Purchase for Sporgy

I bought something that should come in handy (for me, anyway) when I
arrive in town for Sporgy in a mere 7 weeks. After searching online,
I bought a Casio calculator watch for less than $20...including
shipping. I found a lot of places that had them for under $20, but
they all wanted $8-$10 for shipping...for just a watch! Not exactly a
heavy item. I found one of those photo-electronic-watch discount
houses out east that had one for less than $15 & shipping for less
than $5, so I bought it.

I wanted to get one for crunching numbers in the race/sportsbook in
Las Vegas so I don't have to carry a calculator around. I have done
that before & have almost left it lying around a number of times. It
was only a matter of time before I'd lose it.

Cameron

"CLM in ND" <camarvel8@m> wrote in message
news:1187194454.458294.228850@22g2000hsm. ...
>I bought something that should come in handy (for me, anyway) when I
> arrive in town for Sporgy in a mere 7 weeks. After searching online,
> I bought a Casio calculator watch for less than $20...including
> shipping. I found a lot of places that had them for under $20, but
> they all wanted $8-$10 for shipping...for just a watch! Not exactly a
> heavy item. I found one of those photo-electronic-watch discount
> houses out east that had one for less than $15 & shipping for less
> than $5, so I bought it.
>
> I wanted to get one for crunching numbers in the race/sportsbook in
> Las Vegas so I don't have to carry a calculator around. I have done
> that before & have almost left it lying around a number of times. It
> was only a matter of time before I'd lose it.
>
> Cameron
>

Sounds interesting. Do you have a link?


--
Margaret
mrs.fine@

"CLM in ND" <camarvel8@m> wrote in message
news:1187194454.458294.228850@22g2000hsm. ...
> I bought something that should come in handy (for me, anyway) when I
> arrive in town for Sporgy in a mere 7 weeks. After searching online,
> I bought a Casio calculator watch for less than $20...including
> shipping. I found a lot of places that had them for under $20, but
> they all wanted $8-$10 for shipping...for just a watch! Not exactly a
> heavy item. I found one of those photo-electronic-watch discount
> houses out east that had one for less than $15 & shipping for less
> than $5, so I bought it.
>
> I wanted to get one for crunching numbers in the race/sportsbook in
> Las Vegas so I don't have to carry a calculator around. I have done
> that before & have almost left it lying around a number of times. It
> was only a matter of time before I'd lose it.
>
> Cameron

Play some blackjack and constantly keep doing calculations with the watch.
It should drive the dealer bonkers.

Farmer John

On Aug 15, 11:49 am, Andrew in Alabama <andre...m> wrote:
> Dude, you are talking to a guy who wears a fanny pack when in Vegas.
> No one can out-geek me.

Phil can.

Matt

On Aug 16, 4:58 pm, Burt Cohen <burtcoh...@> wrote:
>
> Stram's system for picking Superbowl winners against the spread was
> legendary. I don't recall exactly what his record was, but I think it
> only lost a couple of times in the history of the game.
>
> Right about the time Stram was up for the Hall of Fame it was clear that
> the NFL had asked Stram to stop giving his Superbowl picks. He claimed
> that the NFL stopped releasing some of the info that was part of his
> system and so he could no longer calculate it.
>
> Unfortunately, I think Mr. Stram's system died with him.
>
> -Burt
>
Burt, I was blown away when I heard that he was 28-3 on the season up
to that point. This was around early Nov in 1996 I think. 28-3! Oh
man, I wish I could get my hands on what that formula was.

Cameron

On Aug 20, 4:52 pm, "Donna" <donnaTAKETHIS...@msn.com> wrote:
> CLM in ND wrote:
> >I bought something that should come in handy (for me, anyway) when I
> > arrive in town for Sporgy in a mere 7 weeks. After searching online,
> > I bought a Casio calculator watch for less than $20...including
> > shipping.
>
> "What is this, Star Trek or something?"
>
> -- Cameron Marvel, 7/30/07

Wow, that's quite a zinger! You should be on "Hollywood Squares!"

In all seriousness, it will come in handy crunching numbers from the
Daily Racing Form between races. I believe Bay Meadows, Oak Tree @
Santa Anita, & the Meadowlands will be in full swing for Sporgy. I
can't have the space in my pockets compromised by a carrying a
calculator around, thus the need for a calculator watch.

Boy, it's a good thing I don't feel like I have to impress people when
I go to Las Vegas, because that watch won't fill the bill...or will
it?

Cameron

CLM in ND wrote:

>
>
> Wow, that's quite a zinger! You should be on "Hollywood Squares!"
>
> In all seriousness, it will come in handy crunching numbers from the
> Daily Racing Form between races. I believe Bay Meadows, Oak Tree @
> Santa Anita, & the Meadowlands will be in full swing for Sporgy.
>
> Cameron
>
Don't forget the greatest racetrack of them all, Belmont Park...
Denny in Mass