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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 18, 2008 18:48:01 GMT -5
Balls update. He made it there, ground was sloshy but he got in fine. At some point today, he was at a table and told me he was 20 up. He also texted in a midget sighting.
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Post by Jason Giambi on Dec 18, 2008 21:53:52 GMT -5
20g's?
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 18, 2008 23:10:45 GMT -5
20 dollars. Actually, 22.
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Post by 9 on Dec 19, 2008 11:39:14 GMT -5
Wow. Balls is a real fucking high roller. The next Bugsy Siegel.
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Post by Chris on Dec 19, 2008 12:17:15 GMT -5
What does Balls ask for when the chick comes by and offers him the complimentary drink?
Or does he not stay at the table long enough to get that?
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 19, 2008 12:18:37 GMT -5
Balls is already well-armed with a flask of apple juice.
Speaking of vacation, my next one comes up January 2nd - 9th. With everything going on, I keep forgetting I have that to look foward to. It will be the first of 5, maybe 6 weeks of leisure during 2009.
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Post by 9 on Dec 19, 2008 13:20:34 GMT -5
LOL @ flask of apple juice!
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Post by elliejay21 on Dec 21, 2008 17:57:39 GMT -5
I am leaving work on 12/23/08, hopefully not past 11pm, not to return until 1/4/09. I have time I need to burn before the end of the year... it's use it or lose it on personal days and holiday time, but I still have 4 hours shy of a week's worth of vacation that I can carry over.
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Post by MSBNYY on Dec 23, 2008 7:11:49 GMT -5
Funny you should mention that flask of apple juice, since I was actually thinking of doing something similar (with Gatorade of course).
So I'm back from Vegas having won big money--$87.75.
Great trip.
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Post by 9 on Dec 23, 2008 9:10:24 GMT -5
Winning anything is winning big on a trip to Vegas. Fuck, breaking even or only losing a little counts as winning.
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Post by crazilyz on Dec 23, 2008 10:25:41 GMT -5
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Post by 9 on Dec 23, 2008 10:39:10 GMT -5
Is that Peter Gammons on the 20?
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Post by MSBNYY on Dec 23, 2008 10:41:02 GMT -5
The funny part was for the most part, I did the best when gambling my own money, which brings me to Vegas story #1.
Given that I was there for 4 days, I had time to kill on occasion. One scheme I engaged in was the old "listen to a hard sell time share pitch for great benefits" gag.
The prize? 6 $25 chips that can be used at a black jack table. I figured that was the best one, since the odds of losing 6 straight hands were minimal. I never have that kind of bad luck. So if I won just one hand, that's $25 for the 2 hours of time.
My buddy and I had to pretend we didn't know each other. Not sure why, but that's what the sales lady said when we signed up. I think the reasoning was that if we knew each other, the payment may have been cut in half, which is retarded.
Either that, or they wouldn't have wanted to see us, viewing it as a waste of time.
But we did have to lie about it in the room.
Since we went in separately, we had separate sales reps. You were supposed to say you made $100K a year too, and looking at the clientelle, I highly doubt people were telling the truth there either. I just don't think stereotypical hillbilly type people make $100K, but then again, you never know how moonshine sells.
Anyway, at first I thought that they were strategically matching people up with sales people that might get the job done. In fact, I started to giggle a bit when this black couple was greeted by the "cool black guy." Apparently, my buddy must have thought the same thing because I heard him very quietly mumble a stereotypical, "sheeeeyt' under his breath, which forced me to bite my lip to avoid cracking up.
Anyway, with these thoughts ahead, I'm thinking that some super hot chick was going to come out and be my rep. If I were the boss, and saw a single male, that's how I would do the assignment. So with great anticipation, the door finally opened, and out comes a 4 foot tall, 45 year old, asian GRANDMOTHER, giving me a hearty, "HEHRRO!"
It sucked. Since there was no shot at a sale, I was kind of hoping to have some entertainment. Meanwhile, my friend got a moderately attractive salesgirl. So he won that lottery.
The sales pitch was horrible. She explained the stuff, and was getting offended at some of my responses, which were for the most part, business like. I figured since I had no desire to spend any more time with this person than possible, why not shoot down her arguments?
So the first thing she wants to do is calculate the amount of money I would spend on a hotel for the rest of my life. The idea is that it will be cheaper to commit to spending most of that money now, and over the long run, you'll do better. Avoiding the urge to discuss the concept of opportunity cost, not to mention hidden expenses like taxes and time I want to use it, and the limitations, I told her, 12 times a year, about $75 a day would be about right for a hotel room.
