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[WTS] 30-pen wood display case (A2); 5-pen bundle (B) [local pickup, Bay Area CA]
CASE IS SOLD.
Hello, everyone! So, last year I sold this exact same pen case (I had two) and it worked out well, so I figured I'd try it again now that I've reduced my collection down to only a few pens. Doing local pickup in Bay Area, CA only because I don't want to deal with costs of shipping the case (it's relatively heavy). I'm located in the East Bay, so would ideally like to meet somewhere in the Dublin/Pleasanton/Livermore area, but I'd be willing to travel to Fremont or other locations not too far from those areas. I may also be willing to meet in South Bay, but if that were the case then I'd prefer to do it on a day when I will already be traveling to that area. Case is in excellent condition and holds 30 pens. Top shelf is accessible via the glass lid, and the bottom two drawers also have slots for pens. DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE PENS; THOSE ARE FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY. Asking $60. timestamp and pics of case
PEN BUNDLE IS SOLD.
I'm also selling the 5-pen bundle described in further detail below. Also local pickup only for the time being, but may open up to shipping if I don't get any interest. LAMY Safari, charcoal, EF nib (B) - includes LAMY converter; some light staining on the feed, but body appears to be blemish-free. No work done to the nib, as it worked just fine out of the box. Nemosine Singularity, clear, with black Goulet Pens B nib (B) - includes converter; does not include original nib (can't find it); no work done to the nib, as it worked just fine when it came from Goulet; some blue staining on the inside of the cap. Moonman Wancai Mini, clear, F nib (B) - I polished the nib and widened the tines so it writes smoother and wetter than when I got it; some light blue/purple staining near the threads; no convertecartridges. Kaweco Sport, red, M nib (B) - no convertecartridges; body has some micro-scratches from being a pocket pen and from posting the cap; nib has been polished and tines widened to write wetter. FPR Himalaya, #5 flex nib (B) - no cartridge/converter; body and nib are in excellent, near-new shape (barely ever used); no work done to the nib.
$50 for the 5-pen bundle. Not sure if I have boxes for these but if I can find them I will provide them. But you should assume no boxes. timestamp and pics of pens If you're interested in taking everything, I'll take $100 and will give priority to those willing to take the whole bundle. Because we are doing local pickup and you will have a chance to examine all items, payment will be cash and not PayPal. Because I'm doing local pickup, I will be taking time/distance into consideration, so this is not a traditional "first I'll take it" post; I reserve the right to choose the best buyer based on required travel, etc. Thank you for looking. submitted by 1sharpshark to Pen_Swap [link] [comments]
Introducing the /r/CFB Civilization Battle Royale!
Ladies and Gentlemen, the offseason is well upon us, but that shouldn't mean that we lose the ability to cheer on our favorite teams as they battle it out for a shot at national glory. I would like to introduce you to the
/CFB Civilization Battle Royale! A 12 week tournament where all 130 FBS schools fight (literally) for a chance to be champions!
The rules are simple:
- All schools will be controlled by an A.I. There will be no human influence in the results at all
- Domination victory only
- No city states
- Each Conference will have one full game played until there is one conference champion left standing. Conferences will be done in alphabetical order.
- After all conferences have played, a final championship game will be played with all conference winners until there is one true National Champion!*
* Unless UCF decides to claim it anyways Extra Tidbits
- The game will be played in Civilization V with all expansions enabled
- The team's leader will be their current head coach
- Capital cities will be named after each team's home stadium
- Cities will be named after different buildings around each school's campus
- Spies will be named after former players for each school
- Conference games will take place on custom maps designed for each conference. Each team will start as close to their true location as possible.
And here are your fighters!
Each school will get two unique units/buildings. I have already added school mascots as the first unique unit, but I need your help! Any suggestions to what could be a second unique unit/building for your school would be greatly appreciated. And for those of you who don't have a mascot (Indiana, Central Michigan, Illinois), I need something to fill both of your unique slots!
The AAC
School | Conference | Leader | Capital | Unique Trait | Unique Unit 1 | Unique Unit 2 |
Cincinnati Cincinnati | AAC | Luke Fickell | Nippert Stadium | Skyline Chili | The Bearcat | Crosley Tower |
Connecticut UCONN | AAC | Randy Edsall | Pratt and Whittney Stadium | Civil ConFLiCT | Jonathan Husky | Big Red |
ECU East Carolina | AAC | Mike Houston | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium | Purple Haze | PeeDee Pirate | Queen Annes Revenge Research Lab |
Houston Houston | AAC | Dana Holgorsen | TDECU Stadium | Ya! Woo! Cougar Football! | Shasta | Sasha |
Memphis Memphis | AAC | Mike Norvell | Liberty Bowl Memorial | Eye of the Tiger | Pouncer | Tom the Tiger |
Navy Navy | AAC | Ken Niumatalolo | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | Beat Army | Bill the Goat | Admiral John M. Richardson |
SMU SMU | AAC | Sonny Dykes | Gerald J. Ford Stadium | Death Penalty | Peruna | Fort Burgwin |
Temple Temple | AAC | Rod Carey | Lincoln Financial Field | Cherry Crusade | Hooter T. Owl | Stella |
Tulane Tulane | AAC | Willie Fritz | Yulman Stadium | Mardi Gras | Riptide | Angry Wave |
Tulsa Tulsa | AAC | Philip Montgomery | H.A. Chapman Stadium | Wave the Flag | Captain Cane | Goldie |
UCF UCF | AAC | Josh Heupel | Spectrum Stadium | Spirit Splash | Knightro | The Citronaut |
USF USF | AAC | Charlie Strong | Raymond James stadium | On Campus Publix | Rocky | Pirate Ship |
The ACC
School | Conference | Leader | Capital | Unique Trait | Unique Unit 1 | Unique Unit 2 |
Boston College Boston College | ACC | Steve Addazio | Alumni Stadium | For Boston | Baldwin | The Jesuits |
Clemson Clemson | ACC | Dabo Swinney | Clemson Memorial Stadium | Gathering at the Paw | 8Ball The Tiger | Country Gentleman |
Duke Duke | ACC | David Cutcliffe | Wallace Wade Stadium | Krzyzewskiville | Blue Devil | Cameron Indoor Stadium |
Florida State Florida State | ACC | Willie Taggart | Doak S. Campbell Stadium | War Chant | Osceola | Renegade |
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech | ACC | Geoff Collins | Bobby Dodd Stadium | Master Engineers | Buzz | Ramblin Wreck |
Louisville Louisville | ACC | Scot Satterfield | Cardinal Stadium | Card March | Louie | Papa John |
Miami Miami (FL) | ACC | Manny Diaz | Hard Rock Stadium | Turnover Chain | Sebastian | Miami Maniac |
NC State NC State | ACC | Dave Doeren | Carter-Finley Stadium | Krispy Kreme Challenge | Mr. & Mrs. Wuf | Tuffy |
North Carolina North Carolina | ACC | Mack Brown | Kenan Memorial Stadium | Air Jordan | Ramses | Old Well |
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh | ACC | Pat Narduzzi | Heinz Field | Victory Lights | Panther | Cathedral of Learning |
Syracuse Syracuse | ACC | Dino Babers | Carrier Dome | Postgame Speech | Otto Orange | The 44 |
Virginia Virginia | ACC | Bronco Mendenhall | Scott Stadium | Lighting of the Lawn | Cav Man | Thomas Jefferson |
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech | ACC | Justin Fuente | Lane Stadium | Enter Sandman | Gobbler | Hokie Stone |
Wake Forest Wake Forest | ACC | Dave Clawson | BB&T Stadium | Rolling the Quad | Demon Deacon | Granny Deacon |
The B1G
School | Conference | Leader | Capital | Unique Trait | Unique Unit 1 | Unique Unit 2 |
Illinois Illinois | B1G | Lovie Smith | Memorial Stadium | Block I | Galloping Ghost | Alma Otter |
Indiana Indiana | B1G | Tom Allen | Memorial Stadium | Candy Stripes | Mark Cuban | Lil' 500 |
Iowa Iowa | B1G | Kirk Ferentz | Kinnick Stadium | Kinnick Wave | Herky | Vodka Samm |
Maryland Maryland | B1G | Mike Locksley | Maryland Stadium | Maryland Flag | Testudo | Scott Van Pelt |
Michigan Michigan | B1G | Jim Harbaugh | Michigan Stadium | Go Blue | Biff | Michigan Man |
Michigan State Michigan State | B1G | Mark Dantonio | Spartan Stadium | 300 Yell | Sparty | Beaumont Tower |
Minnesota Minnesota | B1G | P.J. Fleck | TCF Bank Stadium | Row the Boat | Goldy | Paul Bunyan |
Nebraska Nebraska | B1G | Scott Frost | Memorial Stadium | Sellout Streak | Blackshirts | Herbie Husker |
Northwestern Northwestern | B1G | Pat Fitzgerald | Ryan Field | Guarding the Rock | Willie | The Rock |
Ohio State Ohio State | B1G | Ryan Day | Ohio Stadium | Best Damn Band in the Land | Brutus | Silver Bullets |
Penn State Penn State | B1G | James Franklin | Beaver Stadium | Whiteout Game | Nittany Lion | Ole Coaly |
Purdue Purdue | B1G | Jeff Brohm | Ross-Ade Stadium | Worlds Largest Drum | Purdue Pete | Boilermaker Special VII |
Rutgers Rutgers | B1G | Chris Ash | HighPoint.com Stadium | Birthplace of CFB | Scarlet Knight | Chanticleer |
Wisconsin Wisconsin | B1G | Paul Chryst | Camp Randall Stadium | Jump Around | Bucky Badger | Dairy Farm |
The BIG XII
School | Conference | Leader | Capital | Unique Trait | Unique Unit 1 | Unique Unit 2 |
Baylor Baylor | BIG XII | Matt Rhule | McLane Stadium | Baylor Line | Bruiser | Marigold |
Iowa State Iowa State | BIG XII | Matt Campbell | Jack Trice Stadium | Tornado Siren | Cy | VEISHEA Village |
Kansas Kansas | BIG XII | Les Miles | David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium | Rock Chalk Jayhawk | Big Jay | Baby Jay |
Kansas State Kansas State | BIG XII | Chris Klieman | Bill Snyder Family Stadium | Purple Wizard | Willie | EcoKat |
Oklahoma Oklahoma | BIG XII | Lincoln Riley | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium | Boomer Sooner | Sooner Schooner | Toby Keith |
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State | BIG XII | Mike Gundy | Boone Pickens Stadium | Walkaround | Pistol Pete | Garth Brooks |
TCU TCU | BIG XII | Gary Patterson | Amon G. Carter Stadium | Blood Eyes | Super Frog | Clark Brothers |
Texas Texas | BIG XII | Tom Herman | Texas Memorial Stadium | Horns Up | Bevo | Matthew McConaughey |
Texas Tech Texas Tech | BIG XII | Matt Wells | Jones AT&T Stadium | Tortilla Toss | The Masked Rider | Matadors |
West Virginia West Virginia | BIG XII | Neal Brown | Milan Puskar Stadium | Country Roads | The Mountaineer | Flaming Couches |
C-USA
School | Conference | Leader | Capital | Unique Trait | Unique Unit 1 | Unique Unit 2 |
Charlotte Charlotte | C-USA | Will Healy | Jerry Richardson Stadium | Gold Rush | Norm the Niner | Normbulance |
FAU FAU | C-USA | Lane Kiffin | FAU Stadium | Owl Walk | Owlsly | Joey Saltwater |
FIU FIU | C-USA | Butch Davis | Ricardo Silva Stadium | Trail of the Torch | Roary | Wall of Wind |
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech | C-USA | Skip Holtz | Joe Aillet Stadium | Spirit of 88 | Champ | Tech XII |
Marshall Marshall | C-USA | Doc Holiday | Joan C. Edwards Stadium | We Are Marshall | Marco | Memorial Fountain |
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee State | C-USA | Rick Stockstill | Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium | Blue Horseshoe | Lightning | Blue Raiders |
North Texas North Texas | C-USA | Seth Littrell | Apogee Stadium | Eagle Claw | Scrappy | Mean Green Machine |
Old Dominion Old Dominion | C-USA | Bobby Wilder | S.B. Ballard Stadium | Ice Cream and Cake | Big Blue | Howitzer Cannon |
Rice Rice | C-USA | Mike Bloomgren | Rice Stadium | Beer Bike Festival | Sammy the Owl | MOB |
Southern Miss Southern Miss | C-USA | Jay Hopson | M.M. Roberts Stadium | Amazing Grace | Seymour d'Campus | All American Rose Garden |
UAB UAB | C-USA | Bill Clark | Legion Field | Resurrection | Blaze | The Vulcan |
UTEP UTEP | C-USA | Dana Dimel | Sun Bowl Stadium | TCM Day | Paydirt Pete | Miners |
UTSA UTSA | C-USA | Frank Wilson | Alamodome | Viva Fiesta | Rowdy | Sombrilla Fountain |
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky | C-USA | Tyson Helton | L.T. Smith Stadium | Red Towel | Big Red | The Hill |
The Independents
School | Conference | Leader | Capital | Unique Trait | Unique Unit 1 | Unique Unit 2 |
Army Army | Independent | Jeff Monken | Michie Stadium | Beat Navy | Army Mules | General Mark A. Milley |
BYU BYU | Independent | Kalani Sitake | LeVell Edwards Stadium | Mission Trip | Cosmo | Latter-Day Saints |
Liberty Liberty | Independent | Hugh Freeze | Arthur L. Williams Stadium | No Shame | Sparky | Jerry Falwell |
