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Old 09-11-2007, 03:28 AM
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God I hope he wins

Who? Ronnie?

If you mean Tiz Miserables, then you just might need an act of god.

that, or some strong anti-histamines. I'm not sure yet.

Me, i'm going to pray to lucifer that my recent rash of run in's with idiots ends soon!
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Old 09-11-2007, 03:42 AM
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My idiot count, within the last 24 hours or so, is currently up to 5.

There's my exgf who was out this way visiting. There's myself for spending 8 hours with her. She talked so much I actually fell asleep.

Then there was the Walmart experience last night. My friend and I went to Walmart to kill some time looking at odd people, debate the merits of the existance of Walmart, and buy at least one unnecessary electronics item.

As I looked sadly at the depleted selection of Ben & Jerry's there, we heard this bird crying in distress. Walking over to the sound, the two of us, and a few workers, try to figure out where this poor bird is. Nobody can see it, but we locate the cries to be coming either from the ventilation duct or from above the ceiling. We eventually convince the manager to bring a big platform ladder over so that we can remove a grate from the duct.

Looking into the ductwork, it was decided that the bird could not be in there. The manager then actually climbed up onto the roof (in the rain no less) and about 20 minutes later, comes back completely clueless. At this point, it seems likely that this poor bird is stuck above the ceiling somehow, though nobody can figure out how that is possible.

We've now been listening to this awful screaming for an hour, when my friend climbs up onto the ladder and precariously balances himself on the handles of that platform ladder. He tilts his head so that one ear is facing straight up towards the ceiling, when suddenly...

He notices the bird calls coming from below.

Turns out, some IDIOT had placed one of those electronic bird callers on the top of a shelf above everyones line of sight. I guess, in some small way, it was a little funny, but it was more aggravating than anything else. We had to spend 90 minutes total in a Walmart!

Then there were these two guys on this message board....
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Old 09-11-2007, 08:18 AM
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Exceptionally brilliant posting by I-Charlie during the wee hours... But did you get any 'capping done?
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Old 09-11-2007, 02:28 PM
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Exceptionally brilliant posting by I-Charlie during the wee hours... But did you get any 'capping done?
Capping? I'm only here to give dumb people a hard time!!

Not that I'm referring to anyone in particular.

And thank you for the complement!
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Old 09-11-2007, 08:49 AM
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My idiot count, within the last 24 hours or so, is currently up to 5.

There's my exgf who was out this way visiting. There's myself for spending 8 hours with her. She talked so much I actually fell asleep.

Then there was the Walmart experience last night. My friend and I went to Walmart to kill some time looking at odd people, debate the merits of the existance of Walmart, and buy at least one unnecessary electronics item.

As I looked sadly at the depleted selection of Ben & Jerry's there, we heard this bird crying in distress. Walking over to the sound, the two of us, and a few workers, try to figure out where this poor bird is. Nobody can see it, but we locate the cries to be coming either from the ventilation duct or from above the ceiling. We eventually convince the manager to bring a big platform ladder over so that we can remove a grate from the duct.

Looking into the ductwork, it was decided that the bird could not be in there. The manager then actually climbed up onto the roof (in the rain no less) and about 20 minutes later, comes back completely clueless. At this point, it seems likely that this poor bird is stuck above the ceiling somehow, though nobody can figure out how that is possible.

We've now been listening to this awful screaming for an hour, when my friend climbs up onto the ladder and precariously balances himself on the handles of that platform ladder. He tilts his head so that one ear is facing straight up towards the ceiling, when suddenly...

He notices the bird calls coming from below.

Turns out, some IDIOT had placed one of those electronic bird callers on the top of a shelf above everyones line of sight. I guess, in some small way, it was a little funny, but it was more aggravating than anything else. We had to spend 90 minutes total in a Walmart!

Then there were these two guys on this message board....

IC...we have had very little contact on here...but the more I read your stuff, the more I like it.



Now if you were only as good looking as Drugs and myself.....
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Old 09-11-2007, 09:49 AM
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IC...we have had very little contact on here...but the more I read your stuff, the more I like it.



Now if you were only as good looking as Drugs and myself.....
yeah, well, you can't have it all....
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Old 09-11-2007, 02:33 PM
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IC...we have had very little contact on here...but the more I read your stuff, the more I like it.



Now if you were only as good looking as Drugs and myself.....
Thanks!

