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by mickster269

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I took last week off from work - just a break from the Real World (ok, actually, Keeneland was running, and I needed to see something that would NOT ask me about Email, etc).

So, I come back to see what I've missed.. and I notice I have gone UP in the rankings of members! Is this TR's subtle way of rewarding me for NOT posting?

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by mjd420nova

Maybe someone above you dropped and left you
room to move up. The job should look at this,
especially for those who should be paid to
stay home.

by jdclyde

that some of the members that have had absolutely no activity of any kind that were recieving high rankings have finally been purged?

Of course, that doesn't explain how members such as "ernestoe" are still ranked fifth over all and have [b]never done anything[/b] other than link to external one paragraph blogs, and hasn't even done that in a month.

It is just broken.

by jdclyde

although, to be honest, I had thought they had frozen the ranking, because I have been sitting at #3, and it does not seem at all affected if I take a few daze off or if I am on site all day.

by dmambo

No TR at all for a month and I stayed in the top 100. It's nice to be wanted :)

by gadgetgirl

Nice to see you, hun!

Same peculiarity here (whoops.....that let the cat outta the bag :D )

Was off for a fortnight, and actually went UP a couple of places.....

How you doin' DM? You OK? How's Mrs. Mambo?

:x

GG

(did that kiss bring on a :8} ??)

by jaqui

the red glow hadn't dissipated yet. :p

he was still reading the posts I thought. ]:)

by dmambo

I know that during the course of your 60 or 70 posts per day, you might not notice if some of us more shy and retiring sorts fade off for a short while, but I'm still a person!! With thoughts and feelings like anyone else!!! Just because I may not make a big deal that I'm here... I don't say "Oh, look at me - I just killed an innocent little fawn and smeared its blood all over my nice white shirt"... And because I don't join in the virtual, verbal love orgies with all the gutter-minded degenerates.... and maybe I LIKE to be alone with a little bit of popcorn and a flashlight... and so what if the stains don't always....and ... and... just LEAVE ME ALONE.... I AM NOT AN ANIMAL...(that should keep MARK away)

Anyway, now that I'm posting again, my ranking actually fell this week. Figure that out.

by stargazerr

They are never partial with me. Even when I dissapear, I drop down. Never have I been able to climb up the ratings :p

]:)

by mickster269

Since I've started posting again, my rating has DROPPED.

Oh, you evil haters! It must be all the people from Louisville conspiring to drop me!

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE MAN KEEPING ME DOWN!

by unclerob

I've slowly been moving up in the rankings over the past few weeks, broke the top 100 last month and now I'm at #80, I've been fairly active in the discussions but nothing crazy. I assumed the ranking was based on the amount of discussions you've participated in and the number of posts you've generated.

I guess with you being at #3, you're battling it out with the other "immortals" in the top 10, you're all probably submitting an equal number of posts each which is keeping your ranking solidly in place. Plus if you're taking time off, maybe the others are doing the same - however I would agree that it doesn't seem to be totally clear. I too would like to know what finite criteria is the ranking based on, there may be other factors involved.

You'll hit #1 sooner or later for sure.
#1 & #2 are probably watching you and submitting posts as fast as you are so that they maintain their positions ;-)

by gadgetgirl

Don't think about even [i] inferring [/i] to jd that he's an "immortal"!!!

Grief, he's bad enough as it is!!! :0

(I don't post more, just faster - I speed tripe, he doesn't.....! :D )

GG

by unclerob

because I assumed the red spot on his white shirt was from a swordfight he had with another top 10 TR "immortal".

Instead of "there can be only one",
at TR it's "I must post till I'm #1"

(just kidding) ;-)

by jdclyde

[i]"I speed [b]tripe,[/b] he doesn't.....!"[/i]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripe
[b]Tripe[/b] is also a slang term synonymous with [b]rubbish[/b], in the sense of [b]something of little value, or nonsense.[/b] This is probably being confused with 'trite'.

I would NEVER say you post anything that is rubbish! :^0

by Member 25348569

I think that the 'T' was hit by accident. With all jd's talk of sheep, chastity belts and so on, I think that Uncle Rob meant to say that jd was 'immoral'.

