Viva Las Vegas

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Bradley Bright

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Hi. Either I am on my way, at, or just back from Las Vegas and the next six blogs are all about the city. Each blog has a video of Vegas, a short informative narrative, and some comedy. Enjoy the blogs; tell your friends to visit the site, we have some very unusual and entertaining upcoming, non-political videos for you to enjoy. Visit the site twice weekly for new blogs. Thanks and leave a message on the contact page, if you wish.

 

McCarran is the 8th busiest airport in the world serving in excess of fifty different air carriers and averaging 980 flights a day.

Temperatures average 101 degrees June through September with July being the hottest at 106 degrees.

There are more than 900 cabs and in excess of 300 limos in Vegas. You must go to a hotel to pick up a cab as it is unlawful to pick up a passenger other than at a hotel.

Las Vegas boasts 4,000 table games, 130,000 slots, and almost as many sluts. (Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census)

Open liquor is allowed on the street but intoxicating behavior is not tolerated.

Times are financially tough in Vegas as well. Last time I was there, I saw a “Lady of the Evening” outside my hotel with a sign that read, “No payments until 2014”. I think it was the “Lay-a-way” Plan.

According to the Chamber of Commerce, there are more than 500 places of worship in Las Vegas and, if they prefer, in lieu of cash, visitors are encouraged to put casino tokens into the collection baskets during the services. On Monday, the monasteries send religious personnel to all the churches to collect, sort, count, and redeem the tokens for cash at the appropriate casinos; the couriers are known as the Chip Monks.

Last time I went to church in Vegas they asked me to join in the choir. I have such a bad singing voice, the first time I sang two hundred people changed religions.

The services I attended in Vegas were held at “The Church of Pair-of-Dice” presided over by the Reverend Double Down.

The slogan, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” is not true. While your memories come home with you to share with family and friends, your money usually stays in Vegas.