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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:36 pm
Post subject: Pre-TR post: Broke & Bizarre
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I just go back from Las Vegas this morning. A lot went on this trip & a
full report will come along later (?). Yeah, I busted out in Vegas.
Those dag-gum shiny slots with their fancy bonus rounds & mulit-hand VP
blew my bankroll. Held my own on the tables & horse racing. I blew
most of my bankroll gambling way too late when I was way too tired.
It's been said you shouldn't gamble when you're tired & I'm living proof
of that.
There were several bizarre occurrences this trip. Here are a few of them:
- On the shuttle to the El Cortez there was a video monitor on the bus.
It wasn't playing a promo for a Vegas show or a video from the LVCVB.
No, it was showing an episode of "The Lucy Show". In this episode,
Lucy won a contest & got to fly first class on a trip to London. And
who does she happen to sit next to on the plane? Why, her boss, Mr.
Mooney! Needless to say, hilarity & hijinx soon followed. Man, I
haven't seen a rerun of "The Lucy Show" in at least 15 years. I found
this kind of weird.
- I was walking to the FSE from the El Cortez one morning when I saw
this guy walking with a big boombox, one of those late '80's/early 90's
dual cassette jobs; not sure if it had a CD player. He was an older,
scraggly-looking guy, maybe 55-60. I didn't hear any music & as he got
closer, I saw that he was wearing headphones. He was lugging the
boombox around to listen to music thru the headphones! I wonder if this
guy realizes that for the price of the 10 D batteries to power his
boombox, he could have bought a portable Walkman-type cassette player &
several packs of AA batteries.
That's all I got now; I'll try to have a report done up within the next
week or two.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:36 pm
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On Feb 11, 2:36 pm, CLM in ND <camarv... RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
> - I was walking to the FSE from the El Cortez one morning when I saw
> this guy walking with a big boombox, one of those late '80's/early 90's
> dual cassette jobs; not sure if it had a CD player. He was an older,
> scraggly-looking guy, maybe 55-60. I didn't hear any music & as he got
> closer, I saw that he was wearing headphones. He was lugging the
> boombox around to listen to music thru the headphones! I wonder if this
> guy realizes that for the price of the 10 D batteries to power his
> boombox, he could have bought a portable Walkman-type cassette player &
> several packs of AA batteries.
>
> That's all I got now; I'll try to have a report done up within the next
> week or two.
>
> Cameron
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:36 pm
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On Feb 11, 2:36 pm, CLM in ND <camarv... RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
> I just go back from Las Vegas this morning. A lot went on this trip & a
> full report will come along later (?). Yeah, I busted out in Vegas.
> Those dag-gum shiny slots with their fancy bonus rounds & mulit-hand VP
> blew my bankroll. Held my own on the tables & horse racing. I blew
> most of my bankroll gambling way too late when I was way too tired.
> It's been said you shouldn't gamble when you're tired & I'm living proof
> of that.
>
> There were several bizarre occurrences this trip. Here are a few of them:
>
> - On the shuttle to the El Cortez there was a video monitor on the bus.
> It wasn't playing a promo for a Vegas show or a video from the LVCVB.
> No, it was showing an episode of "The Lucy Show". In this episode,
> Lucy won a contest & got to fly first class on a trip to London. And
> who does she happen to sit next to on the plane? Why, her boss, Mr.
> Mooney! Needless to say, hilarity & hijinx soon followed. Man, I
> haven't seen a rerun of "The Lucy Show" in at least 15 years. I found
> this kind of weird.
>
> - I was walking to the FSE from the El Cortez one morning when I saw
> this guy walking with a big boombox, one of those late '80's/early 90's
> dual cassette jobs; not sure if it had a CD player. He was an older,
> scraggly-looking guy, maybe 55-60. I didn't hear any music & as he got
> closer, I saw that he was wearing headphones. He was lugging the
> boombox around to listen to music thru the headphones! I wonder if this
> guy realizes that for the price of the 10 D batteries to power his
> boombox, he could have bought a portable Walkman-type cassette player &
> several packs of AA batteries.
>
> That's all I got now; I'll try to have a report done up within the next
> week or two.
>
> Cameron
Welcome home, Cameron.
Bummer about your loosing on a slot machine.........
