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# Here is what tried to stay in Vegas in the 90s

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- [Nightmares from then](https://jimscave.com/2026/01/14/nightmares-from-then/) - I saw some things that scarred me for life driving a cab. Sometimes the aftermath, sometimes right when it happened. Stratosphere has big fences with concertino wire around the edge of their tower top. This didn't stop two people The first was a Canadian guy who went up top and climbed the fences and seemingly
- [Dealers after shift](https://jimscave.com/2026/01/02/dealers-after-shift/) - Working the casino shifts create a life that is out of sync with everything else. That doesn't mean there are not things to do other than gambling and strip clubs Bowling is super popular that locals casinos have leagues to cover all shifts. You will see people in casino colors bowling at 4am with 79
- [Vegas Snow](https://jimscave.com/2025/11/21/vegas-snow/) - It rarely snows in Vegas, but the few years I saw it were funny. The city is paralyzed. The only plows are up in Mount Charleston to the west. They don't share them. Those of us who grew up in a snowbelt did fine. Just drive a little slower and give distances between cars. It
- [Circus Circus](https://jimscave.com/2025/11/14/circus-circus/) - This is a hotel you love or hate. No one is neutral about it. I had good friends stay there and the enjoyed it. As a player I found it annoying with kids screaming while playing near the pit. There were circus acts above the pit that were distracting. There is a smell like no
- [Whorehouse lights](https://jimscave.com/2025/11/12/whorehouse-lights/) - My family moved to Vegas and we had 3 generations on the house. It was a very funky duplex which was where the trouble with the Gand started. The duplex had an outside door in every room. It made it easy to move in. There was a few issues though. Religious missionaries would knock on
- [Sunset Park](https://jimscave.com/2025/11/08/sunset-park/) - There is a park with nice pond with large cottonwood trees. It is SE of the airport. It is a nice place to relax. Children play while their parents watch. The temperature is cooled by the trees and the pond. I like to hang out there from time to time. Then I looked into its
- [Vegas Cowboy](https://jimscave.com/2025/11/07/vegas-cowboy/) - Las Vegas was a cowboy town with Casinos. When I got there in 91 you would see people riding horses. Lots of ranches around the Strip. Downtown had some hitching posts. The politics were very Libertarian. People did what they wanted and as a long as it didn’t violate a law they were left alone.
- [Family has Banned you](https://jimscave.com/2025/11/06/family-has-banned-you/) - Thanksgiving in Vegas was a weird holiday. As a cabby I got a free Turkey from a casino. As a dealer I had to work the Holiday usually. I was a graveyard dealer as you know, and this let me have the holiday at home for a little lack of sleep. Not a lot of
- [How do my stories help?](https://jimscave.com/2025/10/31/how-do-my-stories-help/) - All lot of the comments say I helped them. I can figure out how. Most of these stories are about my bad decisions. I am bipolar and all of the lights and action kept me in a manic as a default. Setting. Most of these good stories were me making very bad choices while in
- [Palms Casino pre open](https://jimscave.com/2025/10/27/palms-casino-pre-open/) - Palms casino had a cab driver/ limo driver preopen. We were given Palm dollars to gamble with at the tables. We got to tour every and try the buffet. The buffet was really good with more regions than most. I was exploring with 3 other cabbies. We had heard of the night club at the
- [Pizza Hell](https://jimscave.com/2025/10/23/pizza-hell/) - I despise California Pizza. I grew up 20 miles south east of downtown Chicago. When I moved to Vegas I searched for a good gyro, a good Italian Beef, and a good pizza. I tried a lot of pizza. They were not anywhere near what I was looking for. I could not find a gyro
- [Places Cabbie ate at](https://jimscave.com/2025/10/17/places-cabbie-ate-at/) - Cab drivers have to eat on the run at fast food if it is busy. It gets old fast and you get fat. Fast food I liked though was Del Taco. It made the best fast food burritos in my opinion. I also liked Arbys for variety. Beyond that I had no preference and if
- [Go Coyote!](https://jimscave.com/2025/10/14/go-coyote/) - One day 5 lizards began sunning themselves on our brick patio wall. Papa lizard, Momma lizard, and 3 small child lizard came out in sequence every day for a month. One day an Evil roadrunner visited the yard and ate Papa lizard. The lizard family were not smart. The came out the next day. The
- [Vegas Valley](https://jimscave.com/2025/10/09/vegas-valley/) - Vegas is surrounded by tall mountains. Some are. There are a few with things to do. One is Mount Charleston. There is an awesome canyon up there that once you enter all the Vegas lights are gone. Take a telescope and look at the stars. Some like me see colors, others see white. But it
