Nah…. nothing lasts that long in Vegas. They constantly tear down to build new.
Not even the Sands or the Tropicana, two iconic older hotel/casinos, the places we stayed most often on my early 1990s management trips to Vegas.
Because they were older, they were cheaper, and apparently more willing to make deals for the 25 or so rooms we needed… Sometimes 50, if the assistant managers came.
The company paid for our rooms, and they were fine with me, except that we shared with another store manager we might not know…. but some of the other managers lobbied for rooms at the Mirage, which was brand new.
That was where Siegfried and Roy had their white tigers on display, and there was a huge fake volcano outside.
One time we did get to stay there, and we discovered the all you can eat buffet, with things like shrimp, rare roast beef, lasagne and fresh vegetable stir fries… for $10!! On subsequent trips a lot of us ate dinner there.
Now that’s torn down too…. And I’ve read that instead of $10 to attract people to the casinos, dinners in Vegas are more like upwards of $50, with some places competing to have the most expensive, like $400 for a steak!
The trick is to lightly dampen the surfaces to be bonded first. Wet your finger, dry it, then touch both surfaces, then apply the superglue. Superglue needs a small amount of moisture to work correctly.
If you’re trying to fool people with AI… as I presume someone is here… you incorporate images that look at least close to what’s possible in real life.
Not something that looks like a plastic statuette from Dollar Tree, and wouldn’t even pass for fake hand-carved marble.
If you’re not convinced by the pointy flower petals and comic book face… the corker is the tiny little eyelashes that don’t look carved in any medium, and are laughable as snow.
Reindeer females have antlers. They make good defensive weapons.
During the winter the males loose theirs and the does keep theirs.
So…
All of Santas reindeer are female.
Strangely, this brings back memories of some liquor glasses my aunt and uncle had many years ago.
I thought I’d forgotten…. but when I look at this I see it printed on glasses, with whiskey and ice in them.
He was a hunter, and they had a basement “rec room”, with a wet bar, and a large skin stretched out on the wall, from a buck he had shot.
On our infrequent trips to Illinois, my mom’s siblings would all get together almost every evening, so we could all visit… we congregated in the rec room when we were at this aunt and uncle’s house.
My siblings and cousins and I were allowed to go down there unsupervised and play cards, but not to touch anything else. When adults came down they got us sodas, and pennies for poker.
There was a real slot machine, that had been rigged to pay out most of what it took in. I have a feeling it was illegal to own.
He had two working rifles hung on the wall. That seems crazy now!
We never thought to touch the liquor, the rifles or the slot machine, cos we were told not to. I just can’t imagine that happening now.
And there were plenty of families, then and now, who did all the right things but had a kid who was incapable of perfect behavior… maybe a mental problem, or an emotional disorder, not diagnosed in those days.
Y’all are assuming that they were drinking. Could be the sidewalks are just pretty slippery. They could have been together for a night of singing Christmas carols. Maybe lighting a menorah and singing traditional songs.
I’m seeing five couples and three cars. One couple hosted, so they’re not on the road. So one couple is riding with another, perhaps neighbors. How many drinks d’ya think they’ve had among the lot of them? Want to share the road?
A sixth couple (their recent footprints are visible) are in their car in the driveway waiting (note the exhaust illuminated by brake lights) for the car blocking their exit to leave. There may be a fourth car out of frame, or else the last couple will be passengers or walk to their nearby home. People back then were not as concerned as now about the dangers of drinking and driving, but often the wife would abstain from, (or cut down on), drinking and take over as driver if her husband was visibly drunk.
Personably, i think the most taxes should be paid for by the people that can most afford to pay taxes. No one that makes less than six figures should pay taxes.
Many, many years ago, Sting recorded a version of the song for the satirical tv show “Spitting Image” as a reflection of what was going on in the world at that time in the early 1980’s.
Since I heard it, all that time ago, I cannot listen to the original version without thinking of the alternate version, and it always brings back memories of both the show, and of that time. It makes me both angry and depressed.
The version with the Spitting Image video were on sites that didn’t like my adblocker, so I can’t link to those.
This video starts playing the moment I open this Cleo page… I hear it, and have to scroll down to find it and hit pause to make it stop.
It’s happened before with videos from Dailymotion, and with some Popeye videos Alexikakos posted, but I’m not sure what site they were on…. but I don’t post videos from Dailymotion.
