Ok?.. I have  most folks I think..double check. make  sure you guys have taken your  75K bonus.

All is good here

cool...see you at the game then
(had sudden image of An'Teela flying over head hurling shoes at Etna players)

This can be arranged. ;)

 as we draw near ThanKsgiving Holiday, I suspect things  will slow  down.

 for me not much will change, accept for  Thanksgiving day..  I'll be cooking what i am taking to My daughter's House, so I will be   on in the Morning.. I'll be gone most of the afternoon.. and  return , around 8:00 or sooner.

 those of you  who are outside   the US?  Please post as you will, I wil answer  as  I can.

GAME NOTE:

if you go to  Game Maps 1... I  made a rough Map of 'The Black' as we know it

Ah, yes, your Turkey Day is approaching. Have a good one.

Seven times I reminded myself to bet on the game in the next po, seven times I didn’t get around to it.  I’m unhappy.

Well I’m winding this up.  I’ll plant a couple more seeds and cur Besserman loose.   Hopefully a couple will start sprouting but it’s probable that Besserman is destined to be another Evol cannon fodder for the opposite team.

  Though if he could be turned, he could be an asset as he would understand both sides of the social conflict

going to sisters house for Thanksgiving.  I'll at least have my phone.

Making:
Brown Butter Bourbon Pecan Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Toasted Coconut Southern Buttermilk Torte with Candied Pecans
Cheese platter with Truffle Brie, Sharp White Aged Cheddar & Garlic, and Herbed Goat Cheese
  3 different types of crackers, Green olives, Summer Sausage, Apples, Asian Pears, Honey, and
  a fig/orange jam.  And if time...adding brioche toast points
 (got a bit serving tray for that one.  Supposed to be about 20+ people)

 neat.. I have to make the  'standard' Holiday stuff … Creamed   Dried  Corn ( from Copes, in a bag )

 and  the  Greenbean casserole with Mushroom soup and   Breaded Onion rings..  That's my Job..every  holiday...

I find it funny they have to double team block me to try and slow me down...

They are scared
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well?...next tot eh Sanri.. Demons are a tad  Bigger then other folks... Supe is one of our  Bigger guys, and You are   taller  them him, and  have a bit wider  shoudlers.

Okay, back from Vegas...it was a very fun, not very restful weekend (almost had one of the guys in our group wind up in the hospital with alcohol poisoning, which put an abrupt end to the fun one of the nights).  Saw a couple of shows, at a LOT of food (gotta love those Vegas buffets), managed to reconnect with a friend who's been living down there for the past few years, had my first 'I never want to stay at this place again' Vegas hotel experience (nothing horrific...just not a very good hotel.  When your hotel is trying to shift over to being a dance club on the weekends, and as a result, they won't let you in the easy way to go to your room, it makes a bad impression, as a guest...)

Overdrawn on one bank account, tapped pretty heavily into another one, but payday is coming up fast and I've still got cash in my pocket.  Time to get back to life...*grin*

which hotel?

sounds like   fun!..and no shooters!

The Oasis at Gold Spike...it's kinda like two hotels on the same block got folded into a single business.  Gold Spike WAS a casino, downtown...they're shifting away from that.  They've got the cheaper rooms over there (because you're above the club, or right above the street, so it's usually pretty noisy until the wee hours.)  They semi-sorta renovated the rooms...the halls still have some pretty dated carpet, but the rooms (or, at least my room) has faux-hardwood flooring.  The walls are HEAVILY textured, which is usually a sign that the sheetrock work was done fast and sloppy and they're relying on the texturing to conceal any flaws, and my room, at least, was painted a very dark gray that made it feel kind of claustrophobic. It's got a big courtyard out back that has some patio games, and a bunch of lounge chairs and such...

One of the other people in the group stayed over on the Oasis side...which looks kind of like a 60s-era motel.  Three stories, all the rooms open onto a fenced courtyard that's got a pool in it (that wasn't heated, so we didn't go swimming at all there).  Room's about the same size, concrete-brick (not cinder-block, but similar texture), brighter colors, larger window, nicer bathroom, slightly higher price (had I known beforehand, I would have booked a room on that side, but whatever...)  The two courtyards are connected by a gate, so you can easily go from one to the other (most of the time, anyway...)

