From: slider@anashram.com

### - another good movie! :)

like sheesh there's nada for ages and then 2 come along at the same time?? (grinz)

wasn't even gonna watch it as after only 5 minutes or so it was clear it's gonna be about... gangsters?

i mean, jeez... just about everything these days is about either vampires, werewolves, aliens, cops & robbers, special-ops & spys or... gangsters??

and was just about to click away from it when i heard the name 'lucky
Luciano' mentioned!

(which gots my interest goin' coz have heard quite a few interesting
things about that particular dude...)

that as gangsters go... he was apparently a cut above the rest, was more refined and/or a thinker and thus somewhat wise-er than just yer average hoodlum, was also well respected and carried huge influence etc, someone
who, for example, looked down on/scorned the likes of al capone for
instance (referring to him once as being 'that little syphilitic pimp')
and also because (as mentioned in the movie) whilst in jail doin' life was approached by the US gov to help with the war effort... which in the movie
is somewhat toned/played right down, but which in fact rather
interestingly went a whole lot farther than that! (go figure heh)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WLCzob1v_Q

am into history so it's quite a good movie :)

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From: allreadydun@gmail.com

we got the Breeders Cup races today and tomorrow
at Del Mar, Cali. son of a bitch they have over 21 million
dollars in jackpots for the 12 races on Saturday. First
places pay 52% of the pot. Our boy Hot Rod Charlie is
runnin' the twelve race with two other son of guns.
IF Charlie just gets in the 'money' (1,2,3) it will be a grand
payday for the owners on that horse. show is smart money
bet for this really tight race. go get 'em Charlie boy! :)

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From: allreadydun@gmail.com

by the way, the pot for the 12th race is 6 million bucks.
so the winner takes 3,000,000 for a quick day's work.
what a fuckin' payday eh? 52% is alright.

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From: allreadydun@gmail.com

### - fuck me heh...

for THAT much money just strap a saddle on my back and i'll have a go

LOL ! :)))

so how would you bet Hot Rod Charlie today? win or place or show bet ? this is gonna be a very tight race.

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From: slider@anashram.com

- fuck me heh...

for THAT much money just strap a saddle on my back and i'll have a go

LOL ! :)))

so how would you bet Hot Rod Charlie today? win or place or show
bet ?
this is gonna be a very tight race.

### - ain't sure how they do things there, but over here ya can't just
back for either a place or a show on their own? ya also have to back it
for a win as well! so to get paid for a place here you first have to back
it for a win and, if ya want to, only an equal amount for a place (we
don't bother with a show difference here and so it pays the same as for a place)

the prob with hot rod this time being his very low odds (currently only
4/1) which is cool for a win but lousy for a place (or show) which only
pays a fifth (or a quarter in bigger races) of the winning sp, in which
case the best ya can hope for with either a place or show is to get all
(or most) of your money back if he comes in the first 3 or 4...

therefore... i wouldn't bother hoping to maybe scrape back your outlay on
a place or show bet as well and just put everything you're gonna bet on a
full win :)

e.g., $10 each-way costs $20 and the best you can get from a place is just about a quarter of those odds, iow: even-money, so if it places/shows
you'll recoup maybe $20 less tax etc, which is hardly worth it so would personally just back the full 20 on a win instead = maybe a $50 return and screw the places...

basically, this formula means only ever backing for places if the winning
odds are high enough to get more than just your money back if it places,
one would never, for example, bother backing a favourite for anything less
than a win :)

methinks charlie could win it though, as long as he doesn't step on anyone
like that last time heh ;)

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From: slider@anashram.com

3,000,000 for a quick day's work.
what a fuckin' payday eh?

### - fuck me heh...

for THAT much money just strap a saddle on my back and i'll have a go
myself!

LOL ! :)))

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