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I won $2.Quote: AcesAndEights
EDIT2: And of course to your last question, I don't believe anyone won money.
The best part: Tom Green photo-bombed the group!
Quote: RogerKintThe best part: Tom Green photo-bombed the group!
I'm so clueless that I have no idea what that means.
Quote: rdw4potusthe Ahigh "It's picture time" faces are pretty great!
You mean he doesn't look like that all the time?
Quote: rdw4potus (in the Casino Chip of the Day thread)I'll just assume it's the thin mountain air that wore you down on this trip.
Well, there was a bit of that effect. It was at its most extreme in the location shown below. This photo was taken on Tuesday, the day after we left Las Vegas and a couple of hours after I made my chip-collecting rounds in Cripple Creek.
You will note that the navigation system on my phone disagrees on the altitude, claiming that it is 9 feet higher than the official elevation listed on the sign. About half of that discrepancy can be attributed to the mounting height on the windshield of the rental car, and the rest is just an indicator of the inaccuracies in the GPS satellite elevation measurements.
Quote: Doc
You will note that the navigation system on my phone disagrees on the altitude
When we were there in the 50's we had to take
the signs word for it.
Quote: DocI'm so clueless that I have no idea what that means.
Who's Tom Green.
Quote: EvenBobWho's Tom Green.
That's about half of what I didn't understand.
Quote: DocThat's about half of what I didn't understand.
He's a terrible Canadian comedian/prankster, who uses shock, awe and the grotesque in place of being actually funny. He had some success on MUCHTV before moving to MTV with the Tom Green show, where he simulated sex with a dead moose (referenced in the song by Eminem 'The Real Slim Shady').
Basically someone who was famous for fifteen minutes, 14 of those were him standing around awkwardly waiting for it to end.
Quote: DocYou will note that the navigation system on my phone disagrees on the altitude, claiming that it is 9 feet higher than the official elevation listed on the sign.
A difference of three meters or s in 4,000+ meters isn't very significant.
How did you find the air up there? Mex City is at about 2,200 meters, and tourists commonly complain about finding it hard to breathe. Incidentally, the highest I've been that I know of is 3,100 meters, at a pass on the highway between Mexico and Cuernavaca.
Quote: Doc
Nice hat Doc :)
Quote: thecesspitHe's a terrible Canadian comedian/prankster, who uses shock, awe and the grotesque in place of being actually funny. He had some success on MUCHTV before moving to MTV with the Tom Green show, .
And this has what to do with WoVcon. I don't understand
the reference.
Quote: EvenBobAnd this has what to do with WoVcon. I don't understand
the reference.
I guess with the beard and partially obscured position, acesandeights kind of looks like Tom Green? That's the best I have, and it's not much...
Quote: NareedHow did you find the air up there?
Well, we kept gasping for it, but I'm not sure we ever found any. ;-)
As we first stepped out of the car, my wife commented that she felt funny and couldn't breathe. I walked ten or fifteen feet before I really felt the effects. We were light headed and weak the whole time we were at the summit. I suppose one would become acclimated after a while, but here at home the same altimeter reads well under 800 feet, so I'm not at all accustomed to being 2 2/3 miles up without being in a pressurized aircraft.
I think the visitors' facility up there would be a very practical place for an oxygen bar, and I don't think I have ever seen one of those that I would call practical. The gift shop had a lot of stuff that made jokes about the location, such as T shirts that said, "In most states, getting this high would be illegal."
Quote: bigfoot66Nice hat Doc :)
And did you notice that MidwestAP borrowed it as part of his disguise?
BTW, the fine print on the jacket spells out the whole name.
Quote: DocI'm so clueless that I have no idea what that means.
A photobomb is something in the background that ruins or otherwise takes attention from the subject of the photo. This can be anything from a jackass making stupid faces to an odd, coincidental occurrence. See below…
Still, I don’t get the reference. I see no one messing up any of your pics, nor do I see anyone who looks like Tom Green
Quote: bigfoot66Quote: Doc
This is my home, I am a Colorado Springs boy, but as Doc said it is hard to breathe up there and I was native to the Springs, I cant imagine going up there now living in PHX, I might die, and that is not a joke.
Quote: DocWell, we kept gasping for it, but I'm not sure we ever found any. ;-)
Ooh! I love that! ;)
Quote:I suppose one would become acclimated after a while, but here at home the same altimeter reads well under 800 feet, so I'm not at all accustomed to being 2 2/3 miles up without being in a pressurized aircraft.
The human body is very adaptable to changing environments. When it gets hot you sweat, when it gets called you shiver. When there's too little air, the bone marrow produces more red blood cells. Of course this takes time.
Quote:I think the visitors' facility up there would be a very practical place for an oxygen bar, and I don't think I have ever seen one of those that I would call practical.
That would be a great idea. at the very least, for once one wouldn't be paying for something that's freely available in the air.
is 11,000 feet, and had no trouble. Does the extra
3000 feet make that much difference?
Quote: Facenor do I see anyone who looks like Tom Green
Are you sure you're in surveillance? ;) The guy in the back looks just like Tom Green... or maybe I was high.
A new term learned on urban dictionary + a Tom Green reference = I suck at jokes. Please accept my apologies.
Quote: RogerKintThe guy in the back looks just like Tom Green... or maybe I was high.
