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Slimboli Offline
#51 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 5:36 AM EST
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justforfun - I came back alright, but the casino was the winner. Not too bad though, I only lost a box of Oliva 'O' Orions at CI's retail when I decided that I had enough ... hehehe!

The fire was on the mountains right behind Harrah's, and was pretty spectacular. You could smell the smoke all throughout the casino, especially in the elevator. We went to the top floor at 'The Forest' for their brunch (all you can eat for $10), and sat by the window facing the fire. Pretty incredible, watching about a half dozen helicopters with buckets putting out the blaze. They went back and forth from Lake Tahoe filling their buckets, and then emptying them on the fire. The lake was full of boaters racing about, and it was quite a site watching them maneuver into position to get a scoop ...
daveyg2 Offline
#52 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 7:07 AM EST
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Todog, at least I can see your level of intelligence in not understanding my post.
Slimboli Offline
#53 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 7:10 AM EST
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... here we go again ... LOL!
mhollowa Offline
#54 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 7:23 AM EST
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Slim...glad you had a nice holiday...I worked in the Texas forest industry several years and fought wild fires here. They're always set by someone with a grudge or as a stupid prank...such as tying a burning rag to a dog's tail. A good friend (ex-editor of a small town newspaper) covered fires here and throughout the southwest when Texas fire crews got called up. Texas has a process that mixes wood cellulose with water to make a fire-fighting foam. It was interesting to read your comments about sitting in the casnio eating while helicopters doused hot spots...At the turn of the century, settlers in westen Kansas could sit on their front porches and look westward at the glow of fires burning in the Sierras. Fires are the life of a forest. We should not get too excited when habitations of humans wanting to live with the forest get swept up in that life.
Slimboli Offline
#55 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 7:32 AM EST
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Since we seem to be talking intelligence here lately ... this ought to be fun.

I dare any of you to take the Mensa Workout, just for intertainment purposes only ...
justforfun Offline
#56 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 7:52 AM EST
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daveyg2: impressive --- age, wisdom, tolerance, education, and hypersensitivity. sounds like your girlfriends made the catch. i'd try and get out of the library more often but every time i try, another hotty comes in, and those bouncing (you get the drift) keep me from leaving. and you want me to spend more time there -- what, for a 3rd ph.d?
justforfun Offline
#57 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 8:00 AM EST
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Slim: glad to hear you had a good time, despite the fire and the loss of the Orions. do you know the name of the (high end) restaurant that overlooks the lake itself which is supposedly the best view in Tahoe? i want to say it's inside Harrahs (or adjacent lakeside casino) on one of the higher level floors; let me know, I have some friends going up from SoCal and want to refer them to the place.
justforfun Offline
#58 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 8:49 AM EST
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fun little test == but tough none the less.
eleltea Offline
#59 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 8:56 AM EST
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Does Harrah's still have that killer seafood buffet on the top floor with the great view on Friday nites?
Slimboli Offline
#60 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 8:59 AM EST
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I'm not sure ... there are so many.

Adjacent to 'The Forest', at the top of Harrah's, is 'Friday's Station Steak and Seafood Grill', which has an even better view of the lake. It, along with 'The Forest', are on the 16th floor.



Harvey's 'Llewellyn's' is another excellent place, with an even better view, because you can see Harvey's from 'Friday's Station' (blocking part of the view) ... here's a cut-n-paste:


High atop Harveys on the 19th floor, Llewellyn's offers a spectacular panoramic view and a beautiful presentation. The San Francisco Chronicle raved, "...one of the tops in dining on either side of the Lake." Open nightly for dinner, Llewellyn's offers an innovative continental menu. An exquisite Sunday Champagne Brunch is served year 'round. Llewellyn's -- Harveys culinary high point. Reservations are highly recommended.

check out some reviews
HERE, and HARRAH'S site here ...

I hope I helped ...



Slimboli Offline
#61 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 9:02 AM EST
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... oh ... type in 'Best view of Lake Tahoe' in the 'search for' box ... ;-)
Slimboli Offline
#62 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 9:26 AM EST
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eleltea - the buffet is at 'The Forest' ... and believe me, they have everything you could imagine at it's finest.

If you are talking about all the jumbo prawns you can eat ... we didn't see any this time around. It's been remodeled since the last time we were there, and some things have changed ... but, for $10, it's the best deal around. The dessert bar is to die for ...

