Posted on 07/10/2010 7:31:09 PM PDT by SamAdams76
The role Dickie Smothers played in Casino,"Senator",is said to have modeled upon Nevada State Senator Harry Reid.Not a very flattering portrayal at all.But then,a mob lawyer is now the Mayor of Las Vegas so I guess corruption doesn't matter much there.
The role Dickie Smothers played in Casino,"Senator",is said to have been modeled upon Nevada State Senator Harry Reid.Not a very flattering portrayal at all.But then,a mob lawyer is now the Mayor of Las Vegas so I guess corruption doesn't matter much there.
We used to like to go to Laughlin, but it’s turning into Little Las Vegas.
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Got to the rental car kiosk where we had already reserved a bland run-of-the-mill compact sedan for about $240 for the week, but predictably, we got the old bait and switch routine when we got to the front of the line. They were flat out of boring subcompacts but did we want to “upgrade” to a convertible instead for an extra $300? Of course, we could always take a voucher to go over to AVIS to get a Ford Fiesta but wouldn’t you know, they just happened to have a souped-up Silver Volvo C70 sitting in their lot just waiting for a mid-life crisis 40-something guy like myself to tool around the Vegas Strip in and hey, just for me, they will knock $100 off the regular price and let me have the babe-mobile for just $440 for the week. Much to my wife’s disgust, I decided to go for it and as we headed up the escalator to pick it up, my wife was just shaking her head. But as we left the airport, put the top town and hung a right turn, we had the entire Vegas Strip in front of us and despite it being past one in the morning, it was lit up like Times Square at rush hour with about twice as many people. Our weird adventure was about to begin...
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IF they were out of boring subcompacts, guess what? You will get whatever they have available (midsize, mini-van, whatever) for the same rate as the subcompact.
Last time I rented a car, they did they same thing. Tried to upgrade me to a Charger. I said No. She tried 5 times. I kept saying no. No thanks.
Finally she booked the cheapest rate (I had reserved it) and said they didn’t have any more Kia Rio’s, and I get the “default” car at that low rate.
It was a mini-van. I was very pleased.
Practice basic strategy here:
http://www.blackjackinfo.com/bst/
You can set the number of decks, double downs, splits, surrender etc. to match actual table play.
About the only thing you can’t factor in are the idiots at the table making bonehead plays. Real time is WAY different.
Fun read, thanks! My ex-father-in-law used to live in Vegas- half-way between the Strip and down-town. Not a big gambler, but it’s fun to wander and enjoy the town. I liked going along with a local who knew the best places to go. I took Mr. Cat, once, and he’s not a big fan.
Hey, don't be too hard on Mayor Oscar Goodman. He has refused to meet with obamarama on a couple of occasions. He can't be that bad.
You mean, because you were holding it wrong?
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"We're both part of the same hypocrisy, Senator."
The plastic guitar slung across a persons chest full of an alcoholic beverage, the person I saw at a slot machine at our hotel at 11 am, only to come back at 2 am and see them still sitting there. Eyes glazed over.
Being taken on stage by a female vampire at "The Bite".
The buffet at the Bellagio ... worth every dime.
We're going back for sure.
Why do you say that? I live in Bullhead City, on The river facing the Laughlin strip. I’m looking at the River Palms right now! Why do you think it’s turning into Vegas? I don’t think that at all. It’s still Vegas for Seniors!
My husband gets a trip to Vegas once every few years for a conference. I make the best of it, doing fun things with the kids, swimming, Circus Circus, the carnivale sky parade at the Rio. But the cigarette smoke and the tackiness and the vulgarity wear on me. I don’t like having to explain to the kids, for example, that the woman displayed on the huge marquis with her fanny showing should be ashamed of herself. (No, I can’t remember where that was, so you can’t go looking for it.) The worst was being there one Friday night, getting sandwiched into that monorail ride between the Mandalay and Luxor, with tons of rude, inebriated, vulgar young adults. Our kids were obviously way out of place and we had to call it a night early.
When I go to Vegas, I have a reasonably good time, but I also feel bummed because, living in the lower left-handed corner of the country, this is one of the few places we can go without undertaking a major road trip. While some people can’t wait to go back to Vegas, I dream of showing my kids things like real fall foliage, or east coast historical places like Virginia, or even just somewhere that gets regular amounts of rain, like Tennessee (ok, maybe they get too much.)
A personal Vegas favorite, though, is the water slide at the Excalibur. It’s fun, but not too scary for me, the line is not long, and it doesn’t cost anything extra. I’ll be ready to do that again, next time Dear Hubby has a conference.
I just got home from Vegas about 4 hours ago.
Had a Blast!
Maybe we bumped into each other there.
Did you know Hussein was in town stumping for Harry reid these past few days.
I found out only after hearing my return flight home was going to be 2 hours late due to The Won having closed local air space for a few hours. 2 hrs late meaning i’d miss my connecting flight from Pheonix to Providence.
They then put me on an other flight set to take off 1 hour later.
After sitting on that new plane for 45 minutes we were informed the plane was malfunctioning and could not fly.
After an other hour we we infomed yet again that it would be impossible to get us to Providence that day.
After 2 more hours we were told we would be staying in the off-strip resort ‘South Point’.
Anh hour after that we were instructed to meet a hotel shuttle out side to take us there.
After waiting 75 Minutes in the 106 degree temperature the shuttle finally showed up. The driver rudely stated we were not leaving for the resort for another 1/2 hour.
Thats when i finally went apeshit.
We took a Cab to the place, 25 bucks.
Anyways after all that the south Point turned out to be a pretty awesome resort.
2 years old, 24 hour awesome pool, 62 lane bowling alley, giant billiards room, great food, very cheap buffet, Huge spotles modern room with a 42 inch flatscreen, Etc, etc
Oh yea, I hit for over 900 bucks on the Video poker and my GF hit for over $400.
All in all it worked out pretty good. :)
I have to spend 5 days there next month, I hate Vegas.
I have seen the real Eiffel Tower, the real Pyramids of Giza, the real New York, etc. I don’t need to see a fake version of them full of trash tourists only looking for the cheapest cocktail. Thankfully, the first 2 nights are gonna be far from the strip at the Red Rock, and last 2 nites at the Orleans, off the strip. Vegas is where tacky tourists who don’t have the sophistication to actually go somewhere interesting and real go. Bleah, no thanks, its a cultural wasteland.
Only things I like about Vegas is the Pinball Museum, hundreds of machines all playable, pristine condition. Other is the huge amount of Vietnamese and Thai restaurants away from the strip.
Actually I did hold the M4 wrong. Wife went to take a picture of me and I held it up by the barrell and singed my hand.
It's not like I grew up with a rifle by my side in Montana. I grew up in Brooklyn and we used bats ;-)
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