Bet it’s been a while since you saw one of these… it’s been a while for me also… it’s not that things haven't been going on in my life … just that they have not been amusing or interesting… ie death, destruction and sickness… however it is not all bad… and if we all live long enough we get our turn at the bad stuff… I think with email passing through three or four upgrades, that I was not aware of, I lost half my contacts and all the structure I had around groups etc… so you lot are all I have left.. the detritus of a much larger group and maybe just the weirdo’s that tend to hang around….
Speaking of things weird… some of you will be aware of our trip to America…. six of us passing through Los Angeles, Mexico, Las Vegas and San Diego…. Really it was just a gambling holiday for my wife and I… accompanied by one son, daughter, nephew and a family friend by the name of “internet boy”… The other side of the trip for me was the cultural side and I found America better and worse than I expected… We stayed in West Hollywood which though handy to the underground and convenient was basically a slum in marked contrast to the wealth we viewed just up the road… We did Universal Studio’s by VIP, which, though it was expensive, made the day enjoyable… I did not feel guilty marching to the front of the queues and taking the best seats…
We took the subway down to Longbeach with the vendors selling all sorts of stuff including drugs kept us amused and wary… then it was on the ship to Mexico where my gambling really started… I had a good run and all the spending money on our cruise was paid for with winnings.. The ship was fun and Mexico eye wateringly poor with things so cheap it beggared belief.. I handed out a fair bit of money to the beggars one reason I think for my gambling karma staying high…
“Hey, it’s Vegas baby” we heard used often as both shrug and apology.. and although Vegas has a lot to apologise for, I enjoyed the freedom from restriction and the 24 hour party atmosphere… The gambling was a bit tougher but I managed good wins to keep my head above water and won $2000 on the last night… though the bastards taxed me $400 of that… People of America our casino’s are cleaner they pay out more,(as they are legislated to pay out 80% of takings) and when you win no matter how much you put it in your pocket and walk out… San Diego was our last stop and we should have spent more time there… our visit to the USS Midway being the value visit of our trip….
Things to note… everything is so big in America.. including the food… I ordered a very nice vegetarian omelette for breakfast but it was twice the size I expected and came with pancakes.. thank god for the doggy bag… second… everything is so cheap in America something I was not expecting… half price and even a third of the price compared to New Zealand…. but sadly for a first world country why do you have so many beggars on the streets …. something I never got used too… though I did learn to ignore them tastefully…
All in all thank you America for the fun and excitement… it made me appreciate home so much more….. maybe Canada next time…. as there was so much I would have liked to do but time did just not allow…
Cheers Uppie…
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