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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…