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Archive for July, 2004

Best Seats at Petco Park

Posted by Pete on July 28th, 2004

I was at the Padres game Tuesday night and had probably the two best seats in the stadium. The first was in a suite that was owned by the President of the Padres organization. The second was in his field seats which are in-between the two dugouts, right behind the catcher. My seat was Section 0, Row 1, Seat 1. I was 44 feet from the batter which is closer than the pitcher is (60’6”). We were those guys that you see on TV that are right behind home plate.





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Cursed with Horse Racing

Posted by Pete on July 26th, 2004

I knew going into the track on Sunday that I have never been good at betting on horses. In fact, of the 3-4 times I’ve gone in the past, I’ve never won a bet. I couldn’t even tell you what to do with a winning ticket! One time I actually talked my friend out of a Trifecta pick. He had horses 1 and 2 selected and was in-between on the last pick. He  was considering two horses and wasn’t sure which one he thought would come in third. I suggested one horse and of course had he picked the other he would have had the three horses in the correct order to win a lot of money.
 
We saw a total of seven races yesterday at Del Mar Racetracks and of the seven I bet on six of them, sometimes betting multiple times on one race. I didn’t win once. I thought for sure I would at least get lucky but no, I have come to the conclusion that I am cursed when it comes to betting on horses. My only hope is to bet on every horse in one race to guarantee a winning ticket (even though I would lose money) in an attempt to break the curse. I figure that would be a $15-$20 loss to break the curse but considering I lost way more than that yesterday at the track, it may be the best bet I could make.

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Updates to the Car Accident

Posted by Pete on July 22nd, 2004

I take the car in Monday to be fixed. I was really apprehensive about the whole process as I expected it to be very confusing and difficult but so far things haven’t been too bad (knock on wood). Of course all I’ve done so far is call around and set up an appointment. The good news though is that the other guy’s insurance company already accepted liability for the accident so there shouldn’t be any problems with getting the money to fix things. Plus, I’ll get a rental car and the issuance company will pay for that too. They actually offered an SUV since legally, I’m entitled to a car of the same type that I own. I thought that was a pretty cool law even though I went with a standard size…cheaper for gas. I’m expecting the car to be out for about a week although I hear that’s optimistic. Time estimates usually error on the shorter side.

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California Drivers Suck

Posted by Pete on July 20th, 2004

I got rear-ended on Saturday. I’ve had the truck about a year and already its been tagged in the back twice. The first time was minor and only resulted in a small scratch to my hitch. Last Saturday was a bigger deal. I was at a stop light and looked in my rear-view mirror and saw a gray Celica coming up on me fast. The driver was looking somewhere else and didn’t realize how fast he was coming up until it was too late. He slammed on the brakes and swerved to the right but ended up hitting my back end. I could see the whole thing coming through my mirror which made it tough because I knew I was going to be hit but I had nowhere to go. I was surprised that he didn’t push me into the car in front of me.

We pulled into a plaza and I looked at my car to see the back passenger side bumper was all dinged up. Other than that though there wasn’t too much damage. His car was a different story. The front corner of his car was smashed up pretty bad. He couldn’t open his driver’s side door and it looked like part of the car was wedged into the wheel. He ended up having to get the car towed.

We swapped insurance and I went to a collision center today to get an estimate. The preliminary cost is around $1400 and I should be without the truck for about a week. I won’t have to pay anything which is good since it wasn’t my fault but what a pain. No one was hurt either which is always a good thing.

Now I’ve got to get in touch with his insurance and work out the cost for a rental car and see if they need to inspect the car before I get it fixed.

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4th of July Vacation

Posted by Pete on July 12th, 2004

Every year around the 4th of July, I meet up with family on my mom’s side in Hilton Head, South Carolina for a mini family reunion. We usually rent two houses right on the beach, and spend the time either on the beach, on a golf course, or just recently, on my Aunt and Uncle’s boat.

This year we golfed at Hilton Head National and another course off of the Indigo Plantation. In addition we spent a lot of time on the boat water-skiing, tubing, wake-boarding and killing all the horse flies that seem to like hanging around.

Its also become a tradition between Drew, myself and all the kids to catch some crabs when the tide is going out and then making a meal out of them. This year we made a crab bisque which was pretty good.

We even got some surfing in which I didn’t think was possible there (with the smaller waves) but with our immense surfing skills we were able to pull it off. Actually the smaller waves probably made it easier. I’ll try to post some pics on my website in the near future.

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