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Thu 
07/19/2007 07:19:31
 jim  Vegas fires are news in Louisville
And they're not in Las Vegas!
Louisville's Channel 6 news said there are more than 400 fires in Nevada this morning.
But Las Vegas's Channel 3 and Channel 8 said nothing about it.
I first heard about them last week.
It's national news!
So I was surprised when, after I talking to Sonny, he didn't know anything about it.
Wanna know something about where you're living?
Look at another city's news headlines.
Thu 
06/14/2007 23:34:16
 jim  Things I will miss about Vegas
- Family
- The Strip
- The mountains
- The proximity to Los Angeles and the ocean
- Local casinos
- All of that R rated adult fun out there
I've got 33 years of memories here. That's a lot of Christmas's
I've lost friends and relatives here.
I'll always be a Las Vegan.
Thu 
06/14/2007 23:28:58
 jim  Things I will not miss about Vegas
- the Spanish invasion
- the aggressive drivers
- hearing "hate rap" music blasting at stop lights
- the smog, dust, allergens and the heat
- the pan handlers, hookers and tweakers
- unfriendly people, distant neighbors, people moving all the time, and the temporary nature of friendships here
- the overcrowding and poor quality of our schools
- the high cost of insurance and poor quality of health care
This isn't Kansas, Dorothy, it's VEGAS...lol
Thu 
06/14/2007 23:01:50
 jim  What Vegas needs, in my opinion
Our drivers are terrible here, we need
- Mass transit systems that are affordable. Pull offs for buses. Park and Rides.
- Ticket issuing traffic cams.
- Signs showing traffic conditions, with warnings about tailgaiting.
The greater Las Vegas area is the fastest growing area in the nation.
Oscar Goodman is right. Las Vegas is set to be the world's next Rome.
As such, we should have:
- Better schools, more teachers, and higher standards of education
- Better quality and more affordable health care.
- Legislation that eliminates malpractice lawsuits. How many 'messages' do you need to send the medical community?
- Better social services for legal citizens
- Better road design. No more 2 mile long, 2 lane off ramps that are 200 feet in the air. A child could plan better.
  New roads hit capacity when they open. That's poor capacity planning.
- Water should be a forethought, not an afterthought. The Colorado River is tapped.
A long time ago, there could have been codes set for the distance between houses.
Regulators let landowners squeeze every house possible into the smallest amount of acreage.
Now, we have overcrowding. There is plenty of land in Nevada.
Wed 
06/13/2007 00:17:30
 jim  We went to the Star Trek Experience

The waiter gave me some soggy Orion Nebula Crackers at Quarks Restaurant.
So I called him a slimy, Swarathean Mole Squeezer. THEN HE HIT ME WITH HIS WARPING STICK!!!