The real bummer is that you will miss the intiall March Madness
frivolitiesat the GN in March.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:37 pm
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"CLM in ND" <camarvel8 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I just go back from Las Vegas this morning. A lot went on this trip & a
>full report will come along later (?). Yeah, I busted out in Vegas. Those
>dag-gum shiny slots with their fancy bonus rounds & mulit-hand VP blew my
>bankroll. Held my own on the tables & horse racing. I blew most of my
>bankroll gambling way too late when I was way too tired. It's been said you
>shouldn't gamble when you're tired & I'm living proof of that.
>
> There were several bizarre occurrences this trip. Here are a few of them:
>
> - On the shuttle to the El Cortez there was a video monitor on the bus. It
> wasn't playing a promo for a Vegas show or a video from the LVCVB. No, it
> was showing an episode of "The Lucy Show". In this episode, Lucy won a
> contest & got to fly first class on a trip to London. And who does she
> happen to sit next to on the plane? Why, her boss, Mr. Mooney! Needless
> to say, hilarity & hijinx soon followed. Man, I haven't seen a rerun of
> "The Lucy Show" in at least 15 years. I found this kind of weird.
>
> - I was walking to the FSE from the El Cortez one morning when I saw this
> guy walking with a big boombox, one of those late '80's/early 90's dual
> cassette jobs; not sure if it had a CD player. He was an older,
> scraggly-looking guy, maybe 55-60. I didn't hear any music & as he got
> closer, I saw that he was wearing headphones. He was lugging the boombox
> around to listen to music thru the headphones! I wonder if this guy
> realizes that for the price of the 10 D batteries to power his boombox, he
> could have bought a portable Walkman-type cassette player & several packs
> of AA batteries.
>
> That's all I got now; I'll try to have a report done up within the next
> week or two.
>
> Cameron
>
Did you consider the lady in the fubu sweater at the Western dropping a
large piece of pie on the casino floor then just shrugging and walking off
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:42 pm
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CLM in ND wrote:
> I just go back from Las Vegas this morning. A lot went on this trip & a
> full report will come along later (?). Yeah, I busted out in Vegas.
> Those dag-gum shiny slots with their fancy bonus rounds & mulit-hand VP
> blew my bankroll. Held my own on the tables & horse racing. I blew
> most of my bankroll gambling way too late when I was way too tired. It's
> been said you shouldn't gamble when you're tired & I'm living proof of
> that.
>
> There were several bizarre occurrences this trip. Here are a few of them:
>
> - On the shuttle to the El Cortez there was a video monitor on the bus.
> It wasn't playing a promo for a Vegas show or a video from the LVCVB.
> No, it was showing an episode of "The Lucy Show". In this episode,
> Lucy won a contest & got to fly first class on a trip to London. And
> who does she happen to sit next to on the plane? Why, her boss, Mr.
> Mooney! Needless to say, hilarity & hijinx soon followed. Man, I
> haven't seen a rerun of "The Lucy Show" in at least 15 years. I found
> this kind of weird.
>
> - I was walking to the FSE from the El Cortez one morning when I saw
> this guy walking with a big boombox, one of those late '80's/early 90's
> dual cassette jobs; not sure if it had a CD player. He was an older,
> scraggly-looking guy, maybe 55-60. I didn't hear any music & as he got
> closer, I saw that he was wearing headphones. He was lugging the
> boombox around to listen to music thru the headphones! I wonder if this
> guy realizes that for the price of the 10 D batteries to power his
> boombox, he could have bought a portable Walkman-type cassette player &
> several packs of AA batteries.
>
> That's all I got now; I'll try to have a report done up within the next
> week or two.
>
> Cameron
>
Welcome back, Cam. Sorry to hear that the trip was not a profitable one.
I'm surprised you didn't stick around a few days longer to oversee the
re-opening of the Monte Cameron. But then, you have people for that.
-Burt
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"I don't want to be your clown anymore. I don't want to do your donkey
work."
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:41 pm
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On Feb 11, 4:19 pm, Thomas W. <a... DeleteThis @hotmail.de> wrote:
> It's bizarre she wasted a perfectly good slice of pie laying on the
> floor.
Thomas, you didn't read very closely. It was from the Western; it
wasn't perfectly good. Its value was somewhat less than the value of
her time and energy in bending over to pick it up.
