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OTDOD - 11-12-8 Nothing Left to Talk About Edition

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There looks to be a shortage of topics, since we appear to have burned through our weekly allotment of topics in yesterday's OTDOD.

We have to conserve topics for the rest of this week, so today's topics will be all about me and my trip. Any departure will get a stern (read: no) reprimand, which will be roundly ignored as you continue to talk about whatever the hell you want.

Topics for today include:

  • What is there to do in a rural Mississippi casino besides gamble, drink, and selling electronics to hicks?
  • Interesting things to do when you're on a plane for over 12 hours in the next week and a half.
  • What is there to do in LV (for little to no money) besides strip clubs, gambling, drinking, and selling electronics to rich snobs?
  • Does anyone want any pictures of anything in either of these places? Keep in mind, they have to be in running distance of the strip.
  • Is there an app for BB that will let me participate in LL comment threads? Opera mobile crashes at the long-ass cookie that SBN tries to give you, the BB browser is more than useless, and neither let me log in.

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in Japanese slang:
Cops = poriko (รณ actually)

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 6:35 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

You're going to go into LL withdrawls.

And yes, you can mock the locals in Mississippi. That’s more or less all I did.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 12, 2008 6:39 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Probably.

But I’ll be busy enough during the day to make up for it.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 6:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, I want a picture.

Of you with two half-naked midget-strippers standing in front of the MGM. Stripper gender is up to you.

by brayden04 on Nov 12, 2008 6:46 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

They make those?

If so, I want that picture too.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 6:47 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm sure you could find some.

People like weird things. Las Vegas is a weird place, it satisfies a lot of markets.

by brayden04 on Nov 12, 2008 6:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm thinking I might have to go into old town for that one.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 6:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ok the location can be flexible.

But I want at least one crack pipe present in the photo as compensation.

by brayden04 on Nov 12, 2008 6:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If I go into old town, that'd be easier to find than the MGM.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 6:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Also,

I should note that I personally have never knowingly met a midget stripper. Just to be clear.

by brayden04 on Nov 12, 2008 6:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Following the rules of LL,

I’m sure there is someone here who has.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 6:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was going to guess that Thingray has probably met one.

But CGRob beat me to it.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 7:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm sorry...

Can I give you some business to atone for my gross carelessness?

On a sidenote, does anyone know where Thingray lives???

by brayden04 on Nov 12, 2008 7:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Everett.

But I’m in quarantine until Friday. According to the doctor I have the latest, greatest virus that’s going around. That’s me, always on the cutting edge!

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 12, 2008 5:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Chicks dig nasal drip.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 5:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's the one thing I don't have.

Feels like strep, but the test came back negative.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 12, 2008 5:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nice thing is,

after eight years of dedicated service to my company, they’re pissed that I’m missing four days in a row being sick, even though I have doctors orders NOT TO GO TO WORK until Friday because I’ll infect everyone in the office. I’m a litle pissed about that.

Then my assistant called me today because the computer system crashed, and our IT guy can’t be there until 8:30 tonight, so I can’t even chug some NyQuil and go to sleep and rest because I have to be available if he calls.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 12, 2008 5:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My fever seems to have gone away,

I was up to about 101 yesterday. The sore throat is slightly better than it was too. Hopefully one more day off to rest an recuperate, then back to work to deal with the apparent hellstorm caused by my absence. Can’t wait until I’m gone a full week for my honeymoon.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 12, 2008 6:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Good luck man.

That sounds crappy. You were missed around here the past couple of days.

by Sec 108 on Nov 12, 2008 7:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Does it count if you strip midgets?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:48 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Although I'm not sure if it was a stripper or not

I have some pictures taken of myself and a midget in Vegas when I was down there for my 21st. I don’t remember much of the circumstances, but she tried to molester me and there are pictures.

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 12, 2008 10:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Given Thingray's stated fondness for midgets

I think that a picture of this nature would be right up his alley.

by coolguyrob on Nov 12, 2008 7:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of,

I have pictures from my last vacation of the Roloffs when they were on the same flight as me. Talk about mean people.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 7:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was thinking the same thing but didn't want to ask.

