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Old 02-15-2021, 08:40 PM
Plenilune Plenilune is offline
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It looks like the best place to play is Laurel Park. Right now, the weather report looks like it will be fine for a nine race card this Saturday.
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Old 02-16-2021, 08:28 AM
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The Laurel card is already available for Saturday. Agree that it looks the best. It is a shame that Oaklawn had to postpone the Southwest due to weather issues.

As we think about our next contest, I'm also worried about our friends in Texas who may be in the dark and cold after the most recent storm. Don and Cruzan, I hope you are well and have power.
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Old 02-16-2021, 09:53 AM
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Laurel sounds good to me. I think I actually did ok there the last time that was the venue; however, that means nothing since I also did well the first time we played Fair Grounds this year and the last two times we've been there, it knocked me down and stomped on me. It's sort of like those disclaimers on investment that say something like "past performance is no guarantee of future performance."

I think our friends in Texas got hammered and do wish them well. We don't seem to have fared too badly here in Arkansas at least so far, but more snow to come. Not sure how much we got. My guess would be somewhere between 8 and 10 inches. Snow doesn't seem to be the problem. As long as we don't get a lot of ice, I imagine we'll be ok. Ice, of course, is what brings down the tree limbs on the power lines. We were way overdue for this type of thing as I'm thinking, the last one was about 14 or 15 years ago. Minus 3 here this morning.
Possibly colder than that last night. Have seen colder, but you guys probably see that cold and colder every year, so I can't complain.

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Old 02-16-2021, 10:45 AM
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Don't know about JB but minus 3 is something I haven't seen in Jersey for a long time. The snow is probably worse.
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Old 02-16-2021, 11:20 AM
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I can see where snow might be worse as you guys shovel it off walks and driveways. I don't have a sidewalk and I'm not going anywhere so no shoveling. I'm not even going to shovel it off my deck. If I did, it would likely make it dangerous. If I did, it would probably melt a bit and develop a sheen of ice that would be lying in wait for me. I've pretty much avoided the deck except put some birdseed out for the little critters.
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Old 02-16-2021, 12:43 PM
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Actually, I live in Central Virginia and we're supposed to get 5-8 inches of snow and ice on Thursday and Friday with temps in the teens Saturday morning.. Laurel Park is about 3 hours north. We'll see. I hope we don't get that much. We're just recovering from last week's ice storm.

Hoping our friends in Texas get some relief soon.
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