- [Handicap rides](https://jimscave.com/2025/10/06/handicap-rides/) - I drove a wheelchair accessible cab 1 day a week for a year. We all called the Handicab. Every time I would have to pick up people going to medical centers. They had special coupons that paid for the ride. I never was tipped doing this but I understood why. The one that frightened me
- [Video Poker](https://jimscave.com/2025/10/06/video-poker/) - Locals loved video poker. There are many type of video poker. Stud where you are dealt the hand you have to play mins 1 card then bet. the last draw is both side Aces - 4 aces paid 400 to 5 quarters bet. Aces and duce - Duce wild. 4 aces and a wild paid
- [How I setup this blog](https://jimscave.com/2025/10/01/how-i-setup-this-blog/) - I get this question a lot, so here it is. First thing use a topic you are familiar with. If you don't have a theme don't bother. Next chose a host. I use hostinger. It setups WordPress automatically. It also updates it automatically and does updates on all the tools you have. It costs me
- [Chipmunks and Tokes](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/29/chipmunks-and-tokes/) - Casino Cheques are commonly referred to as chips. So that is how I will refer to them. Back then dealers got cash tips everyday they worked. They came in small yellow manilla envelopes. If you were on a day shift you could get them immediately. Swing and Grave shifts got them at the beginning of
- [Where the Stuff goes](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/27/where-the-stuff-goes/) - Casinos close, casinos remodel, and casino retheme. Inside casinos are tons of large decorations that they get rid time to time. The neon signs go to the Neon Graveyard where they are lit, and you can see them at any time. The inside decorations go to a Former Lt Govenor Lonnie Hamagrin. He has a
- [Comps](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/25/comps/) - IN the 90's if you played for an hour at $10 a hand or 1/2 hour playing $25 or better a hand you could get a comp. Comps were good for buffets, steak houses, movie theater tickets, show tickets, basically anything they had in the casino they would let you have for free if you
- [Casinos that are gone](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/24/casinos-that-are-gone/) - I saw article on Bing about casino that have been demoed or totally remodeled. Places like Mirage, Treasure Island, showboat, Texas stations to just list a few. I have played in every casino on the strip and local ones. Oh I collect shot glasses if then. I have to start over now. 30 years mead
- [Nevada Palace](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/22/nevada-palace/) - This was a small casino with a few blackjack tables a roulette, and a craps table. Me and my mom like to play there. The dealers knew us; the pit crew knew us. They had blackjack tournaments. My mom always signed up for those. Usually she won the weekly ones. Then the casino put up
- [Arizona Charlies Boulder](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/19/arizona-charlies-boulder-2/) - I really enjoyed dealing at Arizona Charlies. The pit critters on all shifts were very nice. The players were nice as a general rule. In the winter it was mainly Canadian. The other dealers were friendly. I got along with all of them. Another group that was larger was casino workers from other casinos. An
- [Pirates on the Strip](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/17/pirates-on-the-strip/) - Treasure Island was a super themed Hotel. There was a skull face on the tower facing South. The lagoon went around the corner of the building. The walkway was a pier with wood slats and thick rope sides. You always could see the pirate ship to the South. Just about 10 minutes before the battle
- [Tools of the Trade](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/16/tools-of-the-trade/) - majority of table games use dice or a deck of cards.
- [Best show in Vegas](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/16/best-show-in-vegas/) - There were many shows going during the time I was there. You could find Broadway shows, classic Vegas show with topless showgirls, and of course all the magicians. The best in my view was the Cirque du Soliel. Magicians range from new acts playing places like Sahara, and downtown showrooms. They were cheap so they
- [The little red truck](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/16/the-little-red-truck/) - I had a 1994 Toyota pickup. This was a very small truck. It predated all the Tacoma. It was bright red. IT had a 6-speed stick. 4 cylinders in the engine. by no means a powerful truck. I drove this truck 19 years. In the dry climate of Vegas there was no rust. The truck
- [UNLV Conciseness Study](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/15/unlv-conciseness-study/) - The coolest courses I have ever taken were the Conciseness Studies with Dr Moody. I took every single class that was offered. Initially it was another professor that looked at things like drugs effects and mental illness. Dr Moody was far more interesting. Dr Moody is known for his studies of near death experience study.
