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Las Vegas - Love it or hate it.

#1

I've read the last weeks posts about Las Vegas with interest. The
opinions are all over the map between residents and between
visitors. My wife and I have made 26 trips to your city and will in
Sept, make our 27th. We have tasted the good old days and
experienced the not so good new days but as visitors in our 70's,
the adrenalin rush we get walking up to the baggage claim area never
changes. So the VP is a tougher game, blackjack pays 6/5 and the
slots can baffle your senses as they siphon your cash. $1.99 steak
and eggs have given way to $25.00 dinner buffets, cabs cost more
than rent a cars etc etc. But - The whole question to me is are
we still having fun. I would shout from the Big Shot at the strat
that I am "still" having fun. (Not that I would go near that thing
at my age)
    To us Vegas is a temporary escape from other things. For some
permanent residents, you might need as escape from your escape.
Others seem to be living the life they want and are having fun.
Like the writer from Canada said, there's more to life than VP (or
anything that comsumes you to excess) Things change but we can
adjust and still find fun everywhere if we try to look.

   For almost all of our 45 years of married life, my wife has kept
a diary. One of our happiest times are re-reading the Vegas trips.
the wins, the losses, The hikes to the Sands for free cups, our foot
long hot dogs in the Dunes Oasis, seeing the Forum statue show for
the first time, etc. All golden memories.

     Sorry to sound like a lecture but I just wanted to share my
enthusiasm for a town that still has a lot to give and will have for
a long time to come.

#2

But - The whole question to me is are

we still having fun. I would shout from the Big Shot at the strat
that I am "still" having fun.

Exactly--because you are a frequent VISITOR and not a RESIDENT. The
very novelty that attends your waiting a year or so between visits
ensures that Vegas won't become stale or boring.

That, and in the interim, we usually blow up a couple of hotels, and
build three or four new ones, just to keep your interest :slight_smile:

I'm glad you've enjoyed your visits here, and I still do think this
is a great place to visit, and that the vast majority of people who
do so have a great time.

I simply wish to warn people that the sense of fun and novelty
vanishes rather rapidly once you decide to RESIDE here. Like
anything fun, Vegas can be overdone. As an analogy, as much fun as
it might be, would you like to have sex with a supermodel EVERY DAY?
Of course not!

(Well, wait a minute, the experiment might be worth conducting...)

#3

You have done so & done so & done so. Long past time to stop it.

I simply wish to warn people that the sense of fun and novelty
vanishes rather rapidly once you decide to RESIDE here. Like
anything fun, Vegas can be overdone. As an analogy, as much fun as
it might be, would you like to have sex with a supermodel EVERY

DAY?

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "mkl54321" <mkl54321@y...> wrote:

Of course not!

#4

Speak for yourself about the super models, lol.

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--- Michael Boutot <vegas_iwish@yahoo.com> wrote:

You have done so & done so & done so. Long past time
to stop it.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "mkl54321"
<mkl54321@y...> wrote:

> I simply wish to warn people that the sense of fun
and novelty
> vanishes rather rapidly once you decide to RESIDE
here. Like
> anything fun, Vegas can be overdone. As an
analogy, as much fun as
> it might be, would you like to have sex with a
supermodel EVERY
DAY?
> Of course not!
>
>

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