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I'm not sure I've been on the inside of a TB since they introduced drive thrus and soft tacos.
Quote: billryanI'm a drive thru person.
I'm not sure I've been on the inside of a TB since they introduced drive thrus and soft tacos.
I do find good value with their $5 box or $6 cravings deals.
Which is quite obvious, point being the news station is so petty and desperate trying to drag people to the website. Let me guess 10-15 minutes boiling water if I dont have some on hand already known safe, and ill be fine. If it can live that long, I deserve to get sick or die.Quote: billryanIt's not so much how to boil the water, but for how long. Different impurities require differing times.
So I went to the website and couldn't even find it.
I'm sure you found click bait and I'm sure cookies recorded your visit for the web site's benefit.Quote: onenickelmiracleSo I went to the website and couldn't even find it.
USCG is lead US investigative agency. Military vessels do not broadcast AIS signals but can receive them. Cargo ship was transmitting AIS signals had made a U turn some time before the 'accident'. Phillipine flag but Japanese owned. Collision took place well before (at least an hour) the Navy announced it.Quote: MrVIt's sad about the US destroyer being T-boned by a bigger ship in the middle of the night, but I have to wonder just WTF the crew of the destroyer were looking at on their radar screens at the time?
They can detect incoming planes hundreds of miles away, but not a lumbering behemoth heading toward them on a collision course?
Sleeping compartment flooded promptly. One death was that of sailor about to retire after nineteen years in the Navy. One sailor aboard tried to rescue shipmates but was physically ejected from the ship and his cell phone taken from him.
Murphy's Law. My Air conditioning unit went out yesterday and I just had a new compressor put in a few months ago.
We have animals, so we couldn't just pack up and get a room somewhere until it's fixed. I had to go buy a couple of window air conditioning units for downstairs. So far so good.
Quote: AxelWolfRecord highs today hovering around 117 degrees F. WOW! 122 degrees F in Laughlin..... FK that.
Murphy's Law. My Air conditioning unit went out yesterday and I just had a new compressor put in a few months ago.
We have animals, so we couldn't just pack up and get a room somewhere until it's fixed. I had to go buy a couple of window air conditioning units for downstairs. So far so good.
The rooms at the Pioneer in Laughlin are pet friendly :)
Quote: RogerKintThe rooms at the Pioneer in Laughlin are pet friendly :)
The ones that don't survive the heat are used for the following night's "stew special".
How about downtown?
Quote: rxwineDo some Casinos on the Strip still have that open door system. The small casinos like O'shay's and Barbary Coast had just a big opening to walk in, and I assume some sort of "air" curtain. Probably not very efficient for maintaining temperature.
How about downtown?
I think all the casinos on the east side of the strip from Cromwell to Casino Royale, as well as all of Fremont, have that system. I have seen them install doors pretty quickly, though.
Quote: AxelWolfRecord highs today hovering around 117 degrees F. WOW! 122 degrees F in Laughlin..... FK that.
Murphy's Law. My Air conditioning unit went out yesterday and I just had a new compressor put in a few months ago.
We have animals, so we couldn't just pack up and get a room somewhere until it's fixed. I had to go buy a couple of window air conditioning units for downstairs. So far so good.
You really should get an exterminator for those rats and roaches. ;-)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/06/20/its-so-hot-in-phoenix-that-airplanes-cant-fly/?utm_term=.c032b0afe28e
Obviously the actual altitude of Phoenix and Las Vegas does not ever change, its the "apparent altitude" that the wing's performance will reflect. In air that is so hot, the air molecules are so separated that it would be the equivalent of taking off from Denver as far as the air and the airplane's wing are concerned.
Its only the beginning according to some weather sources. Looking at up to two weeks of heightened temperatures in the area.
If I lived in Phoenix, I'd have a look at youtube videos about cooling with ice fans powered by a small solar panel. Get into one room and bring the pets into it. If you lose 'the grid' due to brownouts/blackouts/whatever you can cool one room.
In 2016 the annual high @PHX was 118, which occurred in June (on 6/19/16 to be precise about it); and in 2015 it was 115, happening in June; and in 2013 it was 119, in June; and, ...that's how it works. Always has. For at least as long as any humans have been around to notice, and most likely for much longer than that. There has only been one year in this decade that it has failed to reach into the hundred and teens to begin the summer. And only one year in the decade before that. And the decade before that. Because that's what it does.
