Points Results for November 21 Woodbine Card . . .

[Real Quiet]

Just an observation. Tom runs another contest and it hasn't posted since the Breeders Cup. He didn't post Saturday at another contest either. Cruzan did so maybe he was just busy.

[RUFFIAN]

Roamin

He has been missing for the last three weeks in my own contests on my website

HE NEVER MISSES ONE AND USUALLY THE FIRST TO POST

We have a Great relationship via email on a regular basis
...... a good communication history
and I have not heard back from one email

I am genuinely concerned it may be related to the pandemic
hopefully not

[cal828]

I went over the scores of the 2 players in question and you were right, Don, in your calculations in the first place. In race 9, you gave Ruffian 5 points and I gave her only three. I missed that she had the win and the place and gave her the points for the win only. So now all is right with the world and we can have a peaceful Thanksgiving, if we dare. I'm still thinking about whether I should join my family in Little Rock or not. I have been isolating, but they haven't and not much way to do that with kids. I know for a fact my eldest grandson has been home from the University of Arkansas twice because of roommates that came down with Covid. So close to the vaccine becoming a reality, I might better forego Turkey Day.

[JolyB]

Cal, that is a painful choice that you are describing, but it sounds like a wise one. Most of this year has been simply awful, but with good judgment and perhaps a bit of good fortune, we can safely make it to the time when an effective vaccine will provide added safety and protection.

Our Thanksgiving will be very different this year and it saddens me a lot. Our house has always been the place where everyone gathered for the Thanksgiving feast, gradually expanding to the long adult's table and the place where all the fun stuff happens, the kid's table. I have had the pleasure of opening the wine, offering some banal toast and then in my best Dumbledore imitation, saying, "Let the feast...begin"

Our daughters and we have decided to be cautious and not have our traditional gathering. Our youngest grandson has been tasked with figuring out a way to have a virtual gathering [perhaps by zoom], but I will miss the hugs and the chaos of passing all of the many platters and even the mock argument over the final slice of pie.

This too shall pass.

[cal828]

Yes, it's beginning to look like there is some light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. I spend a lot of time reading about things on the internet or watching TV. From that, I gathered that there are a lot of people that will supposedly be reluctant to take a vaccine. Can't say that I am in that camp. Would be first in line, if that were possible. As I understand it, vaccine will possibly be at least 90 per cent effective and maybe more which is way more than the flu vaccine. I say bring it on. Really no way for any of us to return to normal without it.

[Alli]

Thanks for scoring, Don Guido! And congratulations! I'm amazed that I did so well. I've only looked at Woodbine once and it was terrible. Looking forward to next week. I'll be swamped with tax reporting in January, but hope to take some time out to enjoy the races.

I'm with you, Cal. I'm looking forward to a vaccine and getting back to some semblance of normal. If it's good enough for Dr Fauci, it's good enough for me.

See you this weekend.

[DonGuido]

Just sayin, nothing against Cal but Ruffian is my proof reader, back checker and is usually, but not always, right when I mess up something. I was waiting for her to yield to his notes but nope. Please don't anyone shy away from checking me out on anything I say here or do here. Heck fire I'm 74 and I'm losing a bit of my razors edge . . . uhhh if I ever had one it's in my head.

We have a lot to be thankful for.

Patty had a good check up today with her new Nephrologist since she had some labs recently that sparked a consult with him. That puts her terrific medical care team to 7 Specialists. I must say they are excellent in all that they do for her. And everyone at the local CVS Pharmacy knows us well. Her numbers for her kidney function alerted a couple of them to dig deeper but findings today were not alarming. Her Wegener's Disease, now called Granulomatosis with polyangiitis,(Yep???) flared up a couple of months ago after managing it for 8 years now. Her second flare up after initial diagnosis (roughly every 4yrs of so). Four infusions of Retuxan (1 a week for 4 weeks) usually takes care of it after giving a couple of months kick in.

So the team of two amazing docs will help beat this down to normality, if there is normality at all anymore, and I will give a toast at our unusually small Thanksgiving Dinner at my daughters house (just 4 of us) to the Docs for keeping her as sound and well as she can be . . . and I'll probably shed a tear before I get it all out. That coupled with Parkinson's since 2012 has not been a easy ride for her. Both serious autoimmune diseases, so we keep her very much under wraps (masks) when we go anywhere at all during this crazy Covid time.

Usually with the downers and the challenges, there's always good that appears that you just have to find, celebrate and be thankful for.

I lift my glass to all of you for helping me enjoy this forum diversion in a sport that Patty and I love dearly. At times if I didn't have this and my Clemson Tigers to get excited about and occupy some of my time it would make my life a little harder to bare. But I'm OK and most importantly, Patty is OK.

HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! See y'all in the gate next Saturday.

And someone please try and get in touch with Roamin. He's had recent health issues.