Oh sure, the Saints' victory over the Falcons on Monday night was watched by millions. Sure, it signified a re-birth of the City, and rung in the re-opening of the Superdome. Sure it was an opportunity to celebrate with performances from Green Day and U2. But today I found out the real significance . . . the Saints' victory sealed my win in last week's local football pool, bringing me more than $300!!!! I'm not much of a gambler, well, except for NFL pools, March Madness pools and twice a year poker games with friends. But whatever I do win goes in to my vacation fund coffee can, and I take that money as spending money on my annual vacation. I'm not sure where I'm going yet this year (maybe wolf watching in Yellowstone or a walking trip in the Berkshires), but it's good to know I'll have some spending money when I get there!
posted by Diane at 3:19 PM
7 Comments:
Congrats Diane! It's good to win those pools. I've done it a couple of times, but not with winnings like that. My net was around $100. This was at least 8 years ago, when I was a regular player in the pool. During a time when I was able to watch 3 football games every Sunday, that is when the Rams were away - I was at their home games for 2 years in a row. But I digressed.
What bummed me out about those "football years" was when someone with no knowledge of football won. Don't take this the wrong way, but the winnner was usually a woman who choose teams based on a particular player, or the team color; that kind of thing. Even though I don't know you, I just know you are knowledgeable about football, and made fact-based seclections, thus deserving your winnings.
Opps - typo. Thats "selections".
Dan - thanks! I do try to bring some knowledge to my picks, and I do check out the odds, injury reports etc., but admit that dumb luck comes into play alot too.
We will be sitting at the bar at Taco Surf tonight. We can go through that $300 easy.
adam - I'll rain check you on a couple of rounds at the Surf - and congrats to Jennifer for catching the fly ball!
Congrats on the win! So now you can go back to getting manicures and the boots are paid for! ;)
la - can you believe the timing?
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