Thanks for the memories--wish I cudda been there. . . . My only vivid memory of downtown was back in
the late 70's when we were in the Lady Luck. Some "floor girl" came up to me with a 50 cent piece and
said I should pick a machine to play it in. Of course I knew nothing about vp back then and picked a 3
reel spinner close by. That first spin won and so did the second the third etc etc etc! By the time I finished
I walked away with $25! The first time I was "COMPED" in a casino--so to speak!
Jean H--
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.... Dr. Seuss
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----- Original Message ----
From: patricia swenson <jackessiebabe@yahoo.com>
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 3, 2006 4:09:38 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Trippin' At The Old El Cortez And Other Long Ago Downtown Memories - LONG with XVP
All the speculation about room offers at the El Cortez got me to remembering the fun
I have had playing there over the past many years. . . . . . . . For the most part, when all that great stuff was available, prior to Dancer, Scott et al, most of us didn't know how to play it properly. Now that the books and software have mostly solved that problem, the casinos have taken counter measures to protect their bottom line. They are, after all, for profit businesses. I do understand this intellectually, and, were I in the casino business, I would probably do things no differently. Yet, sometimes, when I reminiscence about Trippin' at the El Cortez in the past, I do miss the early, glory days of VP.
~Babe~
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