Derby Weekend

You can swim but you cannot hide. This past weekend Michael and I went to Wellsville N.Y. for a trout derby. 450 tagged brown trout were released into the Genessee River. Each one was worth anywhere from $7,000 to $25.00. If you catch a "tagged" fish, it must be taken to the registration booth live. They remove the tag, read the number and find the amount that you win on a wall chart. You are given a check and then you can go back and fish for more. The event took place on Sat. and Sun. It was HOT! Michael fished with his buddy Jim and Jim's wife and I did the lounge chair nap waiting for the cash to roll in. Those N.Y. fish don't know how to eat. Well maybe one did. Jim caught a $25.00 fish around 2pm Sat. After a long day and some rest at the hotel, we all decided to do dinner and the Salamanca casino. I found a few quarter slot machines then a nickel machine but not the right one until I nested in the non smoking section of the casino. I found a blazing 7's quarter machine and after spending about $12.00 of my $20.00 I get a ring, ring, and 1000 credits on my machine. I look up thinking that's quite a few credits. Wonder what I did. I see 3 blazing 7's in front of my eyes, take a look at the top at what that reward is, and sure enough it says 1000 credits. Teaching Kindergarten for all those years didn't increase my math IQ so I figured I'd cash out and see how much that was. The ticket came out of the machine with $ 258.25!! HOLY MOLY. I won some money. From then on, whenever I had more than my 80 credits ($20.00) in the machine I would cash out. I turned in 5 tickets at the end of the night totaling $370.00. I profited $170.00. Michael didn't catch any fish but I made up for it at the casino.