UMass UMass | Independent | Walt Bell | Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium | Rope Pull | Sam | W.E.B. Du Bois Library |
New Mexico State New Mexico State | Independent | Doug Martin | Aggie Memorial Stadium | Agricultural Beginnings | Pistol Pete | A Mountain |
Notre Dame Notre Dame | Independent | Brian Kelly | Notre Dame Stadium | Touchdown Jesus | Leprechaun | Four Horsemen |
The MAC
School | Conference | Leader | Capital | Unique Trait | Unique Unit 1 | Unique Unit 2 |
Akron Akron | MAC | Tom Arth | InfoCision Stadium | Wagon Wheel | Zippy | AK Rowdies |
Ball State Ball State | MAC | Mike Neu | Scheumann Stadium | Bed Races | Charlie Cardinal | Frog Baby Statue |
Bowling Green Bowling Green | MAC | Scot Loeffler | Doyt L. Perry Stadium | Forward Falcons | Freddie and Freida | Sic Sic |
Buffalo Buffalo | MAC | Lance Leipold | UB Stadium | Oozefest | Victor E. Bull | True Blue |
Central Michigan Central Michigan | MAC | Jim McElwain | Kelly Shorts Stadium | Fire Up Chips! | Fighting Chips | Marching Chips Rock |
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan | MAC | Chris Creighton | Rynearson Stadium | Track Stars | Swoop | Emu Army |
Kent State Kent State | MAC | Sean Lewis | Dix Stadium | Black Squirrel Festival | Flash | Ray's Place |
Miami (OH) Miami (OH) | MAC | Chuck Martin | Fred C. Yager Stadium | Cradle of Coaches | Swoop | Mac and Joes |
NIU NIU | MAC | Thomas Hammock | Huskie Stadium | Maction is Magic | Victor E. Husky | William the Goose |
Ohio Ohio | MAC | Franch Solich | Peden Stadium | The Baker Cane | Rufus | Marching 110 |
Toledo Toledo | MAC | Jason Candle | Glass Bowl | BASHCON | Rocky | The Rocket |
Western Michigan Western Michigan | MAC | Tim Lester | Waldo Stadium | Western Wednesday | Buster Bronco | Bell's Brewery |
The Mountain West
School | Conference | Leader | Capital | Unique Trait | Unique Unit 1 | Unique Unit 2 |
Air Force Air Force | MWC | Troy Calhoun | Falcon Stadium | Prop and Wings | The Bird | Gen. David L. Goldfein |
Boise State Boise State | MWC | Bryan Harsin | Albertsons Stadium | Smurf Turf | Buster Bronco | Cowboy Kohl |
Colorado State Colorado State | MWC | Mike Bobo | Canvas Stadium | The A | Cam the Ram | Old Main Bell Tower |
Fresno State Fresno State | MWC | Jeff Tedford | Bulldog Stadium | Red Wave | Timeout | Red Wave |
Hawaii Hawai'i | MWC | Nick Rolovich | Aloha Stadium | Haka | Vili | Rainbow Warrior |
Nevada Nevada | MWC | Jay Norvell | Mackay Stadium | Law of the Jungle | Alphie | Lieutenant dangle |
New Mexico New Mexico | MWC | Bob Davie | Dreamstyle Stadium | Hanging of the Greens | Lobo | Fiesta Balloons |
San Diego State San Diego State | MWC | Rocky Long | SDCCU Stadium | Templo del Sol | Montezuma | Aztec Warrior |
San Jose State San Jose State | MWC | Brent Brennan | CEFCU Stadium | Fire on the Fountain | Sammy the Spartan | Spartan Squad |
UNLV UNLV | MWC | Tony Sanchez | Sam Boyd Stadium | What Happens in Vegas | Hey Reb | Fremont Cannon |
Utah State Utah State | MWC | Gary Andersen | Maverik Stadium | The Scotsman | Big Blue | Night Runner |
Wyoming Wyoming | MWC | Craig Bohl | War Memorial Stadium | Beer Song | Cowboy Joe | Steamboat |
The PAC-12
School | Conference | Leader | Capital | Unique Trait | Unique Unit 1 | Unique Unit 2 |
Arizona Arizona | PAC-12 | Kevin Sumlin | Arizona Stadium | Bear Down | Wilbur Wildcat | Mirror Lab |
Arizona State Arizona State | PAC-12 | Herm Edwards | Sun Devil Stadium | Devil Walk | Sparky | Bees of Innovation |
California California | PAC-12 | Justin Wilcox | California Memorial Stadium | The Play | Oski | Marshawn Lynch's Golf Cart |
Colorado Colorado | PAC-12 | Mel Tucker | Folsom Field | Ralphie's Run | Ralphie | Chip |
Oregon Oregon | PAC-12 | Mario Cristobal | Autzen Stadium | Nike Hookup | Puddles | Robo Duck |
Oregon State Oregon State | PAC-12 | Jonathan Smith | Resser Stadium | Carry Me Back | Benny Beaver | V Oceanus |
Stanford Stanford | PAC-12 | David Shaw | Stanford Stadium | Steam Tunneling | Stanford Tree | Stanford Band |
UCLA UCLA | PAC-12 | Chip Kelly | Rose Bowl Stadium | Spring Sing | Joe Bruin | Josephine Bruin? |
USC USC | PAC-12 | Clay Helton | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Fight On! | Traveler | Tommy Trojan |
Utah Utah | PAC-12 | Kyle Wittingham | Rice-Eccles Stadium | The Grand Kerfuffle | Swoop | Ute Thunder |
Washington Washington | PAC-12 | Chris Peterson | Husky Stadium | Sailgating | Dubs | Boys in the Boat |
Washington State Washington State | PAC-12 | Mike Leach | Martin Stadium | Ol' Crimson | Butch T. Cougar | Popcorn Guy |
The SEC
School | Conference | Leader | Capital | Unique Trait | Unique Unit 1 | Unique Unit 2 |
Alabama Alabama | SEC | Nick Saban | Bryant-Denny Stadium | Dixieland Delight | Big Al | Denny Chimes |
Arkansas Arkansas | SEC | Chad Morris | Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium | Woo Pig Sooie | Tusk | Track Team |
Auburn Auburn | SEC | Gus Malzahn | Jordan-Hare Stadium | Toomer's Corner | Aubie | War Eagle |
Florida Florida | SEC | Dan Mullen | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium | Gator Chomp | Albert | Mr. Two Bits |
Georgia Georgia | SEC | Kirby Smart | Sanford Stadium | Glory Glory | Uga | H8 Ball |
Kentucky Kentucky | SEC | Mark Stoops | Kroger Field | Basketball School | Scratch | Bourbon Distillery |
LSU LSU | SEC | Ed Orgeron | Death Valley | Neck | Mike the Tiger | Raising Canes |
Mississippi State Mississippi State | SEC | Joe Moorhead | Davis Wade Stadium | Cowbells | Bully | MAFES Sales Store |
Missouri Missouri | SEC | Barry Odom | Memorial Stadium | Homecoming | Truman | The Columns |
Ole Miss Ole Miss | SEC | Matt Luke | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium | The Grove | Tony Landshark | Colonel Reb |
South Carolina South Carolina | SEC | Will Muschamp | Williams-Brice Stadium | Sandstorm | Cocky | Cockaboose |
Tennessee Tennessee | SEC | Jeremy Pruitt | Neyland Stadium | Rocky Top | Smokey | The Volunteer |
Texas A&M Texas A&M | SEC | Jimbo Fisher | Kyle Field | Tradition | Reveille | Twelfth Man |
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt | SEC | Derek Mason | Vanderbilt Stadium | Anchor Down | Mr. C | Cornelius Vanderbilt |
The Sun Belt
School | Conference | Leader | Capital | Unique Trait | Unique Unit 1 | Unique Unit 2 |
Appalachian State Appalachian State | Sun Belt | Eliah Drinkwitz | Kidd Brewer Stadium | Hot Hot Hot | Yosef | The Big House |
Arkansas State Arkansas State | Sun Belt | Blake Anderson | Centennial Bank Stadium | Howl | Howl | Clyde Statue |
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | Jamey Chadwell | Brooks Stadium | Teal Turf | Chauncey | The Athenaeum |
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | Chad Lunsford | Allen E. Paulson Stadium | The Eagle's Elbow | Freedom | Beautiful Eagle Creek |
Georgia State Georgia State | Sun Belt | Shawn Elliot | Georgia State Stadium | Fight Panthers | Pounce | Aderhold Cat |
Louisiana Lafayette Louisiana Lafayette | Sun Belt | Billy Napier | Cajun Field | Crawfish Boil | Cayenne | Krewe of Roux |
Louisiana Monroe Louisiana Monroe | Sun Belt | Matt Viator | Malone Stadium | Born On the Bayou | Ace | Bayou DeSiard |
South Alabama South Alabama | Sun Belt | Steve Campbell | Hancock Whitney Stadium | South In Your Mouth | Southpaw | Mischka |
Texas State Texas State | Sun Belt | Jake Spavital | Bobcat Stadium | Soap Box Derby | Boko | Bubble Guy |
Troy Troy | Sun Belt | Chip Lindsey | Vetrans Memorial Stadium | Giant Slayer | T-Roy | Terracotta Warrior |
I have many different Google spreadsheets that will all be posted here once more information is finalized for everyone to review and approve. I want all of you involved in the setup process so that each of your schools can be represented accurately (I've only visited so many schools in person). But I know you are all really wondering...
When is this going to happen?
The tournament is going to start
June 1st! I will be running the simulation during the week between each round and take lots of screenshots of the results as they happen. Once the screenshots are compiled, I will be narrating each one and placing the results into a slideshow that will be released each Saturday. This will place the finale for this Battle Royale the Saturday before kickoff weekend.
If you have any better suggestions for your Unique Trait or Unique Unit I would love to hear them! Most of this information came from Wikipedia and school websites (with a few jokes from this sub thrown in for fun). I will be posting the full google spreadsheets with more details in the upcoming weeks once I have all of your feedback and the rest of my research finished.
Let's Get Ready To Rumble!
Edit: Thank you all for the responses! Keep em' coming! These have been awesome and a great help so far
Edit 2: I have gotten a lot of requests to stream the games as they happen. I am definitely looking into a way to get this done! It would be awesome to do it live for anyone who is interested in watching.
Edit 3: Thank you for the gold!
Edit 4:
Here is a little preview for you all. The founding city of
/CFB! Home of the
/CFB party sub that will be used as a watcher for the game!
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(New Server) South West Rust - Friendly Admin and Players, Large Map with TP. Vanilla Game Play PvP
South Western United States Only, Hosted in Fremont California!
Looking for a new server? I've ran Rust servers since legacy and take pride in my servers. I do not abuse and am always around to help and keep an eye out for hackers. We have a Discord for voice and chat where you can come hang out or let the admin know whats going on. South West Rust is all about up time. We will always work very hard to be up to date and online. Any down time will be minimized and server will be saved before a restart with plenty of warning.
(
https://rust-servers.net/serve156234/)
South West Rust currently has a small group of regulars and looking for more! A wonderful map seed and an awesome admin. We also have a discord (
https://discord.gg/5W9YyRy) for voice and chat where you can come hang out or let the admin know whats going on. South West Rust is all about up time. We will always work very hard to be up to date and online. Any down time will be minimized and server will be saved before a restart with pleanty of warning.
If you are in Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada or Colorado. This is your server, Hosted in Fremont, California on a Linode server we have the capacity and ping for the best gameplay. 100 slots and a low tick rate. Admin is active in enforcing high ping players to prevent server issues.
If you like mods we are open to suggestions on mods that don't change the fundamentals of vanilla rust. you can request them in our discord. (
https://discord.gg/5W9YyRy)
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1000 mile Model 3 review
It’s been exactly two weeks since I’ve taken delivery of my Model 3 and I’ve put about 1000 miles on the car—1034mi or 254kWh at 246Wh/mi, to be exact. This is my review and a follow-up to the
Model 3 impressions I wrote a while back after renting one.
- I didn’t like driving before, but I love driving now. I intentionally miss my exit so that I can take the long way home. When the journey becomes the reward, you’re no longer in a rush. That’s freedom.
- The things I like about the car happen before I even start driving. I can use the Tesla app to turn on the A/C remotely so that it’s always comfortable by the time I get in. With the phone key, I now have one less thing to carry and remember. Just 10 years ago, I carried a cellphone, camera, MP3 player, wallet and keys in my pockets. Now, I take my phone and wallet. I can unlock the car by opening the door and lock the car by walking away. It’s a frictionless experience.
- When you sit in a Model 3, there is one continuous line that extends from the door to the dashboard. With the dash set as low as the door trim, you get a great view out the front, and the flat horizon keeps the design simple. It really maximizes your line of sight to the road. No more peeking over your instrument cluster to see where you’re going. It feels so right, so good.
- This is my first EV, but I felt like Peter Park when he dons the Iron Spider suit in Infinity War. Driving is “ridiculously intuitive.” Modulate your speed with the accelerator and only use the brake to come to a complete stop or to stop urgently. It almost feels like a driving simulation.
- Autopilot software has made tremendous progress since I last tested it in January. You can immediately sense that it’s more confident on the road. I’ve driven 101 and 280 between San Jose and San Francisco multiple times, and I could make all the trips without taking over once.
