I did the fries animal style, but even still the fries were plain, cold, and tough. Maybe it was just the order I got.
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Goofyernmost
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I went to Vegas in 2004 (yes, I know... a long time ago) I stayed in a very old hotel along the strip. I could see the Venetian from my room balcony and, if I remember correctly the roof of Harrah's. I cannot remember the name of the hotel/casino (Imperial Palace, thank you Minnie) but it had an Asian sounding name and was set back a ways from the strip itself. I found Vegas fascinating and very Disney like, at the time. Especially Caesar's Palace, but the actual gondolas floating around in the Venetian was worth seeing.
Not my style, and all I did in the range of gambling was a losing proposition for me. I did play the nickel slots while I was waiting for the shuttle back to the airport. The nickel slots paid out in actual nickels and I won big there ($35.00, I think). My shuttle showed up minutes after and I had to drag my massive number of coins all the way to the back of the casino to cash the in for folding money while the driver impatiently waited outside. He was quite unhappy. I tipped him and apologized and then told him that if I hadn't gone back to cash in properly he would have had a bag of nickels for a tip.
Not my style, and all I did in the range of gambling was a losing proposition for me. I did play the nickel slots while I was waiting for the shuttle back to the airport. The nickel slots paid out in actual nickels and I won big there ($35.00, I think). My shuttle showed up minutes after and I had to drag my massive number of coins all the way to the back of the casino to cash the in for folding money while the driver impatiently waited outside. He was quite unhappy. I tipped him and apologized and then told him that if I hadn't gone back to cash in properly he would have had a bag of nickels for a tip.
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MinnieM123
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I think you might be referring to the Imperial Palace (no longer there; closed in 2011). It was to the left of the Flamingo on the Strip; so not really set back, unless you were thinking of some other hotel. (Hotel was also famous for it's car collection museum.)
Goofyernmost
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That was it, the Imperial Palace. It was looking pretty ragged in 2004 so it doesn't surprise me that it closed. Very weird layout. I think it had what was once a restaurant in the front of it, but as you drove in it had a huge covered entrance like the one pictured in Oceans 11. That building in front was filled with electronic games. It appeared to have been associated with the Imperial at one time. The casino was just set back and that building in front just hid most of the front facade of the casino from the road. The car museum was pretty cool though. I think at the time it was one of, if not the, oldest hotel on the strip that hadn't been remodeled at least.
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MinnieM123
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Visited the car museum years ago, and it was very good.
MinnieM123
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We just walked around, except when we took an Uber to the Omega Mart.
Goofyernmost
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The weirdest thing that I noticed when I was there is that you go outside to walk between casino's and your brain says it's right next door (and it is). Then you head to it and it seems like they are a mile apart. When I walked down to see the fountains at the Bellagio, I felt like I had hiked 5 miles and I could see the place clearly from my hotel. Didn't help I guess that it was 100F... at night.
rshell68
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Swissmiss
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Yep, same thing for me. When we walked to Carrie, it seemed like the hotel never got any closer.
JenniferS
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Ditto from me. Sorry I missed it.
Did you do anything fun or exciting?
Swissmiss
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Yes, but not specifically for my birthday
A colleague is retiring this week and yesterday was her last day in the office so we all went out to lunch. I ended up eating so much that I sent a message to my DD to tell her not to go pick up the birthday cake I wanted at the bakery.
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Work update:
I went into the brokerage office today to load the site email on my phone, iPad, and computer. I got the lockbox code and security code for the office.
Mike and I are heading to the Kawarthas tomorrow because I have a couple of appointments to view apartments. I found out today however, that we are only going to be in the presentation centre for a couple of weekends this fall, and then I’ll be working virtually from home until February.
Boo yah, I just saved $8K on rent. We’re going to go look tomorrow anyway, and I’ll put my name down for anything that comes up mid-January to February 1.
I was married to the idea of a two-bedroom, but now am willing to take a one-bedroom if that’s all that’s available.
I went into the brokerage office today to load the site email on my phone, iPad, and computer. I got the lockbox code and security code for the office.
Mike and I are heading to the Kawarthas tomorrow because I have a couple of appointments to view apartments. I found out today however, that we are only going to be in the presentation centre for a couple of weekends this fall, and then I’ll be working virtually from home until February.
Boo yah, I just saved $8K on rent. We’re going to go look tomorrow anyway, and I’ll put my name down for anything that comes up mid-January to February 1.
I was married to the idea of a two-bedroom, but now am willing to take a one-bedroom if that’s all that’s available.
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Mike’s work update:
He dumped the builder/brokerage for whom he was working a 3-week trial run. No more pics of ships going through the Welland Canal. We’re done in Niagara.
Today he accepted a position with a mid-high rise condo builder a little closer to home.
He starts selling here in two weeks:
He dumped the builder/brokerage for whom he was working a 3-week trial run. No more pics of ships going through the Welland Canal. We’re done in Niagara.
Today he accepted a position with a mid-high rise condo builder a little closer to home.
He starts selling here in two weeks:
MinnieM123
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It's nice that you can (mostly) work from home until February, because that way, you can celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas in your own home.
Must be why I keep saying elfing autocorrect when it gets something wrong.