I have no idea how it happens, that a link can activate when you haven’t touched or even seen it yet, but it’s consistent. It doesn’t make sense!
Especially since it doesn’t start when i refresh the page.
It’s doesn’t have to be in Peter Lorre’s voice for me. It’s always been creepy.
I didn’t know till fairly recently that Sting intended it that way.
I tried to tell myself it was meant to be romantic, but I saw a video where he said it was a nasty little song he wrote during the breakup of his first marriage.
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OMG! A fish-slapping bear!
Missed him!
I think I will enjoy this picture more from behind my chair, with my eyes closed.
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Let me guess…
Is this in Las Vegas? They’ve faked most of the rest of the wonders of the world.
Yeah, it’s the Luxor, I believe.
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Las Vegas , according to what I’ve seen in numerous videos, is pricing itself out of existence and the Luxor will look like this one day
Nah…. nothing lasts that long in Vegas. They constantly tear down to build new.
Not even the Sands or the Tropicana, two iconic older hotel/casinos, the places we stayed most often on my early 1990s management trips to Vegas.
Because they were older, they were cheaper, and apparently more willing to make deals for the 25 or so rooms we needed… Sometimes 50, if the assistant managers came.
The company paid for our rooms, and they were fine with me, except that we shared with another store manager we might not know…. but some of the other managers lobbied for rooms at the Mirage, which was brand new.
That was where Siegfried and Roy had their white tigers on display, and there was a huge fake volcano outside.
One time we did get to stay there, and we discovered the all you can eat buffet, with things like shrimp, rare roast beef, lasagne and fresh vegetable stir fries… for $10!! On subsequent trips a lot of us ate dinner there.
Now that’s torn down too…. And I’ve read that instead of $10 to attract people to the casinos, dinners in Vegas are more like upwards of $50, with some places competing to have the most expensive, like $400 for a steak!
So yeah .. buh bye, Vegas.
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Great for limited wounds. Now if it could regenerate amputations….
So, Superglue?
Not in this thing, but they do use it.
The only thing it’s really good for, IMO. Your fingers stick together while your model falls apart!
The trick is to lightly dampen the surfaces to be bonded first. Wet your finger, dry it, then touch both surfaces, then apply the superglue. Superglue needs a small amount of moisture to work correctly.
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I hope this fellow’s name is Smiley.
It’s a goof.
anybody buying this?
Nope.
Nope!
Not for a minute.
If you’re trying to fool people with AI… as I presume someone is here… you incorporate images that look at least close to what’s possible in real life.
Not something that looks like a plastic statuette from Dollar Tree, and wouldn’t even pass for fake hand-carved marble.
If you’re not convinced by the pointy flower petals and comic book face… the corker is the tiny little eyelashes that don’t look carved in any medium, and are laughable as snow.
Is it for sale?
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Are they likely to be siblings? Or a couple?
Not a couple… does very rarely have horns, and when they do, they’re quite small and underdeveloped.
AFAIK does and fawns herd together. Herds of bucks can be related or just pals.
Reindeer females have antlers. They make good defensive weapons.
During the winter the males loose theirs and the does keep theirs.
So…
All of Santas reindeer are female.
Yes…. I didn’t mention them cos reindeer are caribou, with wider horns than these.
But it’s so funny about Santa’s reindeer…. like Rudolpha, I guess.
Strangely, this brings back memories of some liquor glasses my aunt and uncle had many years ago.
I thought I’d forgotten…. but when I look at this I see it printed on glasses, with whiskey and ice in them.
He was a hunter, and they had a basement “rec room”, with a wet bar, and a large skin stretched out on the wall, from a buck he had shot.
On our infrequent trips to Illinois, my mom’s siblings would all get together almost every evening, so we could all visit… we congregated in the rec room when we were at this aunt and uncle’s house.
My siblings and cousins and I were allowed to go down there unsupervised and play cards, but not to touch anything else. When adults came down they got us sodas, and pennies for poker.
There was a real slot machine, that had been rigged to pay out most of what it took in. I have a feeling it was illegal to own.
He had two working rifles hung on the wall. That seems crazy now!
We never thought to touch the liquor, the rifles or the slot machine, cos we were told not to. I just can’t imagine that happening now.
Kids with good parents and families are still like that.
I still wouldn’t hang rifles on the wall!
