Bad Beat/Moaning/Venting - pray for Lazare

[Denny Crane]

Think that's Lucinda Creighton who has The Irish S*n gig, the charity CEO job is Averil Power. Don't get your geebags confused.

Would have been saved from both if the country implemented my suggestion of banning student union reps from real life politics.

[Mellor]

Gambling money to put it simple rest of trip will be minimum cash and card as I agree with your above point.
Casinos usually charge huge service fees from cards and will give chips and don't fancy chipping up and rebuying(hassle as small as it is).
First time in Vegas( used to casinos and how they operate) and going with X amount of gambling money which is totally separate to everything else and if I loose I loose, plan for the worst and hope for the best.
So for some reason think I need bring this in dollars.
All advice is welcome.

If this gambling fund is in the order of hundreds, just just ATMs, take it out just before Vegas if necessary. Avoid using the card at the teller for the reasons above.
If it's in the order of thousands, I'd find a better way than carrying that much cash for an extended trip.

[Emmet]

The walk is so so so bizarre.

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[Raoul Duke III]

Was told that and will be topping up this way for sure now thanks, but still need to get a couple of thousand as will be in Vegas at the end of my trip for 6 nights. Was told get 100 bills but not to use them until in Vegas as frowned upon elsewhere.
But where is best to buy??

Answer is still 'an ATM machine'.

Load up lots of cash on your credit card. i.e. put it into the black by more than you think you will spend

Withdraw cash from ATMs in Vegas. No fees and a far better FX rate than buying over the counter. Should be able to withdraw $600+ daily.

[cardshark202]

I've no personal experience of this only going from what I've heard by word of mouth and on here.

I don't know what the minimum amount is, but you can wire money to any of the casinos instead. That way you don't have to carry thousands around with you on your trip before Vegas.

[Hooch]

I don't know what the minimum amount is, but you can wire money to any of the casinos instead. That way you don't have to carry thousands around with you on your trip before Vegas.

Any idea of the fee charged??

[Strewelpeter]

Clare Daly would be gonzo too

Yea but she would be on the radio with Joe Duffy

[Mellor]

Any idea of the fee charged??

Just what ever you bank charges you for international transfer.
The casino won't charge a fee afaik. They want to encourage you to ship funds there.

[Guest]

Answer is still 'an ATM machine'.

Load up lots of cash on your credit card. i.e. put it into the black by more than you think you will spend

Withdraw cash from ATMs in Vegas. No fees and a far better FX rate than buying over the counter. Should be able to withdraw $600+ daily.

JUST DON'T LOSE THE CREDIT CARD!

[Denny Crane]

Currencyfair/revolut not the answer?

[Emmet]

Currencyfair/revolut not the answer?

Revolut recently gone to a €500 per day max free withdrawal (1.9% after)

I've moved from them to Travelex SuperCard. 1.9% for any ATM transaction, but no pre-loading necessary, it just auto-debits whichever card you link it to.

[Emmet]

Scenes in the walk!

Leader, a minute ahead, just took a 1minute break and waited for #2 to catch up.

Looks sore. All of them look sore.

[Tar.Aldarion]

When I was in Florida recently, using revolut, I could not find any ATM that did not charge me a stupid amount.
ATM machine grinds my gears :P

[DeadParrot]

Scenes in the walk!

Leader, a minute ahead, just took a 1minute break and waited for #2 to catch up.

Looks sore. All of them look sore.

they all look like they are dying to go to the loo and being as polite as possible in making it

[Mellor]

When I was in Florida recently, using revolut, I could not find any ATM that did not charge me a stupid amount.
ATM machine grinds my gears :P

There's a charge for ATMs generally in America, a few dollars. Sane with Australia in fact unless you use you own bank.
I'm always surprised that Irish banks passed on such an obvious money spinner

[Iago]

Gambling money to put it simple rest of trip will be minimum cash and card as I agree with your above point.
Casinos usually charge huge service fees from cards and will give chips and don't fancy chipping up and rebuying(hassle as small as it is).
First time in Vegas( used to casinos and how they operate) and going with X amount of gambling money which is totally separate to everything else and if I loose I loose, plan for the worst and hope for the best.
So for some reason think I need bring this in dollars.
All advice is welcome.

If it's in the thousands get hold of a host at the casino you're staying in, ask to advance transfer and transfer the money directly to them. They'll do that for €5k up really although it does kind of restrict you to playing in that casino (or members of that casino group)

You should also be angling for a free room while you're at it, but might be a bit late at this stage. If you're staying in either a Total rewards or M Life property definitely get a rewards card and make sure to put all of your spend on it (eat/shop in the hotels as much as possible) as well as your gambling hours. Next time you're going you'll get plenty of offers for free rooms (depending on overall spend of course)


edit: see Cardshark got there ahead of me above

[Emmet]

they all look like they are dying to go to the loo and being as polite as possible in making it

True, but they're all moving faster than I managed to run a half marathon in!

[NuckChorris]

McGregor fight be on at the usual 5.30 approx time?

[Strewelpeter]

ATM machine grinds my gears :P

Along with pin number, lan network and lots of other examples of redundant acronym syndrome it means that the acronym is working.

Nowhere as annoying as 'erb

[Mellor]

I was reading earlier about one if the weigh lifters getting his medal taken away for testing positive for strychnine, aka rat poison, also lethal to humans. I've no idea what he was taking it for, but remember reading about it being given to runner mid race in one of the early Olympics. I dug up the race report from wiki. It's a bizarre read, sounds like something out of a carry on movie.