Probably not very accurate.
The first thing she does is ask if she could use $100 to make the math easier, figuring on $1200 a year. I told her sure, but that at $75, that comes out to $900 a year. So I outmathed the asian.
She keeps asking me questions like I'm taking a test. "What factors do you use when buying real estate?" When I answered, it was never enough. It was almost like that scene in "Dude Where's My Car" when the lady kept saying, "aaand theeen?"
One of the questions in this line was "what's something that you wish you had but is missing in your hotel room?" If she were hot, I would have said, "you baby," but she wasn't, so I answered, "a Playboy model."
So I kept feeling like I was being tested, and it was boring. I ended up cross examining her as well at one time, trying to get her to admit the simple fact that the building she was selling won't be open until 2011.
Anyway, the condo totally rocked. It was sick. But obviously, I wasn't biting. They brought in the big boss dude to get an idea as to why I wasn't buying. One constant thing when I kept saying I don't make real estate decisions at the spur of the moment, she kept saying, "this isn't a decision, this is a choice." This was a repeated comment, and it was annoying as hell, but when she repeated something, I repeated the same thing, resisting the urge to explain to her the definition of a synonym.
The big boss man had no luck with me either. I think it turned out they wanted more money per square foot than Trump does at his hotels in Vegas, but I didn't know that at the time. I also explained that I would also want some sort of independent auditor to determine the value if I were so inclined. I didn't give a shit about where else you could go on their trade the timeshare plan, because I go where I go.
Bottom line is that I got out of there as soon as I could. But my buddy had more fun than I did. While his sales girl wasn't a supermodel or anything, according to him, "she met his minimum standards," and he actually ended up making a date with her.
No word on what happened, though I deserve props for telling him not to worry about me and just to do it.
Anyway, I got my $150 in chips and lost 6 straight hands.
My buddy lost 5 out of 6.
That's 11 out of 12 losses.
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Post by 9 on Dec 23, 2008 11:17:44 GMT -5
LOL @ "So I outmathed the asian!"
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Post by crazilyz on Dec 23, 2008 11:32:48 GMT -5
LOL @ the Playboy Model being the missing factor in a hotel room.
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Post by MSBNYY on Dec 23, 2008 13:22:04 GMT -5
I still can't believe we ended up losing 11 out of 12 hands combined. That brings me to story #2, the gambling.
Planet Hollywood, the hotel where all this took place, also has the Million Dollar slot pull. Twice in 4 days, I got lucky enough to win $5 in free slot play. Basically, they stick $5 on your card, and you play it out. The first time that happened, I actually managed to walk away with $4.50 in cash. That, after winning $20 at blackjack, got my early winnings total to $24.50.
I ended up winning another $5 two days later. Just dumb luck. But after losing the 6 straight hands, the bad luck of playing with free money continued. All I really wanted was the 50 cents to end up with an even dollar amount. This time, the slot machine at the $5 quickly enough.
After losing the 6 straight hands, I was pretty pissed. 2 hours with that lady, and dumb luck. I had a few 19s and 20s, but she got 20s and 21s. She gave me 11 twice, and low cards on the hit (I did not double down). It sucked.
If that were anything but free money, I would have quit gambling for the time there. As it was, I punished that casino by refusing to gamble my own money there. I had to tell myself that I was still $24.50 ahead at the time.
I actually won that first $20 the day I got there. I whipped out a $100 bill, and was varying the bet a bit when I found myself down $40. With $60 left, I decided, "screw it" and threw it all on the table. When I won the hand, I bolted.
That happened at the Paris, so I went back there after my devastation at the Planet Hollywood table. I staked myself with $60, went up and down with one dealer (mostly down), and when the dealer changed hands, my luck changed too, and when the $60 turned into $95, I called it a day, up $59.50. Damn I wanted that 50 cents.
Planet Hollywood also has a no risk daily slot tournament. Basically, you tap a button for 5 minutes. If you get 7500 points or higher, you get $10 free slot play. If you win the hour, you get $25 in free slot play. If you win the day, you get another $50. On the last day, I got lucky enough to win not only the hour, but with 7900 points.
What sucked was that I came in second on the day, just missing the $50 prize. But I did have the $35 total for winning the hour and getting the total.
