Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Royal Flush]

This guy is putting me on life tilt Tikay. I hope he fixes em for ya, he seems useless.

Your life must be pretty fragile!

Blimey, a little dig post from Flushy ... haven't seen one of them for a while !

eh?

[Simon Galloway]

Now's a good time to tell the dealer-principal that you are thinking of buying a 750...

[bobby1]

Tony,

It seems that Tiger Woods is getting treatment for sex addiction.

Good grief. What they gonna do, chop his todger off? I do so want to see him back on the Golf Course, players of that ilk only come once in a lifetime.(Or even twice a night). Do you still do the golf market for those people?

I must send you a PM too, about that "other" thing. I'm sorry, I'm just totally under the cosh right now what with this & that. I'd not forgotten. Just, you know, slipped my mind.

Is your next special delivery coming along nicely?

A great link that Tom, where do I sign up?

No worries re the PM Tony, I know you are run off your feet most of the time. The special delivery is due in 3 weeks and we got some good news this week, it has finally consented to turn the right way, we were looking at the possible sunroof exit if it hadnt turned in 7 to 10 days.

Yes to the golf question too, still trading it. I actually played a bit this year too tho I am still rubbish. Do you play much these days?

[gatso]

while they're looking at the intermittent wipers you should metion that your headlights seem to be dipped

[Simon Galloway]

while they're looking at the intermittent wipers you should metion that your headlights seem to be dipped

and the indicator bulbs seem to work intermittently - see what his diagnostic wizadry can come up with to solve that.

[Laxie]

while they're looking at the intermittent wipers you should metion that your headlights seem to be dipped

and the indicator bulbs seem to work intermittently - see what his diagnostic wizadry can come up with to solve that.

I LOL'd!!!

[lazaroonie]

obv got too much money to be buying tyres from a bmw dealer

[tikay]

I have a very bad feeling about the Service my car is having today.

The man failed to come & collect the car as arranged, so I drove across to the place, in West Drayton.

The man sticks the key in that whirlygig thing, & it says x miles until this that & the other need replacing or inspecting. Yes, yes, most ingenious.

I tell them it needs new tyres, "just sort it please, don't ring me & ask permission". OK.

Then it got complicated. The wipers only work intermittently, which, on the fast lane of the M1 in blinding spray, is a shade nearer to fatal, than inconvenient.

I try to explain the intermittent wiper problem, & wires get crossed. He tells me that they are supposed to work intermittently, it's a feature. You get the drift.

Anyway, we sort it, & I say "just fix them please". OK.

So, Mr Not-Listening just rings me. "You need new Tyres Mr Kendall". Yes, I know, we agreed that this morning. "Awkward that, can't do that today, special tyres, we have to order them". No worries, I'll bring it back tomorrow.

Then he starts to get my goat.

Your wipers don't work Sir".

"Yes, I told you, they only work intermittingly".

"No, they don't work at all, we just tested them".

"That's right, they only work intermittently. If they are not working right now, that's the inter, or the mittent".

"They are not working Mr Kendall".

"Fine. Fix them please".

"Hmm, could be the Control Box, we don't know until we check it".

I'm not sure what to say now. Silence.

"I said, it could be the Control Box, we need to check it. You still there"?

"Err, yes. Well i did ask you to fix them".

"No, you said they were working intermittently".

"They are not working Sir".

"Can you fix them please"

"It could be the Control Box Sir".

"Yes, you may have mentioned that. Can you fix them please?".

"Hmm, not easy. Control Box, see, we have to test it".

"Just fix it please".

"Might not be ready tonight Sir".

"I specifically asked if it would be ready tonight, & asked you to change the tyres & fix the wipers, & you promised it would be ready tonight".

"Ahh, but you said the wipers worked intermittently Sir, but they don't work at all".

God give me strength, & bring back Regards. We are looking at a nervous breakdown, & £1,500 minimum here.

