What Do We All Have In Common?

Originally Posted by randallscott35

You are forgiven my son.

Thank you. Only 4 Our Father's and a couple of Hail Mary's I hope.

And then the tide turns and gently rolls down the pathway of sex. There is a very cute single lady at my school teaching Science Randall, but she has 3 young kids. Divorced. Like I would have been able to hook you two up...

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Thank you. Only 4 Our Father's and a couple of Hail Mary's I hope.

And then the tide turns and gently rolls down the pathway of sex. There is a very cute single lady at my school teaching Science Randall, but she has 3 young kids. Divorced. Like I would have been able to hook you two up...

Super baggage in 3 kids. I would need to get a freight elevator.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Thank you. Only 4 Our Father's and a couple of Hail Mary's I hope.

And then the tide turns and gently rolls down the pathway of sex. There is a very cute single lady at my school teaching Science Randall, but she has 3 young kids. Divorced. Like I would have been able to hook you two up...

P...surprised she hasn't found me yet....I have a MAGNET that draws these types of women from all across the globe...

I think I have met 1, single, never been married, no kids in the 4 months I have live here....

I think God is punishing me....

[paisjpq]

white
college grad
nope...to this day my family doesn't get why i like horses and racing.
east coast
30
never saw the ESPN board until after I came here...can't exactly remember how I got here...might have been ATRAB
too broke most of the time to bet...if I had it though...
single...and likely to remain that way

[GPK]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

white
college grad
nope...to this day my family doesn't get why i like horses and racing.
east coast
30
never saw the ESPN board until after I came here...can't exactly remember how I got here...might have been ATRAB
too broke most of the time to bet...if I had it though...
single...and likely to remain that way

which is odd, considering your utmost love and devotion to most other humans

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by T3B

which is odd, considering your utmost love and devotion to most other humans

the sadness I feel

[GPK]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

the sadness I feel

sadness??? I think that may have been a belch....but not sadness

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

white
married
children
military...
bets ..depending on situation
made it through byk in home study...

want to be like bbb when i grow up.......

[Sightseek]

It's funny reading all of the guys that say they are single...yet it does seem that horseracing draws a large percentage of pretty girls. Just look at the crowds at Keeneland, Saratoga & California...

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

It's funny reading all of the guys that say they are single...yet it does seem that horseracing draws a large percentage of pretty girls. Just look at the crowds at Keeneland, Saratoga & California...

Yes, for a few meets out of the year. The rest are old fat men gambling their paycheck away and smoking stogies.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Yeah you are right there. But in my experience the girls I have met are into going to Saratoga and such for the party. not that there is anything wrong with that, but like I said earlier the gambling aspect is something a lot of people don't understand. And I'm not talking about how to bet and such, I'm saying why someone would want to gamble large sums of money.

I think as long as you are betting the amount you can afford to loose, it shouldn't be a problem. Have you seen how much a Coach purse costs? Just remind them of that everytime they open thier mouths.

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Don't worry B, we can be miserable old singles together.

we'll be betting on walker and wheel chair races at the home together

[GPK]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

we'll be betting on walker and wheel chair races at the home together

I will book those bets...since I am the elder miserable single of the 3 of us

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I'll take $5 on Margie with the blue sweater

It's the geezer derby sponsored by geritol.

FYI, i think margie won't get the distance.

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

It's the geezer derby sponsored by geritol.

FYI, i think margie won't get the distance.

Margie has enough back class to get the job done here...

[Scav]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

2. Most of the people on this board are college educated, at least the ones of age who could be. I would put that number in the 80% range easy. That says something about the competency of the people here and their general work ethic outside of the hobby of horse racing.

I agree with alot of what you said and I only have a comment on this one. While I have a college education, it is essentially worthless. I earned the dubious honor of getting a degree and going to the least amount of classes to graduate. I was always at the OTB. I would go to all the tests, first day (to get the syllabus) and maybe a check in day to make sure the teacher didn't die. The only thing I learned, which I think is the only thing alot of people learned, was how to problem solve, otherwise, it was a waste of time.

[Buffymommy]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

It's easy to say a love of horse racing, but I think there is more to it than that. This could be an interesting thread for the group to comment on. Some of these you may agree with and some you surely won't.

