Not everyone’s Luck has been awful this week... :)

[TriGem2k]

So I open MSN.com this morning and BAM "Celine Dion Cancels Las Vegas Shows"..... I have a feeling your up to no good over there in Vegas Jim! I saw you said you liked the performance but to snatch her away from Vegas...Whoa!

[Boxtaboy]

Wonder if the US warranty period on the car is more than what's offered in Europe: 1 yr./12,000 miles and a 6,000 mile service interval.

http://www.carpages.co.uk/guide/noble/noble-m400-3.0-v6.asp

[Perfectlap]

I NEVER gamble I once had a job where I had to attend a 10 DAY LOOONG convention with a bunch of Chinese business dudes (HUGE gamblers). These guys would drop six figures a night. Well we had to take these guys out and the company gave me money to gamble with so we wouldn't look like wimps. But I had to use it on the casino floor, I was so tempted to drop it into my Etrade account. The strip is easily my least favorite 'vacation' spot in America, 2nd only to Bourbon Street. The food in vegas always tastes weird to me, like its been stored too long. Oh and I ended up having dinner with the Chinese dudes at Emerill Lugasis Steak place and in walks O.J. Simpson and he's walking right towards me, eyes locked right on me. I go for my steak knife (just in case). He say
"Whats going on?"
and sits directly behind me at the next table. I could clearly hear his entire conversation which wasn't too hard because everyone in this room clamed up in two seconds when they realized who was dining with them. He was having dinner with a couple of Japanese chicks while everyone working in that eatery was kissing his ass. The maitre'd guy even came over to his table to prepare his salad with some sort of mushroom oatmeal goop topping. My co worker from the west coast office told me he saw him the week before on a golf course he lives near and his friends from UCLA heckled him from the other hole with taunts of "OJ you F'ing killer get off the course". He says he gets that everywhere he goes.
I also got a pound from Rodman who I was told had a yellow 996 Turbo in the parking lot of the HardRock.

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

I NEVER gamble I once had a job where I had to attend a 10 DAY LOOONG convention with a bunch of Chinese business dudes (HUGE gamblers). These guys would drop six figures a night. Well we had to take these guys out and the company gave me money to gamble with so we wouldn't look like wimps. But I had to use it on the casino floor, I was so tempted to drop it into my Etrade account. The strip is easily my least favorite 'vacation' spot in America, 2nd only to Bourbon Street. The food in vegas always tastes weird to me, like its been stored too long. Oh and I ended up having dinner with the Chinese dudes at Emerill Lugasis Steak place and in walks O.J. Simpson and he's walking right towards me, eyes locked right on me. I go for my steak knife (just in case). He say
"Whats going on?"
and sits directly behind me at the next table. I could clearly hear his entire conversation which wasn't too hard because everyone in this room clamed up in two seconds when they realized who was dining with them. He was having dinner with a couple of Japanese chicks while everyone working in that eatery was kissing his ass. The maitre'd guy even came over to his table to prepare his salad with some sort of mushroom oatmeal goop topping. My co worker from the west coast office told me he saw him the week before on a golf course he lives near and his friends from UCLA heckled him from the other hole with taunts of "OJ you F'ing killer get off the course". He says he gets that everywhere he goes.
I also got a pound from Rodman who I was told had a yellow 996 Turbo in the parking lot of the HardRock.

Hi,

Cool! I'd have a knife handy around O.J. too...lol That's cool though seeing celebraties. I have never seen any in all my trips here, except once saw Rodney Dangerfield crossing the street as I went by in a cab.

As a vacation spot, I like Vegas, but truly, Montreal is my favorite with Charleston, SC as my next choice. In fact at last year's convention (Ponte Vedre, FL) we rented a car and drove up to Charleston to spend a week and flew home from there - I'm a Food & Wine guy and these cities have incredible food...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[z12358]

Never been to Vegas and I don't think I'll ever want to. Once while at a conference in Atlantic City I stepped into a casino and had to just get out after 5 minutes. All the colors, the lights, the sounds, the people crunched up over machines for hours pulling levers...

I define gambling as: placing bets in a statistical process that is inherently rigged against the player. Why anyone in their right mind would want to participate and support it, is beyond me. As if there's not enough chance and uncertainty in my life already, so I'd have this urge to turbo charge them by embracing a losing proposition.

Z.

[Perfectlap]

I agree, but some people (like MN) just have a knack for bloody winning! My pal and I went to the Borgata one night and in the five minutes we waited for his girlfriend to come down from the room (actually more like 15) my buddy hit the slot maching THREE TIMES. It was like literally every fourth pull of lever came up with $300+.... A thousand bucks in less time than it took the cocktail waitress to bring our 1st round drinks! This really pissed off all the people playing next to him. His girlfriend came down and he says "babe I just won 1,000 dollars"
and she's like "that's nice honey what you think of my dress?" LOL

I didnt mis-interperet it, Its made in africa, so what. I also saw on top gear he test drove it and said it was unsafe. Nothing to knock the car, its a cool car, just saying it has to be sold "incomplete" in the US, hence the regulations.

[pecivil]

Jim, congrats on the winnings. 18k is staggering!

I tried gambling on my 2 trips to vegas and just cant do it. money is to hard to come by to blow it like that, for essentially nothing except the excitment? of the moment. I can bet a 20 spot on football or basketball game, but thats it.

I would rather save it or buy something to go on one of my cars.

The stress of having that much $ on the line I can't imagine.

18 GRAND! Yikes!

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by TriGem2k

So I open MSN.com this morning and BAM "Celine Dion Cancels Las Vegas Shows"..... I have a feeling your up to no good over there in Vegas Jim! I saw you said you liked the performance but to snatch her away from Vegas...Whoa!

Hi,

No, she went on last night, but her performance was shortened, the Dance Troupe stayed on. She's blacked-out tonight thru 12/28 because of bronchitis I believe. Some people got partial refunds if they chose, but we had essentially unused House Tickets, so it doesn't look like we will. Gonna try to see the Blue Man Group tonight, this show was recommended, but I'm not gonna pay Mega $$ to see them, so who knows...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99