brad and his wife took us to the palm springs follies last night and i am still enjoying the show.
http://www.palmspringsfollies.com/ 

then we went to some indian casino. no cigar smoking inside. hell i thought they invented cigars. while i was waiting for toby i played some nickle dueces. when the drink guy came over i ordered a stoly and seven and a bottle of water. i went to tip him and he said $7.50. i told him to shove the water and paid $5.25 for the stoly in a plastic cup. i dropped a five and a single on the tray and when he started to leave i asked for my change. i hope he was insulted.

alls well that ends well though. i hit 4 dueces on 5 nickles, won $50.00 and cashed out. i am looking to by an idian scalp for the $50.00 and nail it to the wall so i will always remember, never go to an indian casino again.

check out the follies. it was one of the best evenings i have ever had at a theater.

not counting the shows that brad is in.

Rick, you were very entertaining today. This may be the post to top in the future. Good job!

You amuse me everyday!! And I thank you for it...

Rick, I am surprised to read some of the things you put in this email. "I thought THEY invented cigars." "I am going to buy an Indian scalp for $50.00 and hang it on my wall." Doesn't sound like the Rick I have been reading posts from the past couple of years. Most Indian casinos don't serve liquor at all due the the problems Indians have had with alcoholism over history. As to the "high" price you had to pay probably has something to do with the area you are located. If you want free drinks go to Las Vegas. Chances of you winning that $50.00 is a lot slimmer there, so you probably broke even. As to why some casinos won't allow cigars and pipes when they allow cigarettes is beyond me. I really don't think you meant what you said above, but if you did, then I have misjudged you.

Yes,I was amused.

We're amused, enlightened and enriched, not only today, but most days ...

I'm still LOL about your hoping to find a "hint of onion bagel" (taste) in a cigar, for example ... not to mention some of your political views which are also often quite amusing ...

JK, Rick ... JK ... we're enriched by your presence and are appreciative of it ...

:::What Steve said:::

PS You were lucky...we can't even get a beer at our Indian Casinos near here.

osage

re scalp. a bit of humor that should not be insulting to the native americans. the white settlers invented the scalping syndrom, not the native americans.

did you know that the words spoken by, (i'll remember his name soon) when he landed on the beach in the "new world" and saw the natives was "en dios" because of his surprise at seeing people he had never seen before.
and that is how the native americans came to be called indians.

years ago, toby and i took a lot of cruises, before my cigars reduced me to an uninvited guest, an object to be treated like baggage.

i went into the casino for a little black jack. the players cards were all dealt face up. i think e-chick is a countr so she would have loved that. the dealer spoke with the psuedo-upper class "arrogant" accent i hate. i not only prefer cockney, i like the name better. when my turn to hit, stand, or double, the dealer told me what i should do. my answer was, "that's my money on the table, not yours."

fortunately, i had a little run and quit when i had won a little over $150.00.

on the wall of my office is a great looking plaque of an ospry diving to catch a fish. it cost about $150.00. i never played in any casino with english dealers again.

since i have so many native american statues, totems, pictures and some authentic pawn jewelry, the idea of a scalp occured to me as a joke. the drink boy with the $7.50 for a stoly and a bottle of water while i was playing, triggered the image.

Rick, by any chance was that the Viejas casino that's east of San Diego? If it wasn't then put that one on your list as well. People were smoking all around me but when I lit up my cigar they asked me to put it out. Luckily, I had a pack of those little Hav-a-Tampas, with the filter that look like brown cigarettes. They passed under the radar but I would've much preferred to finish my CAO.
I did, however, have the extreme satifaction of taking $750 from them at the Black Jack table. That bought a little salve. And oh yeah, I hit the buffet really hard too; and I stole about 15 Sweet'n Low packets.

Rick, You are correct in the fact that scalping was invented by the white settlers/trappers. The unfortunate part was they were paid for bringing in Indian scalps. There in lies the problem. Don't get me wrong, I am not one of the PC Indians that think all Indian mascots and names for sports teams should be changed. As I said, in a way you were lucky to get a drink at any price. Also, we smoked pipes not cigars. LOL! Have a good day!

osage

i wonder if you are the only one on the board that understands pawn jewelry.

RICK, Are you talking about "Old Pawn" jewelry?

I would imagine that there are many people on CBid that understands the term pawn or old pawn jewelry. Indian jewelry has come back in to good graces and style in the past few years. A good piece of old pawn jewelry can go for thousands of dollars. Especially, squash blossom necklaces.

The law of supply and demand. There once was a time when Navajo blankets had little value off the res. Now a "Two Grey Hills" will fetch thousands.

osage

about 25 years ago i picked up a star of david needle point about 2 1/2 inches in size. i found it at a store in lake havasu when lake havasu was a little tourist spot. that was the time you could come in under the london bridge and park at the dock and walk up the ramp to the little shops.

the people in hvasu were great people. everyone was a newcomer and toby and would shop, chat with the owners, and get invited to stop over for a beer and a chat in the evening. one of the shops sold a lot of hamburger (turquoise dust pressed into a solid to look like a piece of turq) he had a box of what he said was junk but i bought the star for about ten bucks. i looked it up in the catalogue because it had bowkatie stamped on the back, and lo and behold, there it was listed a sample of fine needle point. my daughter in law has it now.

i met a fellow who had lived in parker for a long time and he invited me to visit and i saw some of the most beautiful needlepoint squash blossoms from the 20' or 30's i have ever seen.

there was a fellow back then whose name was something like laluma (close as i can remember) who mixed stones and set them in gold as i recall.

i will post some of toby's jewelry and i will look for my old copies of arizona highways. if i can find them, i'll try to photograph the pictures, or make color copies of his work. if i can, i'll post something for you and i will be able to send you copies. i had almost forgotten my interest in this type of jewelry and i'm glad the subject came up again.

Rick...I'm not sure what a "countr" is, but if you meant counter, I can assure you that I am not.

I don't play cards.

Roulette is my game...yes, mindless...but I win! And that feels good...I like the dice too...

I disagree E. Roulette is anything but a mindless game. Requires more luck then many card games but there is strategy involved.

See Norm... great minds DON'T think alike. Even when it comes to being mindless! LOL!

I play 31-36 consistently...works for me!

I work the field some with every spin but I make most of my money on the sides pl;aying the odds.