I thought I would just play it cool and Google them later haha.

by brayden04 on Nov 12, 2008 7:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I mean,

I don’t think we are missing that much. It’s from a subthread about midgets. I don’t think this qualifies us as morons. Maybe behind on midget culture though.

by brayden04 on Nov 12, 2008 7:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Haha, woefully behind it seems.

However, I really am a dumbass about most things and have to plan my life accordingly; taking my dumbassery into account so I don’t perish in some spetacularly moronic fashion.

by coolguyrob on Nov 12, 2008 7:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's some show on TLC, about a family of midgets.

That’s about all I know, I’m sure Thingray would be able to tell you more.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 7:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I am aware of this show.

Although I’ve grown tired of these particular midgets. “Little People, Big World” I believe it’s called. I’d llike it better if it was called “Little Midgets on the Prarie” or something.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 12, 2008 5:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly

It’s amazing that I haven’t ended up there yet. Especially since the Army gives me lots of things that go boom.

by coolguyrob on Nov 12, 2008 7:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You know,

maybe if you’re ever home in the summer, you shouldn’t go to LL events. Cause I don’t want you to accidently stick some C4 under my truck or something.

by brayden04 on Nov 12, 2008 7:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

haha!

I’ve actually never got to play with any C4. And now that I do Embassy duty, I don’t even have any guns anymore. Hell, I don’t even wear my uniform anymore.

by coolguyrob on Nov 12, 2008 7:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's like they're

trying to save you from killing yourself. Anti-Kevorkian bastards!

by brayden04 on Nov 12, 2008 7:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was alone,I was all by myself

No one was looking, I was thinking of you
Oh yeah, did I mention I was all by myself
All by myself…
All by myself…
All by myself…

I went to your house,but no one was there
I went in your room
I was all by myself
You and me had
Such wonderful times
When I’m all by myself,
All by myself

by brayden04 on Nov 12, 2008 7:08 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

So I figured out why my program wasn't working.

Some changes to some files my teacher said we needed to make broke everything. GAAAAAAAAAAH. So many hours of debugging spent because she broke everything. Bleh.

54!

by joof on Nov 12, 2008 7:25 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

This is why females shouldn't program.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 7:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

3/5 of our CS proffessors are females.

Also, we have the only female professors in the engineering department.

54!

by joof on Nov 12, 2008 7:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If you can't do, teach!

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 7:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

here = PGE

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 7:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Interesting.

The row of cubes I sit in has DBA’s that have been here for 28, 34, and 19 years; the programmers in the next row average about 15 years. Viva quasi-government jobs!

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 7:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think one of the most important things I learned

about programming in college — and believe me this one took me longer than it should have — is to not lend any special credence to anything a professor says. I dont think my profs have really programmed anything in years, they just like to read books and talk about it.

by FlaskInSafeco on Nov 12, 2008 7:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What. The. Hell.

My computer just restarted itself. It wasn’t a typical hard crash. It actually shut down all the programs I had open (Firefox, Outlook, AutoCAD), closed my network connections, and restarted.

In my 16, almost 17 years of using a windows based PC, I’ve NEVER had this happen.

by Phildopip on Nov 12, 2008 7:43 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Automatic updates?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 7:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If the right setting is applied, they will.

XP SP2 did it by default at first, and it’s possible they did it for SP3 as well.

I know they started doing it for Vista, then people complained because the driver updates were screwing things up.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 7:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They do it often, if set up wrong.

My sales manager’s computer auto updated itself a few days ago and restarted right in the middle of a deal. He was pissed

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 12, 2008 10:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Did you recently put on XP SP3 or Vista SP1?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 7:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's my work computer, so I haven't installed anything.

According to the system information, it’s Windows XP SP2.

by Phildopip on Nov 12, 2008 7:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's a work computer?

If you belong to a domain, your IT people could have switched the setting to make your computer auto-install and restart.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 7:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They really shouldn't.

It’s something we grappled with here, and we ended up finding the settings to make it install the updates, and just bug people every five minutes until they do it themselves. It’s an option that bugs people, but doesn’t cause any lost work.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 7:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We've got auto-update turned off where I work.