- Autopilot helps you take your mind of the minutiae of keeping your car centered in the lane and maintaining your speed so that you can better anticipate what’s coming up next. And now that I pay more attention to how others drive, I’m alarmed by just how many drivers ping pong between the lanes, as if they are running an old version of Autopilot. However, I realize that I’m also one of those people and I actually feel safer to have the car drive itself for me—with my hands shadowing the turn of the wheel and eyes on the road. In situations where my eyes are off the road (it happens), AP is way, way safer than my distracted driving.
- I normally set my cruise control at 5mph over the speed limit, following distance to 3 and drive on the second lane (as AP doesn’t handle lanes that split or merge consistently yet). I like keeping some extra space so that the car can maintain its speed even when a car merges in front of me. I think this method also prevents creating traffic jams. When you inevitably find yourself in a traffic jam, you find yourself unusually relaxed because AP is handling all the stresses of traffic and you don’t have to monitor AP as much as it’s driving slowly.
- The only downside to AP is that it almost feels bad that you bought a very nice car with very nice acceleration and handling, only to have the car drive for you most of the time. I estimate I spent 75% of the time on the highway on AP. I find it safer to have AP drive for me on the highway and it reduces stress of driving, which help me drive even safer because I’m calmer and more patient throughout the drive.
- There are other cars on the road that have similar features, but Autopilot is the only one with a beautiful UI that communicates what it’s seeing and gets even better with OTA updates. The UI gives me confidence in the system because I can visually confirm that AP’s interpretation of the world matches what I’m seeing. And when it doesn’t, I know that I should take over instead of guessing what the blackbox is thinking.
- This brings me to the UI, which is on par with best apps on my iPhone. The speedometer is easy to read—which is especially important as it’s easy to go very fast with this car—and the navigation is actually useful. I use it every time I get in the car, even if I know the way because entering the destination is so easy: you can swipe on the Navigate button, dictate, or type on keyboard bigger than the one I’m typing this review on. I’ve stopped using Google Maps.
- Lately, I’ve been going on late night drives for no reason other than to just drive. There are less cars on the road and the dark UI is stunning. I also got to test the auto high beam, which was added in a recent update (it worked!). The beauty of software is that it can improve through iteration and I love that Tesla moves faster than most “smart home device” companies. Look, even most of my app updates are just “bug fixes and performance improvements.”
- If you made it this far, you’re probably curious about the ordering/delivery/service. I ordered Metallic Silver with 19” wheels on April 18 and took delivery exactly a week later (instant VIN assignment—#17867). My delivery at Fremont took about 15 minutes, because I already knew pretty much everything about the car from reading Reddit and watching YouTube.
- One thing I regret was not checking every part of the car thoroughly at delivery. In the heat of excitement and anticipation, I overlooked a few “misalignments” on the car. My trunk is set askew and I have to slam really, really hard to close it. I’ve actually stopped using the trunk out of the fear that I’ll bend the metal. I have a follow-up service scheduled next week to address this. I also have minor misalignments on the door panels that I’d like to get fixed. I compared it with other Model 3s and it seems like I had a very unlucky draw. I hope that the recent owners don’t find the same problems that I do.
- Once you get your Model 3 added to your account, the vehicle page shows additional options like view vehicle details, schedule a service and ask a question (with an option to escalate it to the Tesla executive team). Scheduling a service is like making a reservation at the Apple Store except there are way more open slots. Tesla service says they value my time and their flexibility shows it.
- Before my first service, Tesla called me to let me know that they’ll inspect the car then schedule another appointment once the parts come in. After the inspection, they emailed me the updated schedule. Their service has been great so far and I hope they can fix all the issues. Fingers crossed. Updates to follow.
- I’ve had multiple Tesla owners and Model 3 reservation owners check out my car… like I used to do. I ask them if they want to sit inside and when they do, they are pleasantly surprised by the interior (design, UI, cupholders, storage, etc.). I’ve also given test drives to friends and they are always impressed by the quickness, attention to detail in the UX and quietness of the ride. I recommend setting regenerative braking to low for first-time EV drivers. We all know one pedal driving is awesome, but the instant response of the throttle is a revelation enough.
- Customization: I named my car Thursday because I took delivery that day and I was reading Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology (inspired after playing God of War), which said the word Thursday comes from Thor’s Day. I also applied a matte paint protection film to the center console. I dread the day I have to put on the front license plates.
- I’ll leave you with one question: Owners, where do you store your sunglasses?
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First time on BART
Last week I rode BART into the city for the first time (having always driven there or taken Caltrain before over my last 20-odd years in the Bay Area) and I thought I'd share my experience. It's probably easy and obvious for a regular rider, but for a first-timer like me there were a few hiccups. Hopefully anyone new to BART reading this will learn something and have a nice time.
The goal: get from Fremont to the financial district on a weekday morning, then back in the evening.
Short version: bring small bills, buy a Blue ticket, know the name of the last station on your line, dress light, know when the last train leaves.
1: Parking According to BART's website, the Fremont parking lot fills up very early, but you can pay for a spot online with Select-a-Spot, so that's what I did, putting in my license plate information so they could tell that I had paid. Then it turns out you have to print out a piece of paper as well, which isn't hard if you have a printer around.
The next morning I head to the station bright and early. There's plenty of traffic already, so driving around at the station isn't something you want to spend a lot of time doing. None of the signage mentioned Select-a-Spot, and I really didn't want a parking ticket, so I found a place to stop for a bit while I checked online to see where to park. Thankfully, there's
a map of the parking area, which shows Permit parking on the other side of the bridge. In retrospect, I'm
fairly sure that Select-a-Spot customers are supposed to park in the Permit area, that it's not just for monthly permit holders or something. I tried it and didn't get a ticket, so...hopefully that works for you.
2: Paying for a Ticket - Ingredients you'll need: cash in small bills, patience.
Inside the station there was a booth where you might buy tickets (though it was vacant) and a number of vending machines. I went up to the vending machine and put in some cash. (The change machines were all broken, by the way.)
Buying a ticket isn't like most train stations I'd ever been to: you don't select your destination station/region and get a ticket. Instead, you put money on a ticket that's basically a debit card. Each time you get on at one station and off at another, the system deducts money from your ticket. (I'm not quite sure what happens if you don't have enough money to get off the train. Maybe you have to ride it back to where you got on and leave the station there?)
But that morning something was strange. I put in cash, chose how much money I wanted on the ticket (based on a helpful chart of journey prices nearby), then...there were no further options.
Thinking I was doing something wrong, I canceled the transaction and watched the next person instead. She got stuck at the same point: money went in, amount was selected, then no way to proceed. Maybe she was a newbie too, so I watched the next person. He got stuck the same way. We all tried the other ticket machine to see if it would work better, but to no avail.
The only other ticket machines were on the other side of the room, which you can only get to with a ticket or by walking around the building, so we all walked around to the other side. (If you've got a bad knee like me, this isn't great.)
3: Types of Ticket Over on the other side, there was a working ticket machine. Put in some money, select how much you want on the ticket, then select a ticket type, and you get your ticket and change.
BART's website makes this look much more complicated than it is. I was expecting categories like "Day Pass" or "Round Trip" or "One Way". Instead they mention a ton of different types of tickets. Here are all the types listed on
bart.gov/tickets, along with what I've figured out so far:
- Clipper: You can't buy one at the station, though you can get one mailed to you. Probably not best if you're just visiting or using BART sporadically.
- EZ Rider: The name sounds good, but I can't figure out what it's actually for.
- Blue High Value: A discounted ticket if you want to put a lot of money on it. Not for a single trip.
- Green: Seniors only.
- Orange: Kids only.
- Red: Disabled/Medicare only.
- Plus: Discontinued, but it still gets mentioned a lot of places.
- Fast Pass: You have to have Clipper to use it, and it's sold through Muni.
There's another kind of ticket which isn't explained on the tickets page.
Blue is what you want, it's the regular ticket you can buy at the station.
4: The Train - Ingredients you'll need: your ticket, the map at the platform, light clothing.
Anyone who's ridden the subway in most cities will know this, but I'll mention it here: there's a narrow gated passage to walk through to get into the station proper. Put your ticket in the slot facing you and it'll pop up at the top. The gates will open, you walk through and grab your ticket on the way in. If you're not sure, just watch anyone else doing it and it'll be clear.
BART does not define its lines like other train/subway systems I've tried. They're divided by color on the map, but the green line is not actually called the Green Line. BART defines their lines by their endpoints, so the green line is actually called the Daly City - Fremont line. Not a big deal, but a surprise you don't want to figure out while a train is boarding.
Tourists usually make the mistake of thinking San Francisco is warm and sunny, and dress in shorts and t-shirts. It's in California, right? And California is like, you know, LA and beaches and stuff, right? Having been to the city many, many times, I was prepared for the day and dressed warmly.
Do not dress warmly for BART. The train was absurdly hot, considering the weather outside, even before most of the people got on. Once it was absolutely packed full of people, it was even hotter.
Pay attention to the stations as they go by. Sometimes you can't hear the announcements, either due to a noisy car or a bad speaker, so keep an eye out.
When you leave the train, there'll be a machine just like when you entered: put your ticket in the end, take it from the top, walk through the gates.
Oh, and if there's an escalator, stand on the right side, or walk up the left if you're in a hurry. Don't stand on the left or you'll block people's way. (And I guess don't walk up the right or you'll knock people over.)
5: Getting Back Do not work late in the city if you're heading back to Fremont. The last train for Fremont leaves the Embarcadero at 7:14 pm.
If you're headed to Richmond it's easier, with the last train leaving at 9:35. The last trains to Pleasanton and to Antioch leave a bit after midnight.
That's it. I hope you have fun and/or get some good work done while you're in town.
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Going to Vegas in July - I've been doing my research so hope this can help others.
I'm going in July and have done some research.
Plenty of this is from the sidebar, but other notes are from many of other sources.
The Vegas Degenerate Tour ( . ) ( . ) Things to do: - Drugs
- Hookers
- Bellagio Fountains (free)
- Mirage Volcano Show (free)
- The lounge at the top of the Mandarin Oriental - Super Classy with amazing night time views, sexy patrons and great cocktails
- Wet Republic - Rent cabana 2 months in advance
- Las Vegas Helicopter Night Flight with VIP Transportation £65pp
- Grand Canyon Skywalk - Apparently Expensive and not that good - you have to take a bus to get there and it is $30 each. Go to Grand Canyon south instead.
- The Strip Gun Club Range
- Sapphires pool party - strippers pool party!!!
- Fremont Street Experience at night.
- Container Park, which is a few blocks east of the Freemont St. Experience, a 2 foot recycled steel praying mantis (acquired from Burning Man) spits giant fireballs to the beat of music A LOT. Lots of half naked men and women. LOTS (free)
- Ghost Bar at the Palms has amazing views. Check Groupon for deals. Happy hour 8-10pm
- Stratosphere rides
- Stratosphere bar at the top. Happy hour 2 hours after open
- High Roller observation wheel. Get a car with the open bar.
- Monte Carlo minus 5 Ice bar. Everything is made out of ice! Bar, glasses, seating - everything
- RiRa Irish bar with live music and good Guinness after 9pm
- The Foundation Room at Mandalay Bay, live music and amazing strip views
- Strip clubs: Spearmint Rhino, Hustler Club and Crazy Horse--those are our top 3 Rhino and Horse are high end and classy
- Top Golf location, just behind MGM. 5 levels of golf driving range, mixed with music, food and drinks. There are also 2 pools, free to use.#
- Dig This drive diggers and bulldozers.
- Spa in the ARIA is amazing with good treatments.
- Alibi show http://alibitheshow.com/ This experience throws the audience into an exciting adventure around the streets, restaurants, bars and other real-life locations on the Las Vegas Strip.
- BARE POOL AT MIRAGE: Go on Monday. At Bare, experience palm tree-enclosed seclusion as you relax and enjoy European-style sunbathing at Bare Pool at The Mirage. Read more https://jackcolton.com/las-vegas-dayclubs/bare-pool-mirage/
- Ride in a stuntplane! Actual vomiting everywhere http://www.skycombatace.com/
- Best price supercar rentals https://www.vegasluxuryrides.com
- Lake Mead boat rental boatbound.com
- Absinthe at Ceaser’s Palace amazing offensive comedy show http://www.ticketmaster.com/Absinthe-tickets/artist/802082
- There is so much free stuff going on up and down the strip though that you can just do all the free stuff and not spend a dime. From street dancers, people singing, or pictures with a grown dude wearing a diaper.
- Eclipse cinemas downtown for an over 21s only luxury cinema experience with cocktails and good food.
- The Linq promenade is a very nice area
- Treasures strip club: have a nice buffet and steak to go with your titty show http://www.treasureslasvegas.com/
- VooDoo Zipline at Rio Groupon $44 for two
- REAL BODIES at Ballys Groupon $35.50 for two
Tips: - Hotel picker https://farm1.staticflickr.com/770/21800142824_6dddea1786_k.jpg
- $50 a night dining credit at ARIA somehow - research
- Do the $20 checking tip trick. Slip a $20 in between card and ID and ask to see if an upgrade is possible.
- Get player’s cards - sign up for the Player's Club (free) in each casino, they will usually give you some sort of incentive
- Buy water at a supermarket and keep at hotel
- Taxi from Airport request avoid the I-215 Airport Tunnel and go via Strip
- http://www.tix4tonight.com for tickets on the night
- Drinks are ALWAYS cheaper inside the casinos on Fremont than outside
- Harrah's has a "Million Dollar Pull" where you just go up and play a slot machine for free with the chance to win $1 million. Even if you don't win a million, you will always win something.
