Vegas VacationBetcha thought I fled the country, didn’t you? My bank account wishes that were the case, but in fact my wife and I went to Nevada to do a little gambling. Actually, we did a lot of gambling, going to Laughlin, Vegas, and the Tahoe/Reno area. We hit a lot of casinos to be sure, but as often happens, they saw us coming and hit back. This was pretty much expected, so we didn’t over-extend our budget and still had a great time. Those new (at least I think they’re new) eBay slots are a blast, and the only machines I’m aware of that actually seem to reward technique… at least to some degree. Consisting of a row of individual machines connected to a large animated screen above, they pay off randomly with “community free spins” (the community being whoever is playing in the joined row of machines), and things get interesting when all the machines are played simultaneously.
I know this doesn’t have a thing to do with telephones, but I haven’t gotten to the important part: When we weren’t gambling we were looking for old phones! Reno in particular had some good antique malls, with prices below what is typically found in Texas. Even though we found quite a few phones, most of them were too common, too expensive or in poor condition. But I did come home with one that I thought was pretty darn spiffy, and I’ll share it with you just as soon as I can get a few photographs taken.