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Top Ten values - free food

#1

All right. I wasn't going to post this but McGeets insisted that
this website exists for the purpose of sharing information about
good values in casinos, especially Las Vegas, so here goes.

I know that the LVA does a great job of letting us know the best
value for your buck but McGeets came up with a better value than
even the LVA has found.

Free food in the hallways. That's right. Just wander around the
hotel hallways in the mornings and you will have your pick of
leftover steak and other goodies that people have ordered from room
service the night before, haven't finished and have left in the
hallways. Oh, I know, the meat is a little cold and the bread is a
little crusty, but hey! it's free and you don't even have to play to
get it!

The best time to scavenge is Sunday morning. Little or no security
and you get all the leftovers from the Saturday night crowd.

This weekend we hit the Mirage for some leftover steak and some cold
red wine. Then onto CP for some birthday cake and some cold but
still edible french fries. The piece de resistance was the Bellagio
where we scored some leftover crab, some shrimp and some champagne.

You must dress up so that security think that you are staying in the
hotel. The tricky part is to surreptiously bring a container to
scoop up the food and some cutlery so you don't have to stoop to
eating with your hands.

I just love Las Vegas.

Slowpoke

#2

<<I know that the LVA does a great job of letting us know the best
value for your buck but McGeets came up with a better value than
even the LVA has found.

Free food in the hallways. That's right. Just wander around the
hotel hallways in the mornings and you will have your pick of
leftover steak and other goodies that people have ordered from room
service the night before, haven't finished and have left in the
hallways. Oh, I know, the meat is a little cold and the bread is a
little crusty, but hey! it's free and you don't even have to play to
get it!

The best time to scavenge is Sunday morning. Little or no security
and you get all the leftovers from the Saturday night crowd.

This weekend we hit the Mirage for some leftover steak and some cold
red wine. Then onto CP for some birthday cake and some cold but
still edible french fries. The piece de resistance was the Bellagio
where we scored some leftover crab, some shrimp and some champagne.

You must dress up so that security think that you are staying in the
hotel. The tricky part is to surreptiously bring a container to
scoop up the food and some cutlery so you don't have to stoop to
eating with your hands.

I just love Las Vegas.>>

So do I. Brad is usually very easy-going but he gets very firm with me when we're in hotel halls. But I must confess I still manage to scope up a few goodies once in awhile, although even I have my standards. No half-eaten items. Nothing that I can't carry in my hand - no baggies allowed to come out of my purse. But those little unopened bottles of good mustard are fine. Fresh fruit that is still whole and doesn't have any bites taken out of it is fair game. Unopened drinks are good. Fancy crackers and cheese and anything still in containers will pass my test of okay-ness. And something on a dish covered with Saran Wrap and it doesn't look like it has been touched - well I have to think about how fresh it looks and whether it is something I really like to eat and make a snap judgment before Brad starts hollering at me.

Who is McGeets? Sounds like my kind of man - or woman!

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#3

what about the cornucopia in the dumpsters out back...

All right. I wasn't going to post this but McGeets insisted that
this website exists for the purpose of sharing information about
good values in casinos, especially Las Vegas, so here goes.

I know that the LVA does a great job of letting us know the best
value for your buck but McGeets came up with a better value than
even the LVA has found.

Free food in the hallways. That's right. Just wander around the
hotel hallways in the mornings and you will have your pick of
leftover steak and other goodies that people have ordered from

room

service the night before, haven't finished and have left in the
hallways. Oh, I know, the meat is a little cold and the bread is

a

little crusty, but hey! it's free and you don't even have to play

to

get it!

The best time to scavenge is Sunday morning. Little or no

security

and you get all the leftovers from the Saturday night crowd.

This weekend we hit the Mirage for some leftover steak and some

cold

red wine. Then onto CP for some birthday cake and some cold but
still edible french fries. The piece de resistance was the

Bellagio

where we scored some leftover crab, some shrimp and some champagne.

You must dress up so that security think that you are staying in

the

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hotel. The tricky part is to surreptiously bring a container to
scoop up the food and some cutlery so you don't have to stoop to
eating with your hands.

I just love Las Vegas.

Slowpoke

#4

once brad brings you to your senses how long does that last before you
have a relapse???

something on a dish covered with Saran Wrap and it doesn't look like

it has

been touched - well I have to think about how fresh it looks and

whether it

is something I really like to eat and make a snap judgment before

Brad

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starts hollering at me.

Who is McGeets? Sounds like my kind of man - or woman!

#5

Jean tells about eating from food on trays left in hallways.

        Anyone who does that is pretty trusting that nobody has dropped
the food on the floor, and placed it back on the tray because it was too
contaminated to eat. Or the person drinking the other half of the bottle
of champagne left in the hallway at Bellagio didn't drink directly from
the bottle and have some serious disease. Many people are too sick to go
to work, but certainly not too sick to go to the casino. Many people do
not wash their hands after visiting the rest room. Are you sure they
didn't pick over the food on the tray before they decided not to eat it?

        "Usually" you are pretty safe in eating such food --- except
that you can never tell when this is the 1-in-1000 time that something
seriously bad has occurred to the food since it was first prepared.

