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lol.... > I think he is at the races for the second time
> this year - (He may have gone to the Met)....

Tommy_Hotspur Wrote:

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> You know, in the old days and I'm not trying to
> sound like a douche here but they would test the
> systems for weeks ahead of time putting it under
> "july conditions" to make sure that everything was
> working. They would also have several backups to
> make sure everything is running a-ok. Now there
> was occasions where the system gave trouble or
> went down but it was back up within a few
> minutes........
>
> The "CEO" or General manager at the time was in
> the office for the entire day making sure that
> everything is running smoothly, I happen to have
> intimate knowledge of this as being a FACT.
>
> I would love to know where Riaan is today?
>
> Chops.............

I can vouch for that Tommy..........that was the days of TAB (Tvl)
I handled their insurances in those days!

rob faux Wrote:

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> Tommy_Hotspur Wrote:
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>

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> > You know, in the old days and I'm not trying to
> > sound like a douche here but they would test
> the
> > systems for weeks ahead of time putting it
> under
> > "july conditions" to make sure that everything
> was
> > working. They would also have several backups
> to
> > make sure everything is running a-ok. Now there
> > was occasions where the system gave trouble or
> > went down but it was back up within a few
> > minutes........
> >
> > The "CEO" or General manager at the time was in
> > the office for the entire day making sure that
> > everything is running smoothly, I happen to
> have
> > intimate knowledge of this as being a FACT.
> >
> > I would love to know where Riaan is today?
> >
> > Chops.............
>
> I can vouch for that Tommy..........that was the
> days of TAB (Tvl)
> I handled their insurances in those days!


My dad was the GM

Back then racing men were in charge or more succinctly men with brains.

Remind your dad Tommy............many a meeting about a) Money hold ups and b) stolen Kombis.......the crime problems of those days!!

rob faux Wrote:

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> Remind your dad Tommy............many a meeting
> about a) Money hold ups and b) stolen
> Kombis.......the crime problems of those days!!


That went hand in hand with trying to open as many branches as possible but the government would only allow them a quota. lots of fighting with the churches and Nationalist government.

Good times

Why are our winning bets of Race 7 not yet credited - 30 min after results go official.

shikar3 Wrote:

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> Why are our winning bets of Race 7 not yet
> credited - 30 min after results go official.


It happens every year. Just have to be a little patient as there are a large amount of bets to verify

wsb has no pick 3's today , my favourite bet on big days
!

Wsb have had problems all weekend have worked miracles to keep going

Tommy_Hotspur Wrote:

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> rob faux Wrote:
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> > Remind your dad Tommy............many a meeting
> > about a) Money hold ups and b) stolen
> > Kombis.......the crime problems of those days!!
>
>
> That went hand in hand with trying to open as many
> branches as possible but the government would only
> allow them a quota. lots of fighting with the
> churches and Nationalist government.
>
> Good times

NG Kerk was the real rulers and the National Party did what they told them to do