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I worked the overnight shift for a reason the summer heat. Bank signs read 115 commonly. The news would say 109 or 110. Cab generally had two things broken. Suspension and AC. The suspension was due to massive and plentiful speed bumps. 15 mph at most casinos. Some nut cases found that if you hit…

Every convention was unique. Shoe Salesmen Convention. First one starting of the season. It was August. Al Bundy is real. These dudes wanted the naked hooker cards. Too cheap to the Strip Club. They were very bad tippers. Allways wanting receipts. I figured out how to get money from them. I sold black receipt pack…

I worked the overnight cabs. I started at 6pm and got off 6am. Yep 12-hour shifts. I’d start at the airport getting people to their hotel. People were in a good mood normally. I did the airport shuttle until 8pm. Then I would hit the show breaks. Mirage had a good one. Mandalay Bay, Ceasar…

IN the casino it is a madhouse. For instance, at Lady Luck Casino there were 3 craps table. The night shift which I worked starts at 10pm. Normally we had 1 craps table. Rarely the swing shift dealers had a game running, and we opened a second game. On New Years eve. all three craps…

After winning the gunfight I decided to leave with no indication where I lived. I got a Mailbox Etcetera po box. It gave you a real street address. I got a new license with the mailbox as my addy. I wore a .357 at all times. I avoided the gangs home turf. I avoided all…

One year around the mid 90’s a group of County Council members won with their promise to reduce corruption in Clark County. The proudly stated they would clean it up. Then they investigated by the FBI due to whistleblower. The council had bought new cars from themselves paid with county money. They had all the…

There were 4 Dealers at Lady Luck Casino that wanted to go shoot at a range that was just off the strip to the West. It allowed you to fire rifles. I had and SKS, one of my friends had and AK, and another had an AR, the fourth dealer just wanted to shoot ours.…

There is a road that runs along the east side of the Strip behind the MGM down the Venetian. There is a set of stop lights behind the MGM old amusement park. There is a big and tall wall along Paradise. Cabs and limos used this road a lot to get around. One day the…

It all began with the Gem show. This show brought diamond dealers, jewelry chains. The day that all valuable shiny stuff comes in town brings the pirate in me alive. An entire section of the belly of the jets are put on trailer. They are transparent. Filled with bags of gems and jewelry. There are…

I got involved with a Murder trial as a witness. The guy that dropped the murder weapon was lurking around the empty lot that our picture window looked out at. Me, my Grandfather and Max a 65 pound Chow Chow decided it was time to run that punk off. We succeeded in that. Next came…