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    Sorry for taking up all this space, but I had to write this. It has nothing to do with any of you. Just me. I have not been able to do much of anything the past week. Without going into details, dealing with chronic pain, pills and just life in general can be overbearing. Some times much worse that others and rarely it can take you over. That's what happened last week. It had been almost two years since the last time this happened and it's not a voluntary thing or something I have any control over.

    BTW, do you know that when you buy a new computer, if you want to, it's a real bitch to save your old programs the way you had them. Reinstalling them dosen't give you what you had. Even computer transfer programs don't help much.

    I'm not sure about continuing to post my baseball plays, because it's not as easy to do the right way, as it used to be. Although overall, they are only down just a couple of units, in past years I have done much better. Hovever, and this is important. Nothing relating to my physical or mental thinking has/or will ever have any affect upon the way I find my plays and then decide which plays to post. If that ever started to happen and there is nothing to think it will, I would be gone from here because I would have lost all my own money. You would really know just from seeing my plays get worse ane worse.

    I would have preferred to wait a couple more days before posting any plays here, except my system found two plays for today that are too good to just ignoire. Two 5 Unit plays, when I have only had one the entire season, which BTW did lose. Tonights plays are also a good test for you to see if I have any brain left because it looks like only a fool would play my picks based on the pitching matchups. Another way of saying these two main picks are like the "final exam" for my system

    Finally, here they are.

    5 Units: St. Louis -115
    5 Units: Arizona +102
    and
    2 Units: Atlanta -147

    Did you notice. No more cutesy dogs and barks and only playing small favs. Now I can include a play like my Atlanta play above in my picks, although you still won't see any picks in the minus 180 and over range.

  • #2
    Good Luck and i hope things get better

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    • #3
      Continue with the barks and dogs thats what makes you stand out.

      I wish you the best and thanks for posting your plays!

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      • #4
        thesandman

        Wish you a quick recovery with your problem.
        As Far as your computer problem goes, you can put your old hard drive in your new machine and have all your old stuff, or transfer them to your new hard drive.
        If I can be of any help, let me know, i'd be glad to give you a hand.
        Best Of Luck

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        • #5
          Good luck I hope all goes well!

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          • #6
            Sandman,
            I hope you feel better real soon!
            You are a class act and it shows in your posts!
            Looks like you might sweep the board tonight with only Arizona pending. They lead 8-4 and the Giants are up in the top of the seventh (with no outs)..........as I write this post.

            Nice job and take care!

            Sincerely,
            Bennojd
            Quote from author Peter Marshall: "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for everything."

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            • #7
              sweep da board
              jordanrules..................

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              • #8
                Thanks Everyone

                It's always nice to know someone cares, but having it come from people I have never spoken to, let alone met, makes your notes all the more special to me. This is another reason I want to be able to share winners with you.

                Wayne - You were the first to reply to my note and my first feeling was that you were going to tell me I should have posted this in a different thread. Much better you wrote what you did but for you, Leo and everyone else, I should tell you, it's not going to get better. But, it's not going to kill me either although there are times I wonder which is best. I'll try to be brief, which is hard for me, but it's not a secret what I'm dealing with.

                My wife died in 1996 from cancer. If nothing else had happened after than, I think I would have been able to survive that and start a new life. After the first year I was doing much better. But, in 1998 I was getting up one AM, put my weight on my left leg and it just crumbled and I fell. That was the last day I was able to stand or walk without help. All my tests came back normal, except the muscles and nerves in my legs and arms weren't working right. They send me to a hot shot doctor at Univ. of Calif Med Center in San Fran and he didn't know what to do, so he puts me on Predisone. For too long on too big a dose. When my face started looking like Barry Bonds and my leg still had no strength at all, I told the doctor I'm not taking anymore Predisone. Guess I should have told him sooner because almost a year later I thought I pulled a muscle in my right upper arm which got so bad I finally went to the doctor. Both my shoulders had died and had to be replaced because the Predisone affected the blood supply to my shoulders. That was three years ago and now my right shoulder hurts worse now than it did before they replaced it because I have to use my right arm to help get up and down. Now it has gotten to the point that sitting and typing, for more than just a few minutes, is getting to be very painful in my right arm and shoulder. If anyone is thinking why didn't I sue the predisone doc, I tried but in Calif awards are capped so attorneys don't take cases on consignment.

