Golf, Direct Marketing and Irritating Loud Mouth

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  The whole golfing thing is turning into a weekly ritual.
  
  
  
  This week it was just Andy and I on a chilly Thursday morning that turned into a very pleasant afternoon with the temperature in the mid 60 degree range.
  
  Before the afternoon sun worked it's magic, there was a considerable amount of ice around the course. This was the first time that I ever putted from the ice as about one third of this green was frozen solid.
  
  I finished 13 strokes better than my last outing so I have to take some encouragement there.

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Also encouraging is the fact that I've dropped 12.5 pounds so far this year. I've swam and hit the sauna every day this month. I've seemed to have hit some sort of plateau though. I'd like to think the lull can be attributed to muscle weighing more than fat. Another possible factor could be the Hilton Buffet on Thursday evening or the bag of Hershey Kissables that I ate on Wednesday. Toss a coin!

In any case, the last time my scales said this:










It was 1984.

• Ronald Reagan is president of the US
• On a Challenger mission, two astronauts become the first humans to fly free of a spacecraft
• An Union Carbide insecticide plant in Bhopal, India seeps toxic gas killing over 2,000
• Penthouse magazine publishes nude photographs of Miss America Vanessa Williams
• The Soviet Union boycotts the Los Angeles Summer
• Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's airs for the first time
• The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to use a computer mouse and GUI interface, is introduced by Apple
• Ethiopian famine begins
• Mandy Moore and Avril Lavigne are born
• Detroit Tigers win the World Series
• Los Angeles Raiders win Superbowl XVIII
• Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup
• Ghost Busters, Beverly Hills Cop, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, and The Karate Kid are top grossing films
• "When Doves Cry" by Prince and the Revolution spends the most time at the top of US charts
• Michael Jackson's hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial
• The Cosby Show, Punky Brewster, and Who's the Boss? premiere

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For those of you who don't have a slot machine addiction, allow me to give you a glance into what ONE day's worth of mail can bring:

Casa Blanca/Virgin River/Oasis: $40 food credit (birthday month), invite to
$10,000 slot tournament, $30 cash, 3 free room nights, $15 dining coupon,
$80
golf/spa/salon credit.

Palms: $30 food credit (birthday month).

Tuscany: 4 free baking dishes, one per week during February, $40 free slot
play each week in February.

Hilton: Free Mikasa bridal jewel box, free surprise gift, free Big Game
party, invite to $30,000 Reel Love slot tournament, $20 cash each week in
February, 2 free buffets, free Pizza Hut Pizza, free ice cream and a free
spa
entry.

Harrah's Rincon: $20 cash, two free room nights, $50 spa credit, $25 food
credit.

Any Harrah's property(Caesars/Paris/Rio/Bally's/ Harrah's/Flamingo) 2 free
room nights in March, 2 free room nights in April and 2 free room nights in May.

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Some people are simply incapable of shutting their mouths.

Seriously, the other day I dealt a game that included an obviously rookie. He bought into the $2-5 no limit game at least 4 times. A regular in the 10s was constantly critical of the rookie's play. The 10s even went so far as to ask another regular how he slept at night and "how could you possibly take that kid's money?"

Shut up. Just SHUT UP!

Every player at that table should have punched the 10s twice.

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In an interesting twist, the Palms will be closing their limit room for 21 hours in order to create a staging area for the NBA All Star Media Event. The tables and the podium will be removed. This will take place on a Friday night. Interesting indeed.........