I realized that I could use the credits on video black jack, and did that, and ended up walking away with an addition $28.25 of that casino's money. Would have liked it to have been 25 cents more, but that's gambling.
In short, the most of my own money I risked was $160. Yet on top of that, I gambled with $195 of free money, and it was just really bad luck that prevented doing any better.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 4, 2009 20:55:38 GMT -5
Well, I kick off my 2009 vacation season starting tomorrow, so dont look for me on the board so early. I usually take my first vacation round the week of Emma's birthday on Feburary 13th, but with the move I jumped at the chance to extend my holiday (I took off January 2nd months ago)
There is still some stuff to be organized, but the hard stuff is over. Tomorrow, for example, I am going to tackle the kitchen drawers, as some of them had stuff dumped in that needs to be put aside.
I also hear tomorrow may be in the 40s, and although rain may be about, I have a feeling I will be sneaking outside for a cigar while Dana is at work and Emma is in school.
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Post by MSBNYY on Jan 4, 2009 20:58:22 GMT -5
You have a LOT of vacation time.
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Post by crazilyz on Jan 4, 2009 21:29:08 GMT -5
I have a feeling I will be sneaking outside for a cigar while Dana is at work and Emma is in school. How can it be called "sneaking around" when you've put it on a board that your wife frequents?
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 11, 2009 17:20:01 GMT -5
I cant remember being so down about the prospect of returning to work with a vacation in the rearview as this trip back tomorrow morning. Blah.
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Post by MSBNYY on Jan 11, 2009 17:32:57 GMT -5
If it makes you feel better, be happy that I will be heading to the beach in less than a week!
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 1, 2009 10:51:21 GMT -5
Not really a vacation, but aside from shoveling a heap, Ill be off tomorrow. I just called in sick for tomorrow at 10:40 this morning. I surely have the personal time, but I dont like to squander it. 6-10 expected "overnight" is one of those reasons to do so.
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Post by Chris on Mar 1, 2009 13:31:24 GMT -5
As I was out getting donuts this morning in the heat, I was just thinking that snow season across the country must be over by now.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 1, 2009 14:16:02 GMT -5
Im across the country, and I thought the snow was over by now. I was not expecting this one.
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Post by cactusjames on Mar 1, 2009 15:32:35 GMT -5
Oh no Al Gore was right, we're all doomed.
It snowed here in April years back, I know, I got to stay in Cancun an extra day because they canceled my original flight. When I was in Elementary School, they always used to have that corny calendar that would have an even cornier cartoon to nutshell what each month was known for. And no joke, March had snow. Not as much as January, but there was snowflakes. I don't count out snow till April 15th. And it may be because I'm a genius or because I have a weird connection to the planet I don't even know how to explain, but I had a feeling if we didn't have a bad winter with lots of snow, there would be that snow storm out of nowhere "late" in the season. This doesn't shock me.
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Post by elliejay21 on Mar 1, 2009 17:46:08 GMT -5
It really is not late in the season at all... snow on Opening Day is far more unexpected, but it has happened more than once in the past 10 years.
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Post by cactusjames on Mar 2, 2009 13:56:11 GMT -5
LOL @ Suffolk County declaring it a state of emergency. It's a foot of snow for fuck's sake. In Idaho you gotta walk in a foot of snow if you want to go snowboarding. These pansies need to change the tampon in their assholes.
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Post by Chris on Mar 2, 2009 14:51:53 GMT -5
You really think a snow storm, James, disproves Global Warming?
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Post by cactusjames on Mar 2, 2009 15:53:20 GMT -5
No, that was just meant for anyone who thinks THIS storm is due to Global Warming.
Personally, I am skeptical, but I won't say there isn't things to consider. I'm just not going to say it's because of us. If you ever saw the episode of Penn and Teller's malarky, there's a Times Article that predicts another ice age because of technology. from 1973. For 30 years people have been saying we're killing the earth and we're all still here. Why can't weather be wacky sometimes just because? Screw And if I'm wrong, who gives a shit? We'll be dead by then.
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Post by Chris on Mar 2, 2009 18:05:38 GMT -5
"For 30 years"
Really? You're basing your denial of our detrimental effects on the environment on the fact that the earth hasn't imploded for 30 years?
30 years is a drop in the bucket dude.....wait for another 300 years and you're great great great great grandchildren are dealing with the planet we left them because we figured that everything was great...after all, it snowed in March.
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