Joonya

I've given up on 'slot machines' since I got shafted at the casino once. Here's the story... Wednesday night was my casino night with my mates. finish work, head to the local for a few and hit the casino about 9pm - around the time the free buffet was starting We'd all sit the the bar area which overlooked the various tables - blackjack, roulette, 3-card, texas etc etc - as well as the various slots. In the bar there were 2 'normal' bandits. Both ?250 jackpot. One called Italian Job, and one called Dracula. Playing Dracula one night, was a little old lady. I'd seen a few people play it to no avail the night before, and thought about a flutter, but the lady got there before me as i was getting served at the bar. She'd a tub of ?1 coins and ultimately started plugging them in. Anyone that plays bandits regular will know that when the tubes are full, you'll hear your money drop 'down the back' - well, this happened with her very first coin. After 2 hours of playing and only little payouts (which were fed back in i might add) she'd ran out of cash and gone. I thought 'that jackpots about to pay now, surely'... ?50 in, nothing, ?100 in, nothing, ?150 in, nothing. By the time i'd got to this stage i'd started the forbidden task of chasing what i'd already lost. After ?230 odd quid it was a case of 'get my money back' but the highest payot offered on feature was just ?30 or so. So i kpet going. After ?270 quid the casino was closing and I was ultimately shown the door. Crapping myself that i'd blown so much, I intended to head up to the casino as soon as it opened. I only had ?60 left in the bank! Yep, you guessed it, it swallowed the whole lot and was still 'dropping down the back'... I immediately got on the phone to some pals to get there arse in and win the loot - after all, i'd rather a mate won it than some random who'd just popped in some loose change! Anyway, my mate garry headed up, ?80 later, still nothing! Mark went up, ?70, nothing. The machine ended up paying out just ?150 in the evening to a friend of my mates dad (brian)... That'd be about ?310 from me, ?100 ish from the old lady, ?150 from my mates and whatever brian stuck in and still no jackpot!!! It certainly showed me why they call them bandits... (all was not lost though, as I went the casino one night with just ?50, spent ?20 on drink and came out with ?1,006... God bless roulette!!!)

i have the ford super sunday on tv. pre-match, richard keys said that for each 'keeper to make a save in the Everton v West Ham game, you'd get odds of 50/1... tim howard has just saved for Everton... Starting to think i should have had a quid or two on it. lol

It would be great for the club to contact Don and offer him the post back, but i doubt that'll happen. Not only that, but i'm not convinced Don would want to take it up again. Who knows what the future holds?

somehow the excuse of "i'm a fan of football, not just ICT" doesnt quite cut it when the match is in dingwall... However, I am still considering it. It's a decent enough walk with a game of football at the end.

shafted shafted shafted... all my bets today down the pan... story of my season. lol by the way, PMF, are you wise betting with Bob? he's on form you know

apparently, "it's only a walk"... but you'd have to read the HM7 diary to know what I'm on about

:lol: :P When i saw you'd posted IHE, i thought you'd tease about the damn maps. lol. Which, by the way, i wont need. It's always good to have company on the road... :)

I am due to finish work early Tuesday and would like to get down to Morton, although my time really should be better spent training for this years Highland March... I'm tempted to walk to Dingwall again and take in the RC v QoS match... some would argue a MASSIVE game in terms of the title race. A draw would no doubt see both teams OUT of the running. So... does anyone else fancy it, or even considering it?

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Ross C****y @ 2/60 please

teach me oh wise one I was looking at millwall, norwich and west brom today... Millwall currently losing 1-0 to brentford, and norwich are 3-1 down away to tranmere. Glad I never bothered. lol settling for a 4 way tomorrow, because on a 5-way i always end up with one defeat. preston 5/6 leeds 7/10 notts county 4/6 cowdenbeath 4/5 I realise they are all odds on, and i was tempted to include QoS on it at 7/5 away to Morton (who are also 7/5). Just goin to stick a 10er on it though. ?93 return is better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail :P EDIT: mrsjnr asked me to put on a bet for her, random games. just ?1 though. I scrolled my mouse over different leagues and told her to shout STOP whenever. I then asked home, away or draw. Her coupon looks thus Ipswich @ 6/4 LeyOr v H'pool draw @ 11/5 Bury @ 10/3 Morton v QoS @ 12/5 Arbroath @ 11/8 Potential return = ?279

thats some amount of money you've won this week CBob. Fair play to you. 40 odd quid now gone. some on dogs, some on football and one on bet-in play. Stuck ?5 on southampton to win when 1-0 down to brighton. although they equalised, brighton scored again to make it 2-1, and the game finished 2-2... Not too keen on football bets this late in season, purely because they're too hard to predict. those already relegated have the pressure off, and those at the top tend to bottle it - like dundee :025:

Thats one solution MrsPB but theres no real way to police it. After all, mummy and daddy will no doubt buy it for them anyway which automatically knocks that out the equation. I used to regularly ride my bike to work and back and everyone knows how much walking i tend to do, and davie is right in his perception of events when out. I forever get cheesed off when a driver doesnt give me enough room, or expects me to leap a fence or whatever so they can save brake fluid. To give them a dirty look and shout a few choice words back at them doesnt quite relieve the annoyance generated. I am forever looking out for walkers and cyclists purely because i know whats it's like to have tw@ts ignore your presence. The person mentioned in my OP is someone many on these forums will know, but perhaps correctly, his name was deleted to prevent getting personal. I just hope that person has read all of the above and has come away from it all with a bit more respect for others. I hope everyone has! I still remember the number plate.... ** ***

I've been doing not too bad on the odd greyhound race letely... I back the same traps each time and always do the conbination outcome. eg I'll have traps 3,4 and 6 on my slip but back them on a 'conbination tricast', meaning I'm a winner no matter the order they finish(3,4,6 / 6,4,3 / 2,6,4 etc etc), so long as they're the first 3 over the line. I started with ?20 at william hill, put ?10 on last nights football (with Peterhead letting me down) and got up to ?38 on the greyhounds with the rest. Break even today and that included ?10 more on tonights football.

In Christie's first full season, did we not win all 5 post split games without conceeding too?

scotty... any chance you're able to give this guy a special login for the forseeable? then we can all get on the wind up. lol perhaps a text back to say "better teams? buddy, we're top o the league and your no!" :D

I'd be happy to win it at ayr, enjoy the walk up the road, and then see the look on the dee faces when we hold that title aloft on the last day... THAT is my best case scenario

Maybe it's just how things are interprated mate?

DC - no need to fret, no need to feel you're being targeted after admition and no need to come up with rubbish about flimsy plastic. Whats done is done and there's no turning the clock back. You've admitted it was probably your group that broke the chairs, and credit to you for doing such. You should, however, know by now that you get little sympathy for vandalism, sectarianism, sweering etc etc and rightly so. Credit where due, but you must learn to take any resulting critisism for the behaviour on the chin and accept it like an adult and learn from it too. I join in the chanting, and find some of the antics hilarious and entertaining - shoes off for brewster being a highlight - I have even seen a potentially physical altication in a bar pre-match be resolved quickly and responsibly by this persons friends. Fair play and raptuous applause! I do, however, refuse to 'fly with the crows' and stand amongst you guys as ultimately, antics such as breaking chairs simply sour everything that is good about the section G lads.

Nacho Libre is 9/2 at william hill

after the weather we're getting??? i think this is more appropriate :004:

Nice curry and a cold pint with the Mrs and CaleyD, wee Balvenie 10yr (free pour of course) and soon a trip to my bed... if just can't yet move from the computer as the site of the league table is truely splendid :drinking09:

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Barrowman has always been and will always continue to be pish!!! Some will say he never go a chance, but whose fault is that? Brewster bought him in, gave him games and although scoring on his league debut to beat Aberdeen, did absolutely nothing afterwards! He played, he never scored, he got dropped. He was used as sub, did nothing when coming on, expected starts for doing sod all, given more chances from the bench, never took them, gets dropped further down pecking order, blames manager for not getting chances. Butcher comes in, gives chances from bench, never takes them. Expects starts for doing nothing, they ultimately don't arrive, gets played from bench and does nothing. Cant header, cant tackle, misses sitters from 12inches out, loses possetion. Gets left on bench more and drops further down pecking order. Barrowman gets starts on arrival due to great scoring record previous season. Scores on debut. Does nothing afterwards. Runs mouth off to media about management styles and how he doesnt get chances. Chances come to his feet and he blows them. Crosses come in and he ducks. Gets dropped to bench. Gets on to prove worth, does nothing. Chances come and he blows them whilst ducking out of headers (i see a pattern forming here). Drops down the pecking order. Rooney starts a few games makes no impact. Gets dropped to bentch. Replaces barrowman who's done nothing throughout matches, takes chances. Gets a few starts and adapts his game. Starts to score goals and get in good positions. Takes chances and connects with headers. Continues to work hard in training and on matchdays and is rewarded with starts. Scores more goals. Now a regular and deserving of a higher wage and extended contract. You see Mr Barrowloadofuttershitepishanddrivvel, YOU failed in YOUR ict career because YOU are garbage, YOU are lazy and YOU dont adapt. So to you and your mpaning. Rant over!!!

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