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Date: 1/13/2023 4:16:00 PM
From Authorid: 5301
Kronk...thank you ever so much for bringing to mind that one (and ONLY) occasion where I found myself in a Bingo parlor about forty years ago. I was tagging along with friends and their significant others, all of whom were frequent visitors to dark locales such as these. My dabber a dangerous weapon in a firmly clenched hand mashed on those numbers as they were called and, finally, I was down to one number for a full card. The tension was thick, a number was called. It was not the number for which I had been sending a silent telepathic summons. From the back of the room comes a squeaky little Bingo! and my dabber almost sailed across the void at a little old blue-haired lady with about ten full sheets of cards in front of her. From that point on, I have managed to avoid high stress environments such as these and a return visit now would likely be the cause of demise to be found on my death certificate.  |
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Date: 1/13/2023 4:32:00 PM
From Authorid: 5301
...if your post is based on an actual personal experience, I bow to you for your choice of dangerous living over the more sedate option of just sitting on your porch and yelling at kids that are on your lawn. Come to think of it, the option doesn't seem any too safe either as the kids these days will fire back. I'm going to take up door-to-door sales of vacuum cleaners. I can handle people yelling at me and rejection. |
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Date: 1/13/2023 4:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 5301
...I really don't know why guys will fall for being lured into playing Bingo. We're stupid from birth to death. As children, we would be the ones to volunteer to stay on the ground while someone pushed a piano off the roof above just to satisfy that the coyote could not be squashed into a sheet of paper and walk away. |
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Date: 1/13/2023 4:49:00 PM
From Authorid: 5301
...Hey Larry was suggesting that I post a "Gripe of the Week" column to coincide with his "Joke of the Week" on Saturdays. Now that I've blown off steam about Bingo, I have nothing left so I'll have to be happy with complaining about the thin merit of his weekly offerings. |
Date: 1/13/2023 7:28:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 21435
Hekler  Many years ago, back in the days when I thought that I was a big time gambler, I was wandering a casino (after I'd lost all my money) and I came upon an area where "they" were playing bingo. I stood there, with my nose against the plate glass, lusting after a chili dog and a bag of chips and watching the game. This elderly woman came over to me and asked why I didn't go in and play. I guess that I looked pretty pathetic, and she probably noticed me drooling, `cause she offered to front me a couple of rounds and bought me a hot dog, chips and she even threw in a soda. I didn't win anything, but the woman was good company. I later found out that she was "George Foreman's" aunt and attended the bingo games on a regular basis. Anyway, on my next trip to the same casino, I won four grand on a penny slot machine, found the woman playing bingo and offered her a hundred bucks. She turned the money down, but wanted me to sit and play bingo with her. I bought us hot dogs and chips. (the soda was free.) I still didn't win anything playing bingo and haven't played since, nor have I gambled anymore, either. "L.D."---Hekler kronk is the "absolute worst" gambler in the world. That four grand he won was the "only" time he ever won anything.kronk---Yeah well, with that score, I was only $237,004. in the hole. "L.D."---Ugh!  |
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Date: 1/13/2023 7:34:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 21435
"L.D."---Man, you should thank Hekler. He made four comments on your post. Show a little gratitude, man. kronk---Your are absolutely right, dog. My last post only had one comment and in order to get that, I had to double back and comment, myself. Thanks, Hekler. "L.D."---Good boy. kronk--- |
Date: 1/14/2023 5:24:00 AM
From Authorid: 5940
I was deeply moved when the hot dog hit the floor. Then I restrained my self from wanting to pick it up and eat it because I thought of L.D. It was all beef with no fillers added right?  |
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Date: 1/14/2023 5:29:00 AM
From Authorid: 5940
Hekler, you have no fear in competing your “Gripe of the Week” to my JOTW on Saturday’s. Kronk, L.D. & possibly Ginger will be only ones that would read it and leave a reply out of sympathy in hopes of deterring you from moving to Florida. |
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Date: 1/14/2023 6:40:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 21435
"L.D."---Wow! Man, you are really chalking up the comments on this one! Hey Larry When "he" told me the part about the hotdog, it upset me, also. (I wasn't present at the time, because "they" refused to allow me inside the casino.) If I would have been there, I assure you, that wiener would have never even cleared the table. kronk---Hey Larry I didn't do well at the bingo games. Even with all the activity, I tended to fall asleep. "L.D."----All the watered down drinks probably contributed to that, also. kronk---Yeah, well; the drinks were watered down, but still free. "L.D."---Free??? One day, I took time to do the math and figured that each of those "free" drinks cost you $42.60. kronk---Change the subject, please. Hekler is considering moving to Florida? Far out! I can see exceptionally interesting get togethers at Mara Largo in our future. "L.D."---Ask Hekler to bring some moose. "Don-Don" will cover the shipping. kronk---Ugh! |
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Date: 1/14/2023 7:16:00 AM
From Authorid: 5940
Free drinks at a casino, that taught me how to make a roll of quarters last until daybreak. |
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Date: 1/14/2023 4:12:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 21435
Hey Larry I would always ask the server to "put a little booze in it, please." My first one was usually pretty weak, but as I increased the tip, the alcohol content rose considerably and "they" came around sooner, too. "L.D."---Yeah, and I got left with Mr. Schinke and had to sit through six whole seasons of "Combat," on his ratty TV set. kronk---Mr. Schinke assured me that he watched over you all the time and fed you well. "L.D."---Right...He kept me in the living room watching TV and eating cheese crackers until he passed out, and then I went out the window and hit the streets. kronk---Ugh! |
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