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Race horse as a tip!

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by ReD_1, Mar 3, 2008.

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  1. ReD_1

    ReD_1 Rookie

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    Don't have any link, read it in daily newspaper.

    Actually it happend in Houston, waitress who's 71 was very polite with some guys in the bar and he gave her a horse as a tip?!

    It says horse could be worth millions of dollars etc.

    Any info you submit is apprecieted!
     
  2. rrj_gamz

    rrj_gamz Member

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    WTF?

    Don't have any info, but i may need to start hanging out at the horse track more often...oh wait...
     
  3. boomboom

    boomboom I GOT '99 PROBLEMS

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    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,333213,00.html

    A 71-year-old Texas waitress received the "best" tip of her career — a horse.

    "All this started about a week and a half ago when I was waiting tables," A.D. Carrol told the Houston Chronicle. ""There were two men drinking coffee and I had to ask them to move to make way for a larger group. One of the men just asked me if I wanted a horse. I said, 'sure.' Two days later he came back with the trainer's phone number and Mailman was mine."

    Mailman Express, a 5-year-old ex-race horse, has a weak leg, but can still be ridden and trained to jump.

    Carrol told the newspaper she used to ride her daughter-in-law's horses about every week, and would be riding Mailman for pleasure.

    "Over the years I've gotten some pretty big tips," she told the Houston Chronicle. "Once in San Francisco I got $600. And another time I got $500. But this one is the best of all."

    In addition to Mailman, Carrol has two dogs and 16 cats.




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    HOLY CRAP...16 cats!
     
  4. WhoMikeJames

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    Now she only needs to find a monarch to trade with.
     
  6. Mr. Brightside

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    Won't this be a burden to the waitress? I mean she will have to pay stable costs and all. Its not as good as cash money.
     
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    Which horse?

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    Thanks for the info.
     

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