It is this weird thing that happens in the desert southwest which is called "summer." It isn't like summer in Baltimore or Cleveland. The high point of it for temperature generally does happen between late June to very early July; right about now. It has been doing that for a lot longer than anyone reading this has been alive. Like for many centuries longer. Shocking, but true. About a week or so of peak temperatures will cause and very shortly be followed by something known as the "monsoon" season, which will result in some fierce storms, but also lower peak temperatures at the warmest part of the day (though not lower averages throughout the 24hr day). As it has every year. And will continue to do so. And just as reliable is the certainty that there will be breathless "reports" about it broadcast far and wide on infotainment outlets, some folks will once again be shocked upon hearing of it, and a few may become convinced beyond all reason that when the very same thing happens once again, it means the sky is falling.
Which is all great, because every single year at some point, a simple routine weather report will provide all the ammo needed for one of my favorite playing with tourists sports. One I like to call:
Boo!
Good God, man; no, no, NO!!!Quote: FleaStiff...and devote power to air conditioning.
People are already at risk of freezing to death, or death by icicles falling from ceilings, as many casinos overdo it and then overdo it still more, cranking up their air-con far beyond reason. Just like they always do. The most essential thing for spending time in a Las Vegas casino this time of year is to bring a jacket. That needs to be said again: unless you're just naturally packin' something like 300+ lbs of extra insulating padding on your body, you need to bring a jacket if you're going to be in many casinos this time of year. You can tell the tourists from the local people thusly: in many places the tourists will be the shivering ones painfully freezing their azzoff in shorts and sandals and suchlike.
Same thing happens where you are. Go to the nearest Phoenix casino, and look at people in the poker room, where people typically spend more time at a stretch than slot-jockeys do. You'll see all the obvious regulars at the tables in jackets. At Talking Stick, Vee Quiva, all of them. They are wearing jackets, because they've experienced the pain of spending time there without one. Or, if you don't have a jacket handy yourself, don't. 'Cause you'll freeze before you get twenty feet inside.
Quote: MaxPenAt around midnight tonight all the slots in the Orleans wouldn't pay out tickets. Anyone who hit the cash out button on a machine required a hand pay regardless of the amount. Pretty comical, lots of disgruntled customers. Have had this happen on single machines and seen it on a bank before. Never have I seen a whole casino go down.
That is painful but it is even worse when the power goes out because the machines shut off and they don't even know how man credits you had. I had this happen a few months ago in Northern Nevada. They had to have people go around to every machine and take all of your contact information down along with your machine number. They then gave you the option to mail you a check when the power was restored or you could come back to the casino to pick up cash. Everybody had to leave the casino because they didn't want others to cash out your machine when the power came back on.
Quote: DRichThat is painful but it is even worse when the power goes out because the machines shut off and they don't even know how man credits you had. I had this happen a few months ago in Northern Nevada. They had to have people go around to every machine and take all of your contact information down along with your machine number. They then gave you the option to mail you a check when the power was restored or you could come back to the casino to pick up cash. Everybody had to leave the casino because they didn't want others to cash out your machine when the power came back on.
I have played in a casino that the power went out
For about 5 minutes. The machines just rebooted and credits were restored,i was in the middle of a bonus round and was afraid I would lose the bonus,but the reboot put me right back in the bonus.
Maybe it was an older system where you were in northern Nevada?
Quote: HunterhillI have played in a casino that the power went out
For about 5 minutes. The machines just rebooted and credits were restored,i was in the middle of a bonus round and was afraid I would lose the bonus,but the reboot put me right back in the bonus.
Maybe it was an older system where you were in northern Nevada?
No, it was a new system but the power was out so long they cleared out the casino. I think in total it was out for about six hours. They cleared the casino after about 90 minutes.
Quote: HunterhillI have played in a casino that the power went out
For about 5 minutes. The machines just rebooted and credits were restored,i was in the middle of a bonus round and was afraid I would lose the bonus,but the reboot put me right back in the bonus.
That is exactly what is supposed to happen and it works most of the time. Gaming tests all machines for just those scenarios. Most slot machines are programmed according to state machines and the machine should always resume after the last recorded state. The states are stored in non-volatile RAM (or hard drive) immediately as they happen.
