Feb 23 show with Michael Bluejay
February 23rd, 2012 at 10:24:55 PM
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Today's show features our own Michael Bluejay. He has been a bit quiet lately, but you may remember him from the 98steps challenge thread. We discuss a host of ways to save money and various advantage plays from his bag of tricks. You'll have to forgive all the coughing as I've been sick all week with a nasty cold. All the shows are archived at wizardofodds.com/audio/.
I welcome your comments and I'm sure Michael will be interested to read them too.
I welcome your comments and I'm sure Michael will be interested to read them too.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
February 23rd, 2012 at 11:18:36 PM
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You did the show with a cold? I'm sure I'll have lots of comments,
I always have comments when I read Bluejay's page. I have no
audio on this computer right now, so I might have to go to the library.
I would use my wifes laptop but she's back east so I'm screwed.
I always have comments when I read Bluejay's page. I have no
audio on this computer right now, so I might have to go to the library.
I would use my wifes laptop but she's back east so I'm screwed.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
February 24th, 2012 at 5:35:31 AM
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That sure opens things up for potentially-offensive comments. I think I'll pass.Quote: EvenBobI would use my wifes laptop but she's back east so I'm screwed.
February 24th, 2012 at 1:46:27 PM
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some questions for mr. Bluejay, altho I have about 1/3 of the show to go to finish. BTW thank you for a useful and informative website.
* aren't you the guy who says your chances of making a million are better by parlaying for broke a bet at, say, craps .. than by putting the same money on a state lottery with a million dollar jackpot?
* is it really true that flying is an enviro-crime, helping destroy the planet? Can you back that up or is it just a hunch?
PS: wanted to post this link, a show mention
http://bicyclesafe.com/
PPS: recently I almost got a cyclist with "The Right Hook, Pt. 2" ... I was pulling over after spotting a pedestrian I knew. The cyclist decided he should pass me on the right when I started slowing down! Luckily I heard the grinding sound bike tires make when the rider hits the brakes.
* aren't you the guy who says your chances of making a million are better by parlaying for broke a bet at, say, craps .. than by putting the same money on a state lottery with a million dollar jackpot?
* is it really true that flying is an enviro-crime, helping destroy the planet? Can you back that up or is it just a hunch?
PS: wanted to post this link, a show mention
http://bicyclesafe.com/
PPS: recently I almost got a cyclist with "The Right Hook, Pt. 2" ... I was pulling over after spotting a pedestrian I knew. The cyclist decided he should pass me on the right when I started slowing down! Luckily I heard the grinding sound bike tires make when the rider hits the brakes.
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
February 24th, 2012 at 1:59:36 PM
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Quote: odiousgambit
* is it really true that flying is an enviro-crime,
So is cows passing gas. Everything is an enviro
crime if you dig deep enough.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
February 24th, 2012 at 2:20:48 PM
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Largest pollution problem in New Zealand is methane from sheep gas. Those damn ruminants!
Gambling is a metaphor for life. Hang around long enough and it's all gone.
February 24th, 2012 at 2:22:09 PM
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Wiz if you got the same cold that is plaguing the Southeast US (and me for 2.5 weeks) I got 1 word for you - Mucinex!
Gambling is a metaphor for life. Hang around long enough and it's all gone.
February 24th, 2012 at 2:54:52 PM
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Hippie type, I guess. You know: Save the planet, eat mung sprouts, don't consume, recycle, save the whales and save the bedbugs or whatever it is. US out of Vietnam and all that sort of stuff. Eat Vegetables and live in a world of sandals and beads all day long.
Why don't we just concentrate on his gambling related advice which seemed pretty good. Travel arrangements and day selections do make a difference. Although it seems to start arguments here and else where CardCounting takes a huge bankroll to do well.
His minimal strategy on his website for Blackjack has been helpful to me as has his Gambler's Ruin charts.
Why don't we just concentrate on his gambling related advice which seemed pretty good. Travel arrangements and day selections do make a difference. Although it seems to start arguments here and else where CardCounting takes a huge bankroll to do well.
His minimal strategy on his website for Blackjack has been helpful to me as has his Gambler's Ruin charts.
February 24th, 2012 at 8:06:13 PM
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Wizard,
I have heard you mention the radio show before, but just tonight I listened to this episode as the first time hearing the show. It was interesting.
If I may be a little critical is was a bit dry. OTOH, I enjoyed the show, and will listen to more of the archives, as well as look forward to future shows.
I suggest that you do a trivia question each show.......
Keep up the good work, it seems that you try hard to spread knowledge.
I have heard you mention the radio show before, but just tonight I listened to this episode as the first time hearing the show. It was interesting.
If I may be a little critical is was a bit dry. OTOH, I enjoyed the show, and will listen to more of the archives, as well as look forward to future shows.
I suggest that you do a trivia question each show.......
Keep up the good work, it seems that you try hard to spread knowledge.
February 29th, 2012 at 12:40:57 PM
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Who's on the show this week? If it was announced I don't
remember seeing it.
remember seeing it.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
January 20th, 2013 at 8:12:43 AM
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I know this is a year old, but I wanted to apologize for my performance on the show. The main thing is that I don't have much that's interesting to share about gambling that works in a radio show format. (Now, I have some good stories about the Wizard, THAT might be a good avenue.) Also, it's hard to do an interview by phone when neither side can see each other, and that was compounded by the Internet phone I was using which adds at least a half-second delay, ugh.