         If someone is in "survival mode", yes it's better to each such
food than to starve. If one is not is such a survival mode, frugality
like this carries serious health risks. I, for one, do not choose to
fade such risks.

            Someone commented that there is food in the dumpster for
free as well. I'm not sure if the comment was meant to be serious or
humorous, but it was quite relevant. People who leave the food uneaten
in the hall are intending (perhaps unconsciously) that it go into the
dumpster. Eating from the hallways and eating from the dumpster are not
that far removed.

Bob Dancer

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#6

<<once brad brings you to your senses how long does that last before you
have a relapse???>>

Not long enough, in his mind! :slight_smile: But we met too late in life to try to change each other too much!!!!

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#7

Dancer wrote: <<If someone is in "survival mode", yes it's better to each such
food than to starve. If one is not is such a survival mode, frugality
like this carries serious health risks. I, for one, do not choose to
fade such risks.>>

Hey, Bob, have you ever heard of literary humor?

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________________________________________
Jean $�ott - http://www.FrugalGambler.biz
  Tax time is coming up - groan! "Tax Help
   for the Frugal Gambler" can answer many
   of your questions!

#8

my dumpster comment was for entertainment purposes only...the
original poster was salvaging half eaten seafood from the night
before...now that isn't healthy...in defense of jean i believe she
drew the line at still sealed food portions...but her husband is
definitely needed to keep her in line sometimes...hey i would
probably pick up a bottle of unopened champagne...

            Someone commented that there is food in the dumpster

for

free as well. I'm not sure if the comment was meant to be serious

or

humorous, but it was quite relevant. People who leave the food

uneaten

in the hall are intending (perhaps unconsciously) that it go into

the

dumpster. Eating from the hallways and eating from the dumpster

are not

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that far removed.

Bob Dancer

For the best in video poker information, visit www.bobdancer.com
or call 1-800-244-2224 M-F 9-5 Pacific Time.

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#9

irdd3000 wrote: in defense of jean i believe she
drew the line at still sealed food portions

Whoops. You're right. I was so alarmed by the first part of Jean's
column ("we scored some leftover shrimp" didn't sound to me that it was
still packaged) that I didn't read the last paragraph of caveats. Had I
done so, I would never have posted what I did. I apologize to Jean.

Bob Dancer

For the best in video poker information, visit www.bobdancer.com
or call 1-800-244-2224 M-F 9-5 Pacific Time.

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#10

I can't believe so many people seem to be taking this thread seriously. Hey, it was FUNNY!

Fred*

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#11

<<I was so alarmed by the first part of Jean's
column ("we scored some leftover shrimp" didn't sound to me that it was
still packaged) that I didn't read the last paragraph of caveats.>>

That first paragraph was in quotes, meaning I was quoting someone's post about leftover shrimp.

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Jean $�ott - http://www.FrugalGambler.biz
  Tax time is coming up - groan! "Tax Help
   for the Frugal Gambler" can answer many
   of your questions!

#12

When we lived near Seattle years ago we knew a guy who specialized
in "dumpster diving". His nickname was Dumpster Fred. He was a real
character, and was even referred to as the unofficial mayor of Port
Townsend. Anyway, drinking coffee one day, we challenged him to
prove he did this. He left and returned in about 15 minutes with
some pretty good food. He did NOT eat leftover meals. He went to
grocery store dumpsters to retrieve food that was unused, but for
whatever reason (over ripe, etc.) was not quite as fresh as the store
wanted. Most of it had a "skin", such as oranges, watermelon,
bananas, etc. Another find was cheese. He once retrieved a 100#
pound wheel of cheese, just slightly old. I must say, I was
impressed.

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my dumpster comment was for entertainment purposes only...the
original poster was salvaging half eaten seafood from the night
before...now that isn't healthy...in defense of jean i believe she
drew the line at still sealed food portions...but her husband is
definitely needed to keep her in line sometimes...hey i would
probably pick up a bottle of unopened champagne...

#13

<<When we lived near Seattle years ago we knew a guy who specialized
in "dumpster diving".>>

Check out
http://lasvegasadvisor.com/frugalfridays.cfm?FrugalFridayID=299

Although I must say our dumpster-diving activities are reserved for casino coupon books!

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________________________________________
Jean $�ott - http://www.FrugalGambler.biz
  Tax time is coming up - groan! "Tax Help
   for the Frugal Gambler" can answer many
   of your questions!

#14

Most of it had a "skin", such as oranges, watermelon,

bananas, etc. Another find was cheese. He once retrieved a 100#
pound wheel of cheese, just slightly old. I must say, I was
impressed.

impressed enough to chuck the 9-5 and take up the lifestyle???

#15

No. The guy that impressed me the most worked as a ski instructor at
Sun Valley during the winter, and sailed his boat the rest of the year,
unless one of his girlfriends was willing to feed and bed him. Now
that was impressive! But my wife disagreed. I worked until I
qualified for a pension ... ugh.

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Most of it had a "skin", such as oranges, watermelon,
> bananas, etc. Another find was cheese. He once retrieved a 100#
> pound wheel of cheese, just slightly old. I must say, I was
> impressed.
>

impressed enough to chuck the 9-5 and take up the lifestyle???