some of the things I learned from vegas
 

I only got back in to the UK about 12 hours ago and I am jetlagged to hell so I am sure I will think of other things but just somethings:

- Everyone is shorter than I thought they would be - and I am a serious short ass.

- To plant myself in key locations on the floor and let people bump into me rather than me walking around in circles trying to find them. If that fails tell everyone you meet the people you are looking to meet and eventually someone will get the word back to that person.

- Next year figure out how to rent a cell phone because for a small town Vegas is a big place with lots of places for people to hide.

- US Airways has cleaning crew in Vegas that are more than willing to steal a wallet off a man in a wheelchair whilst he is being helped into a wheel chair.

- The Aladdin computers in the room thing is a great help.

- The Aladdin however is 'alive' in the sense that everytime you touch anything metal and electrical you get a shock. I ended up holding money in a tissue before putting it in a slot machine after one shock came complete with a blue spark.

- Wearing your pass back to a hotel other than the one the convention is held near brings all the old guys who are waiting for AVN to start out of the woodwork and they start asking you about porn stars.

- Most people are a lot nicer and/or wimpier to you face :)

- The last day on the floor was the most productive because most of the 'just there for the beer and boobs' types were still passed out.

- Ducking flying boobs on the convention floor is a true skill.

- Tofu is a serious cutie, a nice guy and rubbish at video Volleyball.

- Despite being from Texas Stacycat does not have a Texan accent.

- Denny's waitresses approach physical meltdown when presented with 30 people walking in and asking for a table.

- Mr and Mrs Marylou are seriously cool and Mrs Marylou in particular knows how to get her freebees.

- Amelia and Forrest Black are hard to pin down but really worth it when you finally meet them.

- European Lee and the Studmoney crew are real sweethearts. I wish I had met them earlier on in the show.


(one for the girls to understand) - an eight hour flight with cramps is not nice ..always pack midol.

The whole ducking boobs thing is great fun!

Hey. Chain it on. No shit. Somebody tried ganking mine once. Haha. Stupid fuckers.

yeah, we are going to do that next time. This was our first time taking our own chair on a plane.

A female cleaner helped him and then his wallet was gone. The airline claim that there was only one male cleaner on the plane. Well I guess she could have been a shemale but beyond our wallet it is kind of of a sercurity loophole if they really don't know who is on their planes :)

The chair was also always a bit bent when it was brought back up for him but a screwdriver will always fix it. I was more ticked off that the scooter rental company we booked in Novemeber never delivered the chair and then didn't want to refund me the money. Next year we just rent them from the hotel.

I don't think i'd be ducking! :Graucho

I noticed the same thing :1orglaugh

Mine is such a piece of shit anyway. I was going to buy a new one this year but I already have so much traveling scheduled it would be a complete waste! Make sure you take off any parts or strange bolts before they take away the chair. I always lose something.

hey, I love a boob just as much - if not more - as anyone but when one hits you in the ear you have an earring in and one of Max Hardcore's posse has to run to your rescue you think about ducking next time.

you didn't meet me.:winkwink:

It was great meeting you however brief, Sarah, and your husband as well! Sorry about the troubles you had but glad to hear you're both home safe and sound! Next show we are going to spend much more time hanging out! :)

Ours is second hand because he has a scooter at home and because frankly new chairs are insanely priced but I think we will save up for a new one. I am trying to find out if there are any that have some sort of bar across the back for pushing (kind of like a luggage cart at the airport) rather than just the handles. After about ten days of pushing the chair my hands were a bit tired from gripping the handles.

Just have a pushing bar made. Shouldn't be hard at all to find someone that would be willing to make one for you. They might even do it for free. Who knows.

lol no but I kept an eye out. I thought about walking around with 'I'm a liberal and loving it' t-shirt to bait you a bit.

Hey, I tell you what was fun..sharing a hotel in Philly with about 300 depressed Packers fans :)

I didn't see you, Sarah. I wish I had boobies flying at me.

Not ME!! :winkwink:

It was great meeting you, Sarah! Sorry I missed your husband and it REALLY sucks they stole his wallet. :mad:

When we didn't see you after the first day I briefly entertained the thought that you had gone into labour and ron Jermey was forced to deliver the baby on the floor whilst guys filmed it and tried to get you to sign a model release.

