Vegas (Just married)

Tan · Post by **Tan** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:32 pm

Hey guys!

Its nice to see the same people kickin around in the forum after not visting for a while.

I just got married in Las Vegas!! We stayed at Caesers Palace and got married at The Chapel of the Bells. We had an excellent 4 days! :-4

....anyway I thought I'd share some Vegas facts (courtesy of Ebaums World).

Las Vegas means "the meadows" in Spanish.

In Nevada, there are more than 209,000 slot machines normally operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The first neon sign appeared in Las Vegas in 1954 at the Boulder Club.

The bell is the oldest symbol still used on today's slot machines.

The average annual temperature in Las Vegas is 66 degrees.

It would take 288 years for one person to spend one night in every hotel room in Las Vegas.

Shrimp consumption in Las Vegas is more than 60,000 pounds a day. That's higher than the rest of the country combined and adds up to 22 million pounds per year.

The Stardust was the first hotel in Vegas to add a sports book to its casino.

Nickel slots on the Strip pay back anywhere from 86.9 percent to 92.8 percent of what they take in.

Las Vegas casinos never use dice with rounded corners.

It's estimated that every day Las Vegas casinos give away $3 million of freebies (more than $1 billion per year) just to get customers through their doors.

It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas.

The Horseshoe was the first Las Vegas casino to install carpeting.

A vagrant once turned a $400 Social Security check into $1.6 million playing blackjack in a Las Vegas casino.

According to suppliers, purple is the favorite ink color in daubers used by Las Vegas Bingo players.

The beam of light atop the Luxor in Las Vegas is made up of 39 individual lamps. Each xenon lamp costs $1,200 and will last about 2,000 hours. The electric bill for the Luxor beam is $51 an hour.

Las Vegas has the highest number of unlisted phone numbers of any U.S. city.

The iconic, waving neon cowboy, located at Vegas' Pioneer Club downtown, is named Vegas Vic.

Frank Sinatra was the first Vegas headliner to earn $100,000 per week.

More than 110,000 marriage licenses are issued in Las Vegas each year.

Elvis and Priscilla Presley were married at the original Aladdin hotel.

The Silver Slipper was the first casino to hire female card dealers on the Las Vegas Strip (in 1971).

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:13 pm

Tan! Congrats to you!:-4 I loved Vegas when we went...I would go again and I am not a big gambler! I love to watch people and to see the sites! I want to take my momma there before she gets to much older! We are glasd u r back!:)

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:07 pm

Congrats Tan, I too would go back there in a heartbeat. Had friends marry there about 10 years ago, that IS the way to do it hehehe

Cheers

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:15 pm

BIG congrats, Tan, and good to have you back!!

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:14 am

Congrats Tan! Does your factbook say what fake celebrity was at Elvis' wedding?

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:38 am

A most sincere congratulations to you and your partner for life !

May love bestow upon you gifts from heaven !

Ive never been to Las Vegas but one thing bothers me. Ive known so many people that go there and dont visit the Grand Canyon. Its so close. How can you be that close to such a magnificent and breathtaking wonder and not have to go witness it ?

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:46 am

Nomad wrote: A most sincere congratulations to you and your partner for life !

May love bestow upon you gifts from heaven !

has somebody been reading Shakespear?? Hmmm?? :sneaky:

i think they have.

way to go Tan!!

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:57 am

Good morning sir !

I fell asleep watching the Vikings last night.

Any idea on the outcome ?

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:00 am

Nomad wrote: Good morning sir !

I fell asleep watching the Vikings last night.

Any idea on the outcome ?
Jets 28 Vikes 21

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:10 am

LIES ! really ? :-1

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:12 am

Nomad wrote: LIES ! really ? :-1
'fraid so man.

didn't know you were a "purple-people eater" fan

figured you for chiefs or Raiders

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:24 am

Purple all the way.

I was distressed about Moss leaving but Im beginning to think it might be a good thing. Opens up the playing field.

I was in Tampa for a long time so it was Bucs Bucs Bucs I only got to see a couple Vikes games a yr so now that Im back home I get em all.

So dont bug me if theres a game on !

(for my wife)

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:47 am

Nomad wrote: Purple all the way.

I was distressed about Moss leaving but Im beginning to think it might be a good thing. Opens up the playing field.

I was in Tampa for a long time so it was Bucs Bucs Bucs I only got to see a couple Vikes games a yr so now that Im back home I get em all.

So dont bug me if theres a game on !

(for my wife)

that's a shame. Vikes gonna have a LONG season this year.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:42 pm

Yup ! Long passes, long runs into the endzone, long fieldgoals, long laughs at the Des Moine........................oh wait never mind.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:44 pm

I would have sex in the Grand Canyon

The echoes produced would scare even the wolves.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:19 am

well Flop, he likes those cute little donkeys that carry people on the trails....they have such pretty eyes. :wah:

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:28 am

Nomad wrote: I would have sex in the Grand Canyon

The echoes produced would scare even the wolves.

HA!

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:28 am

lady cop wrote: well Flop, he likes those cute little donkeys that carry people on the trails....they have such pretty eyes. :wah:

dang LC! you're just zinging 'em out there aren't ya?

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:08 am

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH:-4

Here's to many happy years together xx

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:51 am

abbey wrote: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH:-4

Here's to many happy years together xx
Wait. Is this for Tan and beloved, or Nomad & Wolverine? Aw, who cares? I second for both! :-4

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:35 am

According to suppliers, purple is the favorite ink color in daubers used by Las Vegas Bingo players.

BINGO....I can't believe they play Bingo in Las Vegas !!

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:08 am

Its a wacky world aint it ?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:51 am

Bez wrote: According to suppliers, purple is the favorite ink color in daubers used by Las Vegas Bingo players.

BINGO....I can't believe they play Bingo in Las Vegas !!
If you can win money at it, they play it in Vegas. They even lay odds on all the reality shows so you can bet on who will win.