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mine was penny up the wall in primary school ,then graduated to cards when i was about 13 ,then on to the horses and dogs . i remember in the 70s if we were potless a crowd of about 8 mates under the influence of the weed would play chase the ace with a difference ,we would put a few extra aces in the pack to make it more interesting and if you copped an ace you would have to put your fingers in a loaded mousetrap ! fecking pressure and tension was unbelivable ,but it was hillairious, untill you copped an ace !
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"pitch & toss" ....then i got 2 sheets of glass & between em made zig zag tracks with that garden cane wed use as arrows........a long cane along the front ....once removed would set it off...........this was WOODLICE RACING with 4 tracks and trainers talking to the woodlice before the event was great fun..........we tried to "handicap" the winner by removing a leg or 2 as this only caused em to roll up in a ball.... so the winner got the hammer.........in case it was reintroduced at a later date as a "coop"
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leg end. your still at it. give it a rest ffs. nobody believes a word you say.
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Leg end - more like fcking bell end.
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mmm ifink it won!
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West Tip winning the GN
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in the 70-80s on sundays when there was no racing we used to use a monopoly board as a racetrack and use the counters /dog/hat boat ect as horses and have races round the board short race 1 mile = twice round the board long race 2 miles =4 times around the board used to all put a £ in per race and winner takes all ,some big time arguments guaranteed !
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Like mange pitch and toss was the first experience of gambling,it was on pain of suspension from school if we got caught plus a smack around the lugs if the old man found out.Not for gambling but for getting caught,he thought I should know better than to waste his school fees.
Luckily the Latin master was a compulsive gambler and he ran a book for all the big races,the only Latin i learned was caveat emptor when I asked for a refund of my stake on a non runner.........first experience of ante post. |
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lgend did you take the 66s in the morning or s.p of 100s !
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Leg end took the 66s and laid off at SP.nap Reminds me of a certain other FIB client.
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I was about 9, picked 4 names from the paper and my brother placed a 25p lucky 15 for me.
I had 3 winners @ 5/4, 100/30 and 2/1 and the fourth selection was a non runner. The bookie gave my brother back £1.61  Even then I knew I'd been shafted and have held that grudge against bookies ever since.  |
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aisle tell you after the race . . . . i had a grand on quezega at chelts i did i tell thee.
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playing chase the ace was a blast ! it was a bit like that scene in the deer hunter where they are playing russian roulette, when you copped an ace the roar that went up was deafening and everyone baying and laughing , a few tried to beat the trap by trying to whack thier fingers in and out sharpish but the mousetrap was to quick ,some even just tried to put thier fingertips in and out ,plenty of them blackmans pinches on thier nails
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Leg end cut his teeth on find the lady............never did find her.
He still hasnt worked out that when tipping a horse to lay that it is meant to lose,he has tipped more winners than the forum combined............but they were all lays.  |
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Not had a losing day for over a year Leg end,in fact unlike your followers my four BF apprentices have not had a losing day since 15th April last year.hth
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GT......dont encourage him
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Most "threads" soon end in conflict...........................thats why theres no-one on here.
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Envy is a killer for guessers like you Leg end..........108 winners tipped on here from 127 selections........17 from the last 23.No wonder you are seething,it is common amongst your type,shame.
Tbf your strike rate compared with above is better..........shame they are lays that win though. |
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Looks like we could have a contender for Fraudboys dancing crown mange.
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kan eye be an apprentice please
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