Damn women are easy to figure out Options

[Oasis]

Didn't see this one coming from a mile away.

I go to this local bar all the time cause I know damn near everyone who goes there. Unlike near every other guy who goes there, I don't go there looking to hook up, although it happens every once in awhile. And I've always avoided dating the girls who worked there, mainly because I was never "bar guy" and gossip around there spreads like goddamned wildfire. I ended up dating one for a little while and we're still good friends. Main point is I go up there to talk business and sports with friends and kick it with a few waitresses and bartenders I'm good friends with.

I ended up telling the owner about all the gambling winnings because we've talked about some business ventures in the past and now the startup capital might be available. I also told a waitress, who's one of my best friends and knows more about me than anyone there; And a few more of my close friends up there. I was never bragging to anyone about actually being rich, other than being proud that a huge gamble and hundreds of hours of research paid off and gave me one helluva stepping stone to future success. I don't give a shit about money and I can't stand when people judge others for what they have or don't have.

Sure enough, word got out. By the 3rd day or so I was the most popular guy at the bar. I wonder why. Girls who I never talked to other than making small talk suddenly think we're good friends. People tell me about all kinds of parties. Girls keep saying "I never knew how cool you were"

Dumb. Fucks.

It's an interesting psychological study on friendship and how shallow people are, though. It'll be interesting to see who still tries to flock around me when they realize they ain't getting a fucking cent of my hard earned money. I don't use money to impress girls and have zero tolerance for girls who are impressed by it. People who know me know this and the whole situation is hilarious to us. There's a reason I never talked to you until last week, honey. And it isn't because I'm shy. In fact it's just the opposite, and you ain't intelligent enough to figure out that I don't associate with people like you. Women.

[Mommy]

The first half of that story boggled my mind with stupidity on your part... the second part boggled my mind with stupidity on women's part. Just being frank.

I have to say, though, that it's not the worth thing in the world for a woman to want a guy with financial security. What I mean is that women should look for men based on personality and looks first, but if you find out that the guy still sleeps in his mother's basement and hasn't had a job since he was fired from Pizza Hut 3 years ago, then run for your life. I like guys who are legitimately financially secure FOR THEMSELVES and have nice things that they enjoy but also know how to save. If I can handle my own and then some, and I'm in school and pregnant and working then a guy should be able to hold his own and then some as well. I always liked the idea of mutually supporting each other.

I have to admit if I found out a guy acquaintance came across a lot of money through gambling, I would be the girl staying far far away. There is something just so damn sexy about a guy who works really hard for their money...physically and mentally. Quick money fixes just don't catch my attention at all. Quickly as it comes, quickly it goes. That's why I find military guys very very very very fucking hot. They have to have a lot of discipline, and they work hard. To each their own I suppose.

[Oasis]

I have to admit if I found out a guy acquaintance came across a lot of money through gambling, I would be the girl staying far far away. There is something just so damn sexy about a guy who works really hard for their money...physically and mentally. Quick money fixes just don't catch my attention at all.

You are a fucking idiot.

As usual, you make a comment without knowing what you're talking about. Then again, I'm pretty sure your only experience with investing was dumping $40 into whatever company Lance used to work for on the advice of people from Techsans, so it's at least understandable that you're completely clueless

I didn't keep records and data for the first 2-3 weeks of the season because I had no idea that they'd be relevant and useful later in the season. But since Week 3, I've spent 185 hours researching and 129 hours analyzing. Research includes watching highlights, game film, reading articles, injury reports, weather, time changes, flight delays, etc. The usual shit. Analyzation includes comparing how teams match up, how well Eli Manning plays when the temperature is below 40, compiling data, comparing and analyzing trends, trying to figure out which trends are legitimate and which ones are due to more or less random occurence, etc. I also like to take definitive data (statistics, etc) and use ratios, graphs, pie charts, etc to see if certain percentages and figures are relevant and can be used to gain an edge in determining who will win. I like taking certain player statistics to see if their performance is relevant to their team's success. For example, Vince Young has three 300 yard passing games in his career. Now common sense tells me that if a qb throws for 300 yards, there's a good chance his team is gonna win. Completely opposite in Tennessee's case. They're 0-3 in games where VY passes for 300 yards. The Titans are a running team who use play action to set up open receivers. If Vince is throwing for 300 yards in a game, that means they're losing and he's gotta pass them back into the game (because obviously, moving the ball through the air takes less time off the clock than moving it on the ground). If he's doing that, odds are they'll lose, because Vince Young is a pretty lousy thrower. That piece of information itself is enough for me to wager on the Chargers when they play Tenn. The Chargers always score early. They outscored their opponents 81-0 in the first quarter. Tennessee sucks playing from behind.

