175-1 accumulator pays a tenner!!

Coming back down to earth now after an enthralling Saturday and just catching up with the uninteresting stuff like shopping and changing car batteries today.
In fact went to the garage (apparently French and Italian car specialists) and asked for a battery specifically for my make of Citroen and after he consulted the computer I came away with something about twice as high and half as wide as the original so think they might be better sticking to the Italian side of things for a while!!
Logged into the greedy exchange to draw out my greyhound winnings from the weekend and can confirm the forum ban is still in place which was nice of them. Wasnt totally surprised I got the heave ho but having seen whats been posted since I think quite a few posters must have slipped through the net!!
In fact in retrospect I maybe should have drawn my money out in £10 instalments just so as it cost them more to process lol.
Didnt quite hit the target with the two bets yesterday, was fancying my chances of a Lancashire win when opponents Somerset needed 16 off the last 2 overs but a couple of boundaries soon changed that, once again my side lost the toss and at this time of year with the earlier starts and dampness in the wicket its often crucial.
Did try to wait until the toss was made in one match last year but all the prices seemed to disappear, these bookies aren't as daft as they seem sometimes, lol.
Anyway have been pretty much even steven on the cricket so perhaps won't be in my portfolio next season, seems pointless keeping on sports unless you're healthily ahead as you can't really justify the time studying them.
The other bet was a throwaway few quid on the draw in the hurling, but although not successful this time over the season you wouldnt have gone far wrong at around those odds.
There was some surprise news at the weekend as I entered the local football club's prize draw, having to predict six results, and successfully predicted wins for Chelsea, Portsmouth, Everton, West Brom, Fulham plus the draw in the Wigan v Sunderland match!! Not bad for saying I picked them in about thirty seconds flat, sometimes you can analyse things too much perhaps.
At best prices I work out that little lot would be paying around 175-1 but unfortunately I will have to make do with about a tenner I should think, suddenly the premium charge doesnt look so bad lol.
Nice to see Graham Wheldon put a decent take on the Betfair situation in the Racing Post who have been very quiet on the matter for the most part, probably not wanting to risk losing advertising revenue.
Graham points out that many ordinary punters are caught up in the charge bands, in fact he reckons only one or two people he knows aren't affected, but on the other page Mark Winstanley goes and spoils it all by practically advocating them, I despair!!
Not only that but he is apparently a trader after all, had always had him down as one that would follow his opinion and stick with it.
I really can't see alot of benefit in using Betfair with the 20% charge in place as surely the ordinary bookmaker would offer at least as much value if not better if you're an opinion bettor, the prices offered would have to be considerably higher to make up the deficit and its hard to see it happening.
Time for an early night anyhow,
All the best
Rick