I simply come in on a Saturday and apply Windows updates by hand.

by BrianL on Nov 12, 2008 9:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yuck.

I’m all about easy for me. If it ain’t scripted or batched or programmed somehow, I find a way.

When I leave, a monkey could take over my job.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 11:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I can't answer what you should do on a plane for 12 hours

but I can say that if you have the money you should get a pair of these. They’re the best thing ever on airplanes.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 7:44 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

This is the brand/model you got?

Not bad?

I desperately need this product.

by marc w on Nov 12, 2008 8:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yup, I have these

and they’re amazing. Not quite as good as the Bose Quiet Comfort 3’s, but they’re also not $400 like the Boses. It’s amazing how much of a difference these make.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 8:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

A kevin_ess tag!!!

I believe it’s my first!

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 7:54 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Oh, and another answer for you....

What is there to do in LV (for little to no money)

Not a whole lot. Las Vegas is a reverse ATM – EVERYTHING costs a lot of money.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 7:55 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

BOTD...

Mixed green salad with bacon-wrapped pears.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 7:58 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

The bacon wrapped grilled pears are awesome by themselves.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 7:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 8:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's getting harder and harder to come up with these.

I may need to switch fares soon. Foreign dog recipe of the day?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 8:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not unless wrapped with bacon.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 8:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well duh!

It’s bacon, how could it not be delicious?

by coolguyrob on Nov 12, 2008 9:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I usually end up mad at myself for making myself hungry while stuck at work.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Splendid!

Hey, I bet you’d love a couple of crisp homemade ground beef tacos with all the fixin’s and topped off with Cholula, wouldn’t you?

Sorry, I have none at the moment.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

psssht

Cholula’s an entry-level hot sauce. Cook the meat with Dave’s Insanity, put Dave’s Hurtin’ Habanero on top, and you’ve got yourself a taco.

Now I want a taco.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 9:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is correct.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, that's true

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 9:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've actually got both of those sauces in my bottom drawer of my desk here at work.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

hurtin' habanero also makes nachos otherworldly good.

heating it up really opens the spices up.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 9:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Damn you.

I can’t see youtubes at work.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 8:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If I could rec this 100 times I would.

This video is the only thing getting me out of bed today.

by royalcurve on Nov 12, 2008 8:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Faux, I don't think there's anything to do in LV besides the things you listed.

Nothing I’ve found, anyway. I tried to find a big old library on my last trip but I got swallowed by the casino.

by royalcurve on Nov 12, 2008 8:15 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I know. I plan on taking lots o' nighttime pictures.

I hope I can fit my tripod in my luggage.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 8:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Spend the money to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower

there’s great photo ops from up there.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 8:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Gomez would be the person to talk to.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 8:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He hasn't been around much lately

maybe this will summon him out of the woodwork.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 8:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This doesn't help me.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 8:41 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm still waiting for a BB version of Chrome.

With all those developers and money, Google’s a sure bet to come out with a better product.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 8:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sounds great

Not available outside the US. Grr!

Mariner fan, Europhile and mobile insider --- P3 W1 L2 (.333)
Sponsor of Jamie Burke's baseball-reference page

by MarkE on Nov 12, 2008 8:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I like it, but it's very similar to opera mini, at least back when I had a smartphone

(damn Britons… sorry, I’ll get over it one day).

It has a few more features than opera mini/mobile (Flash!), but for me, the page load times were a little longer with Skyfire.
It’s all about what’s going on server-side, it would appear – I hear great things about loading facebook or whatever on skyfire, but I just care about what can load a long OFFTOP at LL faster.

by marc w on Nov 12, 2008 8:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

People watching is a lot of fun in Vegas

My wife and I like to sit back and make up little vignettes about what they are doing or thinking.

I previously posted as "Man From Nantucket"

by mem on Nov 12, 2008 8:45 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

yes yes a thousand times yes

One of the best places to people-watch is at either the Bellagio or the Wynn. Here you have all this opulence, and all this…well, you can’t call it “class”, really, but there’s definitely a lot of money sloshing around, and all you see walking through the lobby and casino is people wearing fanny packs and neon sweats. It’s truly mind-blowing.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 8:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I get incredibly depressed when I'm in Vegas.

