Nathan's Corner
Quote: NathanI went to Red Lobster and ordered a 12 pack of cheddar bay biscuits yesterday
.I paid around $8 for them . When they were only about $5 just three years ago! 😱 The half dozen is now roughly $5! 😱 The half dozen is now roughly the price the dozen was in 2020! 😱
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If you haven't tried it, they sell the Red Lobster Biscuit mix in grocery stores now. I would say it is just as good as at the restaurant. They also sell frozen ones that you just pop in the oven. Those are not quite as good
Quote: DRichQuote: NathanI went to Red Lobster and ordered a 12 pack of cheddar bay biscuits yesterday
.I paid around $8 for them . When they were only about $5 just three years ago! 😱 The half dozen is now roughly $5! 😱 The half dozen is now roughly the price the dozen was in 2020! 😱
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If you haven't tried it, they sell the Red Lobster Biscuit mix in grocery stores now. I would say it is just as good as at the restaurant. They also sell frozen ones that you just pop in the oven. Those are not quite as good
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If you do not want to fool with the mix they have the biscuits in frozen food as well.
Here is a picture of my latest "Make your own Whopper!" Idea entry.. 😀 Can anyone guess what that white topping is in my Whopper idea? 😀
Quote: NathanCan anyone guess what that white topping is in my Whopper idea?
I could guess, but I'd probably get suspended again for saying it out loud, but maybe I'll be fine if I am "indirect."
Hint: think "hair gel" and "Something About Mary."
Eat the burger, smoke a cigarette, turn over and go to sleep.
Quote: MrVQuote: NathanCan anyone guess what that white topping is in my Whopper idea?
I could guess, but I'd probably get suspended again for saying it out loud, but maybe I'll be fine if I am "indirect."
Hint: think "hair gel" and "Something About Mary."
Eat the burger, smoke a cigarette, turn over and go to sleep.
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That was my guess as well.
But, to be more polite to Nathan, let me guess that it's a salad dressing.
Quote: gordonm888Quote: MrVQuote: NathanCan anyone guess what that white topping is in my Whopper idea?
I could guess, but I'd probably get suspended again for saying it out loud, but maybe I'll be fine if I am "indirect."
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That was my guess as well.
But, to be more polite to Nathan, let me guess that it's a salad dressing.
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A tossed salad :)
Karen's special mayo?
Quote: NathanI'll give a VERY good hint about what the white stuff on my Whopper idea entry is. If you're Italian, you most likely love this white stuff.
*waves hand*
I know, I know...
Italian Ice.
Quote: gordonm888Alfredo sauce?
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Bingo! 😜
Quote: NathanOne of the craziest Casino stories I have ever heard of is the time a guy had his wife give him a bathroom break when he was playing slots. He had been playing Max Bet. She obliged and he went to the bathroom. While he was in the bathroom, she lowered the bet to a dollar and was playing. She won $1,000 on a lucky spin! 😀 When her Husband came back after the bathroom break, she excitedly told him,"I won a $1,000 on a lucky spin!" He looked, and sure enough, she won him a $1,000. He PUNCHED her in the face, so hard that she fell out of her seat! 😱 Security gave her aid and he was arrested for domestic violence. If you're thinking,"Well, that escalated quickly. His Wife won $1,000 and he PUNCHED her in the face instead of being HAPPY? What the HELL? 😱 What happened was that this was a Megabucks Slot and had she not lowered the bet, she would have won A MILLION DOLLARS! 😱 She didn't know you had to play Max Bet for the Million. I remember people saying something like,"Her Husband was an idiot. I would have used the $1,000 she won to keep playing Max Bet and playing to win a Million. Instead he gets arrested, a bad hit on his record, most likely a lifetime ban at that Casino and most likely a divorce! She obviously didn't know you had to play Max Bet in order to win the $1 Million and was ecstatic about the $1,000 win. "
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An urban myth that has been going around Las Vegas for 40 years.