It seems the "very bad feeling" was wrong. All was well.

Went to collect the Car (Taxi cost me £30), Swiss Tony says "There you go Mr Kendall, all done, & we popped in a new headlight bulb for you while we we servicing it. If you'd like to pop it back tomorrow, we'll change the tyres & continue the investigatuion into the wipers". (Notice how Luvvies use the word "pop" so often).

Pop it back tomorrow? Wipers not fixed then?

"It's complicated, we need to look further". Yes, you do.

With that he presented me with a Bill for £806.84. The bill included £240 (+ VAT) for "diagnosis-electrical system for inop wipers".

£240? £240 & you've not fixed them?

"We''ll try to take that into account when we charge you for fixing the problem Sir. And we'll pop the new tyres on tomorrow, too. You need 4 new Tyres".

So, £806.04 down, plus the cost of actually fixing the wipers, & 4 tyres, seems to me I was a little optimistic in fearing a £1,500 bill. The promised Loan Car never materialised, either.

A neanderthal tosser who originally came to the Ofice on Wednesday to colllect Old Faithful refused to drive it - one of the tyres was "bordering on illegal". (He was right, too, it was just under the min). So I drove it there myself & took a Taxi back to the office yesterday. That Taxi only cost £16.

So this morning, after Regards had sent a stiff e-Mail to Heathrow BWM I was not exactly Mr Popular. Again, this morning, the Loan Car was suddenly not available, "one of our guys just popped it over the road to pop a new bulb in".  So I'm offered a lift back to the Office, amazingly, it's the neandethral tosser who refused to drive my car yesterday because the tyres were marginal. (Quite reasonably). During the 6 mile trip along local roads, he averaged 60mph, jumped 5 sets of lights, did 70 in a 40, & was texting non-stop whilst spinning the steering wheel with the palm of his hand. The tyres were legal though.

No idea when Old Faithful will return, & so I've booked another night in my Hotel tonight.

I suppose this is largely my fault, for not getting Regard to sort it, but it's so awkward when I'm in London most of the week, & he's in Leicester.

To make it worse, this money - let's call it £2k - is dead money in a way, as I'm due a new one, which Regards is sorting.

To be fair, the car has not missed a beat in 131,000 miles, so I was due a hit I guess.

[tikay]

obv got too much money to be buying tyres from a bmw dealer

The BMW Finance Plan is solving the problem of me having too much money.

[tikay]

Tony,

It seems that Tiger Woods is getting treatment for sex addiction.

Good grief. What they gonna do, chop his todger off? I do so want to see him back on the Golf Course, players of that ilk only come once in a lifetime.(Or even twice a night). Do you still do the golf market for those people?

I must send you a PM too, about that "other" thing. I'm sorry, I'm just totally under the cosh right now what with this & that. I'd not forgotten. Just, you know, slipped my mind.

Is your next special delivery coming along nicely?

A great link that Tom, where do I sign up?

No worries re the PM Tony, I know you are run off your feet most of the time. The special delivery is due in 3 weeks and we got some good news this week, it has finally consented to turn the right way, we were looking at the possible sunroof exit if it hadnt turned in 7 to 10 days.

Yes to the golf question too, still trading it. I actually played a bit this year too tho I am still rubbish. Do you play much these days?

Well good Luck with the new Baby, Phil.

As you'll be trading, or setting prices, when (if?) Woods returns, presumably you'll struggle to find the right price for him, & severe volatility will ensue. I suppose it can't do the betting market any harm.

I have not played in over a year, but I want to. Plenty of invites, I just need to sort myself out. I'd almost walk a course just for the fresh air & the natural beauty you see on golf courses. Physically I'm in bad shape right now,  I need to do something soon.

Flushy shot a gross 84 yesterday, & was chirpng hard. I'm intrigued as to what sort of Club he is a Member of. I hardly see him, with due respect, as Royal Sussex material.