                It's Bill - That's why I did the Bark and Dog thing, to help stand out. But I decided, it's got to be better to play a medium favoite like Atlanta tonight and win some money than not play them at all because they can't bark.

                Wiz - Thanks for the offer. Real nice of you. Even the shop that built it for me had problems but I think it's OK now. We did transfer the old HD into the new computer, but the problems seemed to be with the regristry. Since you know much more about computers than I do, if I could ask you questions in the future no else can anwser, that would be helpful.

                Bennjod and Jordan - Looks like we will.

                Because just writing this note took so long, stopping and starting again sitting and laying down, over and over I do need to ask you guys if anyone would want keep seeing my plays. Even if I can find a way to post them and keep my records up to date, it's not worth all the hurt if no one cares about them. My other idea would be if someone would be willing to keep my w/l records up to date and post them, with my picks, in their thread or my thread. I'll be OK finding my plays and ranking them, but the neatness, detail part has gotten to be too much. Please don't think I'm putting any pressure on the 3 WiseMen, but you seem to like playing with numbers, which is why maybe you would like putting my records in your thread. Don't feel you have to, in fact, unless you want to consider this, just ignoire the whole idea. Then you don't have to find a way to say No. I've been in that position before and I didn't like it. Geez, I took so long to type this, my Sweep is now compleate. I can tell you right now, I will be posting Colorado for 3 Units sometime tomorrow. I didn't realize I wrote so much and I'm too sore to concentrate enough to even preview what I wrote. So I hope it's OK as is. Thanks again everyone. Good night.

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                • #9
                  God Bless U Man

                  I had no clue what this thread even was until I opened it now.............Happiness is the only thing that matters in life and I hope U are happy in the FUTURE and remain POSITIVE

                  Nothing in the WORLD matters unless U are HAPPY

                  PEACE & GOD BLESS

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                  • #10
                    sandman,

                    I am sorry to hear that you are having such a hard time with things. I feel for you. Anyway that I can help I will just let me know what you want me to do.

                    I'm actually going to san fransisco this weekend just for a day. Going to go see Alcatraz. Never been there it should be fun.

                    Yeah computers can be a pain im going through junk with mine now too. Like I said, anyway you want me to help I would be glad too. Let me know what I can do for you buddy.


                    p.s. What's else thats good to do in san fran if just going for a day? It's not football season so the trip can't be perfect but should have some fun. GOD BLESS!

                    -Scott
                    Last edited by S49erman; 06-04-2004, 01:21 AM.

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                    • #11
                      Pimp and Scott

                      Pimp. You are so right. It has always been that way with me and I hope with everyone but it's getting harder and harder to stay that way. That's why hearing back from people like yourself is good.

                      Scott. Alcatraz will be fun. I only did it once, but should have gone back. So much to see and feel what it was like. They just opened up the guard towers so you can go up to the top. Try to do that. Should be sunny but windy there and probally in the low 60's so don't dress like a tourest. Things to do that I like are riding the old street cars from all over the world up Market Street or just walking around the PacBell/South of Market Area and if you like Brew Pubs, good ones there. Otherwise there is Pier 39 and Fishermans Warf Area, which is where you will be anyway. Have fun. You will.

                      Going to try something for anyone who dosen't mind contacting me. Then I can keep my notes here just for my picks.

                      sandman at value dot net

                      maybe you will see this.

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                      • #12
                        sandman- check your e-mail.

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                        • #13
                          SandMan..............

                          SandMan...........

                          Good Morning!

                          I was gone on Thursday and I just came across your post ...

                          Sorry to hear about your situation...Really, you have always
                          been a class act and a stand-up guy!!

                          I hope things turn around for you.
                          May you have JOY in your life!!!

                          You are in my prayers.
                          FB:tongue:

                          P.S. Way to SWEEP!!!!!
                          Last edited by FastBreak; 06-04-2004, 04:27 AM.

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                          • #14
                            sandman..................

                            Sorry to hear all about this! God bless you!!

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                            • #15
                              SANDMAN-MY THOUGHTS & PRAYERS GO OUT TO YOU.

                              ON A LIGHTER NOTE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE CALLED BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TYPE YOU CAN JUST SPEAK & IT WILL TYPE IT.

                              GOOD LUCK TODAY & GOD BLESS
                              GOTTA LOVE BASKETBALL!!!
                              STILL FOLLOW AT OWN RISK

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