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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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 Posted - 05/17/2005 : 17:18:28
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it was this past Sunday, the 15th.. but festivities will be going on till the end of the year..
i was lucky enough to be part of the magic this past Sunday, but not lucky enough to partake in the worlds largest birthday cake
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2004-08-30-las-vegas-100_x.htm
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Edited by - floop on 05/17/2005 17:25:25 |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 05/17/2005 : 17:34:49
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Before they blew up the kitchy Sands Hotel, it's where I would stay.
Good times, people. The bed was circular with gold-colored
slippery sheets and a mirrored (circular) ceiling and off to the side of the room
a hot tub with velvet curtains. They had an amazingly retro cafeteria, where
the burly short-order cook treated you like trash and the food was trashier,
none of today's endless buffets, just nuclear-yellow mac and cheese and pancakes made to order. The Sands was where the Rat Pack used to hang out, decades before, and the hotel wore that cred proudly. Instead they got Wayne Newton on a long-term engagement and walking down the gaudily decorated hallways you'd see signs proclaiming "Wayne is home!" with a picture of him with a huge belt buckle a la DITS Frank. Then they blew the place up and the whole
town got all family-friendly, which is fine with me. I've spent many
a pampering day at several of the surprisingly high-end spas
while Mr. Kathryn hit the links, but I miss the old Vegas where I once
had dinner with a real mobster and I'll never forget the look on my
cousin's face when he realized that I hadn't been lying when I said
prostitution is legal in Nevada. Floop, your thread's making me cry.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 05/17/2005 : 17:40:29
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there is still plenty of non-family-oriented activity to be found in Vegas..
but i know what you mean. the strip is more sanitized then how it used to be (or how i imagine it was)..
Downtown Vegas still has a healthy sketch element to it, and old-school charm. The Horseshoe is my favorite casino personally..
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 05/17/2005 : 17:43:28
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No kidding. Friends who lived in Vegas raved about the place and took
us there one night and I immediately understood why. I think I made
26 bucks that night, too.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 05/17/2005 : 17:55:08
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 05/17/2005 : 20:49:04
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The brothels are only a cab ride away.
They may try to clean up Vegas, but it's hard to polish a place were desperate people sit around throwing their money away. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/18/2005 : 05:55:56
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I can't wait to go.
I guess floop WAS right!
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 05/18/2005 : 10:52:13
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You will love it, Homers, even if you don't visit
a brothel.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 11:35:14
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Also, the one of the best cover songs ever is the DKs doing
Elvis' "Viva Las Vegas," am I right, darwin or am I right?
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 05/18/2005 : 12:07:01
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Can't say that I've heard that one, but I do like the original.
If we ever have a fb.net convention, it should be in Vegas. An all-nighter sitting around blackjack tables at the Horseshoe.
Floop, did you get to the Horseshoe? Or was it a strictly on the strip visit? |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 05/18/2005 : 12:28:16
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Damn, darwin, I wish I'd known that before I went to the post office yesterday!
Great idea having FRANCON in Vegas. When's the date?
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 05/18/2005 : 12:33:38
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We should go in August. Vegas is best when it's 110 degrees outside. You feel like you're cleansing the toxins out of your soul when you step out of blasting air conditioning and into the dry heat.
I better get my CDs burned. |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 05/18/2005 : 12:37:16
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Strange, because I thought mobster 'Bugsy' Seigel invented Vegas (at least the way we know it today) back in the late 1940's. There really were no gambling casinos...maybe small gambling halls, but nothing large scale. I think I'll wait to celebrate in 41 years...which will make me, uhh, 74. Ewww. Maybe I wont wait.
Catchin' blue in his eyes that were brown
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 05/18/2005 : 12:38:45
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quote:
Originally posted by darwin
Floop, did you get to the Horseshoe? Or was it a strictly on the strip visit?
we stayed on the strip.. had it been up to me i would have gone down there, but we didn't have much time.. i flew in on Saturday morning and flew out Sunday afternoon..
i probably could have forgone the hotel room, if i really wanted to |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 12:39:20
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quote:
Originally posted by darwin
We should go in August. Vegas is best when it's 110 degrees outside. You feel like you're cleansing the toxins out of your soul when you step out of blasting air conditioning and into the dry heat.
I better get my CDs burned.
Vegas is the ONLY place to have a convention! |
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100 year Anniversary of Las Vegas
