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Old 04-11-2008, 10:49 AM
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Would like to start a thread in honour of people who started us on our let us say unenvyable way..............................

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Ron Crawford : >..........my mentor a man who even when i spouted Sheeeeeeet didnt say your wrong just asked the same question three times & in my pride even tho i gave him the wrong answer 3 times would never say your wrong .
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Old 04-11-2008, 11:01 AM
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Bill Downes Sr...a fixture at AP and the owner of the two best seats in Lambeau. Glad he's had a good run with Taylor Madison.
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Old 04-11-2008, 11:16 AM
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Joe Kristufek, handicapper for Chicago's Daily Herald and Arlington's ML guy among other things, for what it's worth.
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Old 04-11-2008, 11:24 AM
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Joe Kristufek, handicapper for Chicago's Daily Herald and Arlington's ML guy among other things, for what it's worth.
ooooh...name play Brian..I pull out the guy who has drank 8 beers a day at Arlington since 1982 and you use a "real" mentor..lol
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Old 04-11-2008, 11:25 AM
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ooooh...name play Brian..I pull out the guy who has drank 8 beers a day before 12 noon at Arlington since 1982 and you use a "real" mentor..lol
Fixed that for ya.
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Old 04-11-2008, 11:28 AM
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Fixed that for ya.
ahhh..very true. Thnx Kev.
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Old 04-11-2008, 11:43 AM
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Leroy the mush/ticket thief.
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Old 04-11-2008, 11:57 AM
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Mortimer Dexter Foxworthy.
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Old 04-11-2008, 11:59 AM
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ooooh...name play Brian..I pull out the guy who has drank 8 beers a day at Arlington since 1982 and you use a "real" mentor..lol
will you be upstairs tomorrow? i'm feeling that i might need to get out and tip a couple myself.
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Old 04-11-2008, 12:00 PM
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ooooh...name play Brian..I pull out the guy who has drank 8 beers a day at Arlington since 1982 and you use a "real" mentor..lol
Oh sorry, I had yet to realize that the topic was not serious.

Should be at OTB tomorrow.
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Old 04-11-2008, 12:07 PM
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will you be upstairs tomorrow? i'm feeling that i might need to get out and tip a couple myself.
Yup..will be up there around 2..Scavs shortly thereafter. Hope you can make it Jim
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Old 04-11-2008, 12:09 PM
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Oh sorry, I had yet to realize that the topic was not serious.

Should be at OTB tomorrow.
The topic was real question, your post was legitimate...and Downes was my "inspiration" so to speak...But you know him..hard to attach that label with a straight face, so..
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Old 04-11-2008, 12:12 PM
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The topic was real question, your post was legitimate...and Downes was my "inspiration" so to speak...But you know him..hard to attach that label with a straight face, so..
Bill Downes became mentor #2 after I went all in on Lewis Michael in the Goodwood last fall and he turned to me, called me crazy, and said, "they will NEVER let an Arlington horse win in CALLLLLLL-I-FOR-NIA!"

Turns out, he was right.
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Old 04-11-2008, 12:12 PM
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Yup..will be up there around 2..Scavs shortly thereafter. Hope you can make it Jim
scavarino is coming? now i'm not so sure if i'll be there.

just kidding tom!

sorry to hijack your mentor thread magic-idol.
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Old 04-11-2008, 12:24 PM
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scavarino is coming? now i'm not so sure if i'll be there.

just kidding tom!

sorry to hijack your mentor thread magic-idol.
Yes I will be there, probably at the same time as Bob, and I could be in rare form. Big day tomorrow.

I WANT TO TAKE THE SUMMER OFF DAMN IT...Leaving that place with 20k CASH
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HaHahah was gonna delete it as ive had a few Crownies ( Beer ) but it seems to have taken a life of its own
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Old 04-11-2008, 12:29 PM
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http://www.jockthemovie.com/mbacon.html

I worked the backstretch a couple summers as a kid. I was friendly with Mary Bacon who was ten years older and a whole world wiser than me.

Mother died in childbirth. Father died in an Alkie ward. Second woman to ride in the U.S. (after Diane Crump). Stabbed. Shot at. Posed in Playboy. Revlon "Charlie" girl. Lost the Revlon deal after speaking at Klan rally. Contracted terminal cancer. Blew her brains out. She was 43.
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Old 04-11-2008, 12:30 PM
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Yes I will be there, probably at the same time as Bob, and I could be in rare form. Big day tomorrow.

I WANT TO TAKE THE SUMMER OFF DAMN IT...Leaving that place with 20k CASH
we're on the same page then, let's crush 'em.
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Old 04-11-2008, 12:38 PM
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HaHahah was gonna delete it as ive had a few Crownies ( Beer ) but it seems to have taken a life of its own
good thing you didn't delete it as we've now organized a meet-up at the otb tomorrow.

enjoy your Crownie(s), sounds good.
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