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[Agent G]

It's coming back full circle again Doc. The place reinvents itself every few years and we are headed back to the true Las Vegas, Sin City and all that!

SHOWGIRLS!

There are roughly 1/4 million slots in the state, and less that 2% are the old style anymore. While it takes away from the casino mystique, it really helped the enforcement folks (me). Hundreds of old school slot cheating methods were rendered useless nearly overnight. Now you have to be a computer programmer to steal.

I cannot understand why folks with minor children continually make this the end destination for a family trip. There is practically nothing a kid under 21 can do in a casino except walk to the food court. Yes there are a lot of good tourism spots in and around the town. I get that, my daughter's only 18, but to just come here with small children makes no sense.

G

[crazyjim]

We found a place on Fremont Street that still dispensed real coins (nickels). The place was old and sorta ratty compared to where we stayed (place with volcano).

[Dr. Cranky]

Thanks, Wayne. Yes, I didn't enjoy it the last couple of times I've been there. I went with my kids and they were so terminally bored. All we could do was walk up and down in those in-door malls near the Bellaggio (spell?), and all I could do was play blackjack which I didn't enjoy that much.

Anyway, I hope it changes back to Sin City. It had a stronger edge to it back then.

[Agent G]

We found a place on Fremont Street that still dispensed real coins (nickels). The place was old and sorta ratty compared to where we stayed (place with volcano).

Thank goodness for the revitalization of down town! All those places were Vegas back in the day and you gotta love them. Most are slowly being rehabbed and it's great to see. The Mirage has the volcano BTW

Doc I gotta tell ya, give it a few years and come on back.

G

[bandit1]

A man can only dream eh?....

[Kit Basher]

but i can understand how it doesnt look street legal and on top of that its a two stroker so it probably doesnt sound street legal iether...but it is

I"m with Eelco. This is how I roll:

Talk about a powdered donut, mine has "Farm Use" tags. It's legal too, but I carry around a section from the "Code of Virginia" in my wallet!

[diymirage]

thats a great looking bike

i actually graduated up from a yamaha (88 DT50LC)

that was also a great little bike but nothing like the KDX

for some reason i had that yama' for 2 years and didnt get pulled over once

the KDX i cant take out of the garage without getting pulled over

i added indicators to it (not that i need them to be street legal but just to look more the part) and they STILL hound me

[Kit Basher]

You have to admit that Yammie DT looks a lot more "street" than your KDX. I think I get some slack because my TT-R is a four stroke. I can understand why the mounties would see a streak of green and hear a screaming two stroke, and think "race bike", but you would think that after a while they would know: "That's Eelco, he's cool."

[martinfan5]

I still remember when we were in Vegas in 2011 for my 31st,( yes G and Danno , 31 not 11 ), we were staying at the Luxor, I was heading back down to the casino floor, and man I peed off some hookers in the elevator when I kept saying no to them.

Well thats the story and I am sticking to it anyways

Edited March 3, 2012 by martinfan5

[Dr. Cranky]

Yes, what happens in Vegas can often come back to haunt you where you live! :lol:

[Danno]

I'd love to do something ... anything ... in Vegas that would get me in trouble anywhere, but I'm too old and too boring to get in any trouble anywhere.

Like my good friend Toby (Keith) says ... I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm (usually) as good once as I've ever been.

Now, back in the day ... no, we ain't goin' there. The statutes have limited out on most of that old stuff ... but maybe not all.

= They's a bunch o' irony in this 'un, Jim!

[Dr. Cranky]

Danno, LOL, if you are worrying about the statutes NOW, you must have lived a wild and crazier life THEN. :lol:

[diymirage]

since we are on the topic of expired offences...did i ever mention the citation i got for assaulting an officer?

(stick with me guys, this is a great story)

i was 17 years old, living in the Netherlands (gotta make sure i stay out of jurisdiction in case some of our bronze members dont like the story right ) and it was winter

now, at this time my only means of transportation was an ever changing stable of "street legal" dirtbikes

each of thes bikes started out as mopeds, less then 50 CC with a limited power output and a topspeed of 22-25 MPH

(not to go into a culture lesson here but in the Netherlands you can get a permit for a moped at 16 but you cant get a driverslicense untill your 18 so these mopeds is like a rite of passage)

each and every one of my bike was heavily modified, big bore kits, bigger carberators, better exhaust pipes and i even had one bike that had the engine replace with a german market liquid cooled 80CC engine

anywho...every cop in the Netherlands is always on the look out for these mopeds that perform better then they should

so, im 17, and its the middle of winter

i was on my way to school (Technisch lyceum Eindhoven for what its worth) on my bike

im pretty sure it was a suzuki TSX with a 70CC kit on it but im not 100% sure

i made a left hand turn and hear a sirene behind me. i look back and see a police officer on a honda transalp XL650.

at this age i often ran from the cops on my bikes because i had speed, agility, offroad capability and just the right balls-to-brains ratio but the sight of a cop on THAT bike was enough to get me on the shoulder within seconds, i had found out the hard way it is almost impossible to outrun a cop on that bike, and with us being in the city, there was no where to go, so i pulled over on the shoulder. and get off my bike

i put it on the kickstand and watch closely to make sure it doesnt tip over, the shoulder is grass, covered in snow and quite mucky this time off year but the bike stands and the cop pulls in right behind me

i take my helmet off and he asks if i know why i got pulled over

being smart enough not to incriminate myself i awnser : nope

well, he asys, you didnt signal when you entered that left hand turn

i pointed out my bike is of the off road variaty and doesnt HAVE indicators to which he replies i should use handsignals

great idea, i say, any suggestions on how to use the clutch when im waving ?

at this point he turns his attention to the bike, tells me to fire it up

so i do and i rev it a few times

being a motorcycle cop i have no doubt he used to dabble with mopeds just like i did and he recognized the free revving power of the bike as being more then permitted and so he asks me, how fast does it go?