I also like taking all kinds of data (both publicly available and data I compiled myself) and plugging different combinations of data sets into formulas, making charts, etc, and using the compiled data to try to pick games; then subsequently using those results to try to see if there are any valid trends that can be applied and used to pick games. Some of the results were lousy, some were pretty good indicators. Of course, I won't know till a few years down the line when I plug the formulas into future games. So far I have about 150 games to support or refute random hypotheses. I'll probably need another 400-500 more before making any guesses as to whether the theories hold any water.

I have a private website that I've been using to store my data. One person knows how to access it, and he paid me $500 for the rights to use my research and picks. I don't know how much he was using my information but I know he made about $2500 and he was betting smaller ($50-$100) wagers. I'll probably keep the website running for a few years because I'd like to keep my old data from previous seasons for comparison purposes

The hours spent do not include actually going up to Fowler's with a laptop and two notepads, watching 5 games at once, and trying to take notes over each one. That was actually the most boring part. The fun part was plugging in various numbers and trying new things. The watching the games part was more like work than fun

My point is this: There's a reason I gamble on sports, yet have never participated in a cash poker game or gone to Vegas to play slot machines or blackjack or whatever else. I don't buy lottery tickets. I refuse to even play those Super Bowl squares games where you pick a few numbers and hope the team scores that amount (or whatever the rules are). I rarely ever make futures bets either because their are too many variables throughout the course of a season (suspensions, injuries, front office issues, etc) to accurately predict. I bet on absolutely nothing that I see is based more on chance and luck than actual skill and research.

Two of my friends also started this season with $1k to wager with. One guy ended up with about $3700. The other guy got down to about $80 and said fuck it and blew the rest at the bar. I ended up with $33,500. I also did many, many hours more researching before making picks than they did. It paid off


I might have made money in a somewhat unorthodox way, but I worked my ass off for nearly four months, spent more time working and researching, and was far more successful and made far more money (both total and in terms of profit vs initial investment) than anyone else I know in that or any other similar timeframe. And this was all done while having a full time 40 hour a week job. The only downside is my sleep schedule is fucked. All in all I think I worked about 14 hours a day total. Stressful as hell and I probably missed a lot of opportunities to make new friends and have a social life, but it paid off and I'm now making up for lost time. So don't you dare imply that I didn't bust my ass. It's a bit more complex than reading lines in the sunday paper, circling the teams you think will win, and calling your bookie and placing bets. Those are the quick money fix guys, and those are the guys who end up gambling themselves into financial hell. I love those guys. Those are the dipshits who make stupid bets and keep Vegas from doing too much research into setting accurate betting lines, and the guys like me use that to outsmart and out research Vegas and win money.

Damn that was long

[schwab]

You are a fucking idiot.

As usual, you make a comment without knowing what you're talking about. Then again, I'm pretty sure your only experience with investing was dumping $40 into whatever company Lance used to work for on the advice of people from Techsans, so it's at least understandable that you're completely clueless

I didn't keep records and data for the first 2-3 weeks of the season because I had no idea that they'd be relevant and useful later in the season. But since Week 3, I've spent 185 hours researching and 129 hours analyzing. Research includes watching highlights, game film, reading articles, injury reports, weather, time changes, flight delays, etc. The usual shit. Analyzation includes comparing how teams match up, how well Eli Manning plays when the temperature is below 40, compiling data, comparing and analyzing trends, trying to figure out which trends are legitimate and which ones are due to more or less random occurence, etc. I also like to take definitive data (statistics, etc) and use ratios, graphs, pie charts, etc to see if certain percentages and figures are relevant and can be used to gain an edge in determining who will win. I like taking certain player statistics to see if their performance is relevant to their team's success. For example, Vince Young has three 300 yard passing games in his career. Now common sense tells me that if a qb throws for 300 yards, there's a good chance his team is gonna win. Completely opposite in Tennessee's case. They're 0-3 in games where VY passes for 300 yards. The Titans are a running team who use play action to set up open receivers. If Vince is throwing for 300 yards in a game, that means they're losing and he's gotta pass them back into the game (because obviously, moving the ball through the air takes less time off the clock than moving it on the ground). If he's doing that, odds are they'll lose, because Vince Young is a pretty lousy thrower. That piece of information itself is enough for me to wager on the Chargers when they play Tenn. The Chargers always score early. They outscored their opponents 81-0 in the first quarter. Tennessee sucks playing from behind.

I also like taking all kinds of data (both publicly available and data I compiled myself) and plugging different combinations of data sets into formulas, making charts, etc, and using the compiled data to try to pick games; then subsequently using those results to try to see if there are any valid trends that can be applied and used to pick games. Some of the results were lousy, some were pretty good indicators. Of course, I won't know till a few years down the line when I plug the formulas into future games. So far I have about 150 games to support or refute random hypotheses. I'll probably need another 400-500 more before making any guesses as to whether the theories hold any water.

I have a private website that I've been using to store my data. One person knows how to access it, and he paid me $500 for the rights to use my research and picks. I don't know how much he was using my information but I know he made about $2500 and he was betting smaller ($50-$100) wagers. I'll probably keep the website running for a few years because I'd like to keep my old data from previous seasons for comparison purposes

The hours spent do not include actually going up to Fowler's with a laptop and two notepads, watching 5 games at once, and trying to take notes over each one. That was actually the most boring part. The fun part was plugging in various numbers and trying new things. The watching the games part was more like work than fun

My point is this: There's a reason I gamble on sports, yet have never participated in a cash poker game or gone to Vegas to play slot machines or blackjack or whatever else. I don't buy lottery tickets. I refuse to even play those Super Bowl squares games where you pick a few numbers and hope the team scores that amount (or whatever the rules are). I rarely ever make futures bets either because their are too many variables throughout the course of a season (suspensions, injuries, front office issues, etc) to accurately predict. I bet on absolutely nothing that I see is based more on chance and luck than actual skill and research.

Two of my friends also started this season with $1k to wager with. One guy ended up with about $3700. The other guy got down to about $80 and said fuck it and blew the rest at the bar. I ended up with $33,500. I also did many, many hours more researching before making picks than they did. It paid off
I might have made money in a somewhat unorthodox way, but I worked my ass off for nearly four months, spent more time working and researching, and was far more successful and made far more money (both total and in terms of profit vs initial investment) than anyone else I know in that or any other similar timeframe. And this was all done while having a full time 40 hour a week job. The only downside is my sleep schedule is fucked. All in all I think I worked about 14 hours a day total. Stressful as hell and I probably missed a lot of opportunities to make new friends and have a social life, but it paid off and I'm now making up for lost time. So don't you dare imply that I didn't bust my ass. It's a bit more complex than reading lines in the sunday paper, circling the teams you think will win, and calling your bookie and placing bets. Those are the quick money fix guys, and those are the guys who end up gambling themselves into financial hell. I love those guys. Those are the dipshits who make stupid bets and keep Vegas from doing too much research into setting accurate betting lines, and the guys like me use that to outsmart and out research Vegas and win money.

Damn that was long

i was about to ask if you had a full time job to go along with that. Congrats on your winnings, just dont start throwing more money than you can afford into it.