Life is chaos. Everyone’s “Kung Fu fighting.” Feeling assaulted by AI? $5 gas? $6?! Me too.
I did have a great birthday, though. Friends showed up, big time. Cards, letters, songs, CAKE! (by the ocean), meals, gifts — it’s really nice being appreciated.
And for a kid who was surprised to make it out of high school alive (remember the very unPC term “juvenile delinquent?” Yeah, honors in THAT class) and survived two years of hell recently (including five surgeries) seven-oh’s a big number for me. Okay, they haven’t named a street after me … yet.
Then there are all the fab birthday deals spanning days and nights of free food, play, and fun to tickle my scuffler fancy.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t make Vegas for this year’s birthday. I just wanted to play some VP and go dancing, but I broke my toe banging into a coffee table leg, so no
“breaking” for this dancer.
Even when I’m not IN Vegas, I monitor email offers, mailers, etc. and was happy to see all the deals going on at Four Queens (and elsewhere). However, the cost of their Silver Slots tourney seemed a LOT higher. Signing up for the $12K event was 360 smackolas. They do give a $75 one-ounce silver token, so call it $285. Still didn’t it used to be $99 or $149?
During December and again now, Wynn’s standard offer to me, $174 a night (includes the $55-per-night resort fee), $25 each free play and food credit got very good by adding two tickets to Awakening. Two nights minus all that is, as Anthony counts it, $28 a night at Wynn. Winner winner XS Nightclub for dinner.
Then I almost had a heart attack (bad joke; been there). My new Rainbow Emerald Island mailer came without their super points multiplier pay schedules. Noooo!!
Called in … still in place … phew! And being their top-notch “Rainbow is customer service,” she wanted to know, “Do you play at the bar? Different schedules.” And “Do you want me to READ the multiplier schedule over the PHONE?” Wow. Some casinos won’t even answer the phone. Oh, I can also “pick up the printed schedule at the cashiers booth.”
Besides amazing monthly food deals, you can now use your points for Lyft to and from the casino and at many nearby Water Street venues. Innovative.
There still is gold at the end of Water Street’s Rainbow.
Last question. Timeshares? Ever done the deed? In a fit of lunacy, I took the $200 offer.
Let Hilton try to close me — heck, why not? True story: Years ago, my ex and I went on a timeshare weekend on the Outer Banks. I just said, “Honey, in the presentation, I have THE LAST word.”
She chatted on and on about curtains and colors so much that the salesman was already spending his commission. Then he finished. I looked him in the eye and said one word. “No.” He got it.
Keep scuffling.