tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3364304022742811480..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: What happens in Vegas: little good;Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-19540336893965157482020-04-23T17:10:43.652-05:002020-04-23T17:10:43.652-05:00Only been to Vegas once, when I lived in Boulder ...Only been to Vegas once, when I lived in Boulder and drove from Colorado to Hollywood to visit a friend. At night you can see the lights of the Strip from many miles away..It was a Sunday in late August of ’71 and hot as hell, low 90s at two in the morning. <br /><br />The downtown streets were as alive as the Loop on a weekday at noon. Really enjoyed the neon lights of “old” Vegas, but the Strip itself was a real turn-off. Too vast, too bright…it felt like Miami Beach on acid (I used to live there). Played the slots in a truck stop on the edge of town, lost a few bucks, and got back on the road.I can’t imagine what it must be like all these decades later. I’ve never wanted to find out.<br /><br />Got gambling out of my system early. Poker in high school and college. Mostly lost. Hated losing. Been to the track a few times, but to play the ponies, you need to know what the hell you’re doing. Down in Florida, my horse once paid 25-1...but how many times does that happen when you pick a nag because you like his name? <br /><br />My first time ever in a casino, in Ohio, I headed straight to a video poker machine. Drew four deuces. Saw the lights and heard the buzzers and watched the numbers roll upward. Video poker is probably programmed to put you on a losing streak after you win big. Still, it’s tempting, and quite addictive…even I can see the attraction. And it’s just a twenty-minute train ride away. But I never go. Can’t afford it, and still don’t like losing.<br /><br />Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91093397525010986672020-04-23T11:52:03.834-05:002020-04-23T11:52:03.834-05:00I doubt even Hunter S. Thompson would want to go t...I doubt even Hunter S. Thompson would want to go there now.heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-78901718726552943602020-04-23T10:37:46.971-05:002020-04-23T10:37:46.971-05:00On the other hand, the gamblers hoping to make a b...On the other hand, the gamblers hoping to make a big score in Las Vegas have a much better chance of surviving their stay in Vegas, either by not contracting the disease or by not dying of it, than they do of making that desired big score.<br /><br />john<br />tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06215684866966011198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32869070221279734272020-04-23T09:45:50.845-05:002020-04-23T09:45:50.845-05:00The mayor will not be milling around the casinos. ...The mayor will not be milling around the casinos. She told Anderson Cooper she has a family and many other things to do. Mira Temkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15438245691640377693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-9529418387205729072020-04-23T09:06:21.511-05:002020-04-23T09:06:21.511-05:00I too have visited Vegas twice. once because I wa...I too have visited Vegas twice. once because I was working there for a couple of weeks and the other time I went to visit my dad who lived there and brought my then very young son. It was 99 or 2000 and you could still take a tour of the inside of the Dam. that was definitely the highlight of the trip. <br /><br />I like to gamble but wouldn't go all the way to Vegas to do it. Still hope to one day see the grand canyonFMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63322354433424688152020-04-23T08:45:20.020-05:002020-04-23T08:45:20.020-05:00Oh, and one interesting tidbit: the mayor and city...Oh, and one interesting tidbit: the mayor and city council actually don’t have jurisdiction over the Strip; the county does. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89643292104475069132020-04-23T08:39:10.294-05:002020-04-23T08:39:10.294-05:00So all the schmucks who go to Vegas will come back...So all the schmucks who go to Vegas will come back with coronavirus in their empty pockets. Great.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76014042506911342072020-04-23T08:25:24.719-05:002020-04-23T08:25:24.719-05:00I decided to take a look at what the Las Vegas new...I decided to take a look at what the Las Vegas newspaper was saying about the issue. I don’t see much support fir the mayor’s position. And one letter to the editor suggested: maybe we should change our motto to “What happens in Vegas, goes home with you and kills your family”Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38329248826368460142020-04-23T08:07:15.607-05:002020-04-23T08:07:15.607-05:00I wonder how the workers in Las Vegas feel about b...I wonder how the workers in Las Vegas feel about being offered up as a “control group”. And will the mayor be milling about the casinos?Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.com