- If you want to go to top of the Stratosphere go to the desk to the right of the entrance and say you want to go to the bar. You won't have to pay the $15 to go to the top.
- Marketing manager for the Aria https://www.reddit.com/usetedistkrieg
- Have the clubs pick you up in their limos because all the cab/ubelyft/limo drivers get a kick back on anyone they drop off to the clubs and same with the VIP card guys! So if you don't use the free limo ... THE CLUB HAS TO CHARGE YOU A COVER!!! If you use the clubs FREE limo service they can sometimes wave that cover charge!! (that's like $20 a person!)
- Check for Groupon deals.
- Make sure you all download the Uber and Lyft app. Both offer new user signup credits. Free rides.
- A $400 Pre-Authorisation charge for resort fees and ‘amenities’ was taken as expected upon check in. I would recommend UK visitors to take a Cash Passport MasterCard (available in Thomas Cook and other travel agents)
Clubs - Hosts contacts list for all major clubs: https://jackcolton.com/
- You can view hotel discounts at up to 30% as well as VIP table service for nightclubs at: www.VegasJames.com for strip clubs at: www.StripperKing.com
- XS Encore
- Hakkasan MGM
- Light inside the Mandalay Bay
- Tryst Wynn
- Vegas local youtuber and bouncehost Jacob Orth to hook us up with limo service to the Hustler club
- Places we personally recommend from experience:
- Hakkasan
- Omnia
- The Light
- XS
- XS does a nightitme pool party
- Gold Spike nightclub / hotel in Downtown is a bit more ‘Hipster’
- This list offers plenty more clubs to check out (many of which don’t require a cover).
- http://www.vegasvip.com/nightclubs.html
Food - Alizé Tasting Menu - get groupon for discount £350 > $200
- Sage in the Aria has a highly rated tasting menu
- Aria buffet one of the best
- Joël Robuchon in MGM is crazy silly expensive but amazing food 16 course taster $425 each without drinks https://www.mgmgrand.com/en/restaurants/joel-robuchon-french-restaurant.html
- Guy Savoy at Caesars Palace a little cheaper 9 course tasting for $260/person or a $350/person 14 course tasting https://www.caesars.com/caesars-palace/restaurants/guy-savoy#.WI8vkRuLTIU
- é by Jose Andres inside Jaleo inside Cosmo. Only 8 seats, reservations by email only ([email protected]) starting 3 months prior to the res date, 23 courses. $190/person(?) without alcohol pairing
- Raku in Chinatown does amazing 8/12 course tastings for $70/100 a person
- The tasting, or "seasonal discover menu" at L'Atelier is up to $165 per person
- Eiffel Tower restaurant is a Must for dinner!!!!!!!! Fantastic view of the strip
- Good steakhouses serve food at the restaurant bar and the bartender has seen some shit. So much more fun for a party up to three and the service is over the top.
- Delmonico's in Venetian at the bar. The cocktails and food were amazing.
- Mushashi's dirty show (Japanese steak with a naughty show for the girls.) Midnight to 4am happy hour.
- Secret Pizza. A secret pizza place. Needs research! Inside the Cosmopolitan
- Bachi Burger – also to reunite with a previous memory. I still think this is one of the top 3 burgers I’ve ever had. The oxtail chili cheese fries are recommended by others to be a “must”, but I personally prefer the truffle fries.
- Monta Ramen – I’m a huge ramen fan and I understood this was the –best- ramen place in Vegas.
- Sweets Raku – in the same complex as Monta Ramen. They have some neat desserts that they make right in front of you, lovely experience.
- Wicked Spoon Buffet at the Cosmo. Everything was really good and the deserts were awesome.
- Brunch @ Bacchanal Buffet, Caesar’s Palace – This was awesome! We had the groupon deal and it was impressively cheap. Midway through our meal they switched to their lunch menu so we got the best of both worlds there.
- Gordon Ramsey’s Burgr – onion rings were incredible. The burger was pretty good as well.
- Earl of Sandwich - I could seriously eat these every day.
- Studio B Buffet @ M Resort
- The "Heart Attack Grill" lets you eat free if you weigh over 350 pounds.
- Marriage Can Be Murder - This is a dinner / theater / murder mystery / whodunit show at the D downtown. Includes tasty food, extreme audience participation and likely embarrassment. You may be called upon to dance, or play a character in the murder mystery. Comes with tasty food, cocktails available.
- For dinner, I highly recommend BLT Steak House in Ballys Hotel and Red8 in The Wynn - if you are a food lover, BLT’s is particularly worth the extra!
Sex/Swingers Clubs (Or; no, you filthy pervert - what's wrong with you?)
Drive: Drive along east CA down US-395 and crossing over to Nevada after Death Valley is one of the greatest drives I have ever done.
Guides: Edited to include corrections.
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Several Vegas trips under my belt
So I wanted to post this not for anything other than for more information for those who come to this sub here for exactly that. Some of this may be repetitive but it can’t hurt to have additional opinions.
Hotels: To clarify, I have always been comp’d rooms due to my play, so I can’t speak specifically to prices, just to what I see.
-Rio: Stayed here. It was huge. Off the strip so was a bit inconvenient but affordable, and now with ubelyft, it may not be a bad option. They have a Seafood buffet which is solid, but wouldn't say "top notch." One very cool thing for poker players, is if you go in the summer, from about May to end of July, you are bound to see some of the top poker players in the world, as the WSOP is there.
-Paris: Stayed here. Hotel is nice. That’s really the best word to describe it, because the rooms are average, clean, pretty standard size. Casino is pretty spacious, cool theme obviously. Always seems like day time even in the late hours of the night. Pizza place there was not great. Buffet there is decent. A lot of different than most others, as they make fresh Crepes and have a French theme, again, obviously.
-Casesars: Stayed here. This is THE largest hotel in Vegas. I believe the Bellagio and like 2 other casinos can fit (square foot wise) inside in this hotel. Mainly because of how large the shops are. The rooms are very nice. Fairly standard for the most part, can’t hurt to ask for an upgrade here. It is a very busy hotel/casino, but is so spread out. Sports book is enormous! If sports are your thing, go here to hang. Sit at the bar right there and play some video poker even. They have a decent café/ eatery area for like quick food, which includes your standard Chinese food, burger place, pizza place, etc. HIGHLY RECOMMEND – Searsucker Restaurant. I believe 430-6 is their happy hour. My fiancé and I went there and we ate very well with an app, and drinks and was like 50 bucks. Get duck fat fries!
-Linq: Stayed here. Probably my favorite place to stay, in many ways. This won’t be the most luxurious place, however the rooms are “different and modern. The hotel is smaller, the casino is smaller but it’s really not a big deal. Just like Caesars and Bellagio, this is pretty much the center of the strip and in the center of it all. Behind the linq is the “High Roller” wheel ride. Leading to the ride, is a walkway and alley of shops and places to eat and drink. All are very good. Highly suggest Flour and Barley for good pizza and beer. Pizza Is brick oven, and suggest the homemade pesto. The beer selection is pretty stellar, for those beer drinkers who like to experience. For the crowd that likes to gamble and party at the same time, O’sheas bar is IN the casino but also leads to the strip. This place is open 24 hours, and has all gambling games inside it (except for slots, although there may be one BIG slot in there). They also have beer pong tables that they provide you with all the stuff. Again, this is highly recommended place to stay, so you aren’t stuck on the end of strip.
-Venetian: Stayed Here. I lied above when I said I never paid for hotels. Staying here I went on Travelocity and got a deal for 5 nights and flight for like $900? I stayed alone because I was traveling for my sister’s wedding. This place is pretty phenomenal. All rooms are suites, technically. Very nice, very big. The Venetian and Pallazo are basically the same place. The rooms are identical and the casino is fairly similar as well. Ate at CUT Steakhouse which was VERY good, clearly very pricy however. All other hotels, I have not stayed at, yet. I don’t think you could go wrong with a hotel, however I would avoid Excalibur, Circus Circus and the Flamingo.
Shows:
-Criss Angel: Avoid altogether. Show was overpriced and his act is old.
-Penn & Teller: I enjoyed this show. This is at the Rio however, so will need to travel there since you can’t walk there. Show was funny, action packed and of course magical.
-Mat Franco: Good show. Very personal audience as it doesn’t seat many people. It’s got a feel good vibe to it.
-Mac King (Magic): for what you pay, it’s a good show. It won’t break the bank, and there are afternoon shows which is a great way to beat the heat and relax and enjoy some magic and slapstick comedy. He won’t wow you but definitely make you scratch your head.
-Mariah Carey: Now this was a 30th birthday present for my fiancé and I got great seats. It turned out that we sat right next to her kids, so she came to visit that area frequently which was very cool. She really is a great performer, and as a guy, the show was pretty good. She does a lot of costume changes, and sings a lot of older songs. I have heard from others that the show is good, and is MUCH better than Celine, for what it’s worth.
-Absinthe: This is an absolute MUST SEE. Saw this and it is really hard to describe this show in all honesty. It is a mixture of acrobatics, talents (i.e. juggling, etc.), Raunchy comedy, and just a really good time. Don't see this with parents. This is really a great show, and they change it all the time. i saw this show and explained a few acts to my friend, and he said that is not what he saw, so it really keeps the show electric since the actors/perfomrers are really into new stuff.
Food:
-Hash House (Linq): food was good. Expensive but its shareable. Chicken and waffles are good
-Bellagio Café: I like this place for a good breakfast. It’s little pricy, but not too bad honestly. It’s our favorite breakfast spot so far.
-Guy Fieri’s (Linq): Pretty decent spot. Price is pretty good. One of the best burgers I’ve had. Good brisket nachos too
-Caesars Buffet: Best buffet in my opinion. Great selection, food that is supposed to be hot, is hot.
-Bellagio Buffet: Terrible. Waited forever, was SO expensive. Food was not good honestly.
-Paris buffet: It’s okay. Price is Okay. Seriously is just Okay.
-General comment of casino restaurants: Do your research before going. Check out the menu. Don’t go to one of these places thinking you’re going to get an app, 2 dinners and drinks for under 100 bucks in most cases. The steakhouses in Vegas are some of the best in the country. A tip for saving a few dollars, is don’t eat normal meal times. Eat a later breakfast, eat an earlier dinner. Lunch may not happen, OR eat snacks. You can easily go to walgreens and get a 5 dollar sandwich.
Bruxie: saw a suggestion for this place and they said $5 waffle wednesdays. Yes it's true. they always have a chicken and waffle special for $5 on wednesday. they made us show them the facebook promo or something but wasnt difficult. could probably just open the website on your phone. I really liked the food. i thought the chicken was really good and honestly, for five bucks, quite a steal.
Jaburritos: this was right in the alley of the linq. was okay. a bit pricey for "fast food" type, but i didnt mind it. interesting concept in my opinion. was more of a whim visit.
Gambling:
-All casinos will have fairly expensive table minimums. Expensive meaning, you have to search for 5 dollar blackjack and Craps. Mostly going to be $10 or $15. Slot play is comparable all over. Bellagio has a lot of slots, but you can say the same about Caesars and MGM, etc.
Other:
-Mob Museum: very cool experience. I recommend it. You can take the Deuce (bus) there, and then walk right to Fremont after.
-Pawn Stars: If you are a super fan of the show, then go. Otherwise just avoid. Very small, you won’t see one of the stars of the show, everything is super expensive.
-Fremont: Fun to go to, especially to see history. I don’t recommend eating anywhere here lol. My fiancé did the zip line, she enjoyed it.
-New York New York: I am putting this here, because this place fascinates me. The area that looks like NY streets and such for the shops, is just pretty cool to me. Nathans here is good. I have gone with my father and my future father in law, and they both agree it is very similar to old time Nathans.
I have really mashed up a lot of visits to Vegas here, and definitely leaving out tips and tricks im sure. Let me know if I can answer anything else! Win BIG!
Exotics Racing: Gave my fiance this for her birthday last year. i bought her 5 laps in whatever car she wanted. she chose the Audi R8. She LOVED IT. they were very careful with all buyers, and even offered drifting laps to folks just there to watch. They have a pro drifter from fast in the furious (when i was there at least) that would drift for a few laps. it was a sight to watch. Its a bit pricey, but they run specials here and there. If you are looking to splurge and like cars, then this is for you.
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6 Nights in Vegas - From Someone Cheap
6 Nights in Vegas - On a Budget
A little background on us. I’m 35 my wife is 28. We aren’t major gamblers by any stretch, but we usually hit up a local casino maybe once a month, twice if we do good, and usually gambling about $100 a piece each time. We are both huge sports fans, especially college sports (Notre Dame). I’m a bit of a tightwad most of the time.
The morning of April 2, 2016 I asked her if she wanted to marry me (both of us have been married once before), she said yes. I bought tickets that morning, didn’t tell anyone our plans and drove from South Bend Indiana area to Chicago O’Hare, and arrived in Vegas right around dark.
The first couple of Hotels I tried for were booked, but we ended up finding a room at Planet Hollywood (which we spent all of about 4 hours in). We then flew out the next morning, spending a total of about 12 hours in Vegas.
This time around, after finding out my kids would be with their mom over Spring Break, I decided to save up and actually plan a trip this time. We debated Florida, Canada, the Smokies, and ended up deciding on Vegas.
