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BET ON CRAZY 2 / SETTING UP

July 9, 2008 – 2:45 pm

The next morning I woke at 8am. Manny’s exchange opened at 9:30. I bathed in my kitchen, dressed in a midnight-blue pin-striped suit, threw on my leather coat, and walked over to Velseka’s Coffee Shop on 2nd Avenue. A light snow was falling without sticking to the sidewalk. I had $5 left from the $20 […]

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BET ON CRAZY 6 Schnorrer

June 16, 2008 – 1:36 pm

Forever Everyday: A Diamond Dealer’s Diary, Parts 4 and 5 by Peter Nolan Smith Part V. After I made a sandwich at my desk, Richie Boy grabbed a slice of salami. Our sharing more than food throughout our twenty-year friendship didn’t deter my protests against his poaching. “I see you have no shame in being […]

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BET ON CRAZY 4 Rubies

June 16, 2008 – 1:25 pm

Forever Everyday: A Diamond Dealer’s Diary by Peter Nolan Smith Part 4. I work at a ground floor diamond exchange on West 47th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues, the diamond capital of the world. Diamonds come in all shapes, all sizes. The dealers and brokers on the street profess that their stones are no […]

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