Mosca
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September 7th, 2016 at 8:54:06 PM permalink
I wasn't there, but they called me from Mohegan CT. She thought she was playing 25 cents x 5, but she was playing $1.25 x 5, and she won $5000!

I only wish this had happened when I thought I was playing the 25 cent WoF and I was actually playing the $25 WoF. Two spins, $100 flushed down the drain. But if I'd gotten a spin I wouldn't have been bitching. No sir.
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Greasyjohn
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September 8th, 2016 at 7:06:37 AM permalink
That's a nice surprise. And it's nice your dad has a girlfriend in his later years.
beachbumbabs
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September 8th, 2016 at 7:42:33 AM permalink
Quote: Greasyjohn

That's a nice surprise. And it's nice your dad has a girlfriend in his later years.



FWIW : A functioning man of Mosca ' s dad's age has to beat off similar aged women with a stick. According to this article , the ratio of women to men over 85 is 206:100. Been that way for a long time: my Grandpa was inundated with casseroles and caring for years after my Grandma passed at age 66, finally remarrying at age 72 to a beautiful, lovely woman.
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MrV
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September 8th, 2016 at 7:53:24 AM permalink
Was it a shotgun wedding?

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Joeshlabotnik
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September 8th, 2016 at 7:54:06 AM permalink
Quote: beachbumbabs

FWIW : A functioning man of Mosca ' s dad's age has to beat off similar aged women with a stick.



Well, of course older women outlive older men. The driver of the cart usually outlasts the horse pulling it.
CrystalMath
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September 8th, 2016 at 9:22:20 AM permalink
At first, I thought this had something to do with 90 Yo's (possibly in a row).
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DRich
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September 8th, 2016 at 9:25:20 AM permalink
Quote: CrystalMath

At first, I thought this had something to do with 90 Yo's (possibly in a row).



Lol
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Ibeatyouraces
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September 8th, 2016 at 9:28:51 AM permalink
Quote: CrystalMath

At first, I thought this had something to do with 90 Yo's (possibly in a row).


What's more likely, this or intelligent life on another planet?
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GWAE
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September 8th, 2016 at 9:40:29 AM permalink
Quote: CrystalMath

At first, I thought this had something to do with 90 Yo's (possibly in a row).



I hate when I read stuff like this that actually makes me laugh out loud when I am at work. I get strange looks.
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September 8th, 2016 at 10:39:43 AM permalink
Quote: Mosca

She thought she was playing 25 cents x 5, but she was playing $1.25 x 5, and she won $5000!



They have VP machines where credits are $1.25 each?
Ibeatyouraces
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September 8th, 2016 at 10:44:35 AM permalink
Quote: coachbelly

They have VP machines where credits are $1.25 each?


Most likely a 5 play machine.
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Mosca
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September 8th, 2016 at 11:38:45 AM permalink
Quote: Ibeatyouraces

Most likely a 5 play machine.



I think so. I wasn't there!

Helen is a real pisser, she's got a Betty White thing going on. Walt is 88 and hanging in there, he plays competitive duplicate bridge and is a Gold Life Master.

Here she is mugging for the camera with my sister and brothers in law.



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beachbumbabs
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September 8th, 2016 at 10:06:05 PM permalink
Quote: MrV

Was it a shotgun wedding?

'There may be snow on the roof, but there's fire in the furnace.'



Lol. His first wedding was, I'm given to understand. You never met such a grouchy man. My dad didn't find out until their 39th wedding anniversary; he called to wish them a happy 40th and they corrected him. But, he said, I'm 40. Uncomfortable silence, followed by, We'd been meaning to tell you...

The second one, he was transformed. Smiling, laughing, nearly a stranger, but a fun one. They got 2 years together, then she simply laid her face into the mashed potatoes one night at dinner and was gone.

He lived about 5 more years, dour and sad again. Passed away at 81, the last of my grandparents.

He was a good man, kind and generous, accomplished and respected. But not a happy man.
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