Tuesday – March 27 We stayed the night at Blue Chip Casino (BOYD Gaming) in Michigan City Indiana (halfway to O’Hare). Both of us had comps for a free room and Buffet’s as well and about $75 worth of food credit that we had been saving for our Vegas trip. They also gave me a $25 gas card. We decided to gamble $100, and lost pretty quickly. After eating our “free buffets” we decided to go to bed, anticipating an early morning.
Wednesday – March 28 Once we got to O’Hare, we went and checked our 1 bag in at the Spirit Airlines desk. Everything at Spirit is A la Carte, and I had paid for 1 checked bag, however the lady in front of me discovered that their checked bags cost even more if over 40lbs. I had gone with Spirit to save a buck, and overall the experience wasn’t terrible, but I’ve had much better experiences with other non-discount airlines. After arriving in Vegas, we rode the bus from the airport to the Rental Car facility, and in short time had our new car for the week. The nice lady at Payless tried selling me several extras, and I politely declined each of them. I’ve come to expect the sales pitch no matter what rental company I use, and overall my experience with these guys was very good. We ended up changing reservations last minute for our Hotel due to additional offers I received while at Blue Chip. After checking in at the Fremont (all 6 nights) we unpacked, stopped at IN & OUT Burger, and made a run to Wal-Mart for snacks and drinks. We then decided to go check out the Nuwu Dispensary, we were both very impressed with the selection, cleanliness, and friendliness of everyone we talked to there (we are novices at this lol). After making a “small” purchase, we decided to drive out to Mount Charleston for the evening and ended up catching the sunset before driving back into town. We spent the rest of the evening walking around Fremont Street mostly just people watching, before we grabbed a snack from the Café inside the Fremont and went back to our room for the night. The food was average at best, but the price was right, even if I hadn’t used my points.
Thursday – March 29 We slept in until about 9:30, and slowly made our way over to the Hoover Dam. On our way to the Dam, we stopped at Sunset Station for their Brunch Buffet, and were really impressed, especially for the $7 price. After gambling a little and not winning we continued to the Dam. Waze had me going some crazy roads that I’d never taken before to get there, and took us about 3 times longer than I had ever remembered. After getting closer and seeing all of the traffic/road construction I now knew why. All of the lower parking lots were full, so we drove to the little gift shop on the Arizona side (I was surprised to see the road now ends here), got a couple of little souvenirs for our boys, and walked around a little bit before exploring Lake Meade a little and driving back to Fremont. After relaxing for a little bit we again decided to walk around Fremont Street and ended up getting Margaritas and Enchilada Nacho’s at Nachodaddy’s. I would highly recommend this place if you want a good drink and great nachos, we both loved it, and our bartenders were great. After walking back to the Fremont and going back and forth on winning/losing at the slot machines, my wife got a bonus feature on the machine she was playing, when I noticed a guy standing behind her watching. He looked really familiar, and after seeing “Deez Nuts” on the back of his jacket, I realized he was the youtube star from the Deez Nuts video. He posed for a picture with my wife and then went on his way. We gambled for a few hours and went to bed about even on the day.
Friday – March 30 After grabbing coffee from Dunkin Donuts inside the Fremont, we decided to drive down to Primm, because my wife had never been to California. We stopped at the truck stop and decided against topping off on gas, due to the price being over $4/gallon. We walked around the shop, found some more souvenirs for the kids, and ate lunch at Qdoba. After driving around behind the outlet mall, I realized there wasn’t a sign saying welcome to California, so I hopped on I15 and continued South/West until she got to see her sign. We went a few exits and decided a trip all the way to Baker wasn’t worth the drive, so we turned around just past the giant solar farm on the right. In the stretch from about a mile outside of Primm to where we turned around, we passed probably a dozen of each Nevada State Police and California Highway Patrol, many of which were on motorcycles and all of which had at least 1 car pulled over. About the time we made it back into Vegas, my buddy’s flight from Washington DC had arrived (he’s getting ready to leave for Japan for the next 3 years) so we went and picked him up at his hotel (Hooters). My wife won some money on the “Vacation” machine in Hooters and we decided to go walk the strip, which wasn’t a bad walk at all. We ended up going through the MGM, across to the Aria/Monte Carlo area and decided all the bars were a bit too busy due to a Golden Knights game getting ready to start. We walked over to Excalibur and rode the monorail to Mandalay Bay. We spent the rest of the evening here, and I decided to bet on Notre Dame Women, which turned out to be a good bet. My buddy, being born in Connecticut bet on UConn and that pretty much set the tone for his luck the rest of his trip. My wife and I ended up getting a giant hot dog/pepsi combo for $3.99 at the Café inside the Fremont after returning, and it was a better bet than the Chinese food we had tried earlier in the week.
Saturday – March 31 Another buddy of ours had moved to Vegas about 6 weeks ago, while his wife and kids are moving out there today. He called me late Saturday morning, and had us meet him out at the RV Dealership he works for. After getting a tour of their half million dollar Motorhomes (built here in Indiana), we hopped in his convertible and rode out to Red Rock Canyon. The line to get in was about 100 cars long, and it looked like they were only letting a few in every 15 minutes, so we drove out along that area and headed back a different way to the south side of town. The company he works for sponsors the Horse Arena at the South Point Casino, so we rode over, watched some of the show, and got the behind the scenes tour of the stalls, practice arena, and got to meet the horses/cowboys. We ended up spending most of the day at South Point, and we really enjoyed it, probably our favorite one on the “strip” so to speak. We ate dinner at Baja Miguel’s and all enjoyed our food. Later on Saturday night we rode back to downtown. My buddy that now lives in Vegas, took us to Container Park, which was really cool. After that we walked back down Fremont Street and I had bet earlier on Michigan beating Loyola in Men’s basketball. Another good choice, however I had to find a casino with a sports book that could cash me out. We ended up going to “The D” and really enjoyed the atmosphere/older machines. My wife ended up playing the old school Horse Racing Quarter Machine upstairs and stayed on it for quite a while. We ended up heading back to the Fremont, where we gambled the rest of our “$200 limit” for the day, and did pretty good. After several hours of gambling, we decided we were hungry, so we walked over to the Café at Binions, and were really impressed with what we had.
Sunday – April 1 We ate the Breakfast Buffet at the Fremont (comped), took an Uber back to our rental car on the other side of town, picked our buddy up at Hooters and headed north to Zion National Park. A couple hours later we arrived and were somewhat surprised that it wasn’t completely packed. My buddy has a free pass (Military) so we saved $30 on the gate fee. We spent most of the day at Zion, climbing, hiking, and exploring, it was my 4th time there, but the first time for my wife and buddy, and while my wife isn’t a hiker like me, she really enjoyed it and mentioned that it was one of her top 3 things we did on our trip. On our way back to town we stopped at Casa Blanca in Mesquite for a few hours, we didn’t do any good, but enjoyed the change of pace from the Vegas casinos.
Monday – April 2 We walked the strip again, and ate the brunch buffet at the Bellagio. It was really good, but if I hadn’t used the buy 1 get 1 free coupon I had, I wouldn’t have been quite as impressed. We walked around the strip some more, and ended up buying tickets to X-Country for my wife and I for the 10pm show at Harrah’s. The lady at the Box Office didn’t offer any discount, but when I asked about using my players card, she gave me a $10/ticket discount on the tickets. After that we drove across town to Sams Town (Boyd Gaming) and gambled for a few hours, I remembered a Steak House from several years back that I really enjoyed here, but we ended deciding against it for our anniversary meal. After going back to our hotel to change and shower, we ended up going to Viva Zapata’s (based on Reddit reviews). We weren’t disappointed! The food was amazing, the atmosphere even better, and the wait staff was the best! Our waiter asked what brought us out there, I told him it was our 2 year anniversary and we had flown in from Indiana to celebrate. We were enjoying the live Mariachi music, but started getting a little anxious as we were waiting on our bill (we wanted to get to Harrah’s by 9:30). A few minutes later here came the wait staff/musician to our table, put giant sombrero’s on us, gave us a couple of churros and each of us a shot of Tequila (no charge) while they sang us a song. I tipped them well and we were on our way to the show. My wife is a huge country music fan, and while I enjoy some of the older stuff, I’m more of a metalhead. I was pleasantly surprised at the price of our tickets, and for the money, the show wasn’t bad. 1 of the dancers really stood out from the rest though, but all in all it was a good experience. I wanted to go see Absinthe but found out they weren’t playing on Monday night. After our show we walked down to the Bellagio Fountains to see a show before heading back to the hotel.
Tuesday – April 3 We spent most of the morning packing up from our 6 nights at the Fremont, I checked with the Casino host to see about possibly comping more than 2 of our nights, but she showed me where my score in their algorithm was only a 65, and needed to be 100 to qualify for more. I still only paid $165 for the 4 nights I had to pay for, which was more than fair in my opinion, considering how little time we actually spent in the room. We went to Hooters and gambled for about 20 minutes, winning a couple hundred dollars, then took my buddy to the airport. Our flight wasn’t until 6:30pm, so we drove back North and had to try another Reddit suggestion for our last meal in town. We ended up at Hamburger Hut as we love to eat wings, and although the location and building were a bit sketchy, we ordered hot wings, a hot dog, and chili fries, this was our favorite food of the trip. We also really enjoyed hanging with some of the locals while we ate lunch. After eating lunch we hit up Walmart by the airport to find some last minute souvenirs to take back home, and then returned our rental car and waited a few hours for our flight back home.
What I would recommend
Sight Seeing - Zion National Park, Red Rock Canyon, Lake Mead, Container Park (especially if you have kids)
Food - Hamburger Hut, Viva Zapata’s, In & Out Burger, Nachodaddy, Hotdogs at South Point, Breakfast Buffet at Sunset Station, also saved a bunch of money by getting snacks and drinks for our room at the grocery store on day 1.
Casinos – As a gambler, the ones off the Strip seemed to pay better, but the ones on the strip were much classier and had newer slots you can’t find elsewhere. My 3 favorite were the Fremont, The D, and South Point. My wife really enjoyed seeing the sights at the Bellagio, the Flamingo, and others on the Strip. No matter what, if you’re going to gamble, get a players card, it saved me a bunch of money.
Transportation – If you like to do more than just stay in town and walk all week, I’d highly recommend getting a rental car like we did (about $200 for the week for a nice sized car), but if you don’t plan on going on long day trips like we did, UbeLyft would be great.
Entertainment – XCountry at Harrahs wasn’t the top show I’ve ever seen, but 2 tickets for $80 something and a happy wife, I can’t complain at all. Watching all the entrepreneurs on Fremont Street as well as the stage shows for free was hard to beat, and any trip to Vegas should include the Bellagio Fountains, the Flamingo Habitat, and any other free entertainment you can find along the strip.
What I wouldn’t recommend
Airlines – don’t go with the budget airlines expecting to save a bunch of money if you plan on taking a bag with you, checked or carry on, prefer to pick your seats out in advance, or want to get a snack while flying.
Food – While we didn’t really have any “bad” experiences, the café and Buffet at the Fremont were probably my least favorite, but I can’t complain because I didn’t have to pay for anything at either of them. Also I was looking forward to checking out Heart Attack Grill (based on Ducktales review), but they were packed and took Cash Only fyi.
Sight Seeing – Fremont Street after dark really isn’t the place to take your small kids but be sure to take them to Container Park during the day, Hoover Dam (unless you go early), Red Rock Canyon scenic trail on a holiday weekend. Pawn Stars was packed and if you’ve seen it once, the excitement kind of wore off, and they apparently charge for parking now. I parked up the street for free and only had a short walk, but the people trying to push you to buy extras outside of the store really kind of rubbed me the wrong way.
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Just got back from a 7 night/8 day trip - thanks for all your help, r/vegas!!
You guys were super helpful to me, so hopefully this helps someone else out down the line!!
We (boyfriend and I) booked a package through Southwest vacations, originally staying Sunday through Thursday and flying out on Friday but we stayed the extra two nights and flew out on Sunday in order to meet up with some friends. Originally we had a king room at MGM booked, but changed over to a king balcony suite at the Signature at MGM for the extra space/whirlpool tub.
The vast majority of our gambling was $0.25-$1 blackjack on the video poker machines - we didn't lost much money, and had drinks given to us pretty frequently at most casinos.
Sunday we flew in and got to the Signature at about 10:30am, we were able to upgrade to a 28th floor strip view suite for an extra $10 a night - we had originally been offered a 37th floor strip view suite for $30 a night, but went with the slightly cheaper option. Luckily our room was ready and we were able to take our bags upstairs right away. We headed to Planet Hollywood and grabbed lunch at Earl of Sandwich, walked around the shops then explored Paris and a bit of Bellagio and gambled a bit before heading black to the hotel to get ready for dinner. We took a lyft down to the Palms and did dinner at Alize - we had a groupon for the tasting menu at $200 rather than the original $350ish, but the meal was so incredible I'd probably be willing to pay full price. Originally we had plans to go down a floor to hang out at Ghostbar for a bit, but we were both so full and tired neither of us really felt like drinking. We gambled a bit before lyfting back to the Signature, then changed and hung out at MGM's casino for a bit before heading to sleep.