Makes much more sense like that.

Neil :p

by nazil dsouza

U wont believe this i was on the within 30 rankin group and went off for three weeks and the time i come back hahahah.............. feels new in here ........... no rating nuthin .......... where did my rating go ..... aaaaah it vanished

by ali40961

And I don't even get a rank...No matter how many times I post...... But at times it is good to be incognito and under the radar!

by jim s.

To be honest, I never gave the rating much thought really..... ratings! we don't need no stinkin ratings

by unclerob

reading your post about JD, sheep, chastity belts & 'immoral' made me shoot soda pop out of my nose, I have to remember that no drinks are allowed when reading your posts!

I'm still laughing!

by jdclyde

MARK just go running buy wearing velcro gloves? Is that scream Mambo? :0

run away! run away! ;\

by jdclyde

"the man" is keeping "the boy" down? :0 ;\

Oh well, not everyone can be me! B-) It is good to be king! (even if NOT king geek) :D

by mickster269

You REALLY need to think about this post....

""the man" is keeping "the boy" down?

Oh well, not everyone can be me! "

I think that revolving door on your closet just swung around again...

Is that "Broadway Show Tunes" I hear playing in the background?

by stargazerr

I am keeping a log of every slip of tongue that jd has been having lately. (Oooh DE!!) :D

Dont alert him. :D

]:)

by jdclyde

how people are able to project their darkest personal fantasies on just about anything recently, no matter how innocent the comment OR the poster is..... ;\

Everyone knows I am innocent of all wrong doing! (and yes, what you are implying is just wrong.... :p )

yes yes yes, someone who would be versed in show tunes WOULD see that in just about any post... :0

Tell me Mick, is this like the guy that farts in an elevator and then blames someone else real quick? I think we see who is protesting "too much"! :D And as your farts would be more and more silent, as the opening has been getting manually enlarged, it is harder for you to get caught! :^0 :p ;\

by jdclyde

a "slip of the tongue" if I wouldn't have just found out yesterday that you are only 16! :0 ]:) ;\ :p

by stargazerr

[b]Who the bloody hell is that?[/b]

Flattered jd. Well and truly. But if I am to be thought of as younger than I am, I prefer to be 18 :p

]:)

by mickster269

I know how your type is...

Yer trying to drag me down that slippery slope of self-doubt and closeted feelings!

I'm not gonna take your (man-)bait, you snake oil salesman!

Uh, not that I have anything against people like you and all that.

by oz_media

TR has the oddest ranking system known to man. It is a complete secret how they actually rank based on posts from various areas of the site, as well as blogs etc. But it is based on a 30 day period, not the long term.

How was Keeneland? Personally I can't stand that track, but it's still ponies!

by mickster269

Took my son (he's 17) for his first real outing to the Track. I thought I could help him learn a "Life Lesson", about gambling, social interaction, and just what life is like to relax and have fun. I told him to only take as much as he could afford to lose. I figure, he'll tank at the track, and understand the pro's and con's of gambling.

We get to the track, and I realize he's only brought $20. Now, that will last about 2 races. So I spot him $50, just so he can have SOME fun. I buy him a Racing Form, and give him a brief tutorial on how to read it. We place our first bets, and watch the race. 1 of 2 of his horses pay off. Well, that's good. We get lunch, and wait for the next race.

He studies the Racing Form, and asks some questions. Next race- and he cashes another ticket. We continue watching the races, and placing small bets. I hit it big on one race, and he loses all his bets. Ah, life is starting to balance out. Determinedly, he consults the Form for the next race.

He then started asking those questions that worried me. "Dad, why did you bet on #4 ? He's only good for 7 furlongs. After 8, he's tiring. I don't think he can keep the pace with this field."

"Dad, this horse is dropping in class, and the field is way over matched compared to his times".
Small bells begin to ring in the back of my head, but I ignore them.

Well, it's time for the last race weare going to bet on. The big race of the day. I make my dead-lock picks, and he makes his. 5 minutes later, he tells me he wishes he had bet on this other horse, too. I tell him go ahead, have fun. (I'm also hoping it's a 'gut' bet, and he loses. Life Lesson and all that).

