Emerald Downs 2025 – Johnny Cash
The opening day card is thin, to put it nicely.
A total of 40 horses are entered, spread over 7 races. Let’s hope there are no scratches.
I said sugar won’t you put on that sundress I like so much
Wait out by the road I’m coming to pick you up
It appears the point of EMD opening on Apr 27, will be to make sure all the Debit/Credit card machines are working smoothly prior to The First Saturday In MAY.
That’s right, I said Debit/Credit card machines.
Yeah, so here’s the thing, while many of the hundreds of betting machines accept cash, as will all of the human ticket sellers, you cannot buy a hot dog at EMD with cash. Nor a sandwich. Nor garlic fries or corndogs. Brought only cash? No chicken fingers or beer or a giant waffle cone for you.
It’s hypocritical. It’s un-American. It’s wrong.
You have hundreds or thousands of people walking around with cash in their wallets (and out of their wallets) all day long – and you won’t take it – at your concession stands! Oh sure, you tell me I can go to the gift shop or customer service or whatever and trade my cash for a prepaid debit card and then go to the concession stands. Yeah, how about NO…
The people that made this decision are like the people in my life that buy me random clothing gifts and provide me the receipt so that I can return it if I don’t like it or if it doesn’t fit. Ummm…. sorry aunt Barbara, (if you are reading this) I didn’t return that sweater, I just THREW IT AWAY … (I don’t need people giving me a future errand to run on my birthday…)
Oh, I hear a few of you out there right now saying “but there are good reasons to go cashless, cash is dirty and people steal it n stuff…” and my response to you is, I don’t give two sh*ts.
If I can’t hand you a tenner and you hand me back an ice cream cone or a soda or whatever, then I’m just not going to have one.
Which is why I have bought NOTHING from an EMD concession stand or bar or front side restaurant in the last 5 years. (FYI: as far as I know they will still accept your cash at the Quarter Chute Café!)
Go ahead – point and laugh at the old man yelling at clouds, but as our fiat currency gets debased by approx. 7% per year, and we move closer and closer to some sort of “black swan” event for which the only rescue vehicle offered will be a CBDC (programmable & trackable!), most of you young’uns will just lap it up, not realizing that you will have just given up your freedom and have become slaves.
Oh, and FYI: I’m not anti-bitcoin but I prefer sound money.
I use cash. I pay cash. Let’s go cash some tickets.
Switching lanes…
Here’s wishing the best of luck to Code of Honor in the Turf Paradise Open Spring Futurity (race 9) on The First Saturday In May. Code of Honor is owned by Josh Mckee and trained by WA Hall of Fame Trainer Frank Lucarelli. She is the first foal out of the winning Grazen mare Grazen Valor (full sister to Lieutenant Dan). Code of Honor broke her maiden at Turf Paradise at first asking at 18-1 😊.
Throw your suitcase in the back
Done gassed up the Pontiac
The Invisible Treadmill 
Leave a comment