Follow the Bouncing Booger Part 2

I still have a friend that works where I used
to and he said that my old boss hired a "friend"
of his for about half of what I used to make.Well
come to find out that his "friend" freshened-up
one of "our" racing engines and forgot(didn't
know)that you are suppose to change a $100 set of
rod bolts and resize the rods.Well that little
mistake cost my old boss a $9000 alumimum block,
a $2800 billit crankshaft,2 $400 con rods,2 $300
pistons,a $3200 cyl. head and countless hours of
labor.Not a good sign for only 2 weeks of work.
Sounds like he saved alot of money.Think they
are still friends???

I wake up about 2:30pm and watch the boob tube
for a little bit,get ready and out the door at
about 4:00.Today I'm going to see what Boulder
Hwy. is all about,never been there before.So I
have the El Cortez get me a cab and take me to
Sam's Town.Nothing to write home about,I wander
around a bit,I've had enough and get a cab and
head back Downtown.I go to Golden Gate and have
lunch,corned beef,shrimp cocktail,and a couple of
beers.By this time it's around 8pm and it's time
to go to the Strat. for some more drinking and
Kareoke.I think this is going to become a regular
thing for me on Wendsday nights when I'm in town.
There sure are alot of very talented people in
in Vegas,so I spend about 4hrs drinking and
singing and spend about $50 or so on booze and
beer,GREAT FUN!!! I thought I was going to play
some serious Blackjack tonight but I'm far to
buzzed to be doing that so instead I head over to
LVClub and play "FUN 21".This is a terrible game
but alot of fun to play,splitting tens and double
on 3-4 cards and wierd stuff like that.I buy in
for $100 play red and flat bet and basic strat.
goes out the window.I have alot of fun with one
guy that keeps bitching at me for doing "stupid"
stuff.HEY IDIOT!!! DO YOU KNOW WHAT TABLE YOU ARE
SITTING AT?? This guy is complaining for over an
hour and still does'nt realize he's sitting at a
"fun 21" table.How can you NOT know,there's a
LIGHTED SIGN on a stick right on the table,DUH??
So I get 4 10's and split them and for somereason
this ends up being to much for this guy to handle
and he leaves.The dealer and everyone at the
table get a good laugh and we continue playing.I
end up playing and drinking for about 3 hours and
actually win $30 or $40.It's about 4 or 5am when
I get done so I just wander around downtown and
decide I'm going to play nickle Break the Spell
for the remander of the morning.I go from place
to place looking for this game and end losing
about $75.Back to the El Cortez and get breakfast
$1.75 bacon and eggs.Still hungry so I order the
the sausage and eggs and the lady looks at me a
little funny,so I ask her for 2 beers and 2 shots
of to-kill-ya,no more funny looks,NOW she thinks
I'm totally insane!!Enough fun for today,it's
9:30am and time for bed.

I wake up 2:00pm Thurs. and lounge around for
an hour or so then get ready and out the door at
about 4:00.I'm hungry so I head to the Golden
Gate for a roast beef sandwich,shrimp cocktail,
and a beer,still very good.Since I have some
"extra" money I decide to go the strip and scout
some of the high limit games to see if there is
something decent in the Blackjack games to play.
Mirage and Caesars' have very good shoe games but
will take more money to play then I'm willing to
risk so I decide against that idea.Sure is fun to
watch people playing black like it's silver.I
watch one guy play for about an hour or so and he
has no idea what he's doing but sure is having
alot of fun.He lost more then $18,000 in less
then an hour,just guessing,the whole time I was
there.He MUST be good at something to have that
kind of money to piss off!! So I just end up
walking around a little,looking/playing nickle
Break the Spell for a few hours.Went to the
Casino Hall of Fame at the Trop.,free ticket from
shill out front.I like that place,everytime I go
in there I always see something I didn't see the
last time there.Didn't really look but I think
the tic-tac-toe chicken is gone.Went to NYNY and
had a couple more slices of pizza and a beer,then
rode the roller coaster and just walked around
NYNY for an hour or so.Sure like that place,may
have to stay there one day soon.At this point its
about 1am Fri morning so I catch the bus back to
Downtown and get ready to make my Blackjack
rounds.So I end up playing about 6 hours of cards
and winning about $175,not to good considering
the money I put at risk.Oh well, better than
losing $175.Been a long day,so I treat myself to
some hot berry pie with a scoop ice cream and
head upstairs 8am to get some sleep.