He bets on a horse called 'Sinister Minister'. 9th race, Bluegrass Stakes.

Son of a gun. The dang horse leads wire to wire. He makes a good hit.

We cash in all of our tickets, and I tell him we'll count up in the car. We get to the car, and he pulls out this wad of cash. Starts Counting. Hands me a wad, and says "Dad's, here's your $50". Keeps counting, pockets his original $20. He STILL has $11 dollars left. Including his lunch that he bought, he's up $20 for the day. I'm down...oh, just say I'm down more than he's up.

I'm suck a good role model. My son may be tanking in AP English, but he certainly can read the racing form now.

by oz_media

Same thng happened when my friends son turned 19. He couldn't lose for the life of him, then he got cocky. He turned up one weekend and dropped $300.00 (the lajority of his part time paycheque). Now he sinto slots, cards, racing etc. Unfortunately, JUST like his dad. But I haven't seen him drinking too much, yet, the two just don't go together.

Ho wcan you go and bet a 7 furlong race this early in the season?

That's why most tracks run 5's this time of year and the milers come later season, it KILLS the horses. That's another reason I don't bet Keeneland, (it's simulcast here in Canada)the workouts and past performances are just not reliable as the horses are pushed too hard for 26-40K purses.

But it sounds like you had fun, and really that's all that counts on race day. I like to at least win enough to pay for my drinks, but that's not always gonna happen when you drink Scotch the way I do. :)

by mickster269

These horses train and run year-round. If not at Keenland, at Churchill, or the southern tracks.

And the (Kentucky) Derby is 10 days away, and that's a Mile race.

The good news is that *I* rarely go to the track, and my son realized you don't win EVERY race. He had fun, but I think I showed him how you can lose just as easily as win.

Side note- if you ever want to see the track in person, I think you'll like it better than what you see on TV!

by oz_media

Off season so I couldn't bet it. I used to travel the US extensively when I ran a music scouting company on teh west coast, I have also seen quite a bit whil etouring with bands, but your free time is limited then so you see a lot of arenas and not much else.

Kentucky was nice, but I am REALLY glad I decided to pack up and stay in Vancouver instead of my other choice of moving to California. Especially since the Bush took office, my god, that was a close one!

by mickster269

Rent "Seabiscuit". All the race course scenes were filmed there.

But you probably knew that already, didn't ya?

by oz_media

I got three copies fo rmy Birthday. Sometimes people in the sam efamily should talk to one another before buying gifts. :)'

Hastings is only on week 2 so they rae running 5's and 51/2's so was Emerald Downs last weekend.

Even though the hoorses run other tracks, they STILL aren't ready to run a miler or 11/8 at a new track. That's just killing ponies.

I understand that in the USA, it's only money that metters, so the horse condistion is rarely considered, but still to run long races with new surroundings is a bad idea. The horse will be done before the end of the season, so midway through, all past performances are irrelevant and the long shots come in again. Good for punter money but it kills the horses.

Anyway, a 9 race card tonight at Hastings, 12 at Fraser Downs, several new jockeys, top pprentices moved on last years.

I am just trying to decide which track to hit. Fraser Downs is great on cooler days because I get comp reservations in a private lounge and great table service from hot/friendly girls.

Hastings is great for sunny days becaue it has a great outdoor beer garden, there are lots of hot/friendly girls aimlessly wandering around and live bands.

Today just cant seem to decide what it wants to do, hot and sunny to warm and cloudy.

I think I will brave Hastings, I've been practically living at Fraser Downs all year so far.

by nz_justice

Now I am close to number 100, More people have used the site less than you, than more people have been using the site more than you. That you have stayed in the top 100 doesn’t say much for the TR. Except for few hardcore stayers no one really visits or uses this site. And unless TR is effectively spamming your email box, or your one of the never die TR top 100, you would eventually forget that this site existed.

Ernestoe has a Google bomb running, (posting links to external sites to gain popularity for those sites on the Google search engine) The posting back between blogs must be generating account usage for him which will translate into site usage on the TR and keep his Ranking up.

you can get number one and not enter the discussion area at all. Just post answers in Tech Q&A all day every day.

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