Quote: DRichQuote: NathanOne of the craziest Casino stories I have ever heard of is the time a guy had his wife give him a bathroom break when he was playing slots. He had been playing Max Bet. She obliged and he went to the bathroom. While he was in the bathroom, she lowered the bet to a dollar and was playing. She won $1,000 on a lucky spin! 😀 When her Husband came back after the bathroom break, she excitedly told him,"I won a $1,000 on a lucky spin!" He looked, and sure enough, she won him a $1,000. He PUNCHED her in the face, so hard that she fell out of her seat! 😱 Security gave her aid and he was arrested for domestic violence. If you're thinking,"Well, that escalated quickly. His Wife won $1,000 and he PUNCHED her in the face instead of being HAPPY? What the HELL? 😱 What happened was that this was a Megabucks Slot and had she not lowered the bet, she would have won A MILLION DOLLARS! 😱 She didn't know you had to play Max Bet for the Million. I remember people saying something like,"Her Husband was an idiot. I would have used the $1,000 she won to keep playing Max Bet and playing to win a Million. Instead he gets arrested, a bad hit on his record, most likely a lifetime ban at that Casino and most likely a divorce! She obviously didn't know you had to play Max Bet in order to win the $1 Million and was ecstatic about the $1,000 win. "
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An urban myth that has been going around Las Vegas for 40 years.
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It's an Urban myth and didn't really happen? 😳
Quote: avianrandyHad she not lowered the bet,the winning symbols may not have came up
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The RNG does not care
Quote: AZDuffmanQuote: avianrandyHad she not lowered the bet,the winning symbols may not have came up
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The RNG does not care
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They would have had to hit the spin button at the exact same millisecond for the result to be the same.
Quote: NathanIt's my 40th birthday! 🤭🍰🎉🎂😀
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I played Bingo on my 45th birthday two days ago. What are you going to do?
P.S. Happy birthday.
Quote: mipletQuote: NathanIt's my 40th birthday! 🤭🍰🎉🎂😀
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I played Bingo on my 45th birthday two days ago. What are you going to do?
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Happy belated birthday, Miplet! 😀 Yesterday, I collected my birthday free play offer from my local Casino, just $10. I tried to get more before they gave me the free play, mentioning that my other local Casino gave me $50 for birthday free play, not mentioning that I am a SILVER card at that other Casino, and only a pink card at the one I was at. The Casino Staff Member swiped my card and it automatically gave just $10. I was trying to be slick and hoping the Casino Staff Member would MANUALLY give the free play , but no dice, pun intended. 😉
Quote: DRichQuote: NathanI went to Red Lobster and ordered a 12 pack of cheddar bay biscuits yesterday
.I paid around $8 for them . When they were only about $5 just three years ago! 😱 The half dozen is now roughly $5! 😱 The half dozen is now roughly the price the dozen was in 2020! 😱
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If you haven't tried it, they sell the Red Lobster Biscuit mix in grocery stores now. I would say it is just as good as at the restaurant. They also sell frozen ones that you just pop in the oven. Those are not quite as good
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Are the grocery store Red Lobster mix biscuits really as good? The biscuits are the only reason I go to RL every 2-3 years; the meal always starts out great and ends with profound disappointment.
Red Lobster is basically The Olive Garden of seafood—abject garbage, but perceived as acceptable, if you’ve never been to a proper seafood (or Italian, in the case of Olive Garden) place. Most of the Midwest doesn’t know any better, but the Midwest has the best burgers (and arguably the best BBQ) in the country, so it balances out.
I guess Darden doesn’t own Red Lobster anymore, but they did, and it seems Darden Restaurants still owns The Olive Garden. My most recent foray to a Red Lobster was just after the lockdowns; the food was worse than usual, but the biscuits, as ever, were phenomenal.
Quote: NathanIt's my 40th birthday! 🤭🍰🎉🎂😀
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Happy belated birthday!
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Are the grocery store Red Lobster mix biscuits really as good? The biscuits are the only reason I go to RL every 2-3 years; the meal always starts out great and ends with profound disappointment.
Like anything it depends on who makes it. I know someone worked at KFC when they still made their biscuits in store and he said some people got it right and some never could even with how simple they were to make. I think a key is a really hot oven and putting the butter on just so.
Quote:Red Lobster is basically The Olive Garden of seafood—abject garbage, but perceived as acceptable, if you’ve never been to a proper seafood (or Italian, in the case of Olive Garden) place. Most of the Midwest doesn’t know any better, but the Midwest has the best burgers (and arguably the best BBQ) in the country, so it balances out.
Mr. and Mrs. Middle America don't know or care. Back in the early 90s the local paper took a survey of "best of" in Pittsburgh. Patheticly Pizza Hut won for pizza and Chi-Chis won for Mexican. This happened every year. Some kid from NYC went to Pitt and saw it, called his buddy down and started a better Mexican place. He told him, :"they are so far behind all we gotta do is copy what is in NYC at this moment."
Things are getting better but "good" still seems regional and you only get a couple "good" concepts the rest will be chains. I still miss Carolinas Tacos in Phoenix.
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Are the grocery store Red Lobster mix biscuits really as good? The biscuits are the only reason I go to RL every 2-3 years; the meal always starts out great and ends with profound disappointment.
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I think the packaged biscuit mix is very close if not the same. My wife has probably made them 10 times over the last two years and they are very good.and only around $2.50. The frozen ones are not quite as good.
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I reached my goal of having FIVE Bingo cards right off the bat to start with! 😀 There's no way I'm losing with 71 numbers out of 75 numbers! 😀
The numbers I don't have are only 19, 29,43,49, so even if the Casino Staff Member calls 19,29,43,49, each hour, I still have 71 numbers to win from! 😀
Quote: NathanI won all five on my own merit, not begging complete Strangers to play on my Player's Club Card!
Perhaps instead of begging complete strangers you should seek out those poor half-formed souls who maniacally sit at their favorite slot machine for hours on end, allowing it to suck up their soul as well as their bankroll: yes, I am talking about the INcomplete strangers, those Rebels Without A Clue who actually think they'll win over time playing negative expectation games.
Quote: NathanMy Bingo numbers on a combined FIVE Bingo Pack! 😀 And I won all five on my own merit, not begging complete Strangers to play on my Player's Club Card! 😀
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I reached my goal of having FIVE Bingo cards right off the bat to start with! 😀 There's no way I'm losing with 71 numbers out of 75 numbers! 😀
The numbers I don't have are only 19, 29,43,48, So even if the Casino Staff Member calls 19,29,43,48 each hour, I still have 71 numbers to win from! 😀
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Forgive my ignorance, but is that true? Bingo is surely a race and all it takes for you to lose is for someone else to win first. Each card in isolation, you could easily not win
How many hundreds of dollars did these free cards cost you? Are you ramping up your 'coin in' to get them? You do realise that's what the casino wants you to do?
In UK 90 number bingo, the books of tickets have 6 lickets to a sheet and all sheets have all 90 numbers. So, the player has EVERY number called somewhere on her sheet. It doesn't guarantee a win.
Belated Happy Birthday, by the way.
Thought I'd order 1500 books of 6on Bingo cards straight from the manufacturer for $334, lol. Looks like they have the same numbers on all 10 pages.
Quote: ChumpChangeHow does that work? You have to get 5 numbers called in a horizontal line? I've never seen a Bingo card like that.
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Yes. 90 number bingo is the most popular here ( and Australia ). Each ticket is played in a two part game, the line and the full house. 5 numbers on a line to call 'line' ( or "Here") followed by 15 numbers on the ticket to call 'House' or "Bingo"
Often played in Social clubs, it's typical to pay an 'entry fee' and a 'book fee'. All of the book fee is paid back as prizes and all the entry fee is held as profit for the house.
When buying the books, you can opt for the full book of 6 in which case you have all numbers, or you can buy 1 to 5 tickets which are torn off at perforations. Seldom does anyone buy 4 or 5 tickets, so when a player buys 3 tickets, the other 3 tickets are torn off and sold to the next player that wants 3.
Why would you buy a load of books? If thinking you'll sneak them into live play, you may get away with it, but all books have serial numbers which the house can check. against.
Probably cheaper to buy them that way than the way Karen does :)
I was considering playing at Sams Town
Any recommendation on best session to go and how much should I pay
Karen, Explain with Math how you stand a good chance.... Hint. I don't believe you have a good chance.Quote: NathanBingo so far was crap. I only won ONE round, and that wasn't even HALF of the money I put in for those four extra Bingo cards. I was down just ONE number on two cards, for three different hours. I had a REALLY good chance to win multiple cards, I literally have 71 numbers out of 75, so I theoretically should have won more than one round on one card. I have one more round for the normal round and one coverall Bingo. I hope I win at least the final normal round. I haven't won the coverall Bingo in a couple of years at this Casino and even when I did win the coverall a couple of years ago, I split the prize with someone who also won, so we both got $500.
