DonDiego doesn't know the entire code.
But often when he orders a ginger-ale straight, it comes with a straw and a cherry. Maybe that means something.
DonDiego rarely drinks while at the blackjack table, . . . until he is nearly ready to depart. He remembers several decades ago playing an extended session at a double-deck game in Circus-Circus, . . . back in the days when lots of places had good-to-excellent low-limit games. DonDiego had recently read about some successful gambler who habitually drank grapefruit juice while gambling, so he had adopted this custom. They always came with a straw too; but DonDiego digresses.
The reason the session was extended was that DonDiego was winning consistently, exactly as he should have been, . . . if the reader knows what he means. So anyway, he orders what was to be his last grapefruit juice, and the cocktail waitress sorta delivers it with the "Playboy Dip" and scampers off without waiting for a tip.
DonDiego plays a few hands before sipping the beverage. It was probably over ½ vodka ! DonDiego laughed, saluted the eye-in-the-sky with his drink, and cashed out. He had worn out his welcome.
Ahh, . . . memories.
