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  • GoldenageGoldenage Posts: 3,278 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The chances of hitting 4 out of 4 aren't that great. Never would I think I could hit 15 out of 15.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,643 ✭✭✭✭✭

    $604 isn’t a lot of money. I mean I wouldn’t just throw that amount at 1 in a million long shot though. 15-15 is insane, literally insane

  • GoldenageGoldenage Posts: 3,278 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:
    $604 isn’t a lot of money. I mean I wouldn’t just throw that amount at 1 in a million long shot though. 15-15 is insane, literally insane

    Yeah. Good point. That is the question. How much would you throw at a long shot ? I guess $6 to me may be $600 to someone else.

  • DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,379 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Million dollar hit, nice.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,643 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Goldenage said:

    @perkdog said:
    $604 isn’t a lot of money. I mean I wouldn’t just throw that amount at 1 in a million long shot though. 15-15 is insane, literally insane

    Yeah. Good point. That is the question. How much would you throw at a long shot ? I guess $6 to me may be $600 to someone else.

    Yea it’s all depending on the person and their situation. For me I need much better odds to throw $600 at something, for a long shot like that? Eh maybe $50 just for fun. Either way though I know guys that couldn’t imagine ever buying a $20 scratch ticket while I know others that have no problems going all in blind with $600 in chips in a Hold ‘em cash game.

  • hammer1hammer1 Posts: 3,874 ✭✭✭✭✭

    $10 tops for me, and that would be a 6 teamer.

  • DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,379 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A trifecta on jai alai is the biggest parlay play I've ever done.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,246 ✭✭✭✭✭

    not a gambler here. I dont even know what a 15 team parlay is.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,004 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Lots of money floating around in that Valley Forge area. It's one of the wealthiest areas in the Eastern states.

    A $604 bet is nothing over there to a number of gamblers. While this particular type of bet might be unusual, placing hundreds if not thousands of dollars on a bet to try to catch a horse racing pick six carry over pool which sometimes goes into the millions, is not unusual at all.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm a tight wad by nature, I'll do anything to save a buck. My wife buys brand name stuff, I always buy store brand just to save money. I do this strictly to save money for boxing cards. I'm obsessed with boxing cards and I'm on ebay the minute I wake up and all day long and I check it right before I go to bed. For me, there's no better feeling than finding a good boxing card and I'll stop at nothing to save every nickel I can for that feeling. My wife eats Lucky Charms, I eat Magic Stars, it's the same thing but $1.50 cheaper.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,004 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @doubledragon said:
    I'm a tight wad by nature, I'll do anything to save a buck. My wife buys brand name stuff, I always buy store brand just to save money. I do this strictly to save money for boxing cards. I'm obsessed with boxing cards and I'm on ebay the minute I wake up and all day long and I check it right before I go to bed. For me, there's no better feeling than finding a good boxing card and I'll stop at nothing to save every nickel I can for that feeling. My wife eats Lucky Charms, I eat Magic Stars, it's the same thing but $1.50 cheaper.

    It's not the same thing. One has charms which are lucky, the other has stars which are magic.

    Might i suggest you start paying closer attention to the labeling on the cereal boxes.

    ;)

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @stevek said:

    @doubledragon said:
    I'm a tight wad by nature, I'll do anything to save a buck. My wife buys brand name stuff, I always buy store brand just to save money. I do this strictly to save money for boxing cards. I'm obsessed with boxing cards and I'm on ebay the minute I wake up and all day long and I check it right before I go to bed. For me, there's no better feeling than finding a good boxing card and I'll stop at nothing to save every nickel I can for that feeling. My wife eats Lucky Charms, I eat Magic Stars, it's the same thing but $1.50 cheaper.

    It's not the same thing. One has charms which are lucky, the other has stars which are magic.

    Might i suggest you start paying closer attention to the labeling on the cereal boxes.

    ;)

    My wife gets to eat rainbows, hearts and four leaf clover marshmallows. I can't even tell what the heck my marshmallows are!

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,004 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 14, 2021 7:57AM

    @doubledragon said:

    @stevek said:

    @doubledragon said:
    I'm a tight wad by nature, I'll do anything to save a buck. My wife buys brand name stuff, I always buy store brand just to save money. I do this strictly to save money for boxing cards. I'm obsessed with boxing cards and I'm on ebay the minute I wake up and all day long and I check it right before I go to bed. For me, there's no better feeling than finding a good boxing card and I'll stop at nothing to save every nickel I can for that feeling. My wife eats Lucky Charms, I eat Magic Stars, it's the same thing but $1.50 cheaper.

    It's not the same thing. One has charms which are lucky, the other has stars which are magic.

    Might i suggest you start paying closer attention to the labeling on the cereal boxes.

