tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post7293068256589141688..comments2024-03-22T23:54:34.302-04:00Comments on Ashes From Burnt Roses: Poetry: “Spring and Fall” by Gerard Manly Hopkins, Part 2Mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-46735196573417417532014-09-29T01:03:41.184-04:002014-09-29T01:03:41.184-04:00((( I kind of remember playing dice at seven years...((( I kind of remember playing dice at seven years old )))<br /><br />Hey Manny, believe it or not I set up a full prove system by myself, for myself on the crap table in the early nineties when we went to Las Vegas with my wife. Long story short, we had to play a minimal amount of $5.00 on every role for eight hours and then we got our meals free with a bonus of $100.oo also on completion. With this system, you won't make much money but you won't lose any of yours... but then again the poker gods may have been with me cause I took my winning to the roulette wheel and made another $150.00<br /><br />I probably shouldn't tell you about our last trip to Hawaii and on the boat they had a little tournament of Texas Hold'em every day and on the first day I came in second and also on the second day which was a sum of $350.00 each time... I'm not trying to be paranoid but I started to think that maybe some wanted to get to know me cause the people in charge allowed us to play every day after and before the tournament ...go figure, they had an electronic dealer and I teased them a little by saying stuff in so many words that the alien angel god dealer did not like them cause they were jut to insulting when they lost a hand... Truth be known, I only played cause it was their money and I still left with about another $150.00 dollars of their money. It was kind of funny because I always sat at the same seat but on the last two days, one guy took it probably thinking that it was a lucky seat I guess.<br /><br />Hey Manny I really don't play any regular poker cause I find it too addictive meaning that it gives me a high but like they say, I know when to stop... For what it is worth, I was a black Jack dealer for about three years but it was for a charity casino.<br /><br />I won't tell you about the trip we took to a casino in Michigan cause you wouldn't believe the luck that I had on the roulette wheel cause I still don't know what happen cause my wife used my system but lost her money. Not that I won a lot of money but everyone else was losing theirs and I'll never forget one guy after having lost hundreds of dollars and I was winning and he said as he was leaving for the second time.. Whow! Just Whow! while shaking his head while looking at me because my numbers just came up so often...<br /><br /><br />I better stop before I go on another tangent...<br /><br />I hear YA! Maybe there are Poker gods Victor...lol<br /><br />God BlessVictorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500112959496831193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-47030043826783336662014-09-28T23:15:45.692-04:002014-09-28T23:15:45.692-04:00LOL. It is amazing how varied the accents are in ...LOL. It is amazing how varied the accents are in Britain, much more so than in the US despite how spread apart we are here. Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-6420502299560093232014-09-28T04:44:20.264-04:002014-09-28T04:44:20.264-04:00The British Isles are geographically speaking a sm...The British Isles are geographically speaking a small area of land, yet over here we have many accents. Sometimes only miles apart people speak differently. Edinburgh and Glasgow for instance. There's a great difference between the Irish and Welsh accent as well as London's cockney and the way they speak in Liverpool, Birmingham, Norfolk, Cornwall or many other places. <br /><br />I've noticed even our animals have accents. A dog in Glasgow would bark "Woof woof och aye!" whereas in posh Buckingham he would say "Please keep oaf our premises my good fellow ... what?"<br /><br />When British birds migrate to Europe for winter they are recognised by their fellow creatures by their bowler hats and umbrellas as well as their distinctive British tweets.<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-26429275979577425852014-09-27T22:34:27.875-04:002014-09-27T22:34:27.875-04:00LOL, great story. You must be kind of old if you ...LOL, great story. You must be kind of old if you were playing marbles after school. They stopped doing that way before I was a kid. Or maybe they didn't play marbles in Brooklyn where I grew up. I kind of remember playing dice at seven years old. (Nah, I'm kidding...lol)Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-68244543627630062482014-09-27T14:34:09.037-04:002014-09-27T14:34:09.037-04:00Manny, thank you for inviting me to read this post...Manny, thank you for inviting me to read this post and É, I am glad that YA found another friend cause truth be known É, we never really have enough of them.<br /><br />As for what I might think of our French language and their accents, Ça fais pas de différence and YA might notice that the word différence means difference in English... Long story short, I guess that it is all about what we know and/or not know... to sum it up, I'll call "IT" "Respect" of each others Language. <br /><br />I still recall, still recall the battle of hasting which took place in 1066 but don't ask me what it was all about cause É, Good Old Dad only knows.<br /><br />As I was going to say, "I" was never any good with these French Accents and truth be known even though I came in second place during a bunch of French Concour Français in grade five... let me tell YA what happened back then and then I will close...lol<br /><br />Don't tell any body cell's who have not been born yet during eternity but back then, I had to repeat grade five... well our family was very poor and my parents were so busy working and trying to keep my other siblings in line so I took advantage and didn't do any home work at all and so they failed me but I was still learning... Anyway! I'm now thinking that Saint Paul must have had His Eyes on me cause É, "I" was going to His school?... He must have gotten one of His Angel Teacher to tell me that I was in second place with one exam remaining and "I" was also only four points away from first place... I was told that if I went to church and prayed, ( back then, I was an altar boy serving High Mass) "I" could make "IT" to "First" place... go figure... instead of going to church "I" played marbles after school and long story short "I" still kept my second place after the final exam... at the end first place was still ahead by only four point.<br /> <br />I'm going to spare your readers and not tell YA that the first place finish her, "I" mean the guy who finished first completed his university and before he got married was one of my best friend and believe "IT" or not, him and is wife are still God Parents to our youngest daughter... É, "I" wasn't suppose to tell YA that but what the heck, no body cell's are perfect and I'M sure that the jury with disreguard what "I" just said.<br /><br />I hear YA Man! We always make an effort to disreguard what you say, I mean we always try to forgive you Victor...lol<br /><br />God Bless<br />Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500112959496831193noreply@blogger.com