I just can’t get into it. The people make me so sad. It’s like 20% people having fun and 80% degenerate gamblers who look dead behind the eyes.

by Teej on Nov 12, 2008 9:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

When I was a kid

we used to visit my family in Reno a few times a year, and at Christmas we always stayed in a hotel because of the number of people at my grandma’s house. Even as a kid, I remember coming down in the morning to go to my grandma’s house and seeing people sitting at slot machines, then returning in the evening and seeing THE SAME PEOPLE AT THE SAME MACHINES OVER 12 HOURS LATER. This happened more times than I can remember, and it’s one of the things that made me not be a gambler. To this day I can play about an hour’s worth of blackjack and that’ll be all I can deal with.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 9:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It really is quite the deterrent.

In college, I played some poker and bet a little on football. Then I started betting more. Nothing drastic, but I was always losing more than I was winning, yet I still loved it. But after a few trips to Vegas, I have zero interest in gambling anymore. I like having food and shelter.

by Teej on Nov 12, 2008 9:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've just never had the personality for it

not just the “i like food and shelter” aspect, which is definitely there, but it’s incredibly boring staring at a slot machine for 5 minutes, much less all goddamn day.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 9:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My mom plays nothing but slots whenever she goes.

I don’t get it either. Especially slots. I like to feel I have at least a modicum of control over how quickly someone takes my money away from me.

by Teej on Nov 12, 2008 9:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

NO SLOT MACHINES

ever, ever, ever

I’m a ridiculous degenerate whenever I’m in LV and I can’t remember the last time I spent more than five minutes in front of a slot machine without wondering aloud “where the hell is the cocktail waitress?!”

by seattlebruin on Nov 12, 2008 9:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They don't come around the penny slots too often. I don't blame them.

Last time I played dollar slots for about 5 minutes til I got a drink then went back to the pennies. I am a cheap old woman.

by royalcurve on Nov 12, 2008 9:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There's a ton of stuff to do in Vegas that doesn't involve gambling though

There’s art museums, great food, and other things – you don’t have to spend a single minute in a casino if you don’t want to. I firmly believe everyone should see Las Vegas at least once – it defies description (and reason), and it’s pretty amazing, in an “oh my god I can’t believe they did this” sort of way.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 9:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I love Las Vegas....or more accurately, I love the idea of Las Vegas.

It’s really great that someone built a city just to have a place where normal rules don’t apply.
You can’t really blame Vegas if what many, many people want to do when certain societal strictures are removed is to stare blankly at an electronic slot machine.

The combination of tacky opulence, slots, and desert heat mean it really shouldn’t be my kind of place, and I suppose it’s not, but it really is different and, yes, special. I’m biased, of course, seeing as I got married there, but I will always have a soft spot for LV, even if I really don’t care if I ever go there again.

by marc w on Nov 12, 2008 9:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's one way of looking at it.

If people want to be stupid, you can try really hard to not let them, or you can try to profit from it (or at least have a good time).

There may not be a lot of sense in debating this, given your stated ambition to become a dictator. For me, I just wish I owned a casino/sportsbook down there.

by marc w on Nov 12, 2008 11:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Technically, I have been there once.

I was 5 years old, and we took a family road trip. We spent the night in Vegas.

by Phildopip on Nov 12, 2008 9:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Been twice myself

Very fun. Sat in the front row both times, too. Highly recommended

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 12, 2008 11:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have to work there.

It gets worse for me every year, but you have to meet the people that live there successfully, they’re going to be the best of worst people, just because you can’t live in that town any other way.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 9:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It'll be interesting this year

because LV has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation right now. I wonder if that will trickle down to what you’re doing? There are probably fewer people living there successfully than there were a year ago.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 9:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Surprisingly, most of the people we service come from inland/southern CA, and Asia.

As well as a smattering of others. We have very few locals.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Nov 12, 2008 9:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Can be an absolute degenerate

but I have more fun in LV than just about anywhere else in the world

by seattlebruin on Nov 12, 2008 9:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My friend is like this. Always wants to meet me there.

