Gamblin' Ramblin$

Someone please explain this to me...

...but don't show me how it works...ewwwww gross!

I've been looking at this sign for better than 2 years now and it just boggles my mind. Doesn't anyone think things out before they act? Oh wait...perhaps I'm not the right person to pose that question.

Anyway, the place is also a laundry-mat...so that makes sense...but what about the sign? It's all by itself.

You know? Somebody is proud of that thing...they made it, and someone else designed it. I bet all the while they were cracking up about the shop that ordered it...the scariest thing is that someone out there thought it was a great idea.

It almost makes me want to weep...but I'm too busy laughing.

Just a quick revisit

Well, I still play WOW, just not as much as I used to. Dark Retribution pretty much phased out as a guild and most of the folks I've played with for 3 years have moved on to other servers or other games. I joined Shattered for about a month then one night almost all of the top level players left. That kinda sucked. So, I followed them to Vendeada. This is a much larger guild and they are into 25 man content...not end game stuff, but they're working toward it.

Anyway, we (the kids and me) got together one night for a "family portrait". Emma has a lower level toon now, and even Mary Beth has a character...but she never plays...that would be a lot of fun...oh well.

Here's the pic.

Now, here is another shot of just me. The server was lagging horribly tonight and I was stuck in a cast, so I ran around Orgrimmar and took a bunch of screenshots, just for kicks. I like this one, even though it's a bit dark. It has lots of action.

Ahh Fremont Street!!

Man...did we have a blast in Vegas. I was able to snap a few pics. One is in my cell phone and it'll have to wait a bit...but it's a hoot! Anyway, here we go!

Here is where we stayed, the Golden Nugget, my favorite casino...period. While there, we played a ton of video poker and I also made time to hit Mom's favorite slot machine, Little Green Men. After 10 minutes, I had taken a $50 TiTo and built it to over $100. After cashing out, I looked up to the heavens, said "That was for you, Mom" and went on my way. What was interesting, was that the machine was in the same place I remember it in 2003 when I last visited Vegas. George also mentioned that it was in the same place in 2001, when he, Barb, and my cousin Kim took Mom to Las Vegas 3 weeks before she passed away. Will it be there when I get the chance to go again? If so, I plan on smacking it around once more!

Across the street is Binion's Horseshoe. It will always be that to me, even though it has changed its name slightly.

Barb really likes Binion's and she played there quite a bit. It still has the "Old Vegas" feel to it... a bit smoky, lower ceilings, lots of crystal and brass. The crowd seemed a little older there too. So did the employees, heh heh. We visited the snack bar and had Binion Burgers (a must have). I didn't fare too well there but that's ok. The Club's Poker Tournament was held there, in the very same place where the World Series of Poker finals were previously played. George did great, placing 6th out of 152 entrants, and won a nice little stack of chips for his efforts.

At night, Fremont Street lights up on the hour with an audio/video show that will make your jaw drop. For 2 blocks...Las Vegas blocks that is...the sky above bursts forth with color and surprisingly good, and earth shaking, sound.

On Friday night, after a long day of gambling, chipping, drinking, more gambling, more drinking, and shopping...George and I walked the Street looking for more things to buy. I was looking for a shirt for Trevor...and was successful. While cruising, we thought we would see if the Glitter Gulch had shirts. The GG is a strip club but once had table games ( I have a chip from there). No luck though as they had no shirts...of course if you went in, you would discover they had nothing else either!! Clothing that is...we chose not to enter...we were good. We did nothing that had to "Stay in Vegas".

Now...we did have a little bit of fun while walking about. Like I said, we were searching for shirts and we did find a place, but before we made it there we stopped at the entrance of The Las Vegas Club. This is another older place, not on par with the GN in terms of classiness, but still cool none the less. It did have something the GN didn't...a showgirl teaser out front to attract gamblers. We could not pass this opportunity up. George gave her a modest tip and I took the shot.

Heh heh...Barb reads this blog...so I made sure it was cool with George to post this pic. Barb...all in fun...we were all laughing it up. But...George did help me pick out those loud, obnoxious (and oh so cool) shirts.

What goes around...

A few years ago, I had to sell my Christmas Tree Reno $1 chip. The Tahoe chip collector I mentioned earlier has an interest in the TBH chip I acquired awhile back. He offered me a selection of chips worth over $500 for for mine...sight unseen.

Well...I asked him to see if he could find a Christmas Tree, and he said he would try as he knew someone who just may have one. This chip is worth more to me than the $500 in other chips he offered and hopefully, he'll come through.