Cameron, what about the Spike? The new owners are telling me they are
in there cleaning it up. Any evidence of it?
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:32 pm
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On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:37:03 -0800, "Donkeydode" <lal.RemoveThis@lal.com> wrote:
>Did you consider the lady in the fubu sweater at the Western dropping a
>large piece of pie on the casino floor then just shrugging and walking off
>bizarre?
It's bizarre she wasted a perfectly good slice of pie laying on the
floor.
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:49 pm
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Donkeydode wrote:
> "CLM in ND" <camarvel8 DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eridnYhLzuVKPi3anZ2dnUVZ_g6dnZ2d@midco.net...
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>>I just go back from Las Vegas this morning. A lot went on this trip & a
>>full report will come along later (?). Yeah, I busted out in Vegas. Those
>>dag-gum shiny slots with their fancy bonus rounds & mulit-hand VP blew my
>>bankroll. Held my own on the tables & horse racing. I blew most of my
>>bankroll gambling way too late when I was way too tired. It's been said you
>>shouldn't gamble when you're tired & I'm living proof of that.
>>
>>There were several bizarre occurrences this trip. Here are a few of them:
>>
>>- On the shuttle to the El Cortez there was a video monitor on the bus. It
>>wasn't playing a promo for a Vegas show or a video from the LVCVB. No, it
>>was showing an episode of "The Lucy Show". In this episode, Lucy won a
>>contest & got to fly first class on a trip to London. And who does she
>>happen to sit next to on the plane? Why, her boss, Mr. Mooney! Needless
>>to say, hilarity & hijinx soon followed. Man, I haven't seen a rerun of
>>"The Lucy Show" in at least 15 years. I found this kind of weird.
>>
>>- I was walking to the FSE from the El Cortez one morning when I saw this
>>guy walking with a big boombox, one of those late '80's/early 90's dual
>>cassette jobs; not sure if it had a CD player. He was an older,
>>scraggly-looking guy, maybe 55-60. I didn't hear any music & as he got
>>closer, I saw that he was wearing headphones. He was lugging the boombox
>>around to listen to music thru the headphones! I wonder if this guy
>>realizes that for the price of the 10 D batteries to power his boombox, he
>>could have bought a portable Walkman-type cassette player & several packs
>>of AA batteries.
>>
>>That's all I got now; I'll try to have a report done up within the next
>>week or two.
>>
>>Cameron
>>
>
> Did you consider the lady in the fubu sweater at the Western dropping a
> large piece of pie on the casino floor then just shrugging and walking off
> bizarre?
>
>
Yes, that will be in the trip report.
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:50 pm
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Matt@bigempire wrote:
> On Feb 11, 4:19 pm, Thomas W. <a....DeleteThis@hotmail.de> wrote:
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>>It's bizarre she wasted a perfectly good slice of pie laying on the
>>floor.
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> Thomas, you didn't read very closely. It was from the Western; it
> wasn't perfectly good. Its value was somewhat less than the value of
> her time and energy in bending over to pick it up.
>
> Cameron, what about the Spike? The new owners are telling me they are
> in there cleaning it up. Any evidence of it?
>
> Matt
I didn't go into the Spike, Matt. From the outside & peeking in, I
couldn't see any difference.
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:29 pm
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On Feb 11 2008 7:50 PM, CLM in ND wrote:
> > Cameron, what about the Spike? The new owners are telling me they are
> > in there cleaning it up. Any evidence of it?
> >
> I didn't go into the Spike, Matt. From the outside & peeking in, I
> couldn't see any difference.
You know, when I read this, I thought you said "peeing in" which is pretty
appropriate for the Spike.
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:43 pm
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"CLM in ND" <camarvel8.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Donkeydode wrote:
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> > "CLM in ND" <camarvel8.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >>I just go back from Las Vegas this morning. A lot went on this trip & a
> >>full report will come along later (?). Yeah, I busted out in Vegas.
Those
> >>dag-gum shiny slots with their fancy bonus rounds & mulit-hand VP blew
my
> >>bankroll. Held my own on the tables & horse racing. I blew most of my
> >>bankroll gambling way too late when I was way too tired. It's been said
you
> >>shouldn't gamble when you're tired & I'm living proof of that.
> >>
> >>There were several bizarre occurrences this trip. Here are a few of
them:
> >>
> >>- On the shuttle to the El Cortez there was a video monitor on the bus.
