Who remembers' settling up ' every Wednesday ?

[secondbase]

ok , the good ole days
here was our 'fun' ritual.

My buddy and I would head out ( 20 miles ) to our bookies bar to settle up and also get this weeks spread sheet.

On the way home after a few and still sipping a few more, we would give our own picks and analysis of some select games.

Our Man would open at 8 AM on Sat - close at , whenever, and then open again sunday

We would call in - saying this is so and so ( some bookie even had client numbers ) and then say a dollar on number 23 , 2 bucks on 27 - We called them doyles ( 6 pt teasers ) give me a 50 dollar doyle on 31 and 33 , 10 dollar parlay on 3- 27- 31 . etc

Ah yes, fun times

[Bozzie]

i remember dropping money for my grand dad at his bookie....

[Windy City Irish]

whole floor in college was betting with one guy.

on tuesday he would walk up and down the hallway collecting or giving out. most time if you were up you just got some guys money that lived on your floor

[huscroft6]

my guy was a good friend, but it was every saturday he would come by and collect or dish it out. I could pay up weeks later if i wanted

[PHILLYBIRDS20]

I never had to Pay only collected

[iggs111]

who remembers? This is a weekly occurrence for me.

[secondbase]

actually we had 3 - one we would settle as mentioned above- every Wednesday
and the others we would settle when it was a ' significant ' amount one way or the other

heck two of them that I called every weekend for years, I never even met face to face- either a drop off , or mail

[tigerman19]

it was on tuesday's for me. now online for bookkeeping purposes then settle at a "significant" amount one way or the other. unfortunately, for me, haven't seen him since jan.

[mark12]

Have had the same guy for over 30 years. When I was young we settled up every week. Then became a 2 grand either way settle up. Now once a year after the Super Bowl no matter the number. Trust is a good thing on both sides.

[ConstantColorUpor]

I still do this except its on Tuesday. Best way to go in my opinion. Feels like Im betting Monopoly money, I like it.

[steel69]

Originally Posted by secondbase

We would call in - saying this is so and so ( some bookie even had client numbers ) and then say a dollar on number 23 , 2 bucks on 27 - We called them doyles ( 6 pt teasers ) give me a 50 dollar doyle on 31 and 33 , 10 dollar parlay on 3- 27- 31 . etc

Ah yes, fun times

Interesting, Around here in NEPA when betting with a local we call bets a "Timer" 5 timer or 5 times =$27.50 to win $25.00.....100 Timer = $550 to win $500.