Let me generalize about the people on this board for a moment, again these are generalizations. Here are 8 items to consider:

1. Overwhelmingly the people on this board are white, I'd put it in the 90% range. Yet when I go to the track, other than Saratoga, a good portion of the clientele are minorities.

2. Most of the people on this board are college educated, at least the ones of age who could be. I would put that number in the 80% range easy. That says something about the competency of the people here and their general work ethic outside of the hobby of horse racing.

3. Most of the people here were exposed to horse racing at an early age. While this seems obvious, I would say there are a lot of people that grow to like horse racing even if they weren't exposed to it early--but those people, to me, are less likely to have the kind of passion to seek out a message board on the subject.



4. The majority of posters on here are from the coasts, especially the east and a good portion from the Chicago area. This is anecdotal, but it says something that generally speaking the south is less well represented here. Obviously, some of the best racing comes from the areas where most posters are, but demographics play into this....The retirement crowd of Arizona and Florida are not Internet savvy, and even if they are horse racing fans, they aren't seeking out a message board to post.


5. Which leads me to age. Steve might have more stats on this but I'd say 75% of posters are between 25 and 50. Which quite honestly makes sense, but I do think the the patronage of the track is older than this on average, especially on a lonely day in March at the big A.


6. The majority of the posters came from the ESPN board, that much is true. But the new group is here by word of mouth, or through Steve's radio show. Advertising of some other kind could surely boost our numbers, but would it water down the content?...The many new friendships made on here were the result of only a few people. Speaking for myself, one of the nice things that Mike did was introduce me to Steve and Kevin. Saratoga has become a haven for these meetings, as I've been able to meet many others and strike up a friendship with Pais even though I only got to hang out with her for one single afternoon in Toga.


7. Most of the people here bet 8-10 times what a normal patron at the track will bet. I say most, especially the Selection board crowd on here. Sure there are 5$ bettors, but I'd say a good portion are betting more serious sums of money. Could be the general ability levels here and comfort with making larger wagers b/c of much more study into day to day racing. Could be we have a crowd here who are "bigger" gamblers in general. Could be we have more disposable income to be betting...don't believe it's this one by the way.



8. Most of the under 40 crowd are not married. Especially the men on here. Why is the bigger question? Maybe b/c our hobby is not conducive to meeting women, which is undoubtedly true. More likely, b/c serious gamblers do not often make good mates. I think they are less likely to want commitment and are independent types in general. Plus, handicapping, if you are serious about, is a time consuming process.

Now, how far off am I? Randall

1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. YES, MY MOM MADE THE MISTAKE OF TAKING ME TO SEE THE BLACK STALLION WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD.
4. HOW DO YOU WORK THIS COMPUTER THINGIE....
5. TRUE
6. I FOUND THE ESPN BOARD ON MY OWN, HOW DID I MANAGE THAT?
7. NAH, I AM A $2 WPS BETTOR. I ONLY BET WHAT I KNOW I CAN AFFORD TO LOSE.
8. SORRY, I AM UNDER FORTY BUT VERY MARRIED. BUT THEN AGAIN I AM NOT TRYING TO MEET A WOMAN.


WELL, YOU WERE MOSTLY CORRECT, SO I'D GIVE YOU A "B".

[dellinger63]

The one thing I have learned is if you see a person get crapped on from the sky introduce yourself as it probably is a fellow DTer.

Truthfully I've met probably 20 of you and never been disappointed though the fillys seem to have better conformation than the colts.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

The one thing I have learned is if you see a person get crapped on from the sky introduce yourself as it probably is a fellow DTer.

Truthfully I've met probably 20 of you and never been disappointed though the fillys seem to have better conformation than the colts.

OMG LOL... i got crapped on again since u guys left.... damn flying rats

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

OMG LOL... i got crapped on again since u guys left.... damn flying rats

did you take off your shirt again???

Hey Lori it's in the 40's today here in Chicago and with 2 weeks of sub zero weather it feels like 60. Still would rather be celebrating Fat Tuesday on your balcony than here. My God Fort Lauderdale is a nice place.