Monday we each used a free breakfast buffet reward from MyVegas at MGM, then lyfted down to Fashion Show and explored Encore/Wynn/Venetian for a while. We had a buy one get one free Bellagio lunch buffet reward as well, which we redeemed right at about 2:45 so we could get the perks of the dinner buffet offerings that were brought out at 3. Later on we checked out NYNY then took the free tram between ExcalibuMandalay Bay/Luxor and explored and gambled a bit while watching the CFB playoff. Again, we gambled a bit at MGM and made it to Emeril's JUST in time to grab a late night happy hour snack - the sign said 9:30-close, when we got there at about 9:40 the bartenders took our order right away as the kitchen was in the process of closing up. The apps were good, unfortunately we never made it back for oyster happy hour.
Tuesday we did an early lunch at Nacho Daddy (giant plate for about $20, easily fed both of us!) and explored and gambled around Aria/Cosmopolitan/Bellagio. We had a Groupon for a prix fixe menu at Koi at Planet Hollywood which turned out to be a great deal, and we hung out in the lounge for happy hour for a bit before that. We booked KA tickets a few days before flying out through the M Life site, which was an amazing show for a great deal.
Wednesday we used a buy one get one free MGM breakfast buffet MyVegas reward, then lyfted out to SilverCar and picked up a car for the day. We're both only 22 so we really struggled finding a decently priced car, luckily a
Vegas redditor recommeneded SilverCar. Cost for the day was $39 and $12 in taxes/fees, and $5+gas. We drive to Hoover Dam/Lake Mead and then Red Rock. Since we had the car we decided to stop at In n Out, then headed up to Stratosphere for happy hour at sunset - neither of us really enjoyed the drinks or the view from the SkyLounge, but we had been spoiled at the Palms a few nights before. We also popped into Westgate, Circus Circus, Lucky Dragon and Rio before heading to the Welcome to Vegas sign and dropping the car off. My boyfriend is a pilot so we popped into the airport observation lot for a half hour or so - unplanned but incredibly cool!! We lyfted down to Caesars, went through the shops then explored and gambled and watched a few fountain shows before heading to bed.
Thursday was kind of rainy and windy, so we slept in and then headed to Aria and each used a free lunch buffet reward. We both thought this was by far the best buffet (and it cost less points than the Bellagio rewards!), and it's definitely on the top of our list to go to again. We lyfted down to Fremont and spent the afternoon/early evening exploring all of the casinos and watching the light shows, then did dinner at Hugo's Cellar at Four Queens. Hugo's was recommended by family friends, we both thought it was OK but not great. We sat down at some penny video poker machines at the Fremont Casino, which happened to be right next to the bar and wound up with about 8 drinks each in an hour or so span. We lyfted back to the Signature and headed to sleep.
Friday we grabbed lunch at Taco Bell so we could officially say we had eaten there, then explored the middle part of the strip (Ballys/Harrahs/Linq/Flamingo) that we hadn't gotten to yet. We wound up with awesome 5th row center section seats for the early show of Zumanity by checking with the box office about a half an hour before the show started, I think the original price would have been nearly $400 after tax and fees and I paid around $170. I would definitely recommend a seat near center stage since so much happens right up front. After that, our friends got in and got settled, then we gambled at MGM and headed down to Bellagio for the fountains and more gambling. My female friend and I were wandering around the slot machines near Hyde while the guys were playing video games, we were approached by someone working the door and let in free of charge in front of the line. We stayed for about ten minutes to see what was happening then left because it was decently crowded and we wanted to get back out to the guys. Late night dinner at Taco Bell finished off our night.
Saturday we once again did breakfast at the MGM buffet, per request of our friends - I definitely wouldn't recommend paying weekend prices unless you're wanting to drink shitty mimosas for two hours straight. For the $55ish we paid for the two of us I definitely wouldn't say it was worth it at all. We then headed to Pro Gun Club a little ways outside of Vegas - specifically chosen because my boyfriend and I are both experienced shooters and I wanted the chance to shoot a 50 cal, but one of our friends had never shot a gun and wanted to be able to shoot a 9mm. My boyfriend was there once before and the staff has been amazing both times - the outdoor range is great. By the time we got back it was nearly dark, so we walked from MGM up the strip to see some more of the strip at night, popped into the In n Out at the LINQ, hung out in different casinos here and there until 7 when we watched the Mirage volcano, then went through the Venetian some more. We took a lyft back to the hotel )damn near impossible to finally get a driver that showed up within five minutes for some reason), got ready and then we hung out at the MGM casino while our friends went to a show that wasn't of any interest to us.
Sunday we checked out of our hotel, checked our bags with the bellhop and grabbed lunch at Earl of Sandwich and hit up the sports book at Planet Hollywood to put some last minute bets down since we realized we could mail the tickets in if we won. We headed to the airport at about 2 even though our flight wasn't until 4:45 thinking that it was going to be insanely busy based on how crazy checkout had been in the morning, but we were dropped off by Lyft and made it to the terminal within 15 minutes. We watched as much of the Packers game as we could and played some last minute video blackjack before finally getting on our flight (delayed by an hour, almost missed our transfer to another plane in Phoenix but luckily they held the plane for us.
We definitely didn't NEED seven nights, but I'm glad we had the time to get out off of the strip for two full days. We got through just about everything we wanted to and didn't feel rushed. Next time we're back we'll probably just stay 3-4 days since we now know what we like and where we'll want to go back.
We actually grabbed a $1 chip from each casino we went into (other than those on Fremont street - we couldn't just get one from the cashiers or one of the dealers, we were told that we had to actually sit down and play which we weren't planning on doing at each casino) and wound up with 30 total, so we covered a lot of ground!
General takeaways -
-MyVegas saved us a TON of money - six free buffets (and a few random non-MGM rewards that we actually didn't wind up using due to the restrictions on when they could be used). I will absolutely keep playing for whenever we go next! We tried to leave slots running on our phones in the background whenever we were watching TV or something, and I played a bit of blackjack most days. We didn't learn about it until about 2 months before we came, and we each wound up with about 50-60k in loyalty points with very minimal effort.
-Lyft was insanely cheap with $5 off each ride - we spent about $50 total for 10 rides (including one to the airport gate, two to Fremont, two to Silvercar which is past the airport) compared to one $25 Uber to get us from the airport to the Signature.
-People aren't kidding when they say wear comfy shoes - I wore my comfiest pair of boots on Monday and wound up with a horrid blister that I didn't know was forming. Monday night through Thursday was hell for me because I had a quarter sized blister on the bottom of my foot - thank god for the $9 pads I was able to grab at CVS
-I do pole/aerial silks so I was insanely excited for Cirque shows, my boyfriend not so much - we both LOVED KA, I loved Zumanity and he at least semi-enjoyed it. Definitely give them a shot!
-Groupon saved us quite a bit of money on dinners as well, and we had a few others lined up for food/drinks/entertainment that we knew we could purchase if we wanted to use them.
-Silvercar is in fact legit, and you will wind up with a Silver Audi - any time we travel to a city with a Silvercar kiosk, we'll actively be seeking them out.
-We learned that rooms at the Signature can be rented on airbnb, which we definitely did not know before hand - just generally looking at prices the rooms on airbnb seemed like an awesome deal and we'll definitely check into that next time we come.
Once again, thanks for all of your help - we saved a ton of money and got so many good recommendations from you all!!
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SHOT 2017/My tales of adventure in Las Vegas
So, you wanna go to SHOT show? You think it's all fun and games? Get to play with guns? See Jesse James and R. Lee Ermey? SHOT show is the annual pilgrimage of the unwashed masses to Las Vegas to rub elbows with youtube celebrities, bloggers and overseas businessmen copying US made equipment and share infectious disease.
If you love guns, gambling and gonorrhea - SHOT show is for you! It is not my typical idea of a good time. I am not a big fan of Las Vegas.
However: I do attend for a few reasons. First, I do enjoy travel and I'm platinum on AA so I can usually score an upgrade. Second, industry people are in there that I do hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars with business with so it's nice to put a face with the name and see what deals are out there. SHOT for me has been a bust for the past few years. Being a value guy, I want to buy at $1000 and sell at $3000 and as of recently the gun business is more like buy for $1 and sell for $1.10 if you get what I mean.
We used to do business at SHOT and now it's just checking in on foursquare, instagram and rubbing elbows with bloggers and the like. I want to make money, not spend money so this is very annoying to me.
Anyways, onto the play by play.
Monday, January 16th. One day before SHOT show. http://imgur.com/a/HoFUm Every time I've been rejected by a woman, I move $1 from checking into savings and I take the bankroll down to the Wynn for some play. Lets do this.
The TSA line is a shitshow thanks to, well TSA.
I slog my way to the lounge, as shitty as it is to wait for my winged chariot to DFW. I have gone from being in an abusive relationship with Delta to being in an abusive relationship with AA. Although if you really want to experience the battered spouse feeling, UA is a few gates over. This trip's light reading is trying to finish "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell. Such a good book as well as "Outliers" if you want a good read.
I walk up to the podium to find out that my upgrades do not clear, even as an AA Plat thanks to the addition of a FOURTH elite tier. Goddamn fucking W. Doug Parker. Asshole. I gate check my bags to make life easier for me and the rest of the folks. The gate agent calls concierge key and executive platinum passengers. I look down and realize I'm wearing a suit and board with the executive platinum folks because I do not care and I look the part. If you walk with a purpose and are dressed reasonably well, you fit the profile. I settle into my window seat and try to finish outliers. I pass out before takeoff and I'm awoken by the dulcet tones of the flight attendants preparing for landing. We land at Dallas a few minutes early and I hightail it to the Centurion for a quick bite to eat. I grab a plate and help myself to some of the excellent brisket, pecan encrusted chicken and some roasted jumbo asparagus. Yes, my pee is going to smell funny. No, I do not care. The lounge is packed. The bar is full and I grab a quick single malt as I have my meal since American's not going to feed me. They begin boarding to Mccarran as I walk out of the lounge. No time for a stop in the spa on this trip. I make it to the gate just as the call group 2 boarding.
I bypass the main line and walk up through the priority line giving no heed to the people that have been waiting there before me as I hold up my paper boarding pass with PLATINUM to the gate agent. I board and take my usual seat - the exit row without the seat in front of it. I'm aghast to see this sight.
http://imgur.com/a/dygil The savages. Literally. The savages.
I put my loathing away for a moment and look down at the exit row. I have the window. The aisle is a large middle aged man and in the middle is what I believe to be a formecurrent linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys wearing a 52 regular sports jacket. He's not a fat guy in a little coat, he's a big fucking hulk of a man stuffed in an exit row seat that is already an inch narrower due to the tray table. I grimace as I take my seat and give him the manly nod. He does not look happy about the fact that his knees are in the seat in front and I'm stretched out like a Cheshire cat in front of a fireplace on a cold January afternoon.
The boarding door closes for an on time departure and Stephanie the FA takes her seat. He leans over and asks if he can take the empty row across the aisle and she takes one look at the three of us and gives him the nod. I bail out to give him a path of egress and suddenly the trip to Las Vegas has just become way more comfortable. I finish The Tipping Point somewhere over west texas, so I pop a xanax and dr pepper and zone out for the rest of the ride. I awake to feel one of the FA's jostling me awake telling me to put my seat up. I do so and we have a ride so smooth that not even the Delta guy behind me can complain about light chop. We catch the TYSSN4 arrival and the next thing I know it the Messier Dowty landing gear of the A321 touch the paint at Mccarran for a smooth rollout down 25L.
My phone battery is approaching grim death since this seat has no power plugs and I find
bartman383 has sent me a message. He has been enjoying LV with his wife and their due to bad weather they are in the city of sin for a few extra nights. He invites me to dinner. I'm still pretty full from DFW and I tell him I'll be over there once I get my bags and the car and I'll see him when I see him. He gives me the info for the hotel as we pull up to the gate.
First stop: Centurion lounge. AA's app tells me bags being unloaded. I grab a quick bite of fried chicken and brussels sprouts since they are good for you and a chocolate pudding. The brisket and pecan encrusted chicken from DFW still has me full but I'm well aware of the speed of a union baggage handlers nowadays and who doesn't like chocolate pudding? Terrorists. That's who. Want to know how to screen for terrorists TSA? Set up a table of free chocolate pudding at the airport. The people who don't take any are members of ISIS. It's just that simple.
I grab my bag and hoof it to Hertz. I'm an idiot and I am an hour late for my pickup. Oops. Will an Audi A3 suffice? I sigh and I accept my Teutonic quattro chariot. I do a burnout in the parking garage and hightail it to the exit. I flash my #1 card and my ID and the gatekeeper gives me the go ahead. I get onto the the strip and traffic is awful. I'm going to be late for dinner. I make a left onto Russell Road and hightail it up the 15. I manage to get the car up to 100 as I pass the Luxor. My phone is dead so I can't message Bart about being late. Fuck. The exit approaches quickly as I put the 4 wheel disk brakes to work and sling the car around and head south on Las Vegas Bl. I accidentally turn into the Bellagio and I'm now running even more late. Fuck. Eventually, I get the car into the garage at the Cosmopolitan and head upstairs. I cannot remember the name of the restaurant but I head up to the third floor where all the restaurants are and I see this sign that's reminiscent of my days in retail.
It says RESTAURANT - LOUNGE - PAWN SHOP.
I laugh. I walk in. It's literally a pawnshop. I look around puzzled.
FC: Is this a restaurant?
Bald Headed Guy: Yes, through that door.