I’m like, “You live in Seattle, I live in San Diego. These are beautiful cities. You’re killing me.”

by Teej on Nov 12, 2008 9:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm with you

I find Las Vegas to be an amazingly fun place. It’s the only place on earth where you don’t have to be yourself – the minute you get off the plane, the real-world you just says “I’ll hang out back here, meet you in a few days”, and you can do whatever the hell you want, in as much quantity as you desire and can afford. It’s fantastic.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 9:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's the beauty of LV

a typical weekend trip there ends up running me ~$400 when all is said and done, and I never regret a second of it.

But that’s also because I probably don’t remember the worst seconds

by seattlebruin on Nov 12, 2008 9:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

See, I ALWAYS regret it.

I come home a few hundred dollars lighter and reeking of cigarettes. I feel dirty.

by Teej on Nov 12, 2008 9:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

vegas has better strippers

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 12:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

...

I’m not sure there’s any way I can defend New Orleans here.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 12, 2008 1:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't have the guts for big-time gambling.

I’ll play poker with friends in a low-stakes game, but in Vegas, even at a $1-$2 game, I’m sweating buckets.

by Teej on Nov 12, 2008 9:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have a very strict money limit, which I rarely approach that I'm willing to lose

typically it’s $500 for the weekend, but I’ve never come close to that

by seattlebruin on Nov 12, 2008 9:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I set myself about a $100 gambling limit

and then I end up shifting most of that into the booze budget.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 9:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have no problem sticking to it, thankfully

and that, honestly, is really more of an absolute max – I usually quit and go get really drunk if I’m down anywhere in the neighborhood of $250-$300. I just happen to run with really rich friends when I’m there =(

by seattlebruin on Nov 12, 2008 9:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is about the way I play it, too.

I tell myself $100, but I know I can go up to $300 or so if I’m really having fun. But usually after losing $100 in 10 minutes, I’m not having fun. So I pull out another hundred and just go get drunk.

by Teej on Nov 12, 2008 9:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I like to separate my winnings from my bet.

I start with whatever I’ve budgeted for gambling at my left hand, when I win a hand I put everything above the initial bet on my right hand. When the left hand is empty, I take the right hand stack and cash out for the day. I’ve seen a few other people do this, I like it. Keeps me in check, that and leaving my credit cards in the hotel room.

by dpseadv on Nov 12, 2008 10:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a black jack player

Whenever I sit down I cash in enough for 2 stacks of ten chips.. Whenever I win another stack of 10, it goes in my left pocket and never comes back out. If I lose the 2 stacks that are on the table, I walk. Works pretty well for me and I can generally walk away a winner, albeit not a big winner since I don’t have the sack to stay in and make the big bets.

by coolguyrob on Nov 12, 2008 10:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Black for me also. I don't think I've ever played another game in a casino.

I’ve watched the craps table for kicks, but I’ll never put money down. I watch the guys that work the table, and there is no way I’m ever getting that quick figuring the percentages as they place their bets. Counting decks isn’t a big deal to me, but the speed those craps players move at, way too fast for me.

by dpseadv on Nov 12, 2008 10:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I too am more than a little intimidated by those craps players.

Every once in while I’ll get a bright (read stupid) idea and go try the slots. I swear I would get more entertainment out of just throwing a $20 bill straight into a trash can.

by coolguyrob on Nov 12, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You don't even get the one armed bandit action anymore.

Stupid button. Whoopeeee. I know there’s still an arm on the side, but for some reason a machine full of cogs and gears is more exciting than a computer algorithm.

by dpseadv on Nov 12, 2008 10:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Video slots are kindof a problem for me.

I will play penny machines once in a while, though. I put in $5 and see if I double it. If I double it, I take my money out and I put my $5 of winnings back in. I think I’ve been just about even on slots or maybe even a buck or two ahead.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 12, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's why I like these betting tricks so much.

A little mechanism to keep me from getting out of hand. Plus if I’m on a multiple day trip, it helps me stick to my daily allotment. The first time I went on a gambling weekend, I blew my stash in a day, and spent the rest of the weekend poolside. All those free drinks…

by dpseadv on Nov 12, 2008 10:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

When I was young the sadist in me loved that look.

