New Posts For Thread: Fastest greyhound, ever?https://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/30693321/fastest-greyhound-everRavage Again, imo"there are no constants to use as a form of measure"Well done Winja , its a real pity that it takes 80 odd posts for the obvious to be stated so succinctly.https://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/30693321/fastest-greyhound-ever?post_id=548926015#548926015"there are no constants to use as a form of measure"Well done Winja , its a real pity that it takes 80 odd posts for the obvious to be stated so succinctly.Mon, 06 Jun 2016 04:08:22 -0500to be fair kavvie the original thread has probably been answered with the conclusion being different dogs running in different eras are nearly impossible to compare as there are no constants to use as the form of measure......also the world record hahttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/30693321/fastest-greyhound-ever?post_id=548925811#548925811to be fair kavvie the original thread has probably been answered with the conclusion being different dogs running in different eras are nearly impossible to compare as there are no constants to use as the form of measure......also the world record haMon, 06 Jun 2016 02:35:33 -0500gang anti social behaviourhttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/30693321/fastest-greyhound-ever?post_id=548925781#548925781gang anti social behaviourMon, 06 Jun 2016 02:05:48 -0500how did this thread go from the fastest greyhound of all time to to the average industrial wage in the 1930s?https://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/30693321/fastest-greyhound-ever?post_id=548925055#548925055how did this thread go from the fastest greyhound of all time to to the average industrial wage in the 1930s?Sun, 05 Jun 2016 18:24:19 -0500I wouldn't really know that myself winja. Maybe I should have asked my dad but apart from the ordinary punters there was some real big hitters around back then. Very little for those guys off course so the money would always be on at the tracks. My rhttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/30693321/fastest-greyhound-ever?post_id=548923443#548923443I wouldn't really know that myself winja. Maybe I should have asked my dad but apart from the ordinary punters there was some real big hitters around back then. Very little for those guys off course so the money would always be on at the tracks. My rSun, 05 Jun 2016 14:25:40 -0500that is interesting sparrow as the average weekly wage for skilled men in the 30's was £5.....which remained fairly static until after the war when it was £10 a week with it rising to £15 in the 50's before climbing to £25 in the 60's......50% ofhttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/30693321/fastest-greyhound-ever?post_id=548923303#548923303that is interesting sparrow as the average weekly wage for skilled men in the 30's was £5.....which remained fairly static until after the war when it was £10 a week with it rising to £15 in the 50's before climbing to £25 in the 60's......50% ofSun, 05 Jun 2016 14:07:06 -0500I think the slang referred more to prices than actual currency as a £3 bet wasn't really much even in the 30s to most bookmakers.neves,rouf, and carp half for 7/2 were all price related and not really used for money terms. In the 60s I can recall sehttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/30693321/fastest-greyhound-ever?post_id=548920525#548920525I think the slang referred more to prices than actual currency as a £3 bet wasn't really much even in the 30s to most bookmakers.neves,rouf, and carp half for 7/2 were all price related and not really used for money terms. In the 60s I can recall seSun, 05 Jun 2016 09:44:25 -0500to be fair sparrow £3 in those timeframes was a reasonable bet at the later stages and a massive bet in the earlier......well for working class people at the stadiums......I have been using those terms since the late seventies a few years after i behttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/30693321/fastest-greyhound-ever?post_id=548919167#548919167to be fair sparrow £3 in those timeframes was a reasonable bet at the later stages and a massive bet in the earlier......well for working class people at the stadiums......I have been using those terms since the late seventies a few years after i beSun, 05 Jun 2016 07:41:55 -0500winja, maybe I'm just living in the past a bit with this slang, but with a father who was a bookmakers clerk from the 1930s to the 1960s it will always be that way for me I suppose.https://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/30693321/fastest-greyhound-ever?post_id=548918691#548918691winja, maybe I'm just living in the past a bit with this slang, but with a father who was a bookmakers clerk from the 1930s to the 1960s it will always be that way for me I suppose.Sun, 05 Jun 2016 06:49:23 -0500sparrow when you regularly bet at the track at a higher standard you turn 5 £20 notes into a £100 note so 3 x £100 note is where a carpet is converted into £300......https://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/30693321/fastest-greyhound-ever?post_id=548918489#548918489sparrow when you regularly bet at the track at a higher standard you turn 5 £20 notes into a £100 note so 3 x £100 note is where a carpet is converted into £300......Sun, 05 Jun 2016 06:23:34 -0500