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bluebook
11 May 21 23:31
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Anybody else been sustained by racing ?

Without the gee gees over the last 21 years, or so, think I might have run a hot bath and opened a vein some years back.

Absolutely no connection with racing, so to speak. Wouldn't know a bog spavin from a stifle. But, without that puzzle, each and every day, of trying to unearth a single winner from a mass of contradictory data, don't quite know what I would've done.

Saw me through the deaths of the three most important people in my life, and still about the only thing that keeps me grounded today.
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Report ribotman May 12, 2021 9:28 AM BST
same
Report sageform May 12, 2021 11:05 AM BST
Certainly important, but as a wildlife enthusiast living in a country village, I have a second way to occupy my mind so I am fortunate in not really missing human contact. 90% of my days are spent doing what I would have been doing 2 years ago.
Report sludge May 12, 2021 1:32 PM BST
You are so right bluebook . Just think what reaction would we get though if we put it out there that gambling in some cases can actually help with Mental Health Issues. The Mainstream Media would have a fit !
Report howard May 12, 2021 1:52 PM BST
yeah doing mindless boring things all day is the real danger
Report sageform May 12, 2021 2:16 PM BST
Depends what you call boring of course.
Report duffy May 12, 2021 2:19 PM BST
Same here for me, apart from family my life would be vacuous without it, sl@gging United could keep me going for a while but as a United fan that itself gets depressing at times.!
Report bluebook May 12, 2021 3:54 PM BST
That's an interesting point, sludge.

And it just goes to show what a terribly shallow understanding the MSM has of the world.
Report SlippyBlue May 12, 2021 4:54 PM BST
I would have to admit that horse and greyhound racing has been a key part of my life, going way back to walking Dad's greyhounds on Sunday mornings as a 7 year old in 1974. Bunking off school to go to the Wednesday Epsom Derby, Catford and Wimbledon dogs alike, I have always
Report SlippyBlue May 12, 2021 4:55 PM BST
..been a punter and can't see that ever changing.
Report bluebook May 12, 2021 7:43 PM BST
Yes, I always mysteriously went down with something on the Wednesday of the Derby which kept me from school.

But stranger still, it was never bad enough to stop me going to Epsom with mum and dad. Wink
Report leif May 12, 2021 8:52 PM BST
Had my first bet around the age of 9 or so.

The buzz of going racing has always been special.


not the be-all and end-all though to be honest.
Report duncan idaho May 13, 2021 9:12 AM BST
sl@gging United could keep me going for a while but as a United fan that itself gets depressing at times!


Laugh


my Dad's just hit 80 and had a couple of health scares the last 5 yrs...going to the betting shop every day to do an hr or 2 study for his Lucky15s is his life (aside from a few quiz shows in the aft and the grandkids, of course)
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