Comments on: Five Hundy by Midnight 233: Sounds Like Home

By: Jeff in OKC

Jeff in OKC — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:34:56 +0000

Here’s how I think the sign thing is planned. Las Vegas Boulevard from Sahara to the Settlers Fort (which, I think, is where some early Mormon settlers built a fort when they came to Las Vegas in the mid 1800s) has been declared a “Scenic Roadway” (or something to that effect) by the US Government. This qualifies for Federal funds for restoration and beautification of that corridor. Items that will preserve the historic heritage and nature of the roadway. The Neon Museum (Boneyard) is at the North end of that roadway, and the City of Las Vegas is, for the firts phase, placing the restored signs between the North end and Downtown to get the most attention early. Eventually, in about 15-20 years, the entire median between Sahara and the Neon Museum will have restored signs placed at some interval of about 3 to 6 blocks apart.

By: Michele

Michele — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:15:02 +0000

Megan– thanks for the recommendation! I just ordered their sampler pack for large dogs.

By: Troy in Las Vegas

Troy in Las Vegas — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:26:02 +0000

I imagine they put those neon signs in the middle of the road there as that is where the Neon Museum is going to be.

By: Megan from Oshvegas

Megan from Oshvegas — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:02:38 +0000

http://www.bestbullysticks.com <-for the pups. How have I missed them.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:44:25 +0000

Next year we’ll hire you to follow us around with a camera.

By: RickyD

RickyD — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:31:09 +0000

Hand someone a camera and tell them to just start snapping. It’s always interesting because you can never figure out why they chose what they chose to actually take a picture

By: Dave Lifton

Dave Lifton — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:54:15 +0000

Well, you are a squirrel, Brian…

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:42:26 +0000

That’s a scurrilous charge, Lifton.

By: Terry in SJ

Terry in SJ — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:26:48 +0000

Thanks, Chris!

I will try your system next time. It sounds like it makes sense after a few beers.

By: Mark from Denver

Mark from Denver — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:16:32 +0000

Wasn’t Megan taking pictures around the room? Or was that a Jack-and-Coke induced hallucination? (which wouldn’t suprise me, I know I ate at BLT burger after the event, but I don’t recall how I got there)

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:41:35 +0000

We were a tad occupied at Vegas Podcast-a-Palooza.

By: Rickyd

Rickyd — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:20:40 +0000

Why no pictures at the actual Palooza ….. podcasters, fans etc.?????

By: Chris from Santa Cruz

Chris from Santa Cruz — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:03:57 +0000

Addendum to Sigma Derby rules:

Every once in a while when the game becomes boring, I will stop, loudly declare “I wanna feel like a winner!” and will proceed to put one quarter on every single horse combo available.

By: Chris from Santa Cruz

Chris from Santa Cruz — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:24:26 +0000

On tips on playing Sigma Derby:

I like to do a mix of bets. Put one quarter on the long shot. Then take a look at the rest of the odds. Most of the time I will put in a quarter at the 4:1 and 8:1 bets. I will usally avoid the 2:1 bets because it’s boring to bet on the sure thing. The 2:1 or 3:1 races are made up of pairs of horses. If I don’t bet 2:1, I’ll see which horses are involved and then will bet a 6:1 on one of the horses in the pair. Example: horse 1 and 4 are 2:1 favorites, so I’ll pick a 6:1 bet that involves horse 1 and horse 2 since horse 1 is shared.

Of course, one could argue that I’ve just over-analyzed a beer & pretzels gambling game.

The only rule I have is: put a quarter in on the longshot. I’ve personally hit a 80:1. My wife and my friend have both hit even higher than that. I think it was something like 150:1

By: Terry in San Jose

Terry in San Jose — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:20:01 +0000

Forget about the Rainman suite! We now have the Tim & Michelle’s suite.
That is where I want to stay at someday.

Thanks for the Lion’s Share update and reports fellow listeners! It makes me feel good to hear because I am wimp I like to cash out if I have a significant profit to cash out like $50. If it sounds like if I dont, I will probably lose it and the $20 I put in to start, because it is all hand out pay now. Yeah, who cashes out for $3 or less on a $1 machine? I actually saw somebody do that on the Lion’s share and sat there waiting. It bummed me out because I wanted to play it one more time for the road earlier month but I didnt want to wait.

Hey, are there any tips on playing Sigma Derby? Betting on the long shots seems like fun … for a while until your roll of quarters is gone.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:49:10 +0000

Nice.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:59:26 +0000

Can someone point me in the direction of a podcast about Las Vegas that deals with us regular people and what we like to do in Vegas. I’ve looked at the photos from above and decided I can’t relate to these “beautiful people” from this Five Hundy podcast.

By: Dave Lifton

Dave Lifton — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:36:11 +0000

I’m guessing it was Brian/Regular Guy.