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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Nick,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I've already got TFCC from the limited typing I do and it takes longer to not only type than it used to, but much longer checking on my once perfect spelling and grammar, so a book is not on the agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I remember the acronym TFCC as "Totally F'ed, Completely Cactus".<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>LBL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Rob W said "Roger, while Len hasn’t published, he is rare breed: a man who<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>earns his living on the punt – a man to be respected."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>*Now there's idea Len. Have you got a book in you? I know they say that<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>most journalists have ..... and that's where it should stay, but a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>biography of life on the punt would be a winner. I'll put my order in now. *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 2:12 AM Rob Waterhouse <<a href="http://ausrace.com/mailman/listinfo/racing_ausrace.com">robbie at robwaterhouse.com</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i> Dear Len and Roger,<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i> Please both continue to contribute.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i> Roger, while Len hasn’t published, he is rare breed: a man who earns his<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i> living on the punt – a man to be respected.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i> Interestingly, I was a guest at a small lunch with several of the world’s<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i> most successful punters. I posed a question: there are said to be 2,000,000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i> Australians who have had a betting account with a corporate, how many earn<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i> a living (say $100k) punting. The answer ranged from 10 to 50 – a small<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i> percentage. Good on Len.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i> Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>><i> Rob W</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>