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Oh... I didn't know that!

Discussion in 'Misc. Vegas Chat' started by andyg99, Apr 9, 2020.

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  1. andyg99

    andyg99 VIP Whale

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    Any "I had no idea!" or "I didn't know that!" moments to share?

    Here's mine - for my first handful of Vegas trips I was in my usual spot, Mandalay Bay, Luxor or NYNY. So my proximity led me to walk past the Boardwalk Casino dozens of times - always saying to myself or whoever I was with "I got to ride that roller coaster someday"... When they tore it down I went past the construction site with my brother in law and said - 'too bad we never got to ride the roller-coaster', someone walking next to us let us know it wasn't a real roller-coaster!

    "I didn't know that!" odds are we were drunk each time we passed that place - I also regret never going in to gamble and check it out...
     
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  2. Hard6n8

    Hard6n8 MIA

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    I was in my 40s before I learned dirty clothes go in the hamper!
     
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  3. Vegas Todd

    Vegas Todd MIA

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    1st time we went to Vegas, I didn't think that you could take pictures or videotape in the casino. I figured that some goombah would pull the film out and smash my camera like in ''The Godfather''.
    So, having to capture the sights and sounds of the casino, (Tropicana) I clicked record on my giant video camcorder and tucked it under my arm and proceeded to walk around the casino. My excuse if caught was to say I didn't know it was on, even though it was easy to see that I was recording because of the was I was turning my body around.
    Now EVERYBODY records EVERYTHING in Vegas.
     
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  4. bubbakitty

    bubbakitty Doing retirement again and happily so....

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    Reminded just the other day.....I am still just 2nd in command of all localized forces on the home front. But am considered an able bodied replacement. Just not #1.
    I knew that sorta but for this thread I can play along with the rest of you....I didn’t know that!! :confused:
     
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  5. jpw711

    jpw711 Is that your cat?

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    I didn't know that keeping your mouth shut and just saying "yes dear" takes 50 years of marriage to master.
     
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  6. FullPay

    FullPay When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro

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    Back when video poker machines took coins I accidentally discovered that they had a coin return near your right knee for coins that didn’t register and fell through. I routinely filled my pockets with coins from these cups and only years later did I find out the casinos considered that stealing from THEM! Didn’t know that.
     
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  7. bubbakitty

    bubbakitty Doing retirement again and happily so....

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    Crap. I’ve got another 14 years of training. Damnit, I didn’t know that.
     
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  8. Blue pacific

    Blue pacific Low-Roller

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    Saw guys walking around The Cal casino with a big box full of playing cards, I didn’t know they gave that Out For free...but, just gotta ask BJ pit boss, they’ll give you box full of used playing cards....now I have a lifetime supply of cards...about 25 free decks of cards.
     
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  9. Courtney

    Courtney Resident polygamist

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    I spent the better part of my life calling the convenience store “K.” No where on the sign does it say “Circle.”

    I was also last week years old when I learned that breadcrumbs in a canister are just CRUMBLED BREAD and seasonings.

    I ran out, was making meatloaf, and put an SOS out to neighborhood page asking to borrow. Someone suggested just toasting some bread, crumbling it, and adding Italian seasoning. I was all “Thanks, but I need ACTUAL breadcrumbs.”
    Several posts later, and I was feeling mighty dumb. I don’t know WHAT I thought they WERE*, but it never occurred to me that breadcrumbs = crumbs of bread.
    I’ve been paying someone to smash bread.

    * I went to grad school.
     
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  10. makikiboy

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    When I first moved into the university dormitories 40 something years ago I didn't know much about living by myself.

    The first time I washed my clothes....I just threw all my clothes into the washing machine, threw in detergent and bleach and started it up.

    Unfortunately my load included both whites and colors so you know the rest. It was funny because I created the first tie dyed shirts and pants (!) before it became a fad. And since I was on a budget I couldn't buy new clothes so I had to live with those things until it washed out.

    Luckily I met a girl who also taught me that you don't wash your colored clothes in hot water
     
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  11. Electroguy563

    Electroguy563 Vegas Joker

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    I have a "I didn't know that" tidbit I'd like to share but it's pretty boring.

    But being that I am currently bored out of my mind I will share it with you.

    I didn't know that the pit boss is interested in your AVERAGE BET more so than your BUY-IN.

    I learned this when the pit boss mis-took a players buy-in as my buy-in. When I mentioned it to the pit boss he shrugged and assured me it's the average bet that matters, not the buy-in.
     
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  12. Terry Benedict

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    I didn't know the cute college-age looking girl who complimented me on my nice watch was a hooker.
    (In my defense, I DID know the worn out Tyra Banks- looking girl at 8:00am WAS a hooker. First trip, scared me.)
     
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  13. BlacklabberMike

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    That was and still in called Sliver Mining.
     
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  14. FullPay

    FullPay When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro

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    I did not know that!
     
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    The name was coined that as in those days as most coins were made of silver.
     
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  16. Joe Strummer

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    For years I said " Stonehedge " not " Stonehenge ".
    Same with....."Wimpleton " not "Wimbledon"
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    Pretty much ANYTHING on my I Phone + computer......my 8 yr old knows already !
    " Oh ?.....what did you push to get that ?" = Spoken daily by me !
     
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  17. deansrobinson

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    I didn't know: that not every problem she brings to your attention requires that you develop a solution.

    Over in man land, where we're all engineers by nature and solve problems and slay dragons, airing a problem will generate immediate potential solutions for analysis and implementation. Resolve the issue.

    Over in woman land, many problems are aired for the sake of empathy or discussion, not resolution.

    What I did not know -FOR DECADES - is how to differentiate between the two. :kiss:

    Sincerely,
    D. Samuel "uh huh...yeah...mmm..yeah" Robinson
     
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  18. Coppertop Tester

    Coppertop Tester Tourist

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    I don't recall ever seeing coin returns. I didn't turn 21 until 1987 though. Were the coin returns still in use then?
     
  19. ken2v

    ken2v This Space For Rent

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    I once thought my host was my friend. Turns out she was actually a monetary phlebotomist.
     
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    What I didn't know is that it took 4 different kinds of laundry detergent, two kinds of fabric softener, some other kind of bleach other than Clorox, and some other misc doo-dads to do laundry?? Of course, I am not allowed to touch the laundry. I try to tell my wife that these are all marketing gimmicks by Tide to get you to buy more detergent than normal, take up more shelf space from their competitors, and to increase their sales and market share. Of course, I am an idiot.
     
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