You still got banged in the head with a boob? I remember deflecting one that was on its way to hitting you directly in the face....those ol' baseball skills came in handy 16 years later! :winkwink:

Sarah,

that is my Line:)

Glad you made it home safe. Sorry to hear about the hubbies problem with the airline.

I remember Mr. Mary Lou from a few yrs back. Nice enough fellow there. :)
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'I'm a liberal and loving it'

:evil-laug :1orglaugh

I know..I hung around the PC board booth even when it was full of people I never heard of hoping you guys would find your way there but no luck. Bring Pookie next time then everyone will know where you can be found.

lol..yah for us real life shorties! It was lovely meeting you and your son. You are such a sweetheart.

yeah I think you deflected that one after I got hit in the ear hence my flinching but you did do a great job of saving me from needing a nose job or something. Was even better since you were talking to someone at the time and your hand just went up in reflex.

Great minds think alike in their ways to annoy 12clicks :)

hahaha

well I learned along time ago that it can be hard to figure out Ron sometimes.

I think he is a liberal deep down, but still in the closet :)

I wish one of your boobs came flying at me! I'd catch it with my mouth open! :Graucho

Right on doll :thumbsup

At least you know what we all look like now so when Todd sends you to the Phoenix forum (hint, hint Todd) you will know who to hang out with at the show :Graucho

We did try calling you @ the Aladdin to but couldnt get through and i know Lee was upset he didnt spend more time with you and yours but as i say he can see you at the next show.

Send Sarah to Phoenix Todd :Graucho

Todd,

My highlight from last year on the boards was when 12clicks called Ulfie a liberal.

*cough* I can think of worse things */cough*

Good one Sarah :)


Studmoney,

what's that Phx. url again?? :)

That blows your shorter-than-expected observation, since Forrest is about 7 feet tall in boots.

http://www.thephoenixforum.com

Ill set Lee on you if Sarah isnt there :Graucho

this is true. i was eye to eye with his crotch and it said hello to me!

ah! but maybe I thought he was 8 feet tall ;) Yeah, he was one of the taller guys for sure and dang handsome with it.

>> - Next year figure out how to rent a cell phone because for a small town Vegas is a big place with lots of places for people to hide.


you are from uk right ? if you get a TRI-BAND fone and roaming it'll work in USA

its a bit patchy though in Vegas I dunno why it works better in florida

yeah and I need a new phone so I will look out for something along that line. Not sure what the call costs are, etc but that can't be too hard to find out.

I'm serious about renting you a phone myself next time, girl. It was great getting to meet in person!!! Just wasn't long enough, darn it.

ForrestBlack might indeed have been 8 ft. Those were some big boots.

Metatron, I'm going to drag you to one of these things and keep you rude and drunk for four days in a row. Just to mess with the nicer/wimpier theory. Although, seriously, it never ceases to amaze me how many people must have their balls attached to their mouse 'cause they sure don't seem to have them in person.

12clicks, I thought you were just as awesomely nice in person as online. Of course, I do have special standards :thumbsup


Note to self: Add US Airways to the list with America West of airlines to avoid. Sympathy that that happened, Sarah.

awww 12 clicks.. you're a big ole teddy bear... :winkwink:

Was good meeting you sarah, wish we could have chatted more tho :(

Sly_RJ, are you in a wheelchair?

No kidding, I was seriously annoying everyone I met by asking them if they knew you and if so had they seen you. The whole cell phone thing will be sorted out next time because it drove me a bit batty. I mean, I had to stake out the exit to the hall to find Lee.

ForrestBlack is a tall guy but I think that my short arse genes have some sort of cut off point that once someone is over a foot taller than me I stop noticing.

Sarah, you were in Philly for the night and you didn't let me know?
We could have come over and showed you around!

:(

sadly my parents wouldn't have let me out of their site...they see me so little that they tend to treat me a bit like I am still 17 when I visit.

AND, next year bring a humidifier for the hotel room--it might delay or stop the oncoming "Vegas Voice".

Dave
www.davecummings.com

problem is that my hubby liked my 'vegas voice'..he kept mentioning Kathleen Turner.

We ended up filling the bathroom sink with some water over night and it helped a bit.

You betcha.

:winkwink:

Yup. I dont have a texas accent, but hang with me too long and you will be saying "yall" :-D

that would take about one second..I pick up accents way too easily.

yeah, you like good food.:winkwink:

To have TWO humidifiers constantly running in your hotel run, otherwise you might lose your voice after being in that arid area for more than 2-3 days:-((

Dave
www.davecummings.com