Oh, and justforfun, if your friends have never tried a 'Bananas Foster', tell them they must have one. It's probably the most incredible dessert I have ever had. They can find it at Harvey's:



Sage Room Steak House


Since 1947, the Sage Room Steak House has been world renowned for its old western ambiance and fine cuisine. Dine among the works of Russell and Remington while enjoying traditional Steak House dining highlighted by tableside flambe service. Top off your meal with the Sage Room's famous Bananas Foster. Reservations are highly recommended.

It's a
flaming dessert done at your table made of pan fried bananas in a caramel sauce with 151 Rum and Galliano Liqueur, poured over vanilla ice cream in a brandy snifter type glass. It's absolutely orgasmic ... oh, oh ... is this a sexual inuendo?

BMW Offline
#63 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 9:50 AM EST
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I've really had nothing to contribute to this post but it seems to have evolved and go on for ever. I was begining to feel like I was the only one that had not posted a response. So there, done. Barry
daveyg2 Offline
#64 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 8:17 PM EST
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JustForFun, Im curious to know what your 2 PHDs are in. Maybe I can get there someday when Im done with Graduate school this year.
daveyg2 Offline
#65 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 8:42 PM EST
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I scored a 20 on the mensa test. howd everyone else do? curious.
daveyg2 Offline
#66 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 8:44 PM EST
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im half drunk, nauseas and got 4 hrs of sleep to boot. i need to take this thing or a different one when im not so shot.
justforfun Offline
#67 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2002, 8:59 PM EST
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daveyg2: my reference was merely a (knee jerk)sarcastic retort to your reference of my being a genius (boy, after taking the mensa quiz, it's a far, far, far reach). i don't have any ph.d's; i obtained a J.D. in 1979, after figuring out that a social science degree and $50 can't buy enough Kopi Luwak to make a pot of coffee (and i wasn't interested in teaching --- despite all the benefits the library, and always being on campus, had to offer).

slimboli: thanks very much for the wealth of information. i'm pretty sure i was thinking of 'Llewellyn's'; i'll let my friends know about the restaurants you've listed and the Bananas Foster (they'll genuinely appreciate it having never been there before). The way you've described the Sage Room and the Bananas Foster, I think i'm going to drive up to Tahoe the first week of August for a good meal, with the desert being the primary reason (excuse), of course.

eleltea: love your taste in music.
Mr.Mean Offline
#68 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2002, 5:39 AM EST
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22 ha!
Orv Offline
#69 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2002, 6:32 AM EST
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E Chick quote


"doesn't mean I'll stick my tail between my legs and run away."


I can't believe that no one has offered to let you stick your tail between their legs. Or is that just what this post was trying to complain about. ORV
E-Chick Offline
#70 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2002, 7:38 AM EST
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Slimboli, you've succeeded at thread-jacking your own thread for your own intents and purposes...love it!



I scored a 25...I was never very good at equationism, only at equivocation...pffffttt! So there! :)



Hope you will enjoy the cerebrotonic direction of my future posting...seeing how that is the requirement to 'belong' here...well, I guess cigar smoking can be contradictory to that, so never mind.



X, use the dictionary...
SteveS Offline
#71 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2002, 8:22 AM EST
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26 ... I became concerned about the time limit and left some blank, intending to go back to them if time remained, then forgot I'd done that and submitted the quiz in 23 minutes ...

oh, well, it was only a test ... if it had been an actual emergency, we'd have been directed to ...
xibbumbero Offline
#72 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2002, 8:28 AM EST
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E-Chick,I'm guessing Equationism and Equivocation means doing something with or to horses..am I right? X
E-Chick Offline
#73 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2002, 1:50 PM EST
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If you say so X, yeah, horses. I always lose bets at the track...but when I've fallen off of the proverbial horse, I've always gotten right back on...so there you have it.
Todog Offline
#74 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2002, 2:43 PM EST
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Daveyg2, can you really see that high?
Slimboli Offline
#75 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2002, 2:44 PM EST
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E-Chick - no thread-jack, just answering questions asked of me in previous posts, except of course, the Mensa test. That was just to lighten things up a bit ...
cwilhelmi Offline
#76 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2002, 4:53 PM EST
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23, I suffered the same fear as SteveS though, left a few blank because I was worried about time.
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#77 Posted: Wed, Jan 1 2003, 4:59 PM EST
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I love reading this post ...

- just thought I'd re-ignite their love for each other...
xibbumbero Offline
#78 Posted: Wed, Jan 1 2003, 5:02 PM EST
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Your're too much Jims,LOL. X
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