Remember....

Remember when Las Vegas had $2.99 buffets? - Now that's what a bottle of water costs there.. Remember when they had free lounge shows - Top name entertainment such as Louie Prima with Sam Butera and the Witnesses - (Richie Varola - one of the hottest organ players of all time!!) .... Does anyone else feel as old as I feel right now ??

Oh, and to keep this photography related, I took this picture out of my back door ..... Poor finch is taking a beating !!!

i'm pretty old and don't remember $2.99 buffets. was this back in the day when you had to find the chuck wagon to get fed?

The last time I was in Vegas they still had them at the Tropican and a couple of the other
Casino's. But that was in 1990. I haven't been back since. Now, all they care about is seeing
how much money they can drain out of you, before they kick you out the door. When I was in
Reno, in 2001 it still felt a bit like the old Vegas, but I'm sure they have fixed that by now as
well

--Evan

I live in Sin City, and never really liked buffets. The high-end ones are too expensive, and the rest suck. I'd rather go to a regular restaurant. And I usually avoid the strip at all costs, unless we have out-of-town company who insist.

The strip used to be a nicer, cleaner place, without the riff-raff and bums... and the buffets were better.

rick_reno wrote in post #15044529
i'm pretty old and don't remember $2.99 buffets. was this back in the day when you had to find the chuck wagon to get fed?

Obviously, memory being the second thing to go, you have my sympathy.

I'm older, and I remember cheap Vegas buffets. And when Circus Circus was the only family-friendly casino.

I also remember under-a-dollar gas and cars without seat belts. Come to think of it, I remember under-50¢-a-gallon gas. That was for regular, of course, ethyl cost a bit more.

Or as the sign said back in the '30s: "4 Gals for a Dollar! May We Suggest Ethyl?"

20droger wrote in post #15045098
I also remember under-a-dollar gas and cars without seat belts. Come to think of it, I remember under-50¢-a-gallon gas. That was for regular, of course, ethyl cost a bit more.

C'mon Roger, we all know you remember gasoline in it's original form.

If you remember ANYTHING from vegas, you didnt party in Vegas... lol

mbellot wrote in post #15046271
C'mon Roger, we all know you remember gasoline in it's original form.

Yep! A mixture of heptane and octane.

ben_r_ wrote in post #15046740
If you remember ANYTHING from vegas, you didnt party in Vegas... lol

I've never been much into partying to oblivion. If you can't remember what you did, how do you know you had a good time.

Besides, it's no fun waking up in jail and not knowing why.

20droger wrote in post #15047342
Yep! A mixture of heptane and octane.

I was thinking a bit more organic, and still moving.

mbellot wrote in post #15047951
I was thinking a bit more organic, and still moving.

Heptane and octane are completely organic! Ask any chemist!