The overall vibe I got from the place is it's kind of hipster management trying to cash in on Old-Vegas nostalgia, while trying to make the place more appealing to locals by getting rid of the casino and making it a club.  It has a LOT of potential...but it needs better management (and better service, overall...I mean, when I checked in, it looked like someone had made the bed, folded down the sheets...and then fallen asleep on it.  One of the sheets had brown stains on it that looked like someone had scrubbed off really heavy makeup with it, sometime in the past, one of the towels had what I really hope was a rust stain on it, and someone had left two wet washcloths draped over the bar for the shower curtain.  Not a good way to make a first impression on guests.  Between that, and being turned back at the gate between courtyards by one of the bouncers, because the Gold Spike was 'on club hours', requiring us to go all the way back out the gate on the far side of the Oasis courtyard and around the block to a specific door where someone 'might be able to help us', I'm pretty unimpressed with the place, overall.  Definite contrast to last time I stayed in a hotel down there...the Plaza...just down the street and around the corner.  THAT place was awesome.)

My brother and his  wife went to vegas, thier oldest got married out there, about  a month ago.. he said  he liked it. They were  surprised at a place they went to that had   skydiving off the rood of the hotel!

Hmmmmm...had to have been one of the places off the Strip, I would guess.  Some of the places on the strip are tall enough for base jumping like that, but you'd want enough space to land safely, and a lot of the places on the Strip are so close together...

And there's SOOOO many people down on the Strip itself that could get landed on...

Actually most hotels have that sort of thing, it’s just a few that have something soft to land on at the bottom.  ;-)

I can't remember the name. but they went there..it was real expensive( too expensive  fo folks like us).. But the son-in-law had it covered?.. they had a cake that was given to them..and the waiter  said  it would  cost 100 dollars  for them to cut the cake!....but he went in and  said the 'good  boss' was  on, and said 'no charge" ( nice? huh?..no charge  for having your own wedding cake  guy by a waiter?)


 anyway.. this   had  a round  top.. and  so you could see   Vegas and the surround  area.. and  these folks were going  Up  in  wingsuits?.. they got to go up and watch the very blast Guy Jump , before they thier  food  came....

well?  as happens some times.. I thought we had a new player?.. but  haven't  seen up   do is part of the set up yet.. witht he Hiliday  coming up, I'll Give him until Saturday  night, then  cut him loose.

Sounds like the Stratosphere...built kind of like Seattle's Space Needle, it's got a roller coaster at the top (probably not a vety big one, but at that height, you don't need a big coaster for it to be a thrill ride), and a few other things along those lines.  People in wingsuits jumping off fits with the feel of the place.

 I think he  did  say it …" looked  like that Building in Seattle.."

It was the first place I thought of when you mentioned skydiving off buildings.  It's on the same street as The Strip, but it's more in the middle of town.  Definitely stands out in the skyline when you're driving past on the highway.  We almost went there, this trip...decided to go to a foot spa, instead (I mean, part of the reason for the trip was to relax, and the options at Stratosphere didn't sound very relaxing.)

well?.. Like I said... its not cheap there.. My brother is a bit older then me.. he has some  health issues, and works   part Time delivering Mattresses  for a local  company that makes them ( jerk folks  to say the least)..he's been there   for eyars  after  he got laid off  and the Mills  , more or less, shut down... I got into  a factory, then the post offcie.., he wasn't as lucky.


 ::chuckles::  the cool waiter they had?.. Brought out   the menu.. to get a decent steak was pushing  80  dollars?.. he held up a butter knife  and  said they  could get  a slice  of steak that thick for  20?

 He then  suggested  with  the utmost class, that "..if they weren't too hungry, they could  share  an Steak between two of them, and just order  extra  sides"

 which they did!... y Brother  said he never felt  so embarrassed..( this was before the  'askign about  cutitnf the wedding cake-thing')

 He said they did  eat at some places that were  high priced, as expected.. bgut  nt like that building!

 he also said  aboutt hat coaster?.. It  sorta  ;looks like you are goignto go over the edge... they didn't go on it!