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On Mondays I figure out how long I’ve been unemployed. <\/font>Today begins my twelfth week as a victim of the depressed economy. (That was wry humor. I’m not a victim of anything. I just have a long subscription to life.)<\/p>\n

I’m neither ashamed nor much concerned by my layoff. I know Americans take pride in working hard and I did for nearly forty years. Now I’m taking pride in catching a break and spending my free days wisely. I’m resting, seeing more of my family and Carolann and I have taken up a new hobby: horse racing.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I suppose most people with extra time on their hands<\/font> discover gardening<\/font> or join reading groups. <\/strong>Carolann and I have discovered how to box exactas and read racing forms. Yesterday we spent our third full day in three weeks at Santa Anita Park<\/a> and we love every minute of it. The storied home of Seabiscuit absolutely oozes a dramatic history involving magnificent animals and courageous, short men. The weather is perfect, the landscaping is immaculate and every thirty minutes is spent in brow-furrowed study, the anticipatory trip to a parimutuel window and the race itself, a climax of mass excitement!<\/p>\n

I’m convinced that Santa Anita is populated by Central Casting.<\/font> Everybody you’ve ever seen in a racing movie is there: old men in frumpy hats pulling on cigarettes and studying charts, young men filled with too much beer and testosterone, and happily, though somewhat oddly — families with young children looking as if they took a wrong turn enroute to Disneyland.
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\nThe sweet aroma of fresh grass, rich turf and plush floral displays, the Call to the Post<\/a>, the clunk and ringing of the starting gate<\/a> and the roar of the crowd is all quite invigorating.<\/p>\n

If learning to gamble seems like a ridiculous pastime for somebody unemployed and pinching pennies, consider this: <\/font>Six hours of outdoor fun and wagering excitement yesterday cost us about seventeen bucks. Next week we might win*. Try to beat that at a movie theater.<\/p>\n

* In the spirit of full disclosure I must report Carolann actually did win yesterday. My losses dragged down our average.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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