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Some shit about arcades or some such
« on: March 22, 2012, 05:23:31 pm »

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Re: Some shit about arcades or some such
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2012, 05:49:12 pm »
Sometimes I really fuck*ng like it here.
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Re: Some shit about arcades or some such
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2012, 06:02:18 pm »
That's all well and good, but when we were at Great Wolf I won 250 tickets in a single go from the arcade version of Wheel of Fortune. That felt pretty damned awesome.

The kids each got to pick out a small, lame toy, but seeing that many tickets come out of the machine at once felt a little bit like being in Vegas.
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Re: Some shit about arcades or some such
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2012, 06:07:37 pm »
Quote from: jay-ell on March 22, 2012, 06:02:18 pm
but seeing that many tickets come out of the machine at once felt a little bit like being in Vegas.
You mean your head ached as though from a poorly rested hangover, your clothes smelled of stale cigarette smoke and your stomach churned from over-salted food?
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Re: Some shit about arcades or some such
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2012, 06:43:18 pm »
Quote from: jay-ell on March 22, 2012, 06:02:18 pm
seeing that many tickets come out of the machine at once felt a little bit like being in Vegas.

Or that you were pleading with the pawn broker to just give you ten more dollars for your engagement diamond so you could get enough money to but a plane ticket out of town.
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Re: Some shit about arcades or some such
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2012, 06:45:05 pm »
We may as well go ahead and make this thread about how I've never been to Vegas except in video games. We can just do that now.
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Re: Some shit about arcades or some such
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2012, 07:00:56 pm »
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Re: Some shit about arcades or some such
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2012, 07:25:57 pm »
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Re: Some shit about arcades or some such
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2012, 08:01:09 pm »
I live in a casino (Reno, NV) for a week out of every month.   The casino scene gets old.   The same geriatric people smoking endless cigarettes while pushing a button on a blinky blinky machine.

It's OK Jayell.   You're not missing anything.   If you DO decide to go to Vegas... plan 3 days.   By day three, I've noticed most folks have seen all they want and are ready to take off.

(Also, I did a comedy set in a Reno bar last night.   They smoke inside.   It felt like I was in an episode of Mad Men.    Not entirely because of the smoking, but also because it was a little racism, and no lady comics.)
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Re: Some shit about arcades or some such
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2012, 08:24:12 pm »
I agree with Ash, arcades are bullshit anymore. I miss old-school games at Aladdin's Castle at the mall. Good times.

Also, I love the living shit out of Las Vegas, and I wish I could go there more often. I think 4 days is a good length of trip, but I'm insane like that; smick is probably right that for most people or first-timers, a three-day weekend is quite enough.
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Re: Some shit about arcades or some such
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2012, 08:27:59 pm »
Going too far off the Strip in Vegas, though, is a great way to get sad.

Bubble pop, abandoned city.

Except for the Pinball Hall of Fame. Just spend a week there.
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Re: Some shit about arcades or some such
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2012, 08:55:15 pm »
Quote from: littlefallsmets on March 22, 2012, 08:27:59 pm
Except for the Pinball Hall of Fame. Just spend a week there.

Here here.
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Re: Some shit about arcades or some such
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2012, 09:02:17 pm »
I think hear hear?


I hate Vegas like poison.
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Re: Some shit about arcades or some such
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2012, 09:22:30 pm »
im not into: gambling, whores, being around cigarette smoke

vegas isnt for me.

i guess most of the entire earth is not for me.
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Re: Some shit about arcades or some such
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2012, 09:23:20 pm »
My grandparents lived in Vegas.   So for most of my life, it was a quiet, in bed by 10 kinda city for me.
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