I would have liked getting the enviro questions, though. That's where I'm at my strongest. Of course that has nothing to do with gambling, which I assume is why we didn't go there.
I would have liked getting the enviro questions, though. That's where I'm at my strongest. Of course that has nothing to do with gambling, which I assume is why we didn't go there.
I run Easy Vegas ( https://easy.vegas )
January 20th, 2013 at 8:20:37 AM
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Your name is no longer in Green??
You're no longer webmaster? or am i getting u confused w/someone else?
You're no longer webmaster? or am i getting u confused w/someone else?
Craps is paradise (Pair of dice).
Lets hear it for the SpeedCount Mathletes :)
January 20th, 2013 at 10:13:12 AM
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That green environment stuff, it's all as much a hoax as Obama has proven to be to the American people, only he's smarter than all those entitlement seekers he's continually been able to trick into voting for him. Even that hypocrite Gore just sold out to big foreign oil just to get richer.
January 20th, 2013 at 12:41:19 PM
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Quote: 100xOddsYour name is no longer in Green??
You're no longer webmaster? or am i getting u confused w/someone else?
I think JB took over a while back.
January 20th, 2013 at 4:52:31 PM
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Yep, I handed the reins over to JB a couple of years ago. He's quite skilled!
About environmental stuff being a "hoax", what, you think poisoned rivers, for example, is a hoax? How about poisoned air? I presume you've never been to Beijing or New Dehli (as I have).
About environmental stuff being a "hoax", what, you think poisoned rivers, for example, is a hoax? How about poisoned air? I presume you've never been to Beijing or New Dehli (as I have).
I run Easy Vegas ( https://easy.vegas )
January 20th, 2013 at 5:25:12 PM
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oops.................
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
January 20th, 2013 at 6:12:45 PM
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Good job ignoring the actual question. That speaks volumes.
But I'll bite: You posit that global warming is not simply wrong, it's actually a *hoax*. Do you actually believe that *thousands* of climate scientists, comprising 98% or so of them, are able to effect such a wide-ranging, global conspiracy?
But I'll bite: You posit that global warming is not simply wrong, it's actually a *hoax*. Do you actually believe that *thousands* of climate scientists, comprising 98% or so of them, are able to effect such a wide-ranging, global conspiracy?
I run Easy Vegas ( https://easy.vegas )
January 20th, 2013 at 6:28:06 PM
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oops...........
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
January 20th, 2013 at 6:35:43 PM
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Quote: EvenBobOh, absolutely. Most of them were duped by existing
wrong science.
So which is it: The world's scientists were duped, or the world's scientists are perpetrating a hoax? Seems like you can't make up your mind.
I run Easy Vegas ( https://easy.vegas )
January 20th, 2013 at 6:42:45 PM
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Quote: EvenBobThere are more qualified people on
the nay side, by the way.
Do you mean a higher number of qualified people? or people who have a higher degree of qualification? You're wrong either way, but I want to make sure I understand why I should be chuckling...
"So as the clock ticked and the day passed, opportunity met preparation, and luck happened." - Maurice Clarett
January 20th, 2013 at 6:50:52 PM
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Quote: MichaelBluejayYep, I handed the reins over to JB a couple of years ago. He's quite skilled!
About environmental stuff being a "hoax", what, you think poisoned rivers, for example, is a hoax? How about poisoned air? I presume you've never been to Beijing or New Dehli (as I have).
Where's that disciplined advantage player approach?
Why would anybody care about what such overpopulated, filthy, and socially degenerate third and fourth world far away countries have going on? You must get your talking points from your hypocritical pal that invented the internet.
January 20th, 2013 at 6:59:50 PM
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oops...........
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
January 20th, 2013 at 7:04:22 PM
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Quote: rdw4potusDo you mean a higher number of qualified people? or people who have a higher degree of qualification? You're wrong either way, but I want to make sure I understand why I should be chuckling...
I don't care about this ridiculous subject anymore,
its like discussing gravity with 15th century Catholics.
Believe what you like, foil hats are always in style. I
never should have responded to the topic, I was
sucked in because nobody ever talks about this
anymore and I forgot the zealots have not died, they
just went underground. Where the people with big
eyes and small toes live.....
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
January 20th, 2013 at 7:20:27 PM
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I don't really know or care if global warming is real. But if you think it is real then you would have to be a fool to think that the government is the best agency to combat it.
Vote for Nobody 2020!
January 21st, 2013 at 4:47:57 AM
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Quote: iluvdisco33Why would anybody care about what such overpopulated, filthy, and socially degenerate third and fourth world far away countries have going on?
Well, since the answer isn't staggeringly obvious...
You said, "That green environment stuff, it's a hoax..." So I first wanted to see if you can even acknowledge that there is such a thing as pollution. To do that I used the most obvious example of air pollution. Of course, we can't discuss pollution in the U.S. if you won't even concede that such a thing as pollution exists.
Anyway, I think I got my answer, in a way.
I run Easy Vegas ( https://easy.vegas )
