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Mystery out, well, I didn’t give it much thought but I should have because although when buying a ticket I made the assumption that my ticket number would never be called. Sigh, last night unlike the other players who would buy two or more chances at the mystery out I went ahead and bought my single ticket. Buying the ticket is like my buying a lotto ticket, I want the chance although I understand that the odds are way out there beyond my world. Sigh!
Here is today’s rub, they called my ticket last night. I never bothered to find out how the mystery out worked so late at night, tired, brain dead and everyone is helping me think. For some reason I could not get the concept or the rules to stick until this morning after a nights sleep.
In the mystery out you purchase a type of ticket much like the lotto and the matching ticket is put into a coffee can where a randomly chosen player will reach in and pull out a ticket. Being the idiot I am I wasn’t paying attention so they called the number again and louder then a moment later I said, “Oh shit, thats me.”
The embarrassing thing is that because I didn’t take the time to learn how that mystery out worked I kept going, “Huh,” when folks were trying so kindly to help me out. A friend even said, “Hey, he’s the new guy … yadda, yadda” in jest but finally, after fumbling around and getting brain-freeze trying to figure out the out … wait, I missed a part.
When your ticket is chosen you pull a poker chip out of another coffee can that has a number written on it so that the number for the out is random. I chose a chip with 89 on it meaning I had three darts to hit that out. Finally, after a gently, fun but constant telling me over and over till it sunk in I had time to throw nine practice darts then after I was given the opportunity to throw just three darts to out from a score of 89. I had this blank look on my face so the group was kind enough to assist me as the new guy.
Bob said, “Charles, do you know your outs?” I said, “Nope.” So Bob said, “T19 and D16, there’s a lot in the pot so go for it.” I threw three and because of my brain-freeze I would turn around and they would say, “Throw another three Charles.” Finally I got to my three dart chance at the out. I looked and aimed at the T19 and hit a 3, crap. So the two dart out for 86 should have been, DB and D18 but I hit a seven instead so - no possible out, bummer.
Anyway, I have learned my lesson that there is always a ‘chance’ I will get the mystery out so now I can focus on the out, take the nine practice darts and then ‘go for it!’ Wish me luck for next time - oh, and about my performance last night I can only say, “Doah! (picture homer head slap here)” Note: Thanks to all the gang at Paddock Darts with Bob and Maggie Martell, the two folks who run the game.
Oh, and in closing, I tossed a much better set of games this week, improvement is a good thing. I was actually breathing more and focusing on finding my throw during and especially between games. I had fun and everyone there was patient and nice and just a good all round group of folks - Thanks!
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