However, I could never dare to dream to be that good looking. My utter lack of vanity would demand that the long hours I'd need would be too much work.
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Old 09-11-2007, 02:37 PM
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Thanks!

However, I could never dare to dream to be that good looking. My utter lack of vanity would demand that the long hours I'd need would be too much work.

Sadly, not everyone is blessed with the ability to arise from bed in the morning and be stunningly handsome without any work.

It's a curse....but I fight on...
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Old 09-11-2007, 10:08 AM
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And me

and of course you....


but its the late Mortimer we all aspire to be as good looking as...
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Old 09-11-2007, 10:13 AM
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I have to say I'm a little surprised that everyone thinks Tiz Wonderful is done. There were enough people out there to make him 9/2 in the Jim Dandy and it's pretty easy to think he needed a race. Could Asmussen have run him in an allowance race and then the Travers? Sure.

This horse showed a great deal of talent last year and tomorrow's race definitely is make or break.

NT
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Old 09-11-2007, 02:47 PM
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I have to say I'm a little surprised that everyone thinks Tiz Wonderful is done. There were enough people out there to make him 9/2 in the Jim Dandy and it's pretty easy to think he needed a race. Could Asmussen have run him in an allowance race and then the Travers? Sure.

This horse showed a great deal of talent last year and tomorrow's race definitely is make or break.

NT

To me, TW was clearly the best and most exciting colt from this entire crop. I actually saw video on one of his works prior to his comeback though, and thought he might not be the same. It was an early work though, so foolishly I thought he'd do okay in his comeback.

The impression I got while watching that race, well, it reminded me of Lady's Secret, back when she was making her last comeback. She looked like she was miserable out there on the track, and really didn't want to race anymore.

So, to me, it wasn't an issue of fitness. My guess was that he was in discomfort from running, or he was just mentally fighting being out there. Or maybe he really was having a bad allergic reaction to something.

Despite how people are taking my posts about him, I really do hope he comes back and runs to my earlier expectations of him. I'm a huge fan of his grandsire, cees tizzy, who was possibly one of the most unheralded talents ever!
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Old 09-11-2007, 10:52 AM
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Wink Misérables ?

T. Misérables looked like he was rolling up on the leaders at about the 5.5-6furlong point and then stopped. He was very rank and Johnny was fighting him a bit- if he has his athleticism back maybe he can relax here. IMO it could go either way. There is a fair chance that he will never be a Graded Level horse (or even a 75k stakes level), but he is still a possible talent, and just being at 80% of what he was puts him in contention.

Is Warrior the obvious alternative?

Levine has his horse at its peak.

What the heck happened to Reptilian Smarts in the Barbaro? How bad was his gate trouble? Give me a good reason to draw a line through that race???
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Old 09-11-2007, 11:26 AM
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Levines horse will be tough even if Tiz Wonderful is 100%.
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Old 09-11-2007, 12:06 PM
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What am I missing about Levine's horse?

Nothing. He's not even in the race.
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Old 09-11-2007, 12:13 PM
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People shop at Walmart still
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Old 09-11-2007, 12:29 PM
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Nothing. He's not even in the race.

"21 posts"........did you want to see the pretty track names again????

Please play our Del P4 sir!!!
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Old 09-11-2007, 02:50 PM
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T. Misérables looked like he was rolling up on the leaders at about the 5.5-6furlong point and then stopped. He was very rank and Johnny was fighting him a bit- if he has his athleticism back maybe he can relax here. IMO it could go either way. There is a fair chance that he will never be a Graded Level horse (or even a 75k stakes level), but he is still a possible talent, and just being at 80% of what he was puts him in contention.
I disagree about the rolling up impression you got. I thought he was just rank.

However, the real reason I'm responding is that I was trying to figure out how to get that little accent mark over the e in Miserables last night, but couldn't do it!

What's your secret?
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Old 09-11-2007, 04:18 PM
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go to Start Menu->Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Character Map

from there you can copy any character to the clipboard and paste them anywhere

like this: é
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Old 09-11-2007, 04:20 PM
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I disagree about the rolling up impression you got. I thought he was just rank.

However, the real reason I'm responding is that I was trying to figure out how to get that little accent mark over the e in Miserables last night, but couldn't do it!

What's your secret?
The diacritical mark? Put an acute accent over the "e", like so.... é


* Actually i wasn't sure how to spell miserable so i copied-n-pasted it from google.
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Old 09-11-2007, 07:47 PM
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BTW did he scratch, or plan on it?
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