[tikay]

Went to Luton last night, with Lisa & Rich. They drool over Lisa there. She did look rather fetching, it must be said. She had a top on that was see-through if you stared really really hard.

The Comp is a "fun" comp, £50 FO, 10k chips, & a 20 minute clock. Amazingly, 90 odd players turned up - the market does seem to suggest this is what the poker players want.

Much comment ensued that I never played a single hand until the end Of Level 2. "Waiting for Aces are you?" was the line. Correct, I say.

Eventually, with 7 limpers, I pop it big on the button with 7-5. Must be Aces they all say, & I scare most of them off, getting only 6 Callers.

K-J-8 flop, checked to me, I Pot it. All Pass bar one. A brick turns, check to me, I Pot it again, geezer check-raises me all-in. My 10k is now 3k, the Pot is 18k, & I Pass my 7 high. How can you fold, you are pot-committed?" was the chorus. I'm a shite dancer.

I somehow claw my way back, & with 3 Tables left I am nearly average - with 9 x BB! Mr Fish - that's his name - limps UTG with a similar stack, I shove with 2-2, he snaps with A-T, & that was that. No complaints, the call was good, but what a weird way to play that hand with that Stack. IMO, anyway. The game must be  evolving when you can limp-call with A-T.

[tikay]

Dealers Choice was next. I should not play the game, it has too much gamble in it for me. But I'm £3k ahead in Live Poker since Jan 1st, & it burns a hole in my pocket, so I pulled up £500.

5 card Hi-Lo, & I butchered top set here, with the K flush redraw & a bad low.

 

Oppo had  , a high club turned, he had the world, nut high if no pair-up, nut low if it hits, scoopio. The River paired the 3, & instead of him being Mr Scoopio, my £500 was £1k.

I dribbled a bit away playing daft.

Then I flopped a nut str8 flush against the nut flush & the money flew in, nearly £2k, but as well as his nut flush, he had the nut low too. Chop chop.

I did something increibly stupid then. Playing 4 card High, I was dealt a very unusual hand - 2-2-2-2. And mischief came into my mind,. How clever would I look if I could play this & win? How big would my cock look?

I Raised it up, 2 Callers, & it came Q-4-4. I check, it's Bet behind, I Call, other guy says bye.

K turn, I check again, MB1 bets again, I call. Blank River, I fire in about £80.

He dwells for ever, then folds, "I think you may have quads". Not wrong Sir.

So I risked about £150 to show off. I got it through, but mostly I would not, & I'd piss away £150.

Ridiculous.

I ran two other daft bluffs too, both worked.

Then I played properly (or tried to), & dribbled off £500 by poor play & loose Calls, so ended up £30 down.

So, a £500 lucky profit peed away, & I'm forking out £2k on the car.

I need my head read.

[tikay]

A guy on the DC had a little mini DVD player, with a tinsy-winsy creen, & had earphones plugged in, & was watching films. Sorry, movies.

WTF would you go to a card-room & do that?

[tikay]

I adore the variety of jobs I get here.

Today,....

I'm answering players questions - "why use Blinds in Poker, we dont have then in 3 card brag?". Quite so.

Recording a short piece to camera - a forfeit/prop bet - with Lisa-Marie.

Attending a Meeting.

Discussing PTP, TKO  & TP.

Playing Online Omaha Tourneys & Cash tonight.

Reviewing a book. "Winning Cash Game Poker", by Carl Sampson.

Real curate's egg stuff.

[booder]

I adore the variety of jobs I get here.

Today,....

I'm answering players questions - "why use Blinds in Poker, we dont have then in 3 card brag?". Quite so.

Recording a short piece to camera - a forfeit/prop bet - with Lisa-Marie.

Attending a Meeting.

Discussing PTP, TKO  & TP.

Playing Online Omaha Tourneys & Cash tonight.

Reviewing a book. "Winning Cash Game Poker", by Carl Sampson.

Real curate's egg stuff.

please post review here.ty