25 i say

nonsense he says, i can tell this bike is faster then that

i asked him if he had seen me go faster than that and he had to denie ever witnessing it

so i tell him im late for classes and i would like to get going

he says, sure go, but if i catch you speeding you will get a citation for it, AND ill give you one for not signalling

i put my helmet back on and get on the bike, being a little snot nosed punk i figured i'd pop a wheelie on my way out but i didnt take into consideration the mucky terrain, so when i let of the clutch the bike just sat there for a few seconds, roostertailing snow and mud all over the cop and his bike

he tracked me down real quick and gave me a ticket for assaulting an officer AND one for not signaling

kinda funny, looking back at it, im glad to report, i have matured quite a bit in the decade since that incident

(Hugh, im sure that cop never forgot my name either)

[Kit Basher]

Eelco, all I can say is: :lol:

[Dr. Cranky]

Eelco, I think here they would have taken you in and probably roughed you up a bit on the way to the can. LOL!

[diymirage]

Eelco, I think here they would have taken you in and probably roughed you up a bit on the way to the can. LOL!

no doubt, when i traveled over to the US for the first time everyone kept telling me "be respectfull to the cops because before you know it they'll put 5 warning shots in the back of your head"

im sure thats a little bit of an excegoration but it stands without a doubt that law enforcement around here demands respect where the police i grew up with is childish in comparission...they dont even ride around with less then 2 officers per squad car because they dont demand respect

[crazyjim]

Eelco - you should have happier than a pig in slop that the cop didn't haul your butt to the slammer, lock you up and thrown away the key. Funny story though.

[diymirage]

Jim, looking back at it its not my proudest moment and i am sure i wouldnt do the same thing now but it does make for a good story indeed

(i just hope none of my local law enforcement personal read it)

[crazyjim]

I'd be worried if you go back to the Netherlands. Might be an outstanding warrant for your detainment/arrest.

[Agent G]

I'm not really sure but I might still be wanted in San Diego.

Something about "Marines and Sailors and a bar, oh my!"

Oh and Jonathan I have access to elevator surveillance as well......................................

Just sayin'.

G

[crazyjim]

Hey G - sometime I'll have to tell you the story about Marines and Pond Puppies almost starting to battle, but instead teamed together and jumped on the Army guys in good old Dago. Whoops - I guess I just did. I forget the name of the bar but it was real close to a tattoo shop.

[diymirage]

I'd be worried if you go back to the Netherlands. Might be an outstanding warrant for your detainment/arrest.

nah, im good

best of my knowledge everything is worked out

the closest i got to getting in trouble was ignoring a subpoena to come to court because of some...shall we say...moving violations

well, if im telling the story i may as well tell the whole story

i was working for a company that made metal siding for buildings and my employer asked me to go to a building site and deliver some product we made

now, the way it works over there, you need a special license to drive a vehicle with a trailers over certain weights and what not

the trailer we had was a dual axle and that in itself qaulified it for a special license...which i didnt have

so i headed of on my merry little way and once i got onto the highway (i believe it was the A325 towards nijmegen) i got pulled over by the highway patrol

he was very kind and gave me permission to drive another 3/4 mile to the next rest area but once i got there i had to pull over, stop and call someone with a vaild license to pick up the van and trailer and take it from there

well, everything is still dandy but on my way to the rest area i get pulled over by a different cop and this one is less forgiving

he went over the trailer and van with a finetooth comb but couldnt find anything wrong with it other then the driver (me) not having the proper paperwork

so he wrote me a citation but because of the severity of the offense a judge had to set the height of the fine. this required a special court date for which i would get a subpoena.

well, by the time the subpoena arrived i had allready booked my next filght to the US and the court date fell within the dates of my trip

so i never showed up

when i got the subpoena i told my employer (the one who origenally gave me the order to take the van and trailer out in the first place) he said not to worry about it

the whole thing was his fault he said and he would take care of it

i took his word for it that he went to the courtdate on my behalf and paid whatever the fine was and to this day i have never heard another word about it

[Agent G]

Hey G - sometime I'll have to tell you the story about Marines and Pond Puppies almost starting to battle, but instead teamed together and jumped on the Army guys in good old Dago. Whoops - I guess I just did. I forget the name of the bar but it was real close to a tattoo shop.

Oh back in the day when we were young and wild.............................

Ouhhh Rahh!

G

[martinfan5]

I'm not really sure but I might still be wanted in San Diego.

Something about "Marines and Sailors and a bar, oh my!"

Oh and Jonathan I have access to elevator surveillance as well......................................

Just sayin'.

G

Well it will be a boring watch

I wish the elevators at the hosptial I worked at had cameras in them, It would of made playing jokes on people better if I could of seen there face's . ( I worked nights in the operations department, I would get bored )

Edited March 4, 2012 by martinfan5