He points towards a door. I walk in to find a bustling restaurant, lounge via the entrance of pawnshop. This is insane. I pass a mirror and check myself out. I adjust my tie, after all it is YSL and the ladies LOVE YSL. Remember that. I find the hostess and inform her I will be joining some friends for dinner. They probably do not have me on the reservation though but I turn on the charm and she smiles and says no problem at all. She asks if my tie is from Hermes. I say no, I'm a YSL guy. She looks impressed as I tell her I'll make a quick lap of the room to see if they're there and surprise them. She gives me a nod and tells me to go right ahead. Still got it.
I spot bart and his wife who I can only remember vaguely from gunnitlive after party video and I pull up a chair. Bart is surprised to see I made it and they are in the middle of dinner. They offer to ply me with food and beverage but I decline as I'm driving so no booze for me and no food since I am stuffed from Dallas. We chat about life and liberty over libations. Bart's wife thinks I am hysterical. She's had a few drinks and they are already into their main courses. The brussels sprouts are way too salty and we have to send it back. No bueno.
Bart invites me up to his suite on the top floor of the hotel where we are to meet
Brogelicious later in the evening. I say, when in rome......we head to the top floor of the hotel tower where Bart shows me his view from the balcony and cracks open the mini bar for some more libations. He asks if I want a drink and I say I better not. I'm driving.
Not 30 seconds after arriving, brogel shows up. Bart's wife hugs brogel. She's infatuated with him. We start shooting the shit and bart opens up the minibar and tells us to take anything we want, it's on the hotel. I laugh and I look outside as bart opens his yeti 110 for some silver bullets. Apparently he is so baller the hotel will send up a yeti 110 filled with beer to make him happy. His wife is apparently such a baller. I ball on a budget. They just ball. Hahaha.
We shoot the shit some more about guns, gun stuff and people on the reddit for a while. I get a little thirsty and I crack open bart's cooler. I ask him how long the stuff in the cooler is supposed to last and he says until Wednesday.
I look down and I am agape at what I see.
We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.
I mentally prepared my butthole and I decided to help myself to a coors light against my wishes but Bart, Bart's wife and Brogel are all drinking so I let peer pressure take hold as I cracked open a beer with them. We head out to the balcony to smoke some cuban cigars together as bart's wife takes a photo of all of us. We all look like hell. Haha.
As bart downs his second beer, he asks me a question.
Bart: ever go hunting?
Me: Ducks a little bit but not much
Bart: ever want to hunt some deadly game?
Me: Like on african safari?
Bart: No, I mean like.........man.
Me: Hahahahhahaaha you're just fucking with me. Hahahahahhaa. That's really funny.
Bart: No really, the concierge here at this hotel will set it up for us. It's amazing. I remember my first hunt......
Brogel starts laughing and I realize they've been doing a bit. I've been had.
We bullshit about SHOT and Barrett's shotguns and other things and next thing I know, it's late but bart hands me a mixed drink. I sip it a bit and I was in the middle of a tirade complaining about my customers. Suddenly, there was a terrible roar all around us, and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the city, and a voice was screaming: Holy Jesus. What are these goddamn animals? Nobody seems to understand what I'm talking about. It's cold on the balcony. Our cigars are done. We head indoors. No point in mentioning these bats, I thought. Poor bastards will see them soon enough.
Back indoors I realize Brussels sprouts and coors light is a bad choice. Seriously no bueno. I excuse myself to the bathroom and drain the vein. The asparagus funny smelling pee and the side effects of beer and brussels sprouts is a noxious combination that a defense contractor should weaponize it. It's pretty bad and not even cuban tobbaco can mask the smell.
I sit back down and continue to talk about guns and stuff with bart and the gang and bart asks who ruined the bathroom. I apologize as he sprays a bunch of febreze around and opens the balcony. I apolgize to brogel. He is not accepting my apology. (sorry :( )
Nearly 11, it's about time to pull chocks and mosey on down the dusty trail. I don't want to prompt an evacuation of the hotel due to noxious odors so I decide to leave and bart seems to be kinda mad that I've ripped ass and polluted the sanctuary of his hotel. Half a coors light and brussels sprouts are no bueno in my book now. Bart decides to party hard with his wife and I offer brogel a ride home. He seems skeptical to share a confined space with me after I have just destroyed bart's hotel room. The car has 4 windows and the Uber will cost him a few bucks he can put towards ammo. He relents as we head down to the garage to find my car. Thankfully we find it quickly and I manage to contain the weapons of ass destruction for the 16 minute ride off strip to casa de brogel.
He says I'm not that bad a dude and I agree as I hightail it to my hotel. I cannot find my hotel reservations so I call my travel agent to see.
Apparently the Wynn was not in my travel budget this year. I have come to find out I have been booked at Circus Circus, much to my chagrin. How bad could it be? I've stayed at the Wynn. I've stayed at Encore. I've stayed at the hotel that Elisabeth Shue's character got raped in in Leaving Las Vegas - but Circus Circus? Did I mention that I HATE CLOWNS? I HATE CLOWNS. Fuck.
I pull into the parking garage and the check in line resembles something straight out of the TSA line at Mccarran. 45 minutes to check in. The clerk is friendly and says he's also from Louisiana which is neat. He asks if I've stayed there before and I, being a connoisseur of old vegas history I decide to make a joke and I tell him the last time I was there, Jay Sarno owned the place. He got a laugh. I head up to my room and unpack. The lobby is clean as an old vegas casino can be, the room is clean and there's no way to plug anything in since the hotel predates personal electronic devices. I plug my phone into my external battery and collapse on the bed. I message Bart and
chugbleach instead of falling asleep about show tomorrow and I offer to pick bart up early since there is no shuttle from the cosmo.
Tuesday, November 16th SHOT Show Day One I awoke several hours later in a daze......the clock said 10AM. The show opened at 8:30. Fuck me to tears. I hurry up and get dressed and down to the sands convention center. The parking lot is FULL. The entire complex is a mess. When my man Steve Wynn built his joint he didn't build enough parking. So people would park at the Venetian and now FUCKING NOBODY CAN GET A PARKING SPACE. Holy shit. I eventually say fuck it and park over at the Wynn and walk over to the Sands. I meet up with a few of my regular suppliers and I see nothing interesting at all. Bart went to bed at 6AM after spending all night partying with his wife over at the palazzo. I joke and say that he just should have stayed there. Bart is amazed at the size of the show and we have lunch at the most disgusting place in las vegas - the convention center bistro snack bar. Bart is a wise man as he grabs a powerade and a fruit cup. I decide to try an "italian beef" and a fruit cup instead of fries to stay semi health conscious. The "italian beef" is the most disgusting thing I have ever eaten. It is flat out depressing. They give me fries with it and I demand a fruit cup. The sassy black woman working the stand asks me "DID YOU ASK FOR FRUIT? CAUSE RIGHT HERE SAYS FRIES" and I channel my inner Louis CK from the "this is how I talk" bit from SNL as I shoot back "WHY YOU FRONTIN ON ME I ASKED FOR FRUIT AND YOUR ASS BETTER BACK UP AND GET ME SOME FRUIT" so she goes back and gets me some fruit.
The "italian beef", my fruit cup, bart's fruit cup and powerade comes to $81. My platinum amex comes out and I treat bart to "lunch". We bullshit about guns and stuff in the Springfield booth as we wait at the world's worst concession stand. We eat and Bart is so hungover that he thinks he is in need of physical therapy and a wheelchair. There is no way he is going to party tonight before his trip home. Or so I think. Haha.
I meander around the show a bit more and I find this, the most USELESS PRODUCT OF 2017. It's made by a company called radetec.
http://imgur.com/a/GOiCB It's a shot counter. For your gun.
A digital odometer, for your gun.
The only person that would buy this is the guy like my dad that kept a spiral bound notebook in his car where he documented how many miles he traveled per tank, gallons dispensed, PRICE, service station and whether they had a different price for cash/charge, oil consumption, tire rotations, alignments, all services - scheduled or otherwise, and a running odometer. Does anyone know the gun owner who asks for a round count when they are looking at a used gun? The question I always shoot back is "do you want to be lied at a little or do you want to be lied at a lot?" because that's what you're asking for when you ask for round count.
UNLESS YOU BUY THIS PRODUCT!
I roll my eyes so far back into my head that I nearly lose my balance. This is idiotic. I cannot fathom anyone willing to buy this. What a waste of perfectly good exhibition space.
Bart heads back to his hotel after visiting SHOT show for a few hours, not getting any swag and to get an IV of fluids since he looked like he was rapidly approaching grim death.
I wrap up visiting prime vendors and checking out the new products, or lack thereof because I have something on the schedule. At 4:30 there's a suicide prevention for retailers seminar hosted by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. As many of you know this is an issue that is important to me and perhaps we as retailers should be doing more. The keynote was from their chief medical director talking about the accessibility of firearms and the mindset of the "typical" suicide. Mostly men. If you are a veteran you are at a significantly larger risk. The information was presented very not surprisingly and one of the things discussed was that we only spend around 21M a year on suicide prevention.
A few take away facts from the keynote:
When suicide barriers are put up on a bridge, suicide rates for the entire area drop. The key to preventing suicide is getting people to talk about their problems. Once you can get someone out of that mindset, they are statistically less likely to do it and live productive lives afterwards. There are certain terms that they are trying to get away from - for instance, they are not saying "committed suicide" they are now saying "died by suicide" in order to bring awareness and tell it like it is.
One thing that really was interesting to me was my reading on the flight in from Dallas. In The Tipping Point, Gladwell discusses how things stay the same and suddenly they all change. One of the things that he discusses is in micronesia - where teen suicide was practically unheard of became an outright epidemic. One teenager did it, for reasons passing understanding to me as an outsider and then all the other kids realized that they too could escape their pain by hanging themselves as well and suddenly the suicide rates in micronesia became so high to where it became a public health issue. I wish I could show you all the article I wrote on TTAG about my friend's death but it has been lost in the cloud and I am unable to find the last draft I sent to print, but it echoes some of the problems we have with suicide and mental health in the firearm industry.
After the keynote, the good doctor opened the floor up for questions. Her keynote posed a lot of statistics but not a lot of answers. I am a detail oriented granular data guy and I did not get a solid grasp of the AFSP solutions posed, if any.
Several firearm dealers discussed the lack of a cohesive solution and the takeaway was they're trying to develop awareness for the suicide problem. Their goal is to lower suicide rates but how they get there is yet to be determined. I didn't like hearing that and the comments from the crowd reflected the lack of a "here's what you can do TODAY to help this problem" part of the initiative.
Going around the room, one dealer who used NICS said that if a customer was just flat out acting funny - he'd lie to the customer and say there was a delay with NICS even though there was an approval just to get them to not be able to have a gun for a few days. The crowd applauded this initiative, however I'm not sure lying to customers is the best way to run a business and treat them with respect. Another dealer brought up an interesting point. When someone comes in looking to buy a gun and they don't know what kind of gun they want, what caliber, and are generally clueless - they're either buying a gun to kill themselves with, OR perhaps they are a very uneducated prospective customer - and there is no clear way of finding out which is which.
The problems presented by the AFSP are real. The solutions aren't there though. Yet. Ideally I'd like to see some change to that. However, there's some problems.
I hung around and asked the good doctor and her staff some questions and I am in no way denigrating her life's work and her dedication to preventing suicide since she has dedicated her life's work to the issue, but the conversation went something like this.
Did you do any research on the accessibility of firearms from a retailer from the legal standpoint?
"No, we haven't"
Do you know how the NICS or state POC background systems work in regard to mental health holds, etc?
"No"
One of the problems that I foresee right off the bat is that you talked about how you are fighting time, and if you can get someone out of that suicide mindset - even for a few hours, you can get them into that higher survival bracket. If we apply a one size fits all solution to it like California and put a 10 day wait on everything with the goal of protecting someone from their own life, how do we balance that with the needs of the woman who has been hiding from her abusive spouse and needs a gun right away?
"That's a good question that I don't have an answer for."
Their initiative, I admire - the lack of solutions is a little off putting however. I tell the doc about how my friend's suicide has impacted me and she seems to be sympathetic to the situation as does her colleagues. I am given her cards and told to call the next time I'm in New York so we can get together and discuss things within the industry. I'll give them a buzz in a few weeks when I'm up there on business. On my way out of the hall, I run into Massad Ayoob. Nice guy. I've admired his work over the years. Bart invites myself and
chugbleach to dinner, I can't reach Chug and even though I am beat I decide to hang out with Bart and Mrs Bart
Bart: What do you want to eat?
FC: Let's find a nice seafood restaurant and eat some red salmon, I feel a powerful lust for red salmon.
I begin vomiting.
God damn mescaline. Why the fuck can't they make it a little less pure?
We eventually head downstairs and order too much food. We are tired and not very hungry. Bart is still hungover and barely able to process food. His wife is grazing on all sorts of meat products. I am in awe of how they are both still upright after six nonstop nights of partying. I've only been here one day and I feel like I am about to die.
Dinner concludes with an awkward hug with bart's wife - I don't know how other men feel about wife hugs so I have just avoided the prospect entirely. Like flying through Denver on Frontier. Or flying on Frontier. Ever.
I drive over to the Wynn to set up my markers and the poker room is full. I draw a $2500 marker at the craps table and watch the game a bit. I have never played craps before in my life but the three people there seem to be having fun.