Now that I have responsibilities it makes me sad to see people piss their lives away like that.

by Sec 108 on Nov 12, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The Left 4 Dead demo was released yesterday.

Holy shit, that game rules so much.

Thank you, Valve, for being who you are.

by Phildopip on Nov 12, 2008 8:51 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I used to represent voice actors for some pretty cool video games.

The free games were definite perks.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My friend used to do marketing for Ubisoft a couple years ago.

I’d get phone calls every couple of months: “You want the new Rainbow Six?” “You want the new Ghost Recon?”

I’m still pissed at him for quitting.

by Teej on Nov 12, 2008 9:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sorta late on that, but I'll let you slide

Plus, I’m pissed that by time I got home I forgot to download it :/

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 12, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh my god.

So I’ve already made myself hungry antagonizing Marc W, then I go to the PI’s homepage and see this:

Although, holy shit – 1,254 calories and 84 grams of fat??!

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:29 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

What the shit is that?!

All I see is cheese and onion on a bun.

by royalcurve on Nov 12, 2008 9:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Chili sandwich from Johnny Rockets.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Great. Now I'm starving.

$20 dollars to the person who can think of and deliver the tastiest fast food meal!

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

$20 dollars.

Re-dun-dant.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hi this is Rob

I’m calling from the Department of Redundancy Department.

by coolguyrob on Nov 12, 2008 9:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

"It's out of here! A grand slam home run!!"

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by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Taylor, you and I are actually in agreement.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The black hole will take care of everything.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I wish I had more than a 1/2 hour lunch.

I’d love to invite an LLer out for a bite. Alas…

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by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:34 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I work in the medical realm, specifically in poisons.

Of course it was you.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have always longed for the 45-minute lunch.

An hour is too long, and a half-hour is not enough. For me, at least.

by Teej on Nov 12, 2008 9:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hour and a half is where it's at

15 minutes to get there, hour to enjoy your grub, and 15 minutes to get back.

by coolguyrob on Nov 12, 2008 9:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Where do you fit the nap in?

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by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 9:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Corporate America has its downsides

but I love the fact that I can take as long a lunch as I want. I still have to put in my 8-9 hours, but if I want to take a two hour lunch I don’t think anybody’d flinch as long as I get my work done.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 9:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Me too.

For two more days. While everyone takes me out.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 12, 2008 12:43 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

seconded.

But don’t ride the one at NYNY when you’re hung over. Nothing good will come of that decision. Trust me.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 10:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

yup.

We’d been out drinking until about 5AM, and had slept for about two hours when we decided it was time to forage for food/water. After water was obtained, we realized it was 10AM and we were bored; it was too early to start drinking again (remember, kids, I’m pushing 40!), so we decided to head over to NYNY. The roller coaster looked like a lot of fun, and it was – but I really wasn’t right for the rest of the day. Cold sweats, shakes, nonstop nausea, you name it.

Note that this did not stop me from repeating the drinking/debauchery on night 2. But it took me a while to get up to speed.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 10:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

KIRO moving forward with the all-sports push.

KJR is doomed

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 10:04 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I hope Groz goes to them.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 10:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Mitch as well.

He’s not the most knowledgeable guy, sure, but he’s actually fun to listen to. Unlike Gas. And Ian. And the woman person.

I'm being owned again!

by Coach Owens on Nov 12, 2008 5:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think that's the plan.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 10:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

KIRO needs something to do in the three hours every day that isn't occupied by an actual game.

It sounds like they’re adding sports commentary and post-game analysis while moving their political and social commentary over to 97.3 FM.

by BrianL on Nov 12, 2008 10:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is exactly what they are doing.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 10:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But I'd give anything for an FM sports channel, though it will never happen.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 10:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Never say never

There’s one in PDX, at 95.5 FM.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 10:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've never actually listened to this station

I really, really hate sports talk radio. With a white-hot burning passion. I was just noting that it is starting to hit FM airwaves as well.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 10:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've had it on once or twice

mostly because I’m waiting for a game to start, or I haven’t turned the channel after it has ended.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 12, 2008 10:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 12, 2008 10:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

there is no floor.

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by pdb on Nov 12, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs