LindaZ...good luck and have a blast. I go there every year. I hear they're looking for teachers... ;)-->
I play the penny slots alot...some of those new video ones are fun and addicting, because they're so complicated and many ways to win...
Make sure you see a show. My favorite is the Cirque de Soleil one called Ka...it's new...and phenomenal!!! All of them are good tho. It's worth the money, methinks.
Thanks, Wacky. I enjoy Vegas--for about 3 or 4 days at a time. I'm always ready to come home at about that time.
I'll probably pass on the shows. I'd rather spend my money on the one-armed bandits. Elton John will be playing in town while I'm out there, but tickets are $116!
I'm still kicking myself for getting talked out of going to see the Moody Blues play when I was there once, but it would be have to be a performer or group I like as much as I like them to get me to part with more than a hundred bucks. We went instead to the jousting/dinner theater at the Excalibur, which was fun but it sure wasn't the Moody Blues!
Have you seen Danny Ganns? (Don't know if I spelled it right) Mama and Daddy go see him every time they go to LV and we have to watch his video every time we go home to visit. :D--> He's actually really good, even after the 50th time.
What a treat to get away, and (it appears) to somewhere you have been before and enjoyed.
Hope you have a perfectly splendid time and chance to kick back and enjoy.
I'm off to see the wizard, too...but the midwestern one in my hometown...a few daze R&R before I resume the mousey chase down here where ice tea and hurricanes are always ready to brew.
David, the conference is for nurses who specialize in wound and ostomy care. I'm not a nurse--just covering the educational sessions for one of the magazines I work on, to learn and to maybe find an expert or two to interview on the subject. You haven't lived till you've seen an advanced pressure ulcer on a big screen right after lunch! :D-->
Tilde, enjoy your R&R, too, and keep the hatches battened or whatever it is you all do down there.
I only had one disappointment (besides my generous "abundant sharing" to the casino!!! and the fact that Exsie couldn't go along). I remembered my good friend in Calif. and her hubby go to Vegas fairly often. So on an impulse Sunday night I e-mailed her and said, "I'll be in Vegas, staying at the Paris. If you happen to be there at the same time, call me on my cell. If not, I dare you guys to join me on a whim."
Today I got an e-mail from her saying "Arrrggh. We WERE in Las Vegas, from Sunday until Wednesday. We even went to the Paris a couple times!" What bad timing. I shoulda had that impulse sooner! I would have LOVED running into them out of the blue, though. Drats all the way around.
Wacky, you were so right about the penny slots. When you said that, I thought, "Oh goody, what do you win? A nickel?" It didn't occur to me that you could play more than one penny per spin. The only place I really had any decent winnings was on those penny and nickel slots. I turned $20 into $100 in a pretty short time playing them, usually at no more than 30 cents a spin. When I got $10 or so ahead of where I started, then I'd do "max bets" of $2 or $3 unless I got back down to my original $20, then I'd return to my 30-cent bets.
The graphics and the interactiveness of those penny and nickel slots are so much more fun than the plain old cherries/bars/etc. slots. Thanks for the tip! I might not have checked them out if you hadn't said something.
Reikilady, yes the Luxor is pretty impressive. I stayed there last time I was in Vegas. I liked it better than the Paris, because there were more reasonably priced dining options close to the guest rooms. At the Paris, the restaurants near the rooms were pretty pricey, and I had to do so much walking for the conference that I wasn't up for hiking around searching for food.
I did have a great view, though. My room overlooked the gorgeous octagonal rooftop swimming pool about 15 floors below me, the 1/2-size Eiffel Tower, and the "dancing fountain" between the Paris and Bellagio. It was lovely.
Yesterday I clicked my heels and said, "There's no place like home." Silly me. I think I caused a tornado somewhere over Kansas, because we hit some really rough weather and had to change course and fly over Oklahoma.
It's kinda scary when the flight attendant says, "We've been told to take our seats and fasten our seatbelts because we're encountering some bad weather and it's gonna get bumpy." Okay, I've heard that before...not a biggie. Then he said, "We cannot come when you press the flight attendant buttons at this time, so do not press the button for assistance unless you have an actual emergency." Yikes!
That was the bumpiest flight I've ever been on. I was having some serious conversations with the guy upstairs, I'll tell ya. But we made it, thank God!
Linda...I love the Paris...I have never slept there, but love the decor. Did you eat the pastries? They're yummmmmmmy there :)-->
Yup...the penny slots...I've won more on the penny slots and spent more time having fun (the whole day on what I would lose on the quarter machines in an hour!!!) So glad you did well on them...Which ones did you play ;)--> I know all the kinds, ya know...
I love the leprechan one...and the unicorn one...anyways...
Sorry about missing your friends...that's a bummer...
I can't wait for Thanksgiving, as I go every year. :)-->
I liked the turkey shoot one, the one with the two jousting knights, and the Men in Black one. I also did well on Rocky (as in the Sylvester Stallone movie--that might have been a nickel one) and one called the Bee Band.
I did go to the pastry shop once, and you're right...the pastries were excellent.
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Wacky Funster
LindaZ...good luck and have a blast. I go there every year. I hear they're looking for teachers...
;)-->
I play the penny slots alot...some of those new video ones are fun and addicting, because they're so complicated and many ways to win...
Make sure you see a show. My favorite is the Cirque de Soleil one called Ka...it's new...and phenomenal!!! All of them are good tho. It's worth the money, methinks.
Safe travels!
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Thanks, Wacky. I enjoy Vegas--for about 3 or 4 days at a time. I'm always ready to come home at about that time.
I'll probably pass on the shows. I'd rather spend my money on the one-armed bandits. Elton John will be playing in town while I'm out there, but tickets are $116!
I'm still kicking myself for getting talked out of going to see the Moody Blues play when I was there once, but it would be have to be a performer or group I like as much as I like them to get me to part with more than a hundred bucks. We went instead to the jousting/dinner theater at the Excalibur, which was fun but it sure wasn't the Moody Blues!
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Have a great time and don't lose too much to the machines.
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What will the conference be about?
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Have a BLAST!!! Wish I could go with you.
Have you seen Danny Ganns? (Don't know if I spelled it right) Mama and Daddy go see him every time they go to LV and we have to watch his video every time we go home to visit.
:D--> He's actually really good, even after the 50th time.
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I love the penny machines too...
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Sweet Zbee!
What a treat to get away, and (it appears) to somewhere you have been before and enjoyed.
Hope you have a perfectly splendid time and chance to kick back and enjoy.
I'm off to see the wizard, too...but the midwestern one in my hometown...a few daze R&R before I resume the mousey chase down here where ice tea and hurricanes are always ready to brew.
(((Z)))
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Thanks, David, Belle, Vickles, and my sweet ~.
David, the conference is for nurses who specialize in wound and ostomy care. I'm not a nurse--just covering the educational sessions for one of the magazines I work on, to learn and to maybe find an expert or two to interview on the subject. You haven't lived till you've seen an advanced pressure ulcer on a big screen right after lunch!
:D-->
Tilde, enjoy your R&R, too, and keep the hatches battened or whatever it is you all do down there.
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I saw the Moody Blues here last summer under a tent for $35...I wouldn't pay more...
THEY WERE AWESOME!!!!!
Have fun. KA is awesome too
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Well, at least you know Elton John gives part of his proceeds to AIDS, so consider it part tithe
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Have a blast
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excathedra
excalibur did someone call me ?
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i wish i could be with you. i've never been and i really want to go. not a gambler but open to temptation
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my little dear is "graduating" from 5th this week. and then on to the bus and the big bad middle school
have a blast linzee and put in a quarter and think of me
mwah my dear
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Have a GREAT time, Linda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks Exsie and Cindy!
Exsie, I so wish you could have come along. We would have had such a hoot.
Priorities though...the cool li'l dude couldn't possibly be graduatin' without his mom!
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Walk around the Luxor hotel....It's awesome, if you like Egyptian decor.
Have fun. Vegas is where I grew up. Have not been back since April of '96.
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I'm back, I'm exhausted, and I had a good time.
I only had one disappointment (besides my generous "abundant sharing" to the casino!!! and the fact that Exsie couldn't go along). I remembered my good friend in Calif. and her hubby go to Vegas fairly often. So on an impulse Sunday night I e-mailed her and said, "I'll be in Vegas, staying at the Paris. If you happen to be there at the same time, call me on my cell. If not, I dare you guys to join me on a whim."
Today I got an e-mail from her saying "Arrrggh. We WERE in Las Vegas, from Sunday until Wednesday. We even went to the Paris a couple times!" What bad timing. I shoulda had that impulse sooner! I would have LOVED running into them out of the blue, though. Drats all the way around.
Wacky, you were so right about the penny slots. When you said that, I thought, "Oh goody, what do you win? A nickel?" It didn't occur to me that you could play more than one penny per spin. The only place I really had any decent winnings was on those penny and nickel slots. I turned $20 into $100 in a pretty short time playing them, usually at no more than 30 cents a spin. When I got $10 or so ahead of where I started, then I'd do "max bets" of $2 or $3 unless I got back down to my original $20, then I'd return to my 30-cent bets.
The graphics and the interactiveness of those penny and nickel slots are so much more fun than the plain old cherries/bars/etc. slots. Thanks for the tip! I might not have checked them out if you hadn't said something.
Reikilady, yes the Luxor is pretty impressive. I stayed there last time I was in Vegas. I liked it better than the Paris, because there were more reasonably priced dining options close to the guest rooms. At the Paris, the restaurants near the rooms were pretty pricey, and I had to do so much walking for the conference that I wasn't up for hiking around searching for food.
I did have a great view, though. My room overlooked the gorgeous octagonal rooftop swimming pool about 15 floors below me, the 1/2-size Eiffel Tower, and the "dancing fountain" between the Paris and Bellagio. It was lovely.
Yesterday I clicked my heels and said, "There's no place like home." Silly me. I think I caused a tornado somewhere over Kansas, because we hit some really rough weather and had to change course and fly over Oklahoma.
It's kinda scary when the flight attendant says, "We've been told to take our seats and fasten our seatbelts because we're encountering some bad weather and it's gonna get bumpy." Okay, I've heard that before...not a biggie. Then he said, "We cannot come when you press the flight attendant buttons at this time, so do not press the button for assistance unless you have an actual emergency." Yikes!
That was the bumpiest flight I've ever been on. I was having some serious conversations with the guy upstairs, I'll tell ya. But we made it, thank God!
All in all it was fun, but I'm glad to be home.
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Linda...I love the Paris...I have never slept there, but love the decor. Did you eat the pastries? They're yummmmmmmy there
:)-->
Yup...the penny slots...I've won more on the penny slots and spent more time having fun (the whole day on what I would lose on the quarter machines in an hour!!!) So glad you did well on them...Which ones did you play
;)--> I know all the kinds, ya know...
I love the leprechan one...and the unicorn one...anyways...
Sorry about missing your friends...that's a bummer...
I can't wait for Thanksgiving, as I go every year.
:)-->
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Wacky:
I liked the turkey shoot one, the one with the two jousting knights, and the Men in Black one. I also did well on Rocky (as in the Sylvester Stallone movie--that might have been a nickel one) and one called the Bee Band.
I did go to the pastry shop once, and you're right...the pastries were excellent.
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I'll try those next time I'm out!!!
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