Sorry, but I don't see it either. Guess that means you were high. lol...
Quote: RogerKintAre you sure you're in surveillance? ;) The guy in the back looks just like Tom Green... or maybe I was high.
A new term learned on urban dictionary + a Tom Green reference = I suck at jokes. Please accept my apologies.
Lol, yeah, and I think Surveillance is the problem.
Aces has the same wispy hair, the same-ish beard. I can see it now. But I’m more attuned to ignore that stuff since it’s easily changed. Brow, eyes, cheek, jaw; bone structure, in other words. That’s what I focus on, and what threw me off.
No apology needed =)
Quote: FaceLol, yeah, and I think Surveillance is the problem.
Aces has the same wispy hair, the same-ish beard. I can see it now. But I’m more attuned to ignore that stuff since it’s easily changed. Brow, eyes, cheek, jaw; bone structure, in other words. That’s what I focus on, and what threw me off.
No apology needed =)
The beard provides a lot of flexibility for superficially changing my look. But as Face demonstrates, a competent pit personnel/surveillance crew will not let that fool them. Not that I have a problem with this stuff at my medium-to-low-roller status yet :).
Quote: AlanMendelsonHow does the ability to breathe at that altitude compare with breathing in any crowded Vegas casino that serves as a California smoking lounge? Or for that matter -- Pechanga -- probably the smokiest casino in the world.
At least for me, it's a simple difference - I don't want to breathe in a smoky casino, but I can't breath at altitude. In a smoky casino, if I've been running from security, I can suck it up and catch my breath, maybe coughing a little bit in the process. At 14,000 feet, if I've been running from an angry goat, I can't catch my breath without descending or without some very intentional breathing exercises.
Quote: aKaTIMSPEEDI agree, dude looks just like Tom Green...especially NOW, since Tom's gained weight.
Really? When I first saw the group pic, I actually thought he looked more like Russell Crowe with glasses (and a different haircut, of course).
Quote: Beethoven9thReally? When I first saw the group pic, I actually thought he looked more like Russell Crowe with glasses
Say what? If you think Ahigh looks like Crowe, you'd think
I look like Paul Newman. Ahigh looks more like Radar from
MASH.
Quote: EvenBobSay what? If you think Ahigh looks like Crowe, you'd think
I look like Paul Newman. Ahigh looks more like Radar from
MASH.
Who's talking about Ahigh? We're talking about the guy with the beard whom everyone else thinks resembles Tom Green.
Quote: Beethoven9thWho's talking about Ahigh? We're talking about the guy with the beard whom everyone else thinks resembles Tom Green.
Thank god, because there's no way Ahigh looks like Crowe.
Who's Tom Green, never heard of him.
Quote: Beethoven9thWho's talking about Ahigh? We're talking about the guy with the beard whom everyone else thinks resembles Tom Green.
I don't know if everyone thinks that. But that's AcesAndEights.
(For some reason, it posts duplicate messages at the exact same time for me)
Quote: EvenBobThank god, because there's no way Ahigh looks like Crowe.
Who's Tom Green, never heard of him.
Someone already explained that in this thread. Here you go, if you need more Info
(This post is purely for my own edification)
Quote: thecesspitSomeone already explained that in this thread. How about you use google? It's this great tool for finding out who people are.
First you have to care.
Quote: EvenBobFirst you have to care.
Well, you cared enough to ask not once, but twice.
Quote: thecesspitWell, you cared enough to ask not once, but twice.
But not enough to pay attention to the answer the first time it was given:-)
Quote: aKaTIMSPEEDI agree, dude looks just like Tom Green...especially NOW, since Tom's gained weight.
Ouch man. I owe you one (one kick to the junk, that is*).
Quote: Beethoven9thReally? When I first saw the group pic, I actually thought he looked more like Russell Crowe with glasses (and a different haircut, of course).
This guy gets a gold star though :).
*joke
Quote: rdw4potusBut not enough to pay attention to the answer the first time it was given:-)
You mean if I had cared enough to read it.
Quote: EvenBobYou mean if I had cared enough to read it.
...and we're back to thecesspit's point - you cared enough to ask a second time
Quote: rdw4potus...and we're back to thecesspit's point - you cared enough to ask a second time
When I ask a third time, be sure and let me know. Thanks.
Quote: AcesAndEightsThis guy gets a gold star though :).
lol
First i found the cutest low-heel shoes at Nine West for a very reasonable price at the outlet mall.
Second, I've hit 4 deuces twice and a natural royal once at the Ditz's nickel Loose Deuces machine. Of course it's nickel VP, but that's a total payout of $450.
Later in the week I'll try to tackle either the quarter progressive 10/7 DB at the 4 Queens, or the 50 cent 10/7 DB with the hearts royal bonus at the Cal. Today I'm doing CSI again and then will raid the South outlet mall.
Quote: RogerKintRDW is a big, strong man, though. If Mr. V and AHigh really did get into it, RDW could separate them by picking them both up by the back of their shirts.
LOL! I Could separate them, but why would I break up a fight that I was booking bets on:-)
Quote: djatcI'm so going to next years WoVcon if there are tacklings and people being separated by the back of their shirts. I'll bring a lot of popcorn as well.
Well, let's just make it self-fulfilling, then. If you'll attend and bring popcorn, I'll tackle someone at next year's convention:-)