Fortunately, Sonny came to my defense.
He'd been playing quarters on the Hilton slots, and he made the waiter smell his HAND!!!
"That quarter stink. That nasty quarter stink! KAHN!!!" he yelled, as his face hit the floor.
Once again, we emerged from the Las Vegas Hilton as happy slot players...
Seriously, the Borg 4D ride was excellent
We got to pretend we were in the Enterprises, and being abducted by the Borg.
Star Trek 3D was cool too.
It was a motion ride with spills and thrills.
It was an interstellar blast.
The food at Quarks Restaurant was kind of bland.
We had a 3 tiered appetizer which was good.
My seafood dish had a salt and butter sauce, with brown rice and zucchini. yuck.
Becky had a pecan chicken sandwich with fries. The fries were excellent.
The restaurant had a really good decor, but the food was a cross between McDonalds and Long John Silvers.
I like Long John Silvers better.
Mon 
06/04/2007 17:37:00
 Jim  Looking for a batting cage or miniature golf?
Good Luck!
There are no miniature golf or batting cages in Las Vegas.
Since Scandia closed, its a thing of the past.
The closest thing to Miniature Golf is located in the Adventure Dome, but if you've been around the country lately, it doesn't even come close to qualifying.
If anyone knows of a putt putt range, let us know.
Wed 
05/30/2007 10:10:46
 Jim  Frontier Tunnel Search
Our tour started at the Frontier's paint shop. The carpenters all knew Sonny, so we ended up chatting for awhile.The rumour had it that the tunnel had an entrance in an old hallway and down some stairs.
I went to the hallway and down the old rotten stairs. It went to a musty, wet hallway that dead ended. The hallway was only 20 feet deep. If there was an entrance there at one time, I couldn't guess where it would be.
Next, we went to room 160.
Room 160 was a parlor where the show people used to hang and party.
The rumour was there was an entrance to the tunnel somewhere under some blocks, but I kind of doubted it. The room was in the back of the hotel.
It was a really cool old room though.
It had a jacuzzi, nice bath, 2 bars, and full windows and sliding glass doors that surrounded it. I found a 1990 phone book that was pretty interesting, and a dead cat, but we found no tunnel.
The last of the Howard Hughs tunnels may never be found.
What may have been miles of tunnels under Las Vegas Boulevard will be buried soon. They'll be a time capsule, that will be forever lost in time.
I did get a black jack table layout
It was pretty cool seeing the guts of an old hotel.
Sun 
04/29/2007 09:05:59
 jim  The land near Sunrise Mountain
A trash dump that turned into an environmental nightmare in 1998 is finally headed for closure after eight years of impasses. But closure might come with an increase in local garbage bills to fund the final $20 million of cleanup work.
Once a settlement is reached and the site is finally covered with two feet of earth and rocks, the county intends to end its lease of the land from the Bureau of Land Management and acquire the property.
The wash empties into Lake Mead, the valley's primary drinking water supply. Authorities feared that toxic compounds and metals buried in the dump might escape into groundwater layers and eventually Lake Mead. Months before the flood, in April 1998, nearby residents complained about the rotten-egg smell of hydrogen sulfide gas emanating from the dump in concentrations hundreds of times higher than are considered safe. During a visit to the site that month, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he had "never smelled a toilet this bad."
Tue 
04/24/2007 21:43:01
 jim  Terrible Herbst has the BEST FOOD
We ate at the Bougainvillea Restaurant and it, TRULY, has the best steaks in Las Vegas.
What a deal too!
Sonny had a a 16 ounce T-Bone steak for $9.99.
I had a 12 ounce New York Steak for $12.99
Becky had a 12 ounce Prime Rib for $12.99.
Each dinner came with
- fresh steamed vegetables...they were great!
- Baked potato or mashed pototoes....they were....well...you know, potatoes.
- And the steaks and prime rib were perfectly cooked...exactly the way we asked.
Mine New York steak was medium rare.
It had charred lines on the outside, and was tender in the middle.
And people...it actually smelled like a steak.
Sonny's TBone was well done, and they burned it.
Thats exactly what he wanted.
Becky's prime rib was well done.
That always goes against my better judgement, but it came out really good.
The au jus was unique.
Terrible Herbst also has their own brand of steak sauce.
Its mainly ketchup, worcestorshire sauce and cayenne pepper.
It is spicy hot.
I've lived in Las Vegas now for 32 years.
They used to have $1 steaks everywhere here.
They tasted wonderful and were usually every bit as good as a charcoal grilled steak.
Somehow over the years, steaks got more expensive, and they lost their aroma.
Something else I've noticed: Clam steamers are hard to find anymore.
I used to order them a lot. I'd even find them on menus at local bars.
They were a specialty at the Port Tack, Starboard Tack, and Clamdigger restaurants.
Now they are hard to find anywhere, even in California and Florida.
I miss clams! I love clams!
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR CLAMS!!!
Bring back the clams
bwahahaha

Fri 
04/20/2007 11:56:24
 jim  Freezing cold outside. Is 60, feels 30

Vegas weather is SO FLAKEY!
One day its hot, the next day its not.
Of all my odd observations, how people respond to the weather ranks on top.
When I cruise the Strip, I see people walking around in ski jackets, right next to people wearing tank tops.
  We'll be riding around in the Mustang with the top down, Becky will have the heat turned on, Jennifer and I will be marrily riding along, and Dustin will be in the back looking like he's in Greenland. 
I have been a Polar Bear Club wannabe forever.
That is to say, I've skinny dipped in a non heated pool on a cold Kentucky winter's night. What a blast!
But I'd like to think I'm normal in a few ways.
My question is...is 75 degrees HOT, or is it COLD?
Fri 
11/17/2006 19:00:04
 Jim  Lake Las Vegas Resort - Tree Lighting Ceremony w/C
Clint Holmes, along with Santa and his elves, will be at a tree lighting ceremony at Lake Las Vegas Resorts.
Clint Holmes will be singing, and the Ice Skating Rink will be open.
All day passes for the Ice Skating rink are available for $12.
It is a free to all that come. Activities start at 7:30pm. Click here for more information
Fri 
11/17/2006 12:01:00
 Jim  Stardust Auction
Bidding starts at 11am.
We can be there, or online at www.greatamerican.com .
11/17 Fri - Casino Floor and Tables, (no slots will be sold) Sportsbook, Consumer Collectibles
11/18 Sat - Art, Antiques, Collectibles, Signage, Photos
11/19 Sun - Art, Antiques, Collectibles, Signage, Photos
11/20 Mon - Cooking equipment, Landscaping, generators, Suite furnishings etc.
11/21 Tues - Facility assets, Office furnishings, miscellaneous, odds and ends.

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