Author Archives: queen of comps

VACATION REPORT

Posted on August 14, 2011 by queen of comps

In order to write this report, I am taking a break from going through the mountains of paperwork I found when we returned last Thursday evening from our 23-day road trip.  If I waited until I was “caught up,” it … Continue reading →

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Finishing Last Post

Posted on August 9, 2011 by queen of comps

I hate working on strange computers!! Anyway to finish the thought of the last entry: After Brad and I met and started casino gambling, he has kept busy with advantage plays. We rarely play “just for fun” because we have … Continue reading →

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Brad’s Other Gambling

Posted on August 9, 2011 by queen of comps

Writing from Albuquerque – just two days from home-sweet-home! To respond to a recent comment: Brad has always had a gambling advantage in his adult life when he was playing Tonk and poker since both are games of skill and … Continue reading →

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Brad’s Gambling Life – Part 14, The Early Indiana Years

Posted on August 5, 2011 by queen of comps

After Brad got out of the Air Force in 1952, he settled down back in his parents’ home in Connersville, IN, with a job at Philco, a major refrigerator manufacturing plant in town. Then came marriage and four children.  There … Continue reading →

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Brad Returns to the Fair of His Youth

Posted on July 31, 2011 by queen of comps

Despite 95-degree and very humid weather today, we tromped through the Fayette County Free Fair today.  This was the first free county fair in the country, established in 1903.  And if you read one of the early chapters in the … Continue reading →

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Hammond Horseshoe Casino

Posted on July 28, 2011 by queen of comps

Just to answer some of your questions about our 7-Star visit here at the Shoe in Hammond, IN.  No, it doesn’t have a hotel.  But they will put up out-of-town players in various hotels in the area, including downtown Chicago.  … Continue reading →

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Running Away From Home

Posted on July 25, 2011 by queen of comps

I am writing this in the Captain’s Lounge at Harrah’s Council Bluffs. I’m using a strange computer so who knows how this will turn out.  Hopefully readable! Last Wednesday we left Vegas to embark on the longest road trip we’ve taken … Continue reading →

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Frugal Plum to Frugal Breeze

Posted on July 19, 2011 by queen of comps

Hello, Jean and Brad, I just saw a bright red Mercedes convertible parked in the Palms garage and it had the license plate FRUGAL that I have seen for years on your PT Cruiser.  Hope I’m not being nosey, but … Continue reading →

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You Got Mail

Posted on July 14, 2011 by queen of comps

And do we ever receive a lot of casino mail!  After 27 years visiting casinos we seem to be on most all their lists, even those we haven’t darkened their door for many years.  Nothing like tough economic times to send … Continue reading →

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It’s Personal – Part 1

Posted on July 11, 2011 by queen of comps

I don’t comment on every statement made about me or answer every personal question I get in the Comments here on this blog, or on public Internet forums, or in personal e-mails.  But most are asked by well-meaning kind people who … Continue reading →

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