General Betting
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18 Mar 12
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First of all I apoligize in advance if the following appears a bit too morbid for some of you.
But I am currently in a sombre, reflective mood, having just had to put to sleep my best friend for the past 17 years ( my faithul dog Al). Very hard to do.
But it has led me to thinking about what happens to one's betting knowledge and skills if one stops betting forever suddenly and involuntarily.
If you have spent a lot of time researching and developing an
" edge", either technical or tactical, isn't it a waste if it all disappears with your unexpected and sudden disappearance from the world ?.
If, for example, your family depends to a certain extent on the income from your betting activities, what happens to them if it ceases all of a sudden ?.
Should you have a plan in place to have your betting activities continued after you go ? If so, what do you do ?
Say you have no close family membesr either willing or able to learn what you know or do betting wise ? ( God forbid that I would ever have to try to teach or even interest my wife in what I do ). Do you teach a close non family friend ( if so, who could you trust really ) .
Do you write it all down in a will document and let people just do what they want with it ?
Do you try to package it all into some form of saleable commodity ? ( this might be particularly relevant to those few on here who have seemingly developed sophisticated in game trading software programs ).
Now for most of us , being just average small beer type punters, maybe all this is probably overkill, but is it for all of us ?
One's age bears no relevance to this at all, as nobody knows what is going to happen tomorrow ( if you do, then that of course would really be the most valuable betting system of all time, which it would be absolutely imperative to pass onto somebody ).
Ignore all this if it is all too maudlin and perhaps too silly for you, but otherwise I would be interested to hear your views.
Btw my dog was a demon soccer match win selecttor- almost as good as my dartboard.
But I am currently in a sombre, reflective mood, having just had to put to sleep my best friend for the past 17 years ( my faithul dog Al). Very hard to do.
But it has led me to thinking about what happens to one's betting knowledge and skills if one stops betting forever suddenly and involuntarily.
If you have spent a lot of time researching and developing an
" edge", either technical or tactical, isn't it a waste if it all disappears with your unexpected and sudden disappearance from the world ?.
If, for example, your family depends to a certain extent on the income from your betting activities, what happens to them if it ceases all of a sudden ?.
Should you have a plan in place to have your betting activities continued after you go ? If so, what do you do ?
Say you have no close family membesr either willing or able to learn what you know or do betting wise ? ( God forbid that I would ever have to try to teach or even interest my wife in what I do ). Do you teach a close non family friend ( if so, who could you trust really ) .
Do you write it all down in a will document and let people just do what they want with it ?
Do you try to package it all into some form of saleable commodity ? ( this might be particularly relevant to those few on here who have seemingly developed sophisticated in game trading software programs ).
Now for most of us , being just average small beer type punters, maybe all this is probably overkill, but is it for all of us ?
One's age bears no relevance to this at all, as nobody knows what is going to happen tomorrow ( if you do, then that of course would really be the most valuable betting system of all time, which it would be absolutely imperative to pass onto somebody ).
Ignore all this if it is all too maudlin and perhaps too silly for you, but otherwise I would be interested to hear your views.
Btw my dog was a demon soccer match win selecttor- almost as good as my dartboard.
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sorry to hear about your dog mate must be hard after 17 years.
to be honest i don't think you can teach people how to bet unless they have a real interest. i find it really difficult to tell people what i do on here and its not rocket science and some of them are even into betting but have no idea which is why i come on the forums to talk to people who understand better. |
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Hello there Froggy good to see you back, sorry to hear about your dog. He sounds a bit like Sid James' parrot from that Carry on film.
I would respond as follows: If your family financially depends on you in some way then just take out some kind of life insurance. If your family or whoever were interested in what you do and really wanted to do it, they would have said something whilst you were alive. At the end of the day it's just a skill, not some mystical power. You're just a person that has found a skill of being able to make money by gambling, that's all. The desire to try and educate people after your demise sounds a bit like that person having a bit of an inferiority complex. Finally I would say that if you classify your dog as your best friend and you have a wife, you don't really need to worry about what happens to her after you've gone. I hope she doesn't read your posts otherwise you may be in trouble!!! |
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good post UA
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... Alfie? I had a vivid dream about meeting my childhood dog again the other week, woke up, very strange feeling, can't quite put my finger on whether I felt happy or sad
 . Alfies also a good name for a dog."The desire to try and educate people after your demise sounds a bit like that person having a bit of an inferiority complex." ??? Strange thing to say. If anyone has put time and effort into any "system" or "approach" that works and is only in their head I can completely understand FAFHs thinking. If you invent anything useful it's not a great feeling to think about it going with you. If it's that good personally I'd write it down, and meantimes say your son gets to a decent age (like 20s when he's got a career and qualifications to fall back on and doesn't see betting as easy career option so studying can **** it) teach him it. |
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At one time it was a favourite ploy of useless system peddlers to start their blurb "This method, I can only reveal to a select few, was only revealed at the deathbed of a successful retired bookmaker. He managed to reveal these amazing secrets moments before he died ...
Anyone who loses their job or retires gets the same feeling of loss. You have years of really useful knowledge and skills but no one wants to know. 99% of all human effort, apart from family and pets, is sadly absolutely worthless, but you only realise that when it is too late. |
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"The desire to try and educate people after your demise sounds a bit like that person having a bit of an inferiority complex."
??? Strange thing to say. agreed FAFH, i could definitely find a good home for your winning edge  ps sorry about your dog....feel proud you gave him a good life. |
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It may not have been the best term in hindsight. I think the term I was looking for was delusions of grandeur.
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