It
> >>wasn't playing a promo for a Vegas show or a video from the LVCVB. No,
it
> >>was showing an episode of "The Lucy Show". In this episode, Lucy won a
> >>contest & got to fly first class on a trip to London. And who does she
> >>happen to sit next to on the plane? Why, her boss, Mr. Mooney!
Needless
> >>to say, hilarity & hijinx soon followed. Man, I haven't seen a rerun of
> >>"The Lucy Show" in at least 15 years. I found this kind of weird.
> >>
> >>- I was walking to the FSE from the El Cortez one morning when I saw
this
> >>guy walking with a big boombox, one of those late '80's/early 90's dual
> >>cassette jobs; not sure if it had a CD player. He was an older,
> >>scraggly-looking guy, maybe 55-60. I didn't hear any music & as he got
> >>closer, I saw that he was wearing headphones. He was lugging the
boombox
> >>around to listen to music thru the headphones! I wonder if this guy
> >>realizes that for the price of the 10 D batteries to power his boombox,
he
> >>could have bought a portable Walkman-type cassette player & several
packs
> >>of AA batteries.
> >>
> >>That's all I got now; I'll try to have a report done up within the next
> >>week or two.
> >>
> >>Cameron
> >>
> >
> > Did you consider the lady in the fubu sweater at the Western dropping a
> > large piece of pie on the casino floor then just shrugging and walking
off
> > bizarre?
> >
> >
>
> Yes, that will be in the trip report.
>
> Cameron
>
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:16 am
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On Feb 12, 1:43 am, "Donkeydode" <noem... DeleteThis @bye.com> wrote:
> "CLM in ND" <camarv... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:u62dnWCKlfu-lCzanZ2dnUVZ_vfinZ2d@midco.net...
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> > Donkeydode wrote:
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> > > "CLM in ND" <camarv... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > >news:eridnYhLzuVKPi3anZ2dnUVZ_g6dnZ2d@midco.net...
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> > >>I just go back from Las Vegas this morning. A lot went on this trip & a
> > >>full report will come along later (?). Yeah, I busted out in Vegas.
> Those
> > >>dag-gum shiny slots with their fancy bonus rounds & mulit-hand VP blew
> my
> > >>bankroll. Held my own on the tables & horse racing. I blew most of my
> > >>bankroll gambling way too late when I was way too tired. It's been said
> you
> > >>shouldn't gamble when you're tired & I'm living proof of that.
>
> > >>There were several bizarre occurrences this trip. Here are a few of
> them:
>
> > >>- On the shuttle to the El Cortez there was a video monitor on the bus..
> It
> > >>wasn't playing a promo for a Vegas show or a video from the LVCVB. No,
> it
> > >>was showing an episode of "The Lucy Show". In this episode, Lucy won a
> > >>contest & got to fly first class on a trip to London. And who does she
> > >>happen to sit next to on the plane? Why, her boss, Mr. Mooney!
> Needless
> > >>to say, hilarity & hijinx soon followed. Man, I haven't seen a rerun of
> > >>"The Lucy Show" in at least 15 years. I found this kind of weird.
>
> > >>- I was walking to the FSE from the El Cortez one morning when I saw
> this
> > >>guy walking with a big boombox, one of those late '80's/early 90's dual
> > >>cassette jobs; not sure if it had a CD player. He was an older,
> > >>scraggly-looking guy, maybe 55-60. I didn't hear any music & as he got
> > >>closer, I saw that he was wearing headphones. He was lugging the
> boombox
> > >>around to listen to music thru the headphones! I wonder if this guy
> > >>realizes that for the price of the 10 D batteries to power his boombox,
> he
> > >>could have bought a portable Walkman-type cassette player & several
> packs
> > >>of AA batteries.
>
> > >>That's all I got now; I'll try to have a report done up within the next
> > >>week or two.
>
> > >>Cameron
>
> > > Did you consider the lady in the fubu sweater at the Western dropping a
> > > large piece of pie on the casino floor then just shrugging and walking
> off
> > > bizarre?
>
> > Yes, that will be in the trip report.
>
> > Cameron
>
> Don't forget to add the soft tunes of America's Ventura Highway playing
> overhead-
Was it that or Sister Golden Hair? It was some song by America.
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