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Happy Anniversary thread One year old today Thanks for all those replies Paul

Not sure what exact age you are again Phil but from memory you have been walking the planet a few more years than myself, I turn 55 in a few days btw, the way I see it is this, High Street Shop Gambling spreads back years, I mind my old Grampa having a bet as horses were in his blood, he was the very last blacksmith / Farrier in the town where I was born, all the local farmers would bring their horses to my Grampa, he bought the racing paper religiously, everywhere he went I still mind him having pockets full of loose polo mints that were all for horses, NOT for me and my Sister lol. I dare say Cos my Grampa was into horses / gambling it was then only a matter of time before my old man started having a bet, and he did, my old man ended up working in a bookies chalking up the prices in the days as WE both know before the bookies had TV screens. I personally got into gambling on horses cos as a kid we were allowed a punt each year on the Grand National, my first ever go was on Red Rum, AND I only picked it Cos back then I was just as thick as now in that I struggled reading, the easiest horse I could AND READ in the line up was RED RUM, we know the rest and I picked the bugger both years it won in a row, I guess back then that was the first seeds going down with gambling on horses, I was also following my Grampa and my own Dad. BUT Just like you WE along with others / family members etc etc etc would only gamble by walking into a betting shop, everyone in the local shop / shops knew each other, who yur Dad was, where you lived blah blah blah. That generation is now dying off AND NOT BEING Replaced, today's younger generation are either NOT Gambling ''Which is Fk'n Wise'' or IF they are gambling they are doing it Online, same as they do most things ..... ONLINE! The old guy that smoked his pipe in the pub then walked over to the Bookies for a bet is now gone, ALL the Characters from ''THE OLD DAYS'' are gone.

I don't miss it at all now Phil, completely recalibrated now. See the old shop I frequented the most in my Town has now closed down, however all they have done is move into a new nearby shop and now you have two bookies next door 2 each other, Hills at the left and Lads on the right, for me that shit should never be allowed. All the void shops in the town and they move in next door to another bookmakers, when I was gambling ''and in chase mode'' Id leave and go into another shop, the other shops were just the same old faces moving around from shop to shop like me, even now if I glance in its the same old faces, met a fella a few months back who said he thot I had died, nice fella who always chatted away and knew his Onions, funny when you tell some people about quitting they always hint at you that you'll be back. Seen and heard all that when I quit smoking back in 2012 - You always get those people that think .............. Ahhh You'll be back smoking in a few months. After a while people can think what they want, you stop the need to keep proving you are done with it all, always felt passing the year marker would be the biggest test, passing the one year marker is the biggest commitment, IMO after that it's all downhill, sure some will slipup and fall but one year clean is a very good goal. I don't have the balls now for walking into a bookies or casino and putting down a big stake bet, and a small stake wouldn't provide a thing. Said before and will say again, I do very much admire the gambler that's in full control.

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