Quote: TigerWuWhat are the odds that I will roll a three of a kind on three dice with a maximum limit of three rolls? What about two rolls?
It's 34-1 on any one roll, if I recall my Sic Bo probability correctly. Don't know the answer to your actual question but perhaps someone can build off this.
Maybe it's my brain that isn't working today.Quote: billryanIt's 34-1 on any one roll, if I recall my Sic Bo probability correctly.
Assuming standard dice and that you don't care which variety of three-of-a-kind you get:
Single roll: First die rolls "X" and there is 1/6 chance for each of the 2 other dice rolling "X". Probability of 3-of-a-kind is (1/6)^2 = 1/36, or 35/36 chance of failure, meaning odds of 35-1 against (rather than 34-1).
Multiple rolls: Chance of failure on each roll is 35/36. Chance of failure on "n" consecutive rolls = (35/36)^n. Chance of success (at least one 3-of-a-kind) in "n" rolls is 1-(35/36)^n.
I think that means fair odds against any success over "n" rolls would be [1-(1/6)^2]^n to {1-[1-(1/6)^2]^n}. Each 2 in that equation represents the two dice that must match the first one, while the n represents the number of rolls in the trial. Substitute whatever value interests you.
You have a 1/36 chance of success or 35/36 chance of failure, like doc said. Chance to fail is (35/36)^N where N is # of rolls you're allowed. Chance of success is [1 - (35/36)^N].
http://www.fortunepalace.co.uk/sicboodds.html
That's what I was going by.
There are 216 possible combinations on any roll, and six possible triples so I don't disagree with you. I just remembered the chart, which evidently is wrong.
Quote: billryanThis site says it is 34 to 1
http://www.fortunepalace.co.uk/sicboodds.html
That's what I was going by.
There are 216 possible combinations on any roll, and six possible triples so I don't disagree with you. I just remembered the chart, which evidently is wrong.
That is assuming you are looking for a specific number to come up on all three dice (ie. three 6's or three 4's)
Quote: DRichNo, it was a new system but the power was out so long they cleared out the casino. I think in total it was out for about six hours. They cleared the casino after about 90 minutes.
What happens to all the credits once the machines boot back up?
Quote: gamerfreakWhat happens to all the credits once the machines boot back up?
The credits go back on the machine when the power comes back on, that is the reason they cleared the casino so when it came back on there wouldn't be any customers there to cash out other peoples machines. The casino staff then went around and cashed out the credits for each machine and matched it up to the people that were playing the machines when it went out. They then either mailed the credits to the patrons or waited for them to come back in.
Anyway, only way to cash out was to go to cage. I think they were manually writing down each ticket #, amount, and person's information....or something weird like that. It took absolutely forever and the lines were very long. Luckily, I had won a drawing/promotional type thing (sorta like a hot seat?) for a little over $1k and had a promo ticket voucher thingie that I knew I had to take to the cage. Instead of going to the cage, I sought out the marketing director dude who gave me the promo thing and figured he'd lead me to the front of the line at the cage. Sure enough, he took my friend and I to the front of the line and we got all our vouchers & promo thingies cashed in about 15 minutes....instead of like 2 hours which it seemed like everyone else in line was going to have to wait.
I was at the Rampart several years ago when the all the lights and machines turnt off for a few seconds. Nothing particularly interesting. Machines rebooted, I still had the amount of credits as I had, don't remember if I was mid hand or what.
At one property not in LV where I played a decent amount, I had machines reset on me twice. I think one was before I started playing which freaked me out and another time it was in the middle of playing. Again, nothing particularly interesting.....although I kinda like watching the machine reboot and going through its initial setup.
Quote: RSI wasn't at a casino where the all the ATM machines stopped working for cashing out tickets. I was actually in the middle of cashing a bunch of tickets and could only do up to $1k or $1200 or whatever it was at a time, and after a few cashouts, it locked up. I thought it was some security measure to help counteract people doing fraud or money counterfeiting or one of them illegal things.
You are probably correct. It was most likely related to Title 31 of the Bank Secrecy Act. Most casinos want to start tracking your cash outs around $3000. At $10,000 cumulative they are required to file a Cash Transaction Report (CTR) which requires you to provide a valid ID and SS#. There are large fines for the casinos if they don't file a CTR at $10,000. I believe it was Venetian that was recently fined about $25 million for not filing all of them.
