My First Vegas Trip Report

Quote: EvenBob

I never realized what a truly butt ugly city Vegas is. Complex
after development after strip mall of cookie cutter stucco
buildings, all in a different shade of brown. In the background
are brown topped brown mountains surrounded by brown
desert. It went on and on, the same tree's, the same
landscaping, the exact same strip malls and condo's and
two story duplexes in brown stucco. I know a bunch of people
on this forum live there and my hats off to you, I would have
moved or killed myself years ago. ..... No imagination,
just block after block of maddening repetition.

Hilarious, and so true. It's like EVERY house in town was designed by the same uncreative architecture student, using the exact same materials and colors. Every house is beige stucco and has exact same window configuration, no grass, only gravel and cactus landscaping, every house is an arm's-length from the neighbor's. Same colors for all strip centers. The town is in a pancake-flat valley surrounded by brown mountains. It is depressingly ugly in its sameness. Most places you drive to have covered parking, but if not (like grocery stores) you learn real quick how to park your car so the sun isn't on your steering wheel or driver's seat. You can tell the tourists because their cars don't have tinted windows. You can tell locals because they leave 2 cars-length to the car in front of them at traffic lights to allow escape routes in case of carjacking. I lived in Vegas two and half years before I was ready to put a gun in my mouth. I still go back every few months to catch up with friends and play the soft poker tables, but I always think to myself "I can't believe I'm back here again!" I still have 100's of dollars of comp points on various player cards to use up, and I love the buffets, but Vegas's time is past; exciting for a few days for a newbie, dreadfully melancholy after a couple weeks. Crime rate, unemployment rate, foreclosure rate, suicide rate, homelessness, .......I'm glad I got out.

And Bob, I am one who would've liked to read about where you ate, yet you state in the first sentence you didn't think anyone was interested. I almost closed the thread right then.

Quote: zippyboy

. I lived in Vegas two and half years before I was ready to put a gun in my mouth. I still go back every few months to catch up with friends and play the soft poker tables, but I always think to myself "I can't believe I'm back here again!" .

All the times I've been to Vegas, I never took a ride
and really looked at it. High up from a bus window.
And in the summer its a prison, controlled by 110
degrees in the shade. I realize now I can never
live there or visit for longer than a few weeks. Life
is too short for that much drabness if you have a
choice of living somewhere else. Great place to
visit, etc...

Quote: EvenBob

Vegas is the only place I go where dealers lecture about what a waste of time roulette is.
...
I never get this at indian joints.

Could it be that peyote makes dealing roulette more bearable?

Nice trip report and insight. Sorry we did not get to meet up.

I was at the Flamingo playing bac in the middle of the
afternoon. There's a mid east type guy sitting next to
me, all gold jewelry and shirt open to his hairy navel.
All of a sudden he's getting a massage from some roving
massage bimbo. I mean she's all over his back with her
elbows and thumbs and on his shoulders with her
hands. This is very distracting when I'm trying to concentrate
on my play. After about 10 or 12min I say to her 'does this
go on forever or does it just seem that way. I'm trying to
play here.' He gives me a dirty look, pays her, and she wanders
away.

I mean, c'mon..

Quote: EvenBob

I was at the Flamingo playing bac in the middle of the
afternoon. There's a mid east type guy sitting next to
me, all gold jewelry and shirt open to his hairy navel.
All of a sudden he's getting a massage from some roving
massage bimbo. I mean she's all over his back with her
elbows and thumbs and on his shoulders with her
hands. This is very distracting when I'm trying to concentrate
on my play. After about 10 or 12min I say to her 'does this
go on forever or does it just seem that way. I'm trying to
play here.' He gives me a dirty look, pays her, and she wanders
away.

I mean, c'mon..

That was something new for me on this trip - these massage girls were wandering around several of the pits asking players if they wanted a massage. I almost gave in at one point late in the trip when my neck was very sore.

Quote: MrV

Dealing at a major Las Vegas casino is reputed to be the "best" job a casino dealer can have, period.

I'm not sure about that...about a year ago, I ran into a dealer here in WA state who had been a dealer in Vegas. He said he made more money here (WA state cardrooms), I'm assuming due to keep-your-own tips. If you're a superstar dealer with a good attitude, I can see how not working in Vegas might be good. You just have to make sure you're at least in a casino that gets some action.

When I arrived, the usual dopes were lined up around
the Gold & Silver Pawn to catch a glimpse of their hero's.
Which is hard because they're only there when they
shoot the show and the store is closed then. The valet
guy at 4 Queens told me the most asked question by far
he gets is, where is Gold & Silver Pawn. He said you have
a better chance of seeing them in a casino than in the
pawn shop.

Quote: EvenBob

I mean she's all over his back with her
elbows and thumbs and on his shoulders with her
hands. This is very distracting when I'm trying to concentrate
on my play.

You have to concentrate on your Roulette play? Too many numbers?

And another thing. The high desert is one of the most beautiful places on the planet. Just takes the right eye.

Quote: Sabretom2

You have to concentrate on your Roulette play? Too many numbers?

I was playing bac, pay attention.

Quote: Sabretom2

And another thing. The high desert is one of the most beautiful places on the planet. Just takes the right eye.

True, the left eye is a waste of time on all that
brown 'beauty'. In fact, half a sleepy eye would
be enough..

Quote: EvenBob

Now I'm
just an old eccentric crank and thats fine by me.

Hey, where's Mission146 when we need him ? Is this enough for Bob
to ban himself by making a comment about himself ?

( E-Bob, take it easy, I'm just kidding ).