Went to a point to point once with my daughters. Decide we would have £10 each and see who had the most money at the end of the day. Never made it to the end. "I can't feel my fingers", "I can't feel my feet" and eventually "I can't feel my face". Enough I said when one of them said "that man is having an epileptic fit" HE'S THE TICK TACK MAN.
Betting - who does?
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Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Does he get a round in?
He doesn't drink, so we end up getting his soft drinks all night long!
It disappeared about the same time as Blackburn's, there's a Porsche showroom on part of the land.I used to work at Blackburn Greyhound Stadium in the early 80's. I think Blackburn and Bolton dog tracks were owned by the same firm. Blackburn's was knocked down about 20 odd years ago to build a Tesco on. I don't suppose Bolton's is still standing, is it? I remember the "stadium" was mostly made out of wood. When the wind blew the main stand swayed from side to side. It would be condemned now as a fire hazard!
I like the challenge of a big win from small stakes I had two 50p lucky 15s up in 09 with big price horses won £2,500 off each and traded my old banger in for a new motor with the governments £2.000 trade in added I do correct score bets on the footy aswell got three 2.2s up a while back for 50p singles doubles and treble got £2047 for that .I had no option from a early age our house backed onto the racecourse and I used to write out my blind grandads bet when I was a kid
I have no idea what that means - I am guessing accumulators?
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
I used to enjoy opening the envelopes when the Premium Bonds paid out almost every month, but good things don't last forever
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
[QUOTE 4056205, member: 259"]...that's part of the fun![/QUOTE]
No, winning's the fun, not might win.
No, winning's the fun, not might win.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I've never bought a lottery ticket and only once placed a bet on the Boat Race forty years ago. I never quite got round to picking up my winnings. Fifty pence.
I've lost thousands on the Stock Market but I've made a bit more. Not much. Generally, I really don't trust myself not go off the rails if I got into casual betting, so I have always avoided it. Someone said that if you have an addiction to drink, you become comatose and stop. With gambling, you can lose absolutely everything. Everything.
I've lost thousands on the Stock Market but I've made a bit more. Not much. Generally, I really don't trust myself not go off the rails if I got into casual betting, so I have always avoided it. Someone said that if you have an addiction to drink, you become comatose and stop. With gambling, you can lose absolutely everything. Everything.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
No - not interested at all.
In fact, I am sick of the proliferation of betting adverts and having seen the results of gambling's devastating effect on two households I think they should be banned like ciggie ad's.
In fact, I am sick of the proliferation of betting adverts and having seen the results of gambling's devastating effect on two households I think they should be banned like ciggie ad's.
gaz71
Über Member
- Location
- teddington
I always leave Ladbrokes full of optimism on saturday afternoons but more often than not 1 team lets me down.
Levo-Lon
Guru
Lottery once a week.wife buys the ticket
i hate gambling and the tv ad crap really should be banned.
i got sort of adicted to slot machines when i was about 18.. after putting 20quid of my 25quid wage in one so i couldn't pay my board or put petrol in my bike, gambling
its a downward spiral..
i hate gambling and the tv ad crap really should be banned.
i got sort of adicted to slot machines when i was about 18.. after putting 20quid of my 25quid wage in one so i couldn't pay my board or put petrol in my bike, gambling
its a downward spiral..
Keith Oates
Janner
- Location
- Penarth, Wales
A friend of mine said, a long time ago, that he would only start placing bets when he heard of bookmakers going broke. Seemed a good idea to me.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