- [9/11](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/11/9-11/) - I came home from work on 9/11 just like any other day. I watched Cartoon Cartoons. Then I turned on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. So far normal. 1/2 through the show was off and the news was saying a single engine plane had hit the World Trade Center. Then the second Jet hit. Now was
- [It came from the sky](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/10/officially-i-am-nobody/) - It was a Vegas winter night it was around 40 outside. I had dropped off a casino worker in a sketchy neighborhood that runs on the east side of the Strip. There is no one to pick up around there are Vegas cabs can only pick up at actually cab lines. The only time that
- [Sports betting](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/08/sports-betting/) - Lady Luck did not a have a sports book in 1995. They did have Steve from the Headquarters who thought he could run one. He talked them into putting in the Las Vegas Lady Luck first. They put money into the players' lounge. Nice seats comfortable tables that you could place your bets at. At
- [Pics of Long ago](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/06/pics-of-long-ago/)
- [Cab strikes](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/06/cab-strikes/) - I was involved in 2 wildcat strikes. Not for conditions or wages. It was over titty bar runs. Those bars gave $20 for every dude you could bring to them. SO it you had a few loads of 2 or 3. You had a very nice night. Limo drivers could do this too. They could
- [My Regulars](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/04/my-regulars/) - Some drivers never wanted regular pick-ups. I however like to know I would make some money no matter how busy or dead the night was. I had Mercedes, Candy, and Joe the Pit boss at the EL Cortez. Joe was an elderly black gentleman. He was the Pit Boss of the Graveyard Shift at the
- [Mercedes's baby 3 - end of murder 2](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/03/mercedess-baby-3-end-of-murder-2/) - I rented a Hilton property room. Not quite a hotel but a very nice place. She paid for it. No one but me knew where she was but me. Then her new man appeared. A dark black 6'4 prison build with bullet scars all over him . Slashes turned into long scars there was not
- [Mercedes's Baby 2](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/03/mercedess-baby-2/) - Mercedes baby Frank had got sent to jail for 2 months. Soon as that hit the street his and Mercedes' house was ransacked. I was rushing over with to get her stuff and Franks UZI. We were too late for anything. Only thing that was left was curtain rods. It was a sad day. She
- [Mercedes's Baby](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/03/mercedess-baby/) - Mercedes baby Frank had got sent to jail for 2 months. Soon as that hit the street his and Mercedes' house was ransacked. I was rushing over with to get her stuff and Franks UZI. We were too late for anything. Only thing that was left was curtain rods. It was a sad day. She
- [Mercedes Part 2](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/03/mercedes-part-2/) - Mercedes always said she wanted to leave Frank. Frank beat her often. She was the bottom(ho that fills in when the pimp is in jail or gone for awhile. In addition she had to claim she had the gins or alcohol in the car when they got pulled over). For all of these obligations she
- [Casino Buffet](https://jimscave.com/2025/09/01/casino-buffet/) - IN the 90s Buffets competed with each other to bring more people into their casino. Buffets were cheap, but good quality. A lot of them has stations: American, Mexican, Asian, and Italian, just to name a few. Rio started off being the best Buffet early in the 90's. This was in part locals had priority
- [about the blog](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/30/about-the-blog/) - The subject matter is from my Memory of my days in Vegas. I am the only one that runs this site. Feel free to quote anything from. I have a double major in US History and World history, What you would be doing is a primary source. If you want to use it in a
- [2ways to gamble](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/29/2ways-to-gamble/) - Some people play low amounts to protect their bank role If you just like to play for a long time this is the way to plat The other one is full tilt boogie. This is how I play. I know from being a dealer that you can catch a run at any time. You play
- [The Heat](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/28/the-heat/) - In the summer it was cray hot. Every year I was there someone in the News would back brownies in a car. There is very little shade in Vegas. Car temps would be around 150 If I remember right. Kids left in cars ended up with shattered and the police waiting for them to arrest
- [NCDA and the Teamsters](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/26/ncda-and-the-teamsters/) - Nevada Casino Dealers Association was as proto union for the dealers created by Tony Badillo who went on into County Commissioner. What Tony created was a place dealers could come learn do deal new games. This was in 94. If you wanted to learn a new game anywhere else, you had to pay $500 or
- [Arizona Charlies Boulder](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/24/arizona-charlies-boulder/) - This was the nicest casino I worked in. It is a small locals casino on the outskirts of Vegas. There was a rv park on the property. In the winter there were a lot of snowbirds getting away from Winter. The same people would come in and gamble. You got to know them, and it
- [Joshua Trees](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/23/joshua-trees/) - Outside of Vegas heading back to Cali there is Joshua Tree National Forest. I fell in love with those ugly trees. They are endangered species so you can't get seedling or a young tree. They stand in silence with arms outstretched reaching for the sun. Some of the trees are in Vegas and large. My
- [UNLV](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/22/unlv/) - I went to UNLV for a while. I really liked it. The only thing that I will say is horrible is the really big parking lot that is about 1/4 of mile away from classrooms. The student lounge was great. Chic Fil Lay in there. A collection of things to use for camping, skiing, canoes.
