I'm here, although this is the first time I've been able to stop by the board in several weeks. This time it's work that's kept me away; I'm...
I apologize for the long delay between postings...my eldest daughter is getting married this weekend and we're totally embroiled in all the...
There are times when I am frightened of growing old, or worse yet, growing senile before growing old. Right now is one of those times. Since...
I bow to your greatness. Mikey, you were my inspiration to write about the Nerds in Vegas trip, and now that I've read this most recent opus, I...
Thanks for the kindnesses. I'm blushing. [img] Actually I did return with my family in August 2001, which is a whole 'nother tale!...
Within minutes after crossing the state line into the Pacific time zone (of course, being Nerds, we all immediately turned our watches back an...
Very funny stuff. A bit on the cynical side, but still very funny. I wonder what he would have thought of the clientele Downtown? Or in...
How about a three-year-old trip report I've been trying to write forever? Just posted part 1.
Once a week, usually on Tuesday, I have lunch with Josh, Brad, and John – three gents who, like me, are scientists. They are astronomers,...
My sympathies regarding your diagnosis of gout. I suffer from this as well (inherited it from my father's side) and will be on allopurinol for...
Sticky, I can sympathize...it's probably going to be at least a couple more years before I can go back. Too many other things sucking my money...
I'm glad you had a nice experience with the Sir Francis Drake hotel in SF. I stayed there a couple of years ago and had a wonderful time. I...
The Wabash Valley, eh? I lived in Terre Haute from '83 to '92, and although I sometimes miss the place, what I don't miss are the summers there....
I've also made the Denver-LV drive twice (actually Boulder-LV). Utah does indeed look like a lunar landscape quite a bit of the time, and that...
The very thought of losing my wallet anywhere, let alone Vegas, strikes such fear into my heart (it would be like losing control of one's life...
Thanks for the words of encouragement. I'm currently working on the first report from March 2000 and hope to have it posted soon.
One of the things I enjoy most about this board is reading the trip reports. They are as varied as the possibilities in Vegas themselves. After...
As a Denver area resident, may I say that there are a lot worse things than stopping at our eye-catching, super-modern airport! :D...
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