What cheeses me off

Let us know when you are going to miss some in the future and someone can lay them on and share the spoils.
I can assure you it's not planned.

P.S. I'm actually in front this year so with these missed bets could have been a great year as these are the cream on top.
 
At High school I was one of 2 in partnership as the schools bookmaker. It was only the Melbourne cups but in 6 years we never lost. Our best result was when Even Stevens won at 3/1 when our profit was a bit over 100 pounds each. the worst result was with Lord Fury with our profit was just 50 pounds each. The bookies never lost.
 
But you've said before overall you are not in front that you have lost thousands
In the past yes. I'm not chasing the past. If I did then I'd go nuts.

In 1989 I buy a $117,000 unit in Sydney inner South-West that is now maybe worth $500,000.

In 1992 someone I know bought 2 x $40,000 apartments in Shanghai and they are both worth over $1million each

In 1992 another person I know bought a Queenslander near Brisbane City for around $125,000 and its now worth $3million untouched.

What does that tell you? You need extreme luck.
 
Not a political post about value of unions….but my 16yr old was coerced into signing up to the union at her casual job today. She had to sign documents to join, and now has 2 weeks to opt out if she desires. A great teaching moment about signing documents that you don’t understand or under pressure.
 
WCMO is that the Youku app works perfectly fine on my Chromecast monitor. I have now paid a subscription via the phone and I cannot login to the Youku app on Chromecast and I cannot cast either * grumpy grumpy grumpy* have to watch on the tablet I miss my big screen
 
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My point was if I miss a bet there's a good chance it will win. That's scary and that would suggest factors we do not understand are in control.

I’d take it as a good sign actually. This time you might have won. But the fact that you’ve got other priorities that outweigh placing bets is probably a good thing. The sorts of gamblers that get into real trouble with debt would never ever miss a bet.
 
Park the car in an empty supermarket lot, way up the back away from everyone, with 100 vacant spaces. Come back and the only other car is parked right next to yours. Cars don’t like to be left alone?
 

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