Ah!! The sun is still up so everythings is OK.
So today I decided to see if I can go a whole day
without gambling.Maybe all go see a show or maybe
YEAH RIGHT!!! I've always wanted to go to the
Gamblers Bookstore but always forget to find out
where it is,so I have to do a little asking but
it seems everybody knows where it is BUT me.So I
get a taxi there and go in. So I end up spending
a couple hours there looking around,but go a
little overboard on the book buying for my
Blackjack library.I have plenty to read for quite
awhile now.Back to Downtown,by now it's about
6/7pm Fri and it's about time I have some kind of
real dinner.I make my way back to the El Cortez
by way of Binion's to see what's up on fri night.
The slot's at least has SOME people in it,the
craps tables are busy like always,and they have
$10 dollar min. on Blackjack.I'll be back here
later.Back to the El Cortez for some dinner.On my
way I also went into Julian's? the place with all
the TV's (sports bar?) anyway,there were quite a
few people in there eating snacks and drinking,I
hope that place does well,Downtown NEEDS a nice
place for all those sports people to spend money.
Not that I pay any attention to the sports books.
I get to dinner and order a "Mr. Porterhouse"
and it lives up to it's name. A 22-24oz steak
with baked potato,vege mix,salad,and your own
little loaf of bread.I put as big a dent in it as
I could but came nowhere near finishing it.I do
believe the price is $14.95.It's been a while
since I've actually paid for one.By now it's got
to 10pm or so and I hav'nt played VP in awhile so
I thought I would give it a whirl.I waddle over
to my favorite VP machine and decide to play $1
DW single line.Insert 3 bills,push buttons,push
buttons,push buttons...Before you know it the sun
is up!!! I've been sitting at this machine for
over 8 HOURS!!!I had been ordering a beer every
once in awhile and somehow the time just flew by!
I never added any money,never hit anything big,
sort of like ,it just let me put a zillion points
on my card,then cashed out,Thank You El Cortez.
It's now,by some kind of Vegas "magic" 7am SAT
morning?? I check out the tables here and it's
sort of slow.I can't get my own table,but 1 other
person is OK in a pinch.So I buy in for $500 and
play 1-3 green.Play for about 1 hour and get out,
up $175.Take walk to Golden Gate and get a shrimp
cocktail and relax for a few.That's enough,off to
Binion's for some more Blackjack.Buy in for $500,
Play 1-3 green.Things go well here,I play for a
little over 2 hours and am up $775.Wanted to stay
longer but was getting to tired and was making
mistakes,time to go!!By the time I get to my room
I'm exausted,to much thinking,not enough breaks.
Hit the hay about 11:30am Sat.

I wake up at about 4pm still a little tired but
very hungry,so I get up and out of the room by
5pm.Where to eat?What to eat?I just wander around
throw some money at various slots here and there,
I can't resist,Back to the Golden Gate for....
1-corned beef...1-shrimp...1-beer....I AIN'T SEEN
MY BABY SINCE THE NIGHT BEFORE LAST.......OK,OK
So I relax a little while and have a couple beers
and listen to piano guy for awhile.Very fun music
to listen to.I just remembered,I need to remind
everyone ,if you are Downtown between the hours
of about 4pm-9pm,look for the "Fortune Cookie
Girl" in front of the Golden Gate.She comes out
1-2 times an hour and gives out fortune cookies
with GOOD stuff inside(2-1,matchplays,freedinners
and other stuff!! Anyway,feeling full,I catch the
bus to the Strip and get off at the Strat. This
is going to be my normal walking of the strip.My
punishment for eating the way I do in Vegas,I
really do enjoy the walking,especially when it's
NOT 115' outside!!I take $200 and all the slot
cards and walk up 1 side and down the other,my
slot-o-the-day receiving $5 and a slot card.The
slot this month is...Nickle Break the Spell.I
got a great hit(5 crowns) at the Stardust for
5000 nickles so I cash out $50 ahead this time.
Well that was fun and killed about 7 hours,it's
now 3am Sunday,so I catch the bus to Downtown for
some more cards.Walk down to the Western to see
what's going on down there and the place is busy.
So I buy in for $50 and play $2 for 1 hour,down
$50.Off to the Gold Spike,same thing,$50 in,$50
gone.Off to Binion's,buy in $500,play 1-3 green,
play again a little 2 hours,cash-out $325.Its now
7.30am,and I have a 10:45 bus to catch,so back to
El Cortez for a last round of Blackjack.Samething
buy in $500 and so on...Well Gee,I'm having so
much fun,I miss my bus!!!Well,now what do I do?
I was planning on sleeping on the bus on the way
home!What the heck,the next bus home is at 4:30.
So I cash out $625.Time for breakfast,NY steak
and eggs,Tastes like steak and eggs,YUM...Tummy
full,back to the tables.Same routine..play almost
3 hours and cash out dead even.This time ,in time
to catch my ride home.Up to the room and pack,I'm
off,with time for a rootbeer float on the way
out!!!

Very Fun Place Vegas...made some money,did lots
of gambling,walked all over Hell and Creation,ate
lot's of good food,drank to much once,got to sing
in Vegas,went to gambling book Heaven,checked out
Sam's Town,Catch a stupid bet for big money while
in a drunken stupor,discovered the "magical time
worp ability"of DW,Just generally had a Great
time.Just think,I get to do it all over AGAIN in
3 WEEKS....ALRIGHT!!!

Booger

[ January 05, 2003, 11:08 AM: Message edited by: Booger ]

 

Fun report, great post. I'm beginning to wonder if being plastered is a requirement for winning at roulette; my buddy won big when he was playing one-eyed...

 

Great post, very enjoyable to read. I'm going to try the extremely intoxicated roulette play, it seeems everyone is doing it.