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I rarely bet that amount but I always make some big bets of $25 or more 'just because.'
Luck happens.
Quote: NathanAnd, the normal Bingo lost by ONE number yet again. This is complete crap. I can't believe I kept losing when I had 71 numbers out of 75. 😐 Theoretically, I should have won $500, not just one round for $100. 😐 My last chance to win is the coverall Bingo. 😐 It's frustrating, playing hard for FOUR extra Bingo cards and only winning on ONE card.
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What's the difference between losing by 1 number and 10 numbers? Doesn't losing by 1 fall under "wasted effort?" Similar to getting 99% on a test when 90% gives an A and there is no higher grade?
Quote: NathanSo, I actually had 72 Bingo numbers out of 75 numbers and still lost 6 rounds out of 7 with 72 numbers. Unreal. 🙄😒
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Unreal is the idea you have that this is a worthwhile venture where you can hardly fail to win.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the cards are received as a promotion to get you to put MUCH more money in the slots. Put much more in leads to LOSE much more. The bingo cards are pretty worthless, but pretty expensive. It's like somebody giving you a $1 lottery scratch card for your birthday and expecting you to think they were generous because you might win £1,000
FREE BINGO is NOT FREE. You PAY for it at the slots.
Losing by one number is NOT CLOSE. Most of the other players of that round probably only wanted one or two numbers. One didn't need any!
If I can interest you in some simple, join the dots maths.........
Estimate how many people like yourself are playing in that game. Let's call it 100.
Determine the prize to the winner. Let's say it's $100
the VALUE of each of your bingo tickets, before you play, is $100/100 = $1
I don't know how much coin in you need to make to get a ticket, but let's say it's $200 on slots with Return to Player of 95% ( I suspect it's much more )
So, you play $200 on slots expecting to lose 5% = $10 playing and they give you a bingo ticket worth $1.
Do you see how daft it would be to chase more tickets by putting more coin in the slots? You buy $1 for $10 !!!
Of course, you are best placed to put those numbers to real values and just maybe you can prove that it is worthwhile. Or maybe YOU will prove that you have been fooled by the casino into wasting money chasing a dream.
I'd be interested in the real numbers for the above.
Go on, Karen, as a service to your fellow members on the forum, tell us some ball park numbers to how much coin in you need to be awarded one of five bingo tickets, and what the prizes are and roughly how many play each game. Let's do the math together.
Quote: NathanAnd, the normal Bingo lost by ONE number yet again. This is complete crap. I can't believe I kept losing when I had 71 numbers out of 75. 😐 Theoretically, I should have won $500, not just one round for $100. 😐 My last chance to win is the coverall Bingo. 😐 It's frustrating, playing hard for FOUR extra Bingo cards and only winning on ONE card.
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So, you won an early round of $100? That, Karen, might be a curse and you might have been richer by not winning it.
Honestly, that win has given you the impression that getting more bingo cards is a great and profitable idea. It ISN'T. It's what marketing want you to think so you'll dump more in the slots to chase this freebie.
You are a marketer's dream customer. They'll rob you and stare you in the face while you say 'Thank you, please take some more'
If you can... how many dollars does it take to earn a point?
How many points to earn a bingo card?
(OD... not sure if this game has a "no late bingos" rule, but they're common.)
No late call allowed here.
Quote: avianrandyNever played bingo in a casino before but about half the American legion etc do require last number called. Exceptional is speed/quickie games. Pull tabs is where they make their money club 213 etc
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What does "require last number called? mean?
Quote: avianrandyIn order to have a valid bingo,you have to have the last number called.say you need b7 for a bingo. They call b7 but you don't call bingo. Then they call another number then you realize you missed the bingo. B7 has to be a part of that bingo to be paid
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Thanks. Never knew that. Then again I only "play" bingo when it is some kind of contest at work. Just not my game.
