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When you were a kid, did you used to make meat helmets in the spring?
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Anyway, after a fairly long walk around I found the area where most of sellers were flogging the used wares and I spotted a Beachcruiser no different to the one I had recently had stolen on The Broadwalk. [/ QUOTE ] You are aware that it probably IS the one you had stolen...? |
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Re: 30 Years in USA - Trip to Las Vega$ - Day 2
This trip report rules. I love how on his first day in Vegas he takes a bus to a Mexican swap meet to purchase a bicycle.
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Re: 30 Years in USA - Trip to Las Vega$ - Day 3
Thanks to you guys here @ 2+2 who are enjoying my version of Vega$!
The next morning I was up early for a ride around the vicinity Main/Fremont Street area with a good exercise. There is not much traffic to interfere with the workout. Even the vagrants and transients who prefer to sleep on the steets were not that visible at this hour. Or maybe its because its starting to get cold at this day of the year in the morning and they do have find some covered shelter. The ride included an Area which I called Law Office Alley - around the famous Foley US Federal Courthouse. You wouldn't of thought that the area was lawyer infested because the office are all coverted residential houses, with manicured lawns or desert fauna. After some breakfast and a quick check up of the Binions Sportsbook where only a couple of folks were getting ready for the Calder and Philly cards. Amazing that this sportsbook continues to have its "scoreboard" manually updated in ink while the new casinos of the Bellagio, Wynn, Caesars and Bally's are like sitting in front of an electronic scoreboard. I took a ride to the place where I can desiminate this information - The Las Vegas Public Library. Although I could not use their computers since Nevada resident library cards were requested they do have a WIFI connection - Fantastically convenient! Here, I had my first what I believe, YKPAIHIAH or maybe Slavic sighting. Not far from the computers was a room where a class of "English as a Second Language", 1 strikingly blonde, attractive woman was sitting in the front row of the class which house anudder 30 Hispanics. After the class broke up this woman was closer identified by the English accent which she had and no doubtedly I would have picked YKPAIHA, Russia or somewhere in between as her place of origin. If I were to place a future bet, I'd also say she was a Mail Order Bride who had a pretty good position in the ol' country. Back to the gambling! Which is what every *dumb* tourist should be doing in Los' Wages! For today (Monday) I wanted to experience the class poker experience of Bellagio. Definitely a much different kind of player than the one who is sitting a Binions. Had to wait for the game to start in the Racebook and was tempted to play the Cal shipper @ Turf Paradise, Arizona. To dark to read the Daily Racing Form which was left by some loser. Pass. Into the $4-8 game I go and no sooner that being I get A2o as BB I get A on the flop and the get runner-runner A-A and burn some high classed lady from LA with Quad Aces. The playing gets better as it is obvious that the table is full of rookies who want to burn their money and have a good time. Well up in 2 hours I leave for my well earned cultural tour of the Art Gallery which had Cezanne, Van Gogh, Monet and a couple of other tongue-twisters. Then downstairs back to the Strip for the sightseeing tour and to see the Fountains dance in front of the Bellagio to the tune of Viva Las Vega$. The corner of The Strip and Flamingo has got to be the most photographed area of Vegas. With Paris casino and an Eiffel Tower duplicate, Bellagio with fountains, Caesars Palace and Roman antiquity and Bally's this place is inundated with traffic and tourists. The trip back on the Double Decker CAT#302 which are specially priced @ $2 a ride back to downtown was infiltrated by a confirmed YKPAIHIAH (Ukrainian) sitting. I was speaking with my friend on the bus and while we were exitting and elderly couple walking behind us said that's YKPAIHIAH they're speaking. I guess its a rarity so I confirmed that we were. And the folks confirmed that they were 4th generation YKPAIHIAHs from the fine province of Manitoba and that could understand the language of their forefathers but didn't speak it. What they did say was that they were lucky to be in Vega$ because they left Winnipeg with 2 feet of snow! And now you can understand why the City of Las Vegas has grown so large! |
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This is seriously great stuff. Hope you are having as much fun on this trip as it sounds like.
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To you guys who think that I will end up in soup kitchens - Well sitting here at Las Vegas Library amongst a group of gentlemen who have been outsourced in life - I'm not in that category.
However, life can take many twists and turns just as what happens at a poker table. I had my lows back in OZ and life with a demanding ex-wife. Now I have 4 properties around the world and I will spend my money how I want. Enjoy your Turkey Days - Lads! For I am having a great time and doing what I want! |
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This thread owns. I will not ruin it further by writing anymore.
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Now I have 4 properties around the world and I will spend my money how I want. [/ QUOTE ] The surprises continue. |
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FWIW, the way I interpreted the soup kitchen comment was not that you would go there out of necessity, but that you might visit there to experience yet another slice of Vegas life not normally seen in standard tourist visits.
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Re: 30 Years in USA - Trip to Las Vega$ - Day 3
i found this trip report much more entertaining than most - i know what donks look and act like but i had no idea vegas had a bazaar
i did laugh at the soup kitchen line though |
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