school field trip ... calculation of odds ratios, return on investment, diversification of portfolio, allocation of assets to ventures of differing risk .... good life lessons to be learned at the track!

fpsoxfan · #78 04-09-2007, 07:33 AM

I haven't been to enough tracks to comment for sure on your opinion. I've been to Saratoga probably about 100 times and never really experienced that. However some friends and I went to Belmont for the Stakes in 2002. I was having a great day, so I was able to make my wagers at a 50 dollar window. I had a guy come up to me and try to sell me his watch. Also I had a couple following me offereing to cash in a huge triple ticket if I had won. They were listening to me place my wagers at the window. It was more than a little creepy. I think I'll stick to Saratoga.

philcski · #79 04-09-2007, 08:10 AM

Aqueduct really sucks these days. It's a mess, the simulcasting screens are poorly laid out (had to walk all over just to find one small TV with the Illinois Derby on Saturday then another with the Apple Blossom), and the degenerates seem to be at an all-time high. Only been to three live days at the Big A this meet- I won't be back until Belmont opens.

The Bid · #80 04-09-2007, 08:14 AM

No live racetrack is depressing.

Whenever I walk into a racetrack I get a sense of calm anticipation, not a sense of depression.

When I have one in I get the same feeling I would get before a big game when I played competitive sports. So excited you cannot sit down, pacing, looking at the PPs 200 times, wondering if you are in the right spot, already making the horse excuses before he/she runs. Then when they win you know you were right, you cannot beat that feeling and its sure not depression.