Befriended by a stranger
- Thread starter laserjet
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When a patron appears to the casino staff to be vulnerable - such as having too much to drink - it's always the job of security to keep an eye on them. There's no way they would waste the resources of a plainclothes house detective on this. What if something urgently important came up when they really needed him? No; the guy was NOT a "baby-sitter". My opinion? Hustler.
I am a lifetime winner sports betting. My brother inlaw works in a bar that has a sports football pool called survivor. You pick one pro team a week to win. After you a pick a team you can't pick them again the rest of the season. If you loss you are out of the running. The sole survivor wins the pool. The first year he called me every week to discuss his picks. I eventually convinced him to pick a mediocre team playing a horrible team each week reserving the best teams for the tough week to pick a team. He won. The next year as they tried to beef up the entries in the pool I bought 2 entries. I had both entries going into the week late that I knew was tough around thanksgiving. I knew if I had one entry make it I had all but a lock. I made my picks to that end. After that i rode whoever played the big dog in the league the rest of the way. I won $3200 for my $40 investment with one game to go. It was easy money. I wasn't invited to play the next year. I don't think an out of stater winning the whole pool went over to big at the bar.
paddywhack said:
Probably due to having to lug around those "medically altered" boobs 
Sharps and Squares
A very sharp good friend once said in Vegas there are two kinds of people, Sharps (i.e., the people who live there) and Squares (the people who visit Vegas). Even if you're a sharp square...and local you meet is a square sharp, they still try to take advantage of you. Cab drivers try to drive you through the tunnel, hookers try to drug you, and people try to get you to trust them so they can try to borrow money. It's all part of the Vegas experience.
A very sharp good friend once said in Vegas there are two kinds of people, Sharps (i.e., the people who live there) and Squares (the people who visit Vegas). Even if you're a sharp square...and local you meet is a square sharp, they still try to take advantage of you. Cab drivers try to drive you through the tunnel, hookers try to drug you, and people try to get you to trust them so they can try to borrow money. It's all part of the Vegas experience.
Hookers try to drug you in LV? You mean they can't find guys who patronize hookers who also use drugs willingly? Sounds pretty crazy especially being you can get some federal time for product tampering and using chemicals as a weapon consecutive to your state time for robbery.
Just one more reason not to try to make friends in your venue- get in and get out.
Just one more reason not to try to make friends in your venue- get in and get out.
I've been driven through the tunnel once. I refused to pay the fare. I asked the cab driver to call the police and said that I will tell the police that he took me through the tunnel. I'd easily be able to prove to the cop that I was coming from the airport and was taken through the tunnel (I had luggage and a boarding pass showing that I landed an hour ago, and the fare on the meter was high) He didn't call the cops and settled for no fare. No tip either.
Good to see you again Aslan.
You're right on the money. It's an old scam where the man walks up and says he has a system for beating the game you're playing. He says he won so much that the casino will not allow him to play anymore. He tells you what to do and when you win, you split it 50/50. That's the contract.
The truth is this man doesn't have a system, and if you lose he simply walks away saying either they must have updated the machine, changed the wheel, are using a different deck, etc..
You're right on the money. It's an old scam where the man walks up and says he has a system for beating the game you're playing. He says he won so much that the casino will not allow him to play anymore. He tells you what to do and when you win, you split it 50/50. That's the contract.
The truth is this man doesn't have a system, and if you lose he simply walks away saying either they must have updated the machine, changed the wheel, are using a different deck, etc..
IF this story is true, then you were EXTREMELY lucky he DIDN'T call the cops. You would have gotten a free ride all right, but NOT in a taxicab, and NOT to the destination you were expecting! You simply CANNOT win an argument with a Las Vegas cab driver, no matter HOW reasonable your side of the story may be! The law will ALWAYS take their side; hands down.
Besides; I can't for the life of me understand what's the problem with the tunnel ANYWAY. It's the absolute fastest and best way to get ANYWHERE from the airport. When I fly in, I INSIST that they take the tunnel, unless I'm going somewhere on the east side.
Besides; I can't for the life of me understand what's the problem with the tunnel ANYWAY.
It's the absolute fastest and best way to get ANYWHERE from the airport. When I fly in, I INSIST that they take the tunnel, unless I'm going somewhere on the east side.
Sucker is right.
Incidentally, the cab driver can have you arrested for "theft of service"
Long ago and far away I had been a full-time taxi driver in a major metropolitan city.
A wealthy individual who was rather intoxicated had me drive him to the suburbs late at night.
Without cause, he refused to pay.
I drove him to a police station so I could have him arrested.
He later mailed me a check for 4 figures to encourage me to drop the charges.
I did so.
Incidentally, the cab driver can have you arrested for "theft of service"
Long ago and far away I had been a full-time taxi driver in a major metropolitan city.
A wealthy individual who was rather intoxicated had me drive him to the suburbs late at night.
Without cause, he refused to pay.
I drove him to a police station so I could have him arrested.
He later mailed me a check for 4 figures to encourage me to drop the charges.
I did so.
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Some of the smartest people I know are self educated. They never did well in school for a variety of reasons. They usually had to do with psychological make up or just being so smart school bored them to tears. They taught themselves so far ahead of everyone else school was just a boring review of knowledge that other students found challenging but was trivial basics to them.
My best friend who died about ten years ago had a doctor screw up an operation and paralyze one side of his face by cutting the nerve that controls motor function when he was 3 or 4. School was psychological torture for him but he was a genius. Any topic he found interesting he became an expert at through self education. He was a great complement to my expertise as his interests were different than my math/science interest.
I've also met some PHDs that were as dumb as a rock. These two extremes due defy the general trends but show how you can't judge an intellect by their sheepskin or their job. People with the highest intellects tend to be isolated because of the strange way their brains work. What is obvious to them others can't even comprehend. The things the social construct have as important mean nothing to them. They like stability and tend to be very obsessive about things others could care less about while not caring about the things others find most important.
My best friend who died about ten years ago had a doctor screw up an operation and paralyze one side of his face by cutting the nerve that controls motor function when he was 3 or 4. School was psychological torture for him but he was a genius. Any topic he found interesting he became an expert at through self education. He was a great complement to my expertise as his interests were different than my math/science interest.
I've also met some PHDs that were as dumb as a rock. These two extremes due defy the general trends but show how you can't judge an intellect by their sheepskin or their job. People with the highest intellects tend to be isolated because of the strange way their brains work. What is obvious to them others can't even comprehend. The things the social construct have as important mean nothing to them. They like stability and tend to be very obsessive about things others could care less about while not caring about the things others find most important.