Nine from Nine

I cleaned up this weekend, tipping all nine winners in the footy. Not that it was a hard task, most of the games were gimmes. There are 5 in our our tipping comp, myself, Lib, Gord, Rob and Rickyralph. The round was so predictable that as well as my nine from nine, Ric, Gor and Rob scored 8, and even Lib managed 7, and believe me Lib is hopeless.

For the record Rob leads with 86, I have 84, Ric 82, Gor 78, Lib 72. The real contest is between Rickyralph and myself, the loser buying lunch for the winner. I lost 4 in a row, won last year, and am heading for sweet success this year. I put $5 on my tips at Sportingbet as I do every week, it was my first collect, $44 was the payout. I invest $5 each week on my tips and Lib's, a total of $140 for the year so far, so I'm well behind. I always respect Lib's tips and put on the $5 regardless of how wrong I think they are. Some years ago Lib collected $1300 on round one when a few roughies got up.

Speaking of roughies, the trifecta at Launceston on race six paid in excess of $15,000 for one dollar today. And at Mudgee on a seven race card, one paid $7,000, and another $10,000. I'd like to be on one like that one day. I had an interest there because Warrnambool was abandoned before a race was run and Ballarat after race 3.

It was a cold wet day. I did an ox tail in the crockpot this am after my walk and getting Lib mushrooms on toast for breakfast in bed. The thermometer showed 8C about midday and 6c at 4pm. I'm thinking of Lesley who left Mackay a few days ago for 3 months touring the Kimberleys in 4WD's. If I have one regret at being poor it's not being able to do stuff like that. But I don't complain. Lib is talking long service leave and a holiday to Fiji in August. How good is that?