Nice one pffa... very nice ... theres hope in the poem too though ...l

A while ago .... but a chum of ours complained to her husband at the time ,,, that the CD was faulty as it only played one side .....

Shortly after that my wife got the hump with me over the fact that My passport was out of date and i was jepordising the family holiday to .....Scotland!!! ....From Huntingdon i hasten to add...

Not really a poem ...but for inspiration it can't be beaten ..
England in the Summer of 1588. England awaits the arrival of the Spanish armada...Queen Elizabeth is at Tilbury to await the arrival of the Spanish.. numerically they are superiour.. better equipped, better trained, better paid, English troops were ill paid and under resourced what they did have was a true leader in the form of Elizabeth the first. There were rumours of assasination plots and the queen had been urged to flee.. Fleeing never entered onto Elizabeths agenda her whole life and she walked amongst her troops and delivered one of the finest speeches ever to her army to lift there morale and to show her desire to die amongst her loyal subjects.. she goes onto the field preceeded by the sword of state and flanked only by Lords Essex and Leicester, dressed in a breastplate... True greatness has been rare through history Elizabeth the firsts had that greatness and single minded devotion to her subjects and her country...
As you may have gathered I'm a fan!


My loving people,

         We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit our selves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects; and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already, for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns; and We do assure you in the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the mean time, my lieutenant general2 shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject; not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.

Late in the day news came through of the defeat of the Armada by Drake

 

Nancy Hanks

Nancy Hanks was the mother of Abraham Lincoln. She died in 1818 her last home was a hut with only three sides and her family was brought up in hardships we cant imagine..Lincolns father was Tom a grifter and drifter.. a truely emotional poem.. a mothers thoughts for a child she would never have seen to become one of the great men in the history of the world ..

If Nancy Hanks
came back as a ghost
seeking news
of what she loved most
she'd ask first
"where's my son?
what happened to Abe?
Whats he done?"

Poor little Abe
left all alone
except for  Tom
Who's a rolling stone
he was only nine
the year i died
i remember still how hard he cried"

scraping along
in a little shack
with hardly a shirt
to cover his back
and a prairie wind
to blow him down
or pinching times
if he went to town"

"You wouldnt know
about my son?
Did he grow tall?
Did he have fun?
Did he learn to read?
Did he get to town?
Do you know his name?
Did he get on?"
                                                   Rosemary Benet

Looks like he's got a good old fashioned Y-Front Fetish ..... Those could be some monster Y's!!
I dont know if one of our older members could remember a time when such things were common place! 

Will be intrested to hear what tosh they come up with... Seems to me you will find the same "dont give a damn attitude" on there reply... The only time you find a quality reply is when the all powerful media intervene..then those being complained about foul themselves and send champers,flowers and refunds winging your way...Any Newspaper editors on here?

I'm all for tipping the dealer too.... There are some who have a face like the proverbial slapped behind and tipping may mean that they have to work a bit on there people skills and have conversations with people rather than the Lurch type response found in some of the dealers whee the standard answer is a "Urhghhhh"..
After saying that the majority of dealers i come across are only too happy to chat when you put a bit of effort in as well ,as long as it doesnt detract from the game...The knock on as well is that soem of the players may have to chat as well ...winners all round!
 

Well done TiKay...

Veni, Vidi, Conseco......

I came, I saw, I chopped....

Ok
Towards the end of a Tourney ...not a big one 21 players ...speed Tourney..11 min blinds .. 3 players left player one (Button) chip leader with about 60K Player2 (SB) 35 K and P3 (BB) 30 k blinds are 5 and 10 thousand... Player one acting first looks down to see      raises to 20K.. SB calls as does BB .. Flop comes down      . SB raises allin BB calls .... actions on you ... what do you do ?
 

callous maybe... but i pay bloody exorbitant insurance premiums for my home and contents insurance ... so i ..like others object to bailing out those that cant be bothered to take out insurance ... Whats the point of paying insurance if the govt are going to bail out those that cant be bothered to pay it ... there was a single parent family on Telly moaning they couldn't afford the premiums and as a result had lost everything.... Including her 42" Flat screen Sony TV ... Nice to see that she hadn't lost her smokes though 
 

Tom Burton went out with about 4bout 40 mins of day one left... He's all in pre flop against matey boy convinced he's ahead with AJ and matey boy turns over KJ ...well you can guess the rest....K comes down and out Tom goes .... He's gutted as are we for him .... To survive into the last level of day one and then get stung is hard ...after saying that he's reveling in the atmosphere of the WSOP..

Its what we all aspire too ...but not many of us make it..He will come away a better player for it i'm sure

Well done Tom .....Yopu can come away head held high

Thanks to Snoopy and all the Blonde team for providing the updates .... I'll be following

I'm with you snoopy..players on mobiles when first card is dealt renders there hand dead..is i think the rule .. he didn't answer it and has no influence over it ringing...Old sayings about snowballs in warm places come to mind about his chances of getting either a)refund or b) reseating in alt day ...
  

Incidentally i've just realised what a complete spanner i have been signing with 
when really i am K9 and should be signing with 
 

Spoken to Tom Burton ... He's happy with where he is ... Has had a few moments though ... Folding 55 in early position to a raise and then to see 5 5 come on the flop was trying and ...you were quite right ... he was feeling very frustrated with lack of cards... But has got up and taken time out to re focus and is now back in the zone... He's got two big stacks on his table (31)one of which came onto the table and they  have been going hammer and tongs at each other both having river escapes to each other...It'll end in tears!!!
Keep the updates coming !!...Any chance of another picture of Tom ...to see how much he's aged in one day !!
 

Thanks for the update on Tom Burton Snoopy.. He was chuffed to pieces his Picture is on here ... He's tells me he was down to about 9K but is up to 40K now having had his AA come up against QQ giving a nice stack...Any more writings on Tom would be appreciated...
Laying down the brunson is discipline ....It never wins in our poker crowd!!

Just had an update from My mate Tom Burton table 31 seat 10 .. He played AT and flopped a set doubling other player was in a betting mood and Tom hes up to 26000.