Remember When…..
December 30th, 2021 at 2:05:23 PM
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You got scolded for using a cell phone in or near the sports book? How times have changed.
Okay, who’s next? Must be casino or gaming related.
Okay, who’s next? Must be casino or gaming related.
December 30th, 2021 at 2:09:56 PM
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I remember being able to bet cash at the tables, I think the last place I remember allowing it for me was Gold Coast around 2003ish
Happy days are here again
December 30th, 2021 at 2:20:42 PM
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Around 1999, a casino in AC put in a combo slot machine/ exercise machine. I never tried it but you had to pedal a bit before you unlocked the next spin. It didn't last long, and the section was replaced with the first sit down slots. Prior to that, all the slots in AC required you to stand.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
December 30th, 2021 at 2:47:13 PM
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how I learned to type - not from school - but from my Mom who was a Secretary
𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙭 𝙟𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙯𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙜
typing this sentence over and over greatly helps a person to learn how to type
because it contains every letter of the alphabet
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how I learned to type - not from school - but from my Mom who was a Secretary
𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙭 𝙟𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙯𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙜
typing this sentence over and over greatly helps a person to learn how to type
because it contains every letter of the alphabet
.
the foolish sayings of a rich man often pass for words of wisdom by the fools around him
December 30th, 2021 at 4:16:58 PM
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Perhaps the most useful class I had in junior high was learning how to touch type on a typewriter.
"F,J, space" etc.
I wonder what they teach today?
"F,J, space" etc.
I wonder what they teach today?
"What, me worry?"
December 30th, 2021 at 4:48:18 PM
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Quote: MrVPerhaps the most useful class I had in junior high was learning how to touch type on a typewriter.
"F,J, space" etc.
I wonder what they teach today?
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I took a three-day keyboarding class in 2015 and that was one of the first things they taught us.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
December 30th, 2021 at 7:36:17 PM
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Cell phone in the sports book...
Heck, they wouldn't allow it in the casino period.
If you brought a laptop in, even just sitting in the restauran,t you would have issue's. Then one day I noticed you could bring your laptop and cellphone right in the sports book.
Heck, they wouldn't allow it in the casino period.
If you brought a laptop in, even just sitting in the restauran,t you would have issue's. Then one day I noticed you could bring your laptop and cellphone right in the sports book.
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
December 30th, 2021 at 9:48:35 PM
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Quote: MrVPerhaps the most useful class I had in junior high was learning how to touch type on a typewriter.
"F,J, space" etc.
I wonder what they teach today?
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I suppose there is not much call for classic typist jobs. You can pretty much dictate everything to speech recognition.
Sanitized for Your Protection
December 30th, 2021 at 10:12:40 PM
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Quote: rxwineQuote: MrVPerhaps the most useful class I had in junior high was learning how to touch type on a typewriter.
"F,J, space" etc.
I wonder what they teach today?
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I suppose there is not much call for classic typist jobs. You can pretty much dictate everything to speech recognition.
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The class I took was part of an eight week program AARP and the State of Nevada run for people over 55 wanting to start their own business. It's a great program if you qualify.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
December 31st, 2021 at 1:26:51 AM
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the drill - elementary school - taking cover under our desks during the Cuban missle crisis
then came the very loud air raid siren - then we went home missing half the day
because of this drill - since those days - I've had a recurring daydream fantasy of a nuclear bomb exploding and destroying everything
what a great plan that was - as if that little desk was going to protect you
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the drill - elementary school - taking cover under our desks during the Cuban missle crisis
then came the very loud air raid siren - then we went home missing half the day
because of this drill - since those days - I've had a recurring daydream fantasy of a nuclear bomb exploding and destroying everything
what a great plan that was - as if that little desk was going to protect you
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the foolish sayings of a rich man often pass for words of wisdom by the fools around him
December 31st, 2021 at 3:08:03 AM
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I would get excited to see vending machines in the casino that sold cigarettes because they usually also sold canceled playing cards and sometimes canceled dice. It was the kind that you put in change — usually quarters — and you'd pull out a plastic knob to get your item. How I loved being able to pull out that knob and hear the clunk of the cards dropping into the metal tray. I think cards were 50 cents and dice were $1.
December 31st, 2021 at 3:33:14 AM
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Quote: MrVPerhaps the most useful class I had in junior high was learning how to touch type on a typewriter.
"F,J, space" etc.
I wonder what they teach today?
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I was on a crew typing oil and gas title reports. The de facto crew chief (he did not call himself that but I did else people might have started thinking I was in charge) told me that he could tell I typed something since I was the only one there that put two spaces after a period at the end of a sentence. I guess the kids did not learn that way.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
December 31st, 2021 at 3:36:08 AM
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Quote: smoothgrhI would get excited to see vending machines in the casino that sold cigarettes because they usually also sold canceled playing cards and sometimes canceled dice. It was the kind that you put in change — usually quarters — and you'd pull out a plastic knob to get your item. How I loved being able to pull out that knob and hear the clunk of the cards dropping into the metal tray. I think cards were 50 cents and dice were $1.
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As a kid I saw those machined and wondered how anyone underage would not just use them to buy smokes instead of possibly being carded. I am talking I was about 9 years old thinking it.
Last I heard there are about 10 cigarette machines left in NYC that were grandfathered in after the city banned them, This was 10+ years ago so all may be gone now.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
December 31st, 2021 at 6:37:11 AM
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Quote: lilredrooster
what a great plan that was - as if that little desk was going to protect you
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If you're distant enough to survive the initial effects, the desk may provide some protection from falling debris.
May the cards fall in your favor.
December 31st, 2021 at 8:33:47 AM
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Quote: DieterQuote: lilredrooster
what a great plan that was - as if that little desk was going to protect you
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If you're distant enough to survive the initial effects, the desk may provide some protection from falling debris.
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Broken glass, falling debris, ect,ect.
It's funny but I vaguely recall these drills when we lived in Japan and in North Carolina, but not when we lived on Governors Island, in NY harbor. I wonder if it was because we were so close to the theoretical Ground Zero. The basement of my building had some sort of sign proclaiming it was a fallout shelter.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
December 31st, 2021 at 8:41:27 AM
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I only type left-handed because I got a mouse on a mousepad in my lap.
December 31st, 2021 at 11:06:33 AM
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Nikita Kruschev and his famous or if you prefer infamous shoe banging incident at the United Nations
2 other U.N. Delegates shown in the vid thought the whole thing was hilarious - better than Shecky Greene
this is before the Cuban missle crisis
re the crisis he thought he could get the U.S. to back down
but it was he who backed down and uprooted the missles and took them back to his beloved Russia
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Nikita Kruschev and his famous or if you prefer infamous shoe banging incident at the United Nations
2 other U.N. Delegates shown in the vid thought the whole thing was hilarious - better than Shecky Greene
this is before the Cuban missle crisis
re the crisis he thought he could get the U.S. to back down
but it was he who backed down and uprooted the missles and took them back to his beloved Russia
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the foolish sayings of a rich man often pass for words of wisdom by the fools around him