    ;)

    My wife gets to eat rainbows, hearts and four leaf clover marshmallows. I can't even tell what the heck my marshmallows are!

    That's what i've been trying to tell ya. The rainbows, hearts, and four leaf clover marshmallows are well worth the extra $1.50 expense to some people, versus eating unidentified marshmallows.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @stevek said:

    @doubledragon said:

    @stevek said:

    @doubledragon said:
    I'm a tight wad by nature, I'll do anything to save a buck. My wife buys brand name stuff, I always buy store brand just to save money. I do this strictly to save money for boxing cards. I'm obsessed with boxing cards and I'm on ebay the minute I wake up and all day long and I check it right before I go to bed. For me, there's no better feeling than finding a good boxing card and I'll stop at nothing to save every nickel I can for that feeling. My wife eats Lucky Charms, I eat Magic Stars, it's the same thing but $1.50 cheaper.

    It's not the same thing. One has charms which are lucky, the other has stars which are magic.

    Might i suggest you start paying closer attention to the labeling on the cereal boxes.

    ;)

    My wife gets to eat rainbows, hearts and four leaf clover marshmallows. I can't even tell what the heck my marshmallows are!

    That's what i've been trying to tell ya. The rainbows, hearts, and four leaf clover marshmallows are well worth the extra $1.50 expense to some people, versus eating unidentified marshmallows.

    I just can't do it Steve, that's $1.50 that can be used towards Joe Louis. I'll just have to wonder what the heck my marshmallows are!

  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,071 ✭✭✭✭✭

    $604 would be way too much for me to wager, and just had a big bowl of this........................

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Darin said:
    $604 would be way too much for me to wager, and just had a big bowl of this........................

    No thank you sir, I prefer Crisp Crunch, same thing but $1.50 cheaper!

  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,071 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Several years ago I ordered a case of this. You couldn't get it in stores but you could
    order it online. Ate it all the time for breakfast 45-50 years ago. Haha.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 14, 2021 11:24AM

    Mountain Dew, can't do it. Joe makes me drink Mountain Lion, it's $1.00 cheaper!

  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,071 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Double D- Seeing the new mtn dew plastic bottles makes me cringe. The glass bottles used to be pure art.
    I own one of these unopened but not BBCE verified. :p

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,004 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @doubledragon said:
    Mountain Dew, can't do it. Joe makes me drink Mountain Lion, it's $1.00 cheaper!

    Dam i've got a good joke about that Mountain Lion soda based on the color and where it came from, but i can't tell it here or i'll get whacked. 😵

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Darin, I love the glass bottles as well, the soda tastes a lot better from a glass bottle also. I don't like plastic bottles. I didn't realize Mountain Dew had been around that long, I've never seen that design before. I wish they would have kept that look instead of their new corny logo.

  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mountain Dew came in those bottles way back in the 50's-60's, but it was marketed almost exclusively in the deep South. we took a family trip to Florida in 1963 and that was the first time I ever saw or tasted it. seems like it was the same with Dr. Pepper, although that had been around a lot longer.

  • GoldenageGoldenage Posts: 3,278 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Speaking of food in the 50s and 60s, has anyone seen the History channel's series on food in America ?
    How McDonald's and Burger King, and Reese's and Hershey got started and during the war and recession.
    Very cool shows if you ever get around to it.

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @stevek said:

    @doubledragon said:
    Mountain Dew, can't do it. Joe makes me drink Mountain Lion, it's $1.00 cheaper!

    Dam i've got a good joke about that Mountain Lion soda based on the color and where it came from, but i can't tell it here or i'll get whacked. 😵

    At least you would go out with a bang.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,004 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thisistheshow said:

    @stevek said:

    @doubledragon said:
    Mountain Dew, can't do it. Joe makes me drink Mountain Lion, it's $1.00 cheaper!

    Dam i've got a good joke about that Mountain Lion soda based on the color and where it came from, but i can't tell it here or i'll get whacked. 😵

    At least you would go out with a bang.

    The joke had something to do with a mountain lion marking its territory, but i shall go no further with it. :D

  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭✭✭✭

    what is a cahoon?

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,643 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 15, 2021 4:05PM

    @Goldenage said:
    Speaking of food in the 50s and 60s, has anyone seen the History channel's series on food in America ?
    How McDonald's and Burger King, and Reese's and Hershey got started and during the war and recession.
    Very cool shows if you ever get around to it.

    Nice. Another rabbit hole for me to go down lol

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,004 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Them dam rabbits, always causing problems.

  • WingsruleWingsrule Posts: 3,011 ✭✭✭✭

    Quisp rocks!!!!

  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'd bet $604 on a turtle race if one winks at me on the way to the starting gate

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