A friend of mine has more money than he knows what to do with, so a few years ago he started buying into race horses. He's lost a lot of money since then and it capped off with him buying into a horse only to have it diagnosed two weeks later with some odd disease that prevented it from running. He was obviously upset and told the stable owner that he wanted his money back. the guy refused to give him a refund but did offer to transfer the points to another horse. That horse is named Animal Kingdom.
A few weeks ago Rich sent me an email saying that the horse had qualified for the Derby. I threw $50 on him to win but my friend asked if he could change the bet so I'd have a better chance of winning something if AK placed or showed. Sure what the hell, I don't know anything about races. Needless to say when he won the derby on Saturday I had some mild success cashing in for $500 on a $50 bet.
My wife was pretty happy that we'd have some extra money right now (God knows we need it!) So this morning as I'm driving in to work I smell something burning and see an old junker car in the mirror and figure the guy is burning oil. Then I come to a stop light and suddenly smoke starts pouring out from under my hood!
I park the car, turn off the engine and pop the hood. After it cooled down I figured it was a leaking hose and drove it to the mechanic. I just got the call that the AC Compressor seized up the belt that runs from the compressor to the alternator melted, taking out the alternator too! So this little repair is going to eat up the extra $500 we won plus another $225 on top of that!!
We'll I was a little bit ahead for almost 48 whole hours! In the words of Buck Owens, "If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all..."
A few weeks ago Rich sent me an email saying that the horse had qualified for the Derby. I threw $50 on him to win but my friend asked if he could change the bet so I'd have a better chance of winning something if AK placed or showed. Sure what the hell, I don't know anything about races. Needless to say when he won the derby on Saturday I had some mild success cashing in for $500 on a $50 bet.
My wife was pretty happy that we'd have some extra money right now (God knows we need it!) So this morning as I'm driving in to work I smell something burning and see an old junker car in the mirror and figure the guy is burning oil. Then I come to a stop light and suddenly smoke starts pouring out from under my hood!
I park the car, turn off the engine and pop the hood. After it cooled down I figured it was a leaking hose and drove it to the mechanic. I just got the call that the AC Compressor seized up the belt that runs from the compressor to the alternator melted, taking out the alternator too! So this little repair is going to eat up the extra $500 we won plus another $225 on top of that!!
We'll I was a little bit ahead for almost 48 whole hours! In the words of Buck Owens, "If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all..."
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