*Tips For Tikay* Mini Fred Bash - weekend of October 26 - 27th 2013

[Ant040689]

sent

[The Camel]

Ok, this is really annoying and disappointing.

Nine people have sent money, and I am limited to 8 seats.

I will call Ticketmaster and see if they let me have 9 together, instead of the 8.

But if not, as I said in on of the posts, the last person to transfer me money will have to miss out... And I can't say who is last until tomorrow when the names of the people who transferred me money shows on my bank account!

Or maybe better if I get say 5, and someone else buys 4?

[Sheriff Fatman]

I currently have one spare in my row of four, if no joy.

[The Camel]

I currently have one spare in my row of four, if no joy.

That would be perfect!

Although on checking, a couple of people who confirmed they were in, haven't sent money yet.

So maybe wait for a day and see if they really are in and get someone else to buy more tickets?

I'm going to go ahead and buy 8 tickets now.

[scotty2hatty]

In for all festivities, bar American Football. Never enjoyed it.

[The Camel]

8 tickets booked.

I'll be able to tell you who has missed out tomorrow.

Hopefully they will able to take Curtis's spare ticket.

Or, if people still want to go... start another list and buy more tickets tomorrow?

[The Camel]

Discussed this at length with Mattu during curry night yesterday evening

Both in, will ship the money over now

Slight addition to the plan, you will find us in www.rasoi-uk.com on Friday night

You two are definitely in, because I received the double payment first. (You didn't send the extra booking fee though.. you still owe me £11.30!)

90% I'm in for the curry on Friday night too.

[bobby1]

bugger, sorry I wasn't online earlier. will deffo be included in the next batch if we get enough.

[StuartHopkin]

Discussed this at length with Mattu during curry night yesterday evening

Both in, will ship the money over now

Slight addition to the plan, you will find us in www.rasoi-uk.com on Friday night

You two are definitely in, because I received the double payment first. (You didn't send the extra booking fee though.. you still owe me £11.30!)

90% I'm in for the curry on Friday night too.

Ooops!

Should be there now.

Apologies

[tikay]

Nothing on at Kempton? Trekking from Newbury to London sounds like a chore to me.

Newbury was my favourite track when I lived in London due to it's easy access by rail.

It was a while ago but you didn't have to change trains.

Might be a few special services for race days. I only checked for this Saturday by way of example on a Trainline app. 75mins including the change BTW.

I just had a look and you do have to change at Reading.

I could have sworn that there used to be a direct race-day service.

There most certainly used to be, but my knowledge of it does not extend beyond the Autumn of 1967, so it may have changed now....

And it gives me the chance to retell a tale I told a while back. (ZZZzzz....)

There used to be a "Newbury Race Special" back in the day, Paddington to Newbury, the train waited at Newbury all afternoon, & then returned to Paddington after Racing finished. Tales from that train, full of punters gamblers & all sorts of sorts, litter literature, be it stories of degen gamblers, or in Dick Francis novels.

In the Autumn of 1967, the train had returned to Paddington, &, as was the custom, the driver leaned out of the locomotive cab after it stopped, watching the passengers walk to the exit, & quite frequently, they would get a little tip, just sixpence or a shilling, for "being on time" or "nice smooth ride, Driver".

On this occasion, a dapper young man in a trilby stopped & whispered to the driver "back Frankincense for next season's Lincoln, it is 66/1, but it will soon be much shorter".

Frankincense duly trotted up, & the chap in the trilby, who was at the time Travelling Head Lad to John Oxley, was alleged to have had a total of £60,000 on it, & from the winnings, he purchased a Yard in Lambourn.

His name, of course, was Barry Hills, & he went on to train over 3,000 winners, & sire 4 sons, two of whom became very successful jockeys.

The driver of the train was Jimmy Kendall, who had never once had a bet in his life before that day. He had, I think, 2 shillings, or half a crown each way @ 66/1, & from then on, was a hooked punter for the rest of his life, & he too went on to sire a handsome son - now early middle-aged - who caught the betting bug from his Dad. 

[edgascoigne]

Nothing on at Kempton? Trekking from Newbury to London sounds like a chore to me.

Newbury was my favourite track when I lived in London due to it's easy access by rail.

It was a while ago but you didn't have to change trains.

Might be a few special services for race days. I only checked for this Saturday by way of example on a Trainline app. 75mins including the change BTW.

I just had a look and you do have to change at Reading.

I could have sworn that there used to be a direct race-day service.

There most certainly used to be, but my knowledge of it does not extend beyond the Autumn of 1967, so it may have changed now....

And it gives me the chance to retell a tale I told a while back. (ZZZzzz....)