- [How to hide 90's style](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/22/how-to-hide-90s-style/) - Find someone to live with who is paying the rent and utilities. This removes the ability to search those records.Once you have that move immediately at night. leave no forwarding address. Pay your landlord what you need to. Get a mailbox etc (now ups store) they provide a real address which you put appt 123
- [what bored nighttime dice dealers did](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/22/what-bored-nighttime-dice-dealers-did/) - The graveyard shift is a long boring night. The game generally dies about 1am then picks up in at 6am in the morning. Graveyard shift started at 10pm and ended at 7am. between 1 and 6 bored dice dealers screwed around.Dice were our go to bored killer. Casino dice are sharp. When new you can
- [Not related to Vegas, but I got a new blog](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/22/not-related-to-vegas-but-i-got-a-new-blog/) - New stuff I write about, pics, recipies and other stuff if you want to check it out it is www.jims-journey.com
- [Shows in Vegas](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/21/shows-in-vegas/) - I occasional as a cab driver got tickets to new shows as they wanted to get a free publicity through cab and limo drivers talking to their passengers. One I saw was Mama Mia. It was as musical at Mandalay Bay. It was a cool show. I told people it was a good one. There
- [Driving in the Rain](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/18/driving-in-the-rain/) - / It does rain in Vegas, jut not often. Normally nice dry pavement you can trust to break quickly or take curves. Coming out of the airport there was a curve that was steep. It was called Whittlesea curve. Whittlesea was a cab company that used Explorers as cabs. Back in the mid 90s they
- [Cabbie perks in the 90s](https://jimscave.com/2024/05/01/cabbie-perks-in-the-90s/) - Cab drivers always ate for 1/2 price. Restaurants did this so they would have cabs for their patrons nearby. SO we had a group 6 core members and 6 sometimes members that would hit different restaurants during the slow time of night. Italian, Chinese, Casino coffee shops and buffets. We ate a different place every
- [One of the Elephants that used to be on the  Hunt](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/18/one-of-the-elephants-that-used-to-be-on-the-hunt/) - This guy is one of the hard ones to find as it is behind the county Jail downtown
- [Casino Royal the end of Steve](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/16/casino-royal-the-end-of-steve/) - I said earlier Steve was an ex-heavyweight boxer on crack. He was around 6'4 and probably weighed in at 300 pounds.One very drunk and stupid player learned not to tangle with boxers On a craps table in the corner of the layout there is a big 6 side and big 8 side. If an 8
- [Casino Royal pt 2](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/16/casino-royal-pt-2/) - Food is always something I rate a place I work at. Casino Royale was first notorious of just supplying hot dogs for employee's food. When I was there, they had a short order cook that if you tipped, he would make anything you want and have it hot for your next break. It was nice
- [Casino Royale](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/16/casino-royale/) - Home of the low roller. Ultra-low limits. Craps was 25 cents on any bet that didn't move. 50 cents for any bet that was moved. Movable best are in the center of felt in the come or don't come boxes. Once they are moved up by the dealer you can put what is called Odds.
- [Murder part 3 details](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/16/murder-part-3-details/) - After the Grand jury session, the gang literally told me they were going to kill me. I told that to the DA he said if I wasn't a gang member I would have no problem. When I heard that my heart about stopped. 2 days later someone had tried to break into my garage apartment.
