Grindy???
Somewhere around 47 years ago is when it all started. My 'best' friend's big brother taught us both how to play poker. (That's before my teen years, btw.) He was a jailbird, was out for awhile, and needed 'some action', I guess. He grabbed us both by the back of the neck and stated, "If I ever catch you two cheating, I'll kill you both." (He meant it, too.) It then began...
The 'poker thing' had sunk it's hook and I've been playin' poker ever since. In all the places I've lived in these United States, I've either hosted a game or found and played in one.
About 15 years ago, the casino business opened up in the south, (You may know of it as 'Tunica'. It's on the Mississippi River just 30 minutes south of Memphis Tennessee. The actual town is Robinsonville but the Tunica name comes from the county it's in.), and I got my kicks playin poker 7 days a week, if I wanted too. I've actually become quite good at it and would sit for hours not playing a hand but waiting for 'the best of it' then pounce. This would usually net me a profit and I would leave and off to the house I would go till the next time. Well, this grinded out a small profit over time and one player said to me once, "You are a true grinder, aren't you? 'Hit n run' is all you do, isn't it?"
Sooo, in '97 I started 'learnin'' the Internet but the, TheGrinder, was already taken by a butcher and I needed to find something else. I believe across the pond in
'Ruth'sville', I've seen the "ER" spelling as "RE" and...
that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
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a.k.a. Rick
At my age, 'Happy Hour' is a nap...