Quote: DRichYou are probably correct. It was most likely related to Title 31 of the Bank Secrecy Act. Most casinos want to start tracking your cash outs around $3000. At $10,000 cumulative they are required to file a Cash Transaction Report (CTR) which requires you to provide a valid ID and SS#. There are large fines for the casinos if they don't file a CTR at $10,000. I believe it was Venetian that was recently fined about $25 million for not filing all of them.
Apparently, Adelson doesn't bribe, err, i mean, lobby the republicans enough.
Query: why do the pols treat it so lightly?
Seems to me to be an act of war.
Quote: MrV
Query: why do the pols treat it so lightly?
Just because they are from Poland doesn't make it wrong.
Popular French lifestyle blogger Rebecca Burger dies in freak whipped cream accident
I think it is important to note that this is being clearly described by all the media reports, including headlines leading the news by BBC, CNN, NBC, Washington Post, and others as "a freak whipped cream accident" as opposed to the ordinary everyday kind of fatal whipped cream incidents, like you might normally expect to have, say in the hotel suite hot tub with Tiffany and Tempest on your Vegas vacation or something. This French whipped cream was allegedly defective, so no snickering.
http://perezhilton.com/2017-06-22-french-fitness-model-rebecca-burger-dead-freak-accident-whipping-cream-explodes-heart-attack?photo=2#galleryQuote: DrawingDeadNY Daily News:
Popular French lifestyle blogger Rebecca Burger dies in freak whipped cream accident
I think it is important to note that this is being clearly described by all the media reports, including headlines leading the news by BBC, CNN, NBC, Washington Post, and others as "a freak whipped cream accident" as opposed to the ordinary everyday kind of fatal whipped cream incidents, like you might normally expect to have, say in the hotel suite hot tub with Tiffany and Tempest on your Vegas vacation or something. This French whipped cream was allegedly defective, so no snickering.
http://i.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/rebecca-burger-dead-freak-accident-2__oPt.jpg
http://perezhilton.com/2017-06-22-french-fitness-model-rebecca-burger-dead-freak-accident-whipping-cream-explodes-heart-attack?photo=2#gallery
I wonder if she was doing whippets or this was an innocent dessert gone wrong....
Quote: DrawingDeadI had to look up whippets, to figure out what doing them would mean. (So, it isn't just a kind of cute frisky little dog.) Even though I (somehow)) lived through the 70s, when people in suits thought nothing of doing a couple of lines of blow after work, laid out right on the bar in public across the street from the courthouse. I am now officially old.
You can buy whipped cream dispensers that use little metal nitrous oxide (laughing gas) canisters that are under high pressure.
People will fill balloons or inhale directly from the straw on the canister. I could definitely see a homemade rig like in the last photo hurting someone.
I've never done it. The supplies are legal, you can get all of it off Amazon, but I have a feeling the actual act of using it to get high is not legal. Apparently you get a intoxicating head rush for like 30 seconds after inhaling. I got Nitrous one time at the dentist and it made me feel very ill, so I really have no interest. I also think it's gotten sort of a "white trash" reputation now, but the appeal is that it does not show on drug tests.
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When I was a kid going to the dentist they had headphones that played comedy(I remember Bill Cosby). They would always say, "we are going to give you a little oxygen." They would leave the room for what seemed like a long while. I just remember how very relaxed and nice I felt during that time. As I got older I realized that was not just a little oxygen.
Quote: AxelWolfBy hitting her in the chest????
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When I was a kid going to the dentist they had headphones that played comedy(I remember Bill Cosby). They would always say, "we are going to give you a little oxygen." They would leave the room for what seemed like a long while. I just remember how very relaxed and nice I felt during that time.
If you heard Bill Cosby's voice before passing out, I think there might be some pending litigation you could get action on.
Quote: DrawingDeadNY Daily News:
Popular French lifestyle blogger Rebecca Burger dies in freak whipped cream accident
I think it is important to note that this is being clearly described by all the media reports, including headlines leading the news by BBC, CNN, NBC, Washington Post, and others as "a freak whipped cream accident" as opposed to the ordinary everyday kind of fatal whipped cream incidents, like you might normally expect to have, say in the hotel suite hot tub with Tiffany and Tempest on your Vegas vacation or something. This French whipped cream was allegedly defective, so no snickering.
