So I got the winner of Saturday's Grand National, yea! I bet ten pounds (each way because P said it was best in a race where so many things could go wrong) so it cost me twenty pounds and P placed it online for me together with a little flutter of his own. We do this for fun every year the race runs like many a family does. I backed the rider really, Rachael Blackmore, not the horse and she won and I got so excited I was jumping out of my seat. First time a girl jockey has even won this world famous race.
P had backed Cloth Cap, the favourite which got pulled
up near the finish after looking so good most of the way. He
congratulated me and told me my winnings including my stake would be
well over a hundred quid or better than a five-bagger as he put it,
which is the sort of thing he gets excited about when talking stocks.
The money didn't really sink in, I was just happy for Rachael, a girl,
to have won. P said I would have been better off if I'd backed the
second not the first. Hmm.
Later over dinner I brought the subject up again, saying if I'd got a
five-bagger for a few minutes work that was good wasn't it, and it was
fun too so I might do a bit more of that and leave my money in there or
transfer it to another account in my name, and could he help me do that
and show me how to work it. He looked at me as if I was from another
planet.
"You must be stark raving mad, are you serious?" He asked. "It's just
fun, it's done until next year. You can treat me to a meal from your
winnings and still have some left over, that's when we're allowed to
have meals indoors again of course."
Well I said he gambled on the stock market, why
shouldn't I have a try, it seemed the returns could be every bit as good
and in a very short time. And he's always saying time is money:)
I'm sure he didn't know whether I was joking or not but he said an
absolute 'No' to me, he would not help, and in fact if he found I'd
opened an account myself I'd get such a spanking I'd never want to
gamble again. I furrowed my brow but didn't argue and we changed the
subject.
I was joking as I knew what his reaction would be but I think I might just have a little look at how the gambling sites work, just to see. The
thought of getting a really sound spanking is more exciting than the
thought of winning.
Stay safe.
Ronnie
xx