There used to be a "Newbury Race Special" back in the day, Paddington to Newbury, the train waited at Newbury all afternoon, & then returned to Paddington after Racing finished. Tales from that train, full of punters gamblers & all sorts of sorts, litter literature, be it stories of degen gamblers, or in Dick Francis novels.

In the Autumn of 1967, the train had returned to Paddington, &, as was the custom, the driver leaned out of the locomotive cab after it stopped, watching the passengers walk to the exit, & quite frequently, they would get a little tip, just sixpence or a shilling, for "being on time" or "nice smooth ride, Driver".

On this occasion, a dapper young man in a trilby stopped & whispered to the driver "back Frankincense for next season's Lincoln, it is 66/1, but it will soon be much shorter".

Frankincense duly trotted up, & the chap in the trilby, who was at the time Travelling Head Lad to John Oxley, was alleged to have had a total of £60,000 on it, & from the winnings, he purchased a Yard in Lambourn.

His name, of course, was Barry Hills, & he went on to train over 3,000 winners, & sire 4 sons, two of whom became very successful jockeys.

The driver of the train was Jimmy Kendall, who had never once had a bet in his life before that day. He had, I think, 2 shillings, or half a crown each way @ 66/1, & from then on, was a hooked punter for the rest of his life, & he too went on to sire a handsome son - now early middle-aged - who caught the betting bug from his Dad. 

 

[bobby1]

Nothing on at Kempton? Trekking from Newbury to London sounds like a chore to me.

Newbury was my favourite track when I lived in London due to it's easy access by rail.

It was a while ago but you didn't have to change trains.

Might be a few special services for race days. I only checked for this Saturday by way of example on a Trainline app. 75mins including the change BTW.

I just had a look and you do have to change at Reading.

I could have sworn that there used to be a direct race-day service.

There most certainly used to be, but my knowledge of it does not extend beyond the Autumn of 1967, so it may have changed now....

And it gives me the chance to retell a tale I told a while back. (ZZZzzz....)

There used to be a "Newbury Race Special" back in the day, Paddington to Newbury, the train waited at Newbury all afternoon, & then returned to Paddington after Racing finished. Tales from that train, full of punters gamblers & all sorts of sorts, litter literature, be it stories of degen gamblers, or in Dick Francis novels.

In the Autumn of 1967, the train had returned to Paddington, &, as was the custom, the driver leaned out of the locomotive cab after it stopped, watching the passengers walk to the exit, & quite frequently, they would get a little tip, just sixpence or a shilling, for "being on time" or "nice smooth ride, Driver".

On this occasion, a dapper young man in a trilby stopped & whispered to the driver "back Frankincense for next season's Lincoln, it is 66/1, but it will soon be much shorter".

Frankincense duly trotted up, & the chap in the trilby, who was at the time Travelling Head Lad to John Oxley, was alleged to have had a total of £60,000 on it, & from the winnings, he purchased a Yard in Lambourn.

His name, of course, was Barry Hills, & he went on to train over 3,000 winners, & sire 4 sons, two of whom became very successful jockeys.

The driver of the train was Jimmy Kendall, who had never once had a bet in his life before that day. He had, I think, 2 shillings, or half a crown each way @ 66/1, & from then on, was a hooked punter for the rest of his life, & he too went on to sire a handsome son - now early middle-aged - who caught the betting bug from his Dad. 

a lovely story Tony.

[Karabiner]

Deal me in please just let me know when you require shippage Keith.

It'll be my first NFL game since my cousins in NY took me to a Jets v Packers game in 1967.

Blimey Ralph, in 1967 you could have been at the Ice Bowl.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_NFL_Championship_Game

I read somewhere that tho the crowd was 50,000 the amount of people that claim to have been there is 10 x that.Sorry to hijack the thread but 5 mins for some spare reading is suggested...

''''The University of Wisconsin–La Crosse (then Wisconsin State University–La Crosse) Marching Chiefs band were scheduled to perform the pre-game and half-time shows. However, during warm-ups in the brutal cold, the woodwind instruments froze and would not play; the mouthpieces of brass instruments got stuck to the players' lips; and seven members of the band were transported to local hospitals for hypothermia. The band's further performances were canceled for the day'''

It's seems my memory is fraying slightly at the edges when it comes to 1967, (they do say that if you remember it well then you weren't there after all) but I have tracked down the game that I attended with my NY cousins.

It was the NY Giants not the Jets, and it was a pre-season game which the Packers won 31-14 on Sertember 9th.

[The Camel]

Ok, It turned out to be Tal was the unlucky number 9.

Bobby1 still wants to go and a couple of others have expressed interest so Tal is going to purchase some more tickets.

Same deal applies, you need to send him the money up front and he will do the business. PM him and he will tell you the crack.

[Tal]

ASAP please, chaps and chappesses. We don't want to be the other end of the ground to the first choicers