danistrulytheman

I'm STILL a self confessing, self professing know-it-all, or so I think!


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Canford Cliffs

Ok, so now I’m really sticking my neck out … what else is new, lol!! With Frankel’s incredible performance recently at the Rowley Mile, and with the incomparable Goldikova still racing at age six (fucking unbelievable), I’m going out on a limb and predicting Canford Cliffs surpassing them both … and establishing himself as the greatest miler in 2011!! I know? What am I thinking, lol … but I wanted to post before he begins his 4 year old campaign tomorrow at Newbury … getting a jump, so I can say, “I told ya so”, before everybody else does, lol!!

Below are the 10 top rated horses worldwide: courtesy TIMEFORM

THE GLOBAL TOP 20
1 FRANKEL
Henry Cecil, GB
142
2 BLACK CAVIAR
Peter Moody, Australia
135
3= GOLDIKOVA
Freddie Head, France
133
3= SO YOU THINK
Aidan O’Brien, Ireland
133
3= WORKFORCE
Sir Michael Stoute, GB
133
6 NAKAYAMA FESTA
Yoshitaka Ninomiya, Japan
132
7 CANFORD CLIFFS
Richard Hannon, GB
131
8 FAME AND GLORY
Aidan O’Brien, Ireland
130
9 DICK TURPIN
Richard Hannon, GB
128+
10= DREAM AHEAD
David Simcock, GB
128
10= REWILDING
Mahmood Al Zarooni, GB
128
10= TWICE OVER
Henry Cecil, GB
128
10= WHOBEGOTYOU
Mark Kavanagh, Australia
128


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Mercy Mercy

That was her name, the Rogers tech rep … seems like I’m on the phone with these fuckers way too much lately!! About a week ago, the whole neighbourhood had disrupted service, for about 8 hours total … no internet, no TV, and in the case of my next door neighbour, no phone either … now that’s what I calling fucking bundling, lol!! And with the lastest software update on my iPhone adding a new feature, “Personal Hotspot” which essentially allows me to establish an internet connection for my home computer, or any other device without one, wasn’t too hard done by and didn’t really care… so while Tiffany K. was tapping away on the iPad, I was on my Mac enjoying internet courtesy of my cell … and courtesy a competing internet service provider, lol. And it was fucking blazing too, almost as fast as my ultra-high speed that I normally enjoy … but not today. I noticed my internet was running slow which lead to the phone call and Mercy informs me that I need a new modem to keep it running fast, apparently the one I’m using is outdated. You’d think they would have notified me before I started noticing the problem, precipitaing yet another call complaining. I have two choices, either wait till Sunday to get one delivered, or go and get one myself at the nearest Rogers Store. Mercy locates the store, tell her to call and ask if they have one since it’s not my problem, Mercy says they don’t have outgoing phonelines. Tell her to give me the number and as I’m calling on my cell with Mercy on my landline tell her, “whatever you do, don’t hang up on me!!” So, now I’m talking to two Rogers employees … at once (getting a fucking headache), store dude says they don’t have the modem I need, also tells me NO STORE has any in stock. Goodbye store dude … hello Mercy!! Now it looks like I’m left with one choice … so I snag the Sunday appointment, snag a two week credit too!! What, you didn’t think I’d let them off Scot free, did ya? Mercy me!!