When Aspired Turned To Despair

By Mario V. Farina

At the race track an old man sold me a copy of "Today's Predictions" but he didn't tell me how to get the big payer's name. Nevertheless, I figured it out and was winning every day. One day I decided to make it big an bet all I had on the sure winner. It came in last. I called the him a swindler! The big winner's name had been in the tip sheet all along but I had missed it. Read about my stupidity and what I gained from it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mario V. Farina
• Release date: May 30, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310435553

Mario V. Farina

Mario V Farina has worked all his life, from age 18 to 90. He worked for the American Locomotive Company, served in the U. S. Army during WWII, was employed at General Electric. He taught computers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After leaving his position with RPI, he became employed with the State Labor Department of New York. He’s a car buff, a pun creator, and a computer enthusiast. He wrote textbooks for the programming languages COBOL and FORTRAN and wrote a book of puns and short stories called, “A Little Light Reading,” as well as over 20 other books. Several of his books were translated into other languages. This is his first foray into the world of digital publishing, with the help of his computer tutor ([e-mail]).

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