- [Fear and Loathing](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/12/fear-and-loathing/) - Hunter Thompson's book was based on reality. I worked for the guy who was the Manager of the Mint hotel. Name was Mel Weber. He was the pit boss in charger of the dice pit at Lady Luck. Nicest guy I ever worked for in in Vegas. One unique thing was he only had three
- [Things you could do free in Vegas](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/10/things-you-could-do-free-in-vegas/) - As a cab driver I heard a lot of people asking what they could do now that they were brok.Here is the list1 see the Wizard at the Excalibur2 see the Talking Camels in the LUXOR3 see the Bellagio water fountains at night4 see the Mirage Volcano5 See the Pirate Show at Treasure Island6 Go
- [Y2K](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/08/y2k/) - Like the rest of the world Vegas was worried about Y2K taking down their computer networks. All sorts of news stories going on about it. People were buying new computers that could go to 2000 without having a failure I was driving a cab for Henderson/Whitlesea Cab company. They didn't upgrade. They just changed the
- [Rumors that went around](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/07/rumors-that-went-around/) - The rumors:A cocktail waitress from Caeser's Palace, MGM, Bellagio etc.It changed every time I heard it. She supposedly won A huge jackpot like megamillions . The died the next week from taking too much pure drugs and overdosed.The others I have to classify as just rumors even though a former Binions Horseshoe security told me
- [Mercedes](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/06/mercedes/) - Driving s cab I made friends with a cute young hooker named Mercedes, How this happened is some friends who were also driving a cab knew I had a connection to getting fake IDs. There were several good sites to get this done. She was 19 when I met here. She was from Canada and
- [Gun Fight at my Apartment due to Trial](https://jimscave.com/2025/08/02/gun-fight-at-my-apartment-due-to-trial/) - Shortly after the attempted break in. 6 gang bangers were in my driveway. I lived in a converted garage apartment. there was a large parking area. There was an upstairs apartment and a house. The gang members were armed with pistols. They were shouting that they would kill me. They threatened to bash the door
- [Summer in a cab](https://jimscave.com/2025/07/30/summer-in-a-cab/) - 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
- [Conventions as a cab driver](https://jimscave.com/2025/07/29/conventions-as-a-cab-driver/) - 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
- [Average night as a cab driver](https://jimscave.com/2025/07/28/average-night-as-a-cab-driver/) - 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
- [New Years Eve](https://jimscave.com/2025/07/28/new-years-eve/) - 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
- [Murder Part 2](https://jimscave.com/2025/07/26/murder-part-2/) - 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
- [Corruption](https://jimscave.com/2025/07/26/corruption/) - 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
- [A thing that would end up with SWAT these day](https://jimscave.com/2025/07/08/a-thing-that-would-end-up-with-swat-these-day/) - 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.
- [The Elephants on Paradise](https://jimscave.com/2025/07/08/the-elephants-on-paradise/) - 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
- [Modern Day Mauraders.](https://jimscave.com/2025/07/07/modern-day-mauraders/) - 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
- [Murder part 1](https://jimscave.com/2025/07/05/murder-part-1/) - 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
- [Cruising the strip as a cabbie](https://jimscave.com/2025/07/04/cruising-the-strip-as-a-cabbie/) - The Las Vegas Strip empties by 2 am. The road is very empty aside a few cabs and limos. The shows along the strip played until 3am. I liked to cruse the Strip at 2 am. I like to see the Bellagio water show at night. There is music to the water. You can't hear
- [Gambling and working as a dealer](https://jimscave.com/2025/05/29/gambling-and-working-as-a-dealer/) - I was a gambler living in Vegas. I was a craps dealer at the same time. Gambling took down a lot of people I knew in Vegas. I had rules I followed. 1 Pay all bills first. Rent, car, food, insurance and such 2 Never chase lost money. I went into the casino with cash,
- [Casino food for employees](https://jimscave.com/2024/07/07/casino-food-for-employees/) - All caisnos required that employees stayed on property. This meant that the had to feed us. I worked at 4 different casinos. El Cortez Sam's Town Casino Royal Arizona Charlies on Boulder El Cortez had vile food. As dealer you only had 15 minutes to eat. They served oxtails in cream, teriyaki, gravy, bbq, and
- [Kaboom](https://jimscave.com/2024/04/02/kaboom/) - Vegas in the 90's saw the creation of the Themed Casino They needed a lot of space for the new resorts. So they bought up old properties. Most places they would have used a company to tear it down Vegas did it one better. They imploded the old one. They packed the supports with dynamite
- [First things first](https://jimscave.com/2023/09/08/first-things-first/) - The craziest thing I ever saw in Vegas was in the first month I lived there. I was there before the mass influx of people. When I moved to town there were 200,000 in the valley. West of the Strip was ranchland. Tropicana, Flamingo, Desert Inn, and Sahra just feed into dirt roads in the

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