What Happened

Thoroly_Bread · March 21

I log in from time to time, go back through done old posts etc. is it just me or is it very quite in here compared to 10 or 11 years ago?

SLIPPERGOLDEN · March 21

Not sure about quite but certainly and disappointingly very more quiet

lukoedits · March 21

sign of the times, not everyone has disposable income that they can **** away on a few donkeys every week.

Chris · March 22

It’s quiet but it’ll never go anywhere. Over 10k members. One day I’ll fire it up again and bring them all back.

Manchild · March 22

Nothing like a scandal to fire up the forum

JayJay · March 22

Too many one line "reactors" and trolls who contribute nothing but one line responses, at least on Harness threads. I pop in for a read every now and then but have pretty much given up posting after making what I think have been very substantial contributions for well over a decade. Since I deliberately pulled back a month or so ago as a bit of an experiment, the trolls and pie chuckers have put up nothing of any consequence. They can have it to themselves.

Thoroly_Bread · March 22

Chris said:
It’s quiet but it’ll never go anywhere. Over 10k members. One day I’ll fire it up again and bring them all back.

Yeah no previews or anything since 2017?

We had a good punters club and everything.

Anyway I just thought it was strange how dead it has become.

Rodent · March 22

Just need some influencers to start using PTT :))

sonny · March 22

Yes JJ, Gilga,Marko,those 2 come to mind and last not least yourself.... Please dont go as sung by Man the VAN...

SLIPPERGOLDEN · March 22

Chris said:
One day I’ll fire it up again and bring them all back.

The only way that has happened in the past and only for one off visits from some members I didn't recognise is when you run a tipping competition with a financial reward.

SLIPPERGOLDEN · March 22

There are more distractions these days with social posts. I am not on Instaglam, Off Your Facebook, WhatsCrap, Tick Tac Dough, seX or any of those. I am loyal to this forum. 8-|

carey · March 22

Politics is what happened.

It would probably have died anyway, as racing is going the way of the dodo because there is no new punters, to replace the old ones that have tossed it in(either life or gambling).

The only places online where I have a presence(apart from infrequent visits here), have nothing to do with racing.

rustyh · March 23

<:-P :-bd \:D/

Yeah the good ol days were something to look forward to!

The Punters Club was great as you got to argue and have a stoush with Falcon and Bookielover about 'multis'.

:)) :)) :-c

Could we fire up a Punters Club again??

:)] :) :-? :-bd

Thoroly_Bread · March 23

carey said:
Politics is what happened.

It would probably have died anyway, as racing is going the way of the dodo because there is no new punters, to replace the old ones that have tossed it in(either life or gambling).

The only places online where I have a presence(apart from infrequent visits here), have nothing to do with racing.

I thought first of all what happed to Carey! The king of timing and sectors.

Thoroly_Bread · March 23

SLIPPERGOLDEN said:

Chris said:
One day I’ll fire it up again and bring them all back.
The only way that has happened in the past and only for one off visits from some members I didn't recognise is when you run a tipping competition with a financial reward.

Even the tipping comp, something happened with being able to post from a phone so when the company I was working for banned PTT I gave up

Thoroly_Bread · March 23

It's just all the really old names I see....

Thoroly_Bread · March 23

Poor Darren still getting a bashing..... Good times, gee I was at work one weekend and I had a massive bet on one of my horses each way, might have been Ningaloo Blitz, and he called her damn near last and I almost set fire to my car and when the results popped up she had run a place.

carey · March 24

Thoroly_Bread said:

carey said:
Politics is what happened.

It would probably have died anyway, as racing is going the way of the dodo because there is no new punters, to replace the old ones that have tossed it in(either life or gambling).

The only places online where I have a presence(apart from infrequent visits here), have nothing to do with racing.
I thought first of all what happed to Carey! The king of timing and sectors.

That Carey died a long time ago.

I got tired of checking (and finding) endless data errors, so tossed WA in.

bookielover · March 24

I don't post all that much. But I do read the forum most days.

Anyway, here is a post from me.

Lewis German got 10 years, how long do you think Michael Poy will get?

My opinion, should get double what German got.

Manchild · March 24

Poy will be banned for life IMO

SLIPPERGOLDEN · March 24

The Germ got off lightly

DamienWyer · March 24

Personally I have been out of the loop contributing as I have been on the road for the last nine weeks around Southern Australia, but have now arrived in Launceston where I will be living going forward. I don't really feel empowered to talk about WA Racing anymore as I haven't been to a track for a long time and have now been Interstate for almost three years.

I get a lot of message traffic and tips from some sources that like to get things out into the open shall we say but other than that I just read results and follow the Trainers tables each Saturday in the Bloodstock News to follow the fortunes of several known to me.

I don't bet but I do watch a lot of Trials, especially of the two year olds as I like to track sales stock as they progress.

Locally I think Tasmania is dead in the water for stakes money and yearling sales and race meetings that at best would only rival Pinjarra.

Chopchop43 · March 24

JayJay said:
Too many one line "reactors" and trolls who contribute nothing but one line responses, at least on Harness threads. I pop in for a read every now and then but have pretty much given up posting after making what I think have been very substantial contributions for well over a decade. Since I deliberately pulled back a month or so ago as a bit of an experiment, the trolls and pie chuckers have put up nothing of any consequence. They can have it to themselves.

don't think there was much trolling going on, I think it got to the point that only a few people were able to have an opinion without others getting there nose out of joint and getting rather personal with their comments

DamienWyer · April 4

13,5 years for Poy

SLIPPERGOLDEN · April 4

There should be criminal charges.

PP makes the point that in Victoria the crimes act of 1958 prohibits activity which may constitute match fixing and that includes engaging in conduct that corrupts or would corrupt a betting outcome.

In my opinion the trio should be jailed and for quite a few years

G'day Punter!

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