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November 01, 2005
Melbourne Cup
I'm not really a betting man. I mean, I was married in Vegas and fed a few quarters into a few slot machines while I was there. And sure, I've purchased the occasional lotto ticket - I've even been to the horse races in person (like about 15 years ago) but Melbourne Cup Day is different - nearly everyone in Australia stops whatever they are doing to watch the 3:00 race on the first Tuesday of November. Every office has a sweeps and since we all get together to watch the race, well heck it's just a bunch of horses if you don't have any money on it. This year I lucked into the favourite in the $5.00 sweep - and since Makybe Diva did in fact win the race - I won $70.00 - woo! hoo! - that's going right into the 17-40 F4.0L fund!
Posted by yankinoz at November 1, 2005 09:33 PM