I look down at my phone and I realize a plane has landed.
fluffy_butternut has landed in Las Vegas on business. I had lost a bet and offered to pick him up from the airport. I cash back in my chips against my casino credit and head back to my car. I cannot find my car. Fuck. I wander the wynn garage which is covered in construction debris. I eventually find it and haul ass to the airport. Now, I didn't know this but fluffy has the WORST SENSE OF DIRECTION AT ALL. Seriously. I have no idea how he even made it to the correct city. He lands and has to get his bag and stuff and I circle the airport. He lets me know he's at door 77 wherever the fuck that was. I drive into the pickup portion and I see no sign. He then says he's coming up a level, and I tell him that I'll be there shortly. I park the car and Metro PD starts yelling.
Metro: You can't park your car here.
FC: Why not? Is this not a reasonable place to park?
Metro: Reasonable? You're on a sidewalk! This is the sidewalk!
I give the man a $20 and tell him to keep it running as I wander Mccarran screaming FLUFFY! HERE FLUFFY! I message fluffy to let him know I am the car parked on the sidewalk. I instantly figure out who he is having never seen a photo of him and I throw his bags into the car as we head for his hotel. I haul ass out of the airport and get the A3 on the highway.
Now this was a superior machine. Thirty nine grand worth of gimmicks and high-priced special effects. The rear windows lit up with a touch like frogs in a dynamite pond. The dashboard was full of esoteric lights and dials and meters that I would never understand.
We check in at the Rio where the desk clerk is friendly and flirty. I express amazement there is no line. Fluffy checks in and we take his bags upstairs and he offers to buy me food for driving him to the airport. I decline. We head to the bar anyways. He orders two beers and we decide to call chug. He's staying out in Summerlin or something because his company is apparently run by cheapskates. He asks if we want to hang out and shoot the shit. I say sure and ask if he wants us to pick up food or anything from CVS or something since I have the car and I'm able to do anything I want. He asks for some toothpaste. No problem. I may be an asshole on the internet but I have a heart of gold. We get some toothpaste get to the hotel.
Arriving at the lobby, we have no idea where he is. It turns out he gave us the address for the hotel across the street. We laugh and go to that lobby and shoot the shit till 3AM much to the chagrin of the hotel clerk. Fluffy has some beers and we plan on dinner the next day. I drive fluffy back and arrive at the hotel at 4. Fuck me to tears.
Wednesday, January 18th. Day 2 of SHOT show. Alarm goes off at 7:30 AM. I wash up, eat and get breakfast. In the garage by 8:15. Nice. I get some dillo dust and check out the new Sig 220 DA/SA and SAO legions. Daddy likey. I go to a competing firm and I piss of my state sales manager by telling him his newer designed triggers suck ass. He says the company tested them and they're the same in every way. I ask him why the triggers have two different part numbers in the catalog and how come they're not interchangeable and if that's really the case, how come there's X changes in the supposedly identical pistol parts that he's holding side by side. He gets mad at me and says I'm not an expert on their product and perhaps I should take his job since I'm so smart. I agree that I'm smart and I hold firm that if he didn't want me to complain about the shitty trigger, they should stop selling guns with shitty triggers. I am nearly kicked out of the booth.
I meet up with some of my wholesale reps and I'm mid convo when I see
Itsgoodsoup and his friend walking around the show. I yell SOUP but he does not hear me. So I grab his friend and find him and I tell him we should get together at dinner with fluffy and chug. He agrees.
The show winds down, I get some business done and nothing much else. We break for a shitty gunnit live lite and I take a few questions from the crowd in fluffy's suite at the Rio. Dinner is at 8 and we arrive at the restaurant late to find soup and his friend sitting at one table and chug and his girlfriend sitting at another. Perhaps we should have gotten here a little earlier. Hahaha. So, fluffy said the place is really good and I order a few of the specialties of the house. Apparently according to yelp they do a kickass peking duck. Soon to be mrs chug is a vegan. But we can eat meat in front of her. I wonder how it's served and Soup's vancouver raised asian friend tells me that they normally carve it tableside. Our vegan says as long as there's no head she's cool. We're not sure if they can fulfill that request. So we order and food starts coming out and we tell tall tales of shot show BS and other stuff. Sure enough, the duck comes out with the head. No bueno. Haha. But I decide to treat us to vegan donuts at the vegan bakery across the street later. Seven courses later we are full. Vegan bakery closed. I am committed to getting her some vegan donuts though. We head to Fremont street to gamble. Fluffy wanders about and we try craps and we're not impressed. We hit some slots and eventually I hit the craps table where chug explains the game to me. We start betting on dice. And somehow we start winning. I find that the house allows you to take 10X behind the line. No idea what this means so I plop $5 on the pass line and the point hits 6. I drop $50 behind it and it hits. We go a few rounds and leave ahead. It's 2:30 AM. Fuck. I drive everyone back to their hotel. I get to sleep around 4.
Thursday, January 19th. Day 3 of SHOT show. Wake up at 10AM feeling like crap. Debate whether to head straight to show and wander about. Fuck it. Went to halal guys for some halal. Delicious. Got vegan donuts. Dead drop them at the Palazzo lobby for chug and his girl. Show is a bust. Literally nothing exciting. Fluffy offers to buy me dinner. One of my customers who lives in Summerlin offers to take me to dinner. I pass on fluffy and he destroys the seafood buffet at the rio. I head to Sinatra at the Wynn for dinner with my customer. All good in the hood. Chug has been invited to the Glock dinneafter party and I'm not so we all go our separate ways. I call
foghorn5950 and due to some weather, he's flying home early and our plans to hangout are fucked up unless I go tonight. I grab fluffy and we head to Whiskey Down. He orders a makers and I give him a funny look. I tell the waitress make it a bulleit. Everyone laughs. I talk shop with Jeremy also from TTAG and we shoot the shit over cigars and talk about useless products. Next thing we know, chug is out of the dinner and wandering the strip. We decide to meet up at the Linq. It takes us nearly 30 minutes to get out of Whiskey Down at MGM because the waitress was awful and messed up everyone's tab. It was a fucking disaster. To boot, MGM is now charging for parking.
FC: What a bunch of fucking jews
Fluff: You should just tailgate that lady in front of you out and screw them out of the $7
FC: I should
We pull behind her and watch as she gets flustered at the awful parking machine. Her nevada license plate says VETERAN. As the gate goes up we haul ass and screw MGM out of $7. I shout "THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE" out the window as we blow right by her up to the Linq. Through fluffy's awful navigation, we wind up at the loading dock for the Linq. Eventually we find chug and gf hanging at the penny slots. They are holding vegan donuts, which she is very appreciative of. Least I could do after showing her the head. Fluffy plays the House of Cards slot machine.
He stuck $100 in, played for 6 minutes and then got really mad and hit the cash out button and $80 was left after 5 minutes.
ITS EXACTLY LIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!
Chug's gf asks to play a special slot machine called kitty glitter. We ask and the linq does not offer it but Harrahs next door does. So we head over there and the slot tech finds the kitty glitter machine. Fluffy sticks a C note in there and tells her to play and have a blast. So she's banging away at the one armed bandit WHEN SUDDENLY I HEAR THE SOUND.
It's PUTTIN ON THE RITZ in shitty .wav file internal speaker format. Hahah. She's just hit the progressive jackpot on the penny KITTY GLITTER machine. THIS PLACE IS AWESOME! We cash out after some play and a good time was had by all. I dump off fluffy at the rio since it was very close and drive everyone else back. It's late, I'm tired and the Palace Station oyster bar is open 24 hours......I head over there and there's a 45 minute wait.
So, I pull out my backup bankroll and using everything chug and fluffy have taught me about craps I belly up to the $3 min table where they let you take 10x behind the line. I'm still learning and the table is slow so one of the boxmen start explaining the game to me.
Box: So if you place the 6 or the 9 or individual numbers you can bet those but you gotta pay a little juice on it like a commission
Me: Like when you buy the hook?
short pause Box: Yeah! Exactly like that! You got this!
So I played a little and went up a bit and down a bit. As you do. Plunked $5 down on the pass line and took full odds and the point hit. This game is pretty cool! So I hung around and watched for about an hour and finally decided to eat my winnings. I take $5 off my stack and, drop it on the pass line and announce dealer bet - $5 to pass. It hits. The dealers love me.
Maybe Vegas isn't so bad after all.
http://imgur.com/a/LGhDj I have the pan roast at the oyster bar. No line. It is DELICIOUS. I get back to the hotel at 5AM. I don't care when I wake up.
Friday, January 20th. Day 4 of SHOT show. Wake up around noon feeling like crap. Go to show. Debate destroying milk cart with wheels with an ax borrowed from fire station. Decide against it. Gas up car and find myself out by palace station again. Played some craps, hit the buffet and went for an early sleep.
It's midnight. The neighbors in my the hotel are having sex. A LOT OF SEX. I can hear everything. I gently knock on the door. No answer. I knock slightly harder. No answer. I head back to my room and close the door just as I hear their door open. I zoom back out to find a puzzled middle aged stocky and perhaps sticky Latino man looking both ways.
I get in his line of sight.
Me: Hey. I'm next door. It sounds like you're having a lot of fun. I get it. I really do. In fact I haven't had sex since the bush administration so I'm gunning for you man I really am. But it's midnight and I have a 6am flight and a rental car to return. So trust me when I say I'm really happy for you but if you don't mind I really need to get some sleep tonight okay?
The awkward silence is deafening. He nods without saying a word and mouths okay. I give him a manly nod and thumbs up.
Me: thanks. I'd shake your hand or fist bump but well you know.....
I give him a peace sign as he goes back into his little pleasure palace and I turn to realize that I have just locked myself out of my room. I am wearing boxers, a tshirt and barefoot. I head downstairs to the lobby. The check in at the front desk resembles the TSA line at Mccarran. Normally I would not be this rude but desperate times call for desperate measures.
The line is 50 people deep. I walk past every person. Fuck your queue. I approach the desk where someone is helping a guest and I raise my right hand as if I were in a deposition to get them to stop. The staff and guest looks puzzled as the angry barefoot man clad in nothing but boxers and a "uzi does it" tshirt approaches the desk.
Me: excuse me. I don't mean to interrupt. I have an emergency. I'm up on 8 and my neighbors are having a lot of sex. I mean a LOT of sex.
(This is the same front desk clerk who actually checked me in Monday night by coincidence looks back at me very awkwardly and puzzled.)
Me: this isn't your regular sex. I'm talking this is your (I begin air humping the front desk and slapping the granite counter with my palm and grunting loudly) sex. You could hear the plan B packaging open.
At this point - the ENTIRE FRONT DESK STAFF HAS STOPPED CHECKING IN GUESTS. The people in line and are watching the show. The clerk is stunned. Speechless. Shock and awed. Crapped out and busted. The women are covering their children's eyes and ears. The men are wondering if this show requires a 2 drink minimum.
Me: now I get this is Vegas. Everyone wants a good time. It's midnight. My flight leaves at 6 which means I have to be up by 4. And this just isn't working. So I asked them to keep it down and I locked myself out of my room. So if you can make me another key or move me I'd appreciate it.
The clerk nods.
Clerk: of course. may I see your ID?
Years of ballet have prepared me for this day. I step back to make sure my genitals are still ensconced in my boxers as I pirouette and gesticulate wildly.
Me: DO I LOOK LIKE I HAVE ID?
The floor manager steps over and asks me to head down to the end of the desk where she will make me a key. I give her the room number and thank her after she offers to have security sent up to shutdown the best little whorehouse in Vegas. I tell her it may not be necessary. As I take my keys and walk away the people in line break out in raucous applause.
I take a bow and miraculously my boxer shorts don't rip. These people are my subjects and I have been crowned the the king of the three ring circus that is the circus circus lobby. Im offered a $1 tip from a kind soul but I decline.
My walk back to the hotel elevator bank is uneventful. So much so that I realize it is going too well. The other shoe, if I were wearing one felt as if it was about to drop. Suddenly a dumbass in a rascal scooter is heading toward me at flank speed as his head is turned to look at everyone BEHIND HIM. There's no way this will end well.
For you gentle readers joining us mid conversation - it's midnight and I need to be at the airport in 4.5 hours. I can just see it now. (Cue the harp noises)
Scene: Emergency room
Nurse: Allergic to anything? Me: NKDA Nurse: cause of injury? Me: what's the IC10 code for "run down by drunken buffoon on motorized wheelchair?"
I saw my life and confirmed upgraded first class seats home being given away by the Mccarran gate agent flash before my eyes and my catlike reflexes kicked in and I jumped to my left into the wall, mid 1960's Las Vegas union construction being the path of least resistance. Think "The Bodyguard" with Kevin Costner.
The buffoon barely realizes what happens. Children are amazed. "HEY MOM! Look! That guy just ran into a wall!"
Me: it was that OR GET RUN DOWN BY SOME JACKASS ON A GODDAMN SCOOTER GOING FULL SPEED DRIVING LIKE A....
I look down and a midwestern nuclear family with two children of formative age are waiting for the elevator. I change my last word.
Me: LUNATIC!
I look over to the parents.
Me: I'm really sorry. This is a family joint and I shouldn't have cursed the drunken scooter driver like that. Sorry kids.
Parent: no big deal. They've heard fucking worse.
I crack a smile at her word choice. Fucking worse. Yeah. That sounds like my evening.
After jumping into a wall, I'm now wide awake and unable to go back to sleep. I make the plane and push on time. The 737 comes to a stop short of the runway and holds. Something is wrong. The pilots come on and say that they loaded more cargo and passengers than planned so they have to redo their numbers. We're waiting on the taxiway with both engines running as they do this and the waiting music comes on. What's the first song?
Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You"
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