And there were plenty of families, then and now, who did all the right things but had a kid who was incapable of perfect behavior… maybe a mental problem, or an emotional disorder, not diagnosed in those days.
I’ve known a couple of heartbreaking situations.
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Something to do with drinking and driving?
Which everybody found amusing back then.
yes, the ‘funny drunk’ thing was a real laugher (Think Foster Brooks)
for a long time…..
I always hated it, and Dean Martin playing drunk…. and later, even friends bragging about how drunk they were, and what they did.
Not being a prude… I just never found it funny.
Y’all are assuming that they were drinking. Could be the sidewalks are just pretty slippery. They could have been together for a night of singing Christmas carols. Maybe lighting a menorah and singing traditional songs.
I wasn’t.
I’m seeing five couples and three cars. One couple hosted, so they’re not on the road. So one couple is riding with another, perhaps neighbors. How many drinks d’ya think they’ve had among the lot of them? Want to share the road?
I’m thinking the hosts’ car is the one in the driveway, though I don’t know why there are footprints going there.
The couple on top may be walking towards their nearby house on foot.
None of them should be driving, but nobody would believe it back them.
A sixth couple (their recent footprints are visible) are in their car in the driveway waiting (note the exhaust illuminated by brake lights) for the car blocking their exit to leave. There may be a fourth car out of frame, or else the last couple will be passengers or walk to their nearby home. People back then were not as concerned as now about the dangers of drinking and driving, but often the wife would abstain from, (or cut down on), drinking and take over as driver if her husband was visibly drunk.
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Not enough. I not only want more for myself, i want everyone to have more.
As long as you don’t try to tax me to death to try to achieve it (and rake in a bit for yourself off of the top). {^ยฟ^}
Personably, i think the most taxes should be paid for by the people that can most afford to pay taxes. No one that makes less than six figures should pay taxes.
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Steamboat a’comin’
For the times when you really demand that other people leave you the &%#$ alone.
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Must be a high-budget talk show if this is the “Green Room!”
Hollywood’s Leading Men Together in 1962
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Poor cild.
He (or she) should be walking their dog while enjoying this lovely winter day.
Brrr!
Not an enviable position to be in.
can you find 4 stars?
Yes.
Yes — look two pictures above…
Totally my thinking too. ๐
I see the four stars two pictures up, and the four penguins are also stars, in the penguin world, for starring in a puzzle.
As for the pointy yellow kind, I see four of those too.
Does that make 12?
I also see that little house in Iceland.
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HDTV!
Smart cat!
Now THAT’S reality TV!
Fluffy wants nothing to do with Hawkeye.
If you listen to every breath you take in Peter Lorre’s voice, it takes on an entirely different and creepy feel!
I’ve herd that someplace!
The lyrics are truly creepy. One of a long series of songs, over decades if not centuries, of plausibly highly misogynistic popular songs.
Many, many years ago, Sting recorded a version of the song for the satirical tv show “Spitting Image” as a reflection of what was going on in the world at that time in the early 1980’s.
Since I heard it, all that time ago, I cannot listen to the original version without thinking of the alternate version, and it always brings back memories of both the show, and of that time. It makes me both angry and depressed.
The version with the Spitting Image video were on sites that didn’t like my adblocker, so I can’t link to those.
In compensation for the alternate lyrics, have something silly.
This one?
Found it on https://www.dailymotion.com
That’s the one.
This video starts playing the moment I open this Cleo page… I hear it, and have to scroll down to find it and hit pause to make it stop.
It’s happened before with videos from Dailymotion, and with some Popeye videos Alexikakos posted, but I’m not sure what site they were on…. but I don’t post videos from Dailymotion.
I have no idea how it happens, that a link can activate when you haven’t touched or even seen it yet, but it’s consistent. It doesn’t make sense!
Especially since it doesn’t start when i refresh the page.
It’s doesn’t have to be in Peter Lorre’s voice for me. It’s always been creepy.
I didn’t know till fairly recently that Sting intended it that way.
I tried to tell myself it was meant to be romantic, but I saw a video where he said it was a nasty little song he wrote during the breakup of his first marriage.
I’ll explain later. ๐
‘Tis the season. Thus spake Stel.
I can’t give this enough up-votes.
The Bridge – Valerie Thornton, 1954.
Rook In The Rain.
Solitary Rook perched on a fence post braving the wintery rain. Galway, Ireland