The first to arrive at the finish line was American runner Fred Lorz, who had actually dropped out of the race after nine miles and hitched a ride back to the stadium in a car, waving at spectators and runners alike during the ride. When the car broke down at the 19th mile, Lorz re-entered the race and jogged across the finish line. Hailed as the winner, he had his photograph taken with Alice Roosevelt, daughter of then-U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, and was about to be awarded the gold medal when his subterfuge was revealed. Lorz immediately admitted what he'd done and said he had only been joking; the AAU responded by banning him from competition for life (although they reconsidered and lifted the ban a year later).

British-born Thomas Hicks of the United States ended up the winner of the event, although he was aided by measures that would not have been permitted in later years. Ten miles from the finish Hicks led the race by a mile and a half, but he had to be restrained from stopping and lying down by his trainers. From then until the end of the race, Hicks received several doses of strychnine sulfate (a common rat poison, which stimulates the nervous system in small doses) mixed with brandy. He was supported by his trainers when he crossed the finish, but was still considered the winner. Hicks had to be carried off the track, and might have died in the stadium had he not been treated by several doctors.

Another near-fatality during the event was William Garcia of San Francisco. He was found lying in the road along the marathon course with severe internal injuries caused by breathing the clouds of dust kicked up by the race officials' cars.

A Cuban postman named Andarín Carvajal joined the marathon, arriving at the last minute. After losing all of his money in New Orleans, Louisiana, he hitchhiked to St. Louis and had to run in street clothes for the event that he cut around the legs to make them look like shorts. Not having eaten in 40 hours, he stopped off in an orchard en route to have a snack on some apples, which turned out to be rotten. The rotten apples caused him to have strong stomach cramps. Despite falling ill from the apples he finished in fourth place.

The marathon included the first two black Africans to compete in the Olympics: two Tswana tribesmen named Len Tau (real name: Len Taunyane) and Yamasani (real name: Jan Mashiani). They were not in St. Louis to compete in the Olympics, however; they were actually part of the sideshow. They had been brought over by the exposition as part of the Boer War exhibit (both were really students from Orange Free State in South Africa, but this fact was not made known to the public). Len Tau finished ninth and Yamasani came in twelfth. This was a disappointment, as many observers were sure Len Tau could have done better if he had not been chased nearly a mile off course by aggressive dogs.

[Mellor]

they all look like they are dying to go to the loo and being as polite as possible in making it

http://www.twitter.com/DarrMurphy/status/766606762296406016

https://mobile.twitter.com/DarrMurphy/status/766606762296406016

[Keane]

That Erb Herb thing bring to mind the one thing that did put me off the hotel in Kerry all the staff both locals and foreigners who sound so cute with the Kerry accents pronounced Spa as Spaw as if they had been ordered too

That's how we talks

[cardshark202]

Any idea of the fee charged??

Can't remember. Don't think the casinos charge any fees

[Lord Sir Banter]

a chopping board. remind me not to pair you in secret santa

[Tar.Aldarion]

There's a charge for ATMs generally in America, a few dollars. Sane with Australia in fact unless you use you own bank.
I'm always surprised that Irish banks passed on such an obvious money spinner

Yeah so you go to take out 20 bucks say, and it charges you a few dollars so you change the amount to a few hundred. The ATM then changes to a percentage of the total and still bones you.

[cardshark202]

If it's in the thousands get hold of a host at the casino you're staying in, ask to advance transfer and transfer the money directly to them. They'll do that for €5k up really although it does kind of restrict you to playing in that casino (or members of that casino group)

You should also be angling for a free room while you're at it, but might be a bit late at this stage. If you're staying in either a Total rewards or M Life property definitely get a rewards card and make sure to put all of your spend on it (eat/shop in the hotels as much as possible) as well as your gambling hours. Next time you're going you'll get plenty of offers for free rooms (depending on overall spend of course)


edit: see Cardshark got there ahead of me above

You're not going to get a free room for gambling a few k. Especially if you are not already a member of any of the rewards schemes. Even then, you need a lot of play I'd say to get anything comped.

Also wiring the money to one casino doesn't limit you to playing in that casino either. You just get it in chips, can cash the chips at a different cashier and go to whatever casino you want.

[CHDad]

McGregor fight be on at the usual 5.30 approx time?

Somewhere in the 5.30am to 6am window

[Iago]

You're not going to get a free room for gambling a few k. Especially if you are not already a member of any of the rewards schemes. Even then, you need a lot of play I'd say to get anything comped.

Also wiring the money to one casino doesn't limit you to playing in that casino either. You just get it in chips, can cash the chips at a different cashier and go to whatever casino you want.

I'm a very low level player, I mean really low. I've had free rooms* on my last 3 stays in Vegas through Total Rewards (albeit I've no free rooms now when I check although I think I only played for about 6 hours total on my last trip so not a surprise)

I spend a lot in the restaurants granted, but the rooms are easy enough to get comped, anything over that is pretty tough.

Didn't think through the bolded part mind you, but now that you post it it makes perfect sense of course.


*except NYE, I had to pay for that night on my last trip.

[Hooch]

I'm a very low level player, I mean really low. I've had free rooms* on my last 3 stays in Vegas through Total Rewards

Can you sign up to this before you go??

[Iago]

Can you sign up to this before you go??

Pretty sure you can sign up whenever you want, just pick up your cards then at one of the desks in the hotels. It's only useful for the Caesars entertainment group though so depends where you're staying and planning on playing.

In Vegas that's these:

Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace
Harrah's Las Vegas
The Cromwell Las Vegas
The LINQ Las Vegas
Bally's Las Vegas
Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Flamingo Las Vegas
Paris Las Vegas
Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino

they also have link ups with Starwood for example, so you can earn Total rewards points on stays with the Starwood group etc.

Cardsharks point is right about "history" though, it's all done on calculations of how much you're likely to spend on any given trip so it may only be of use to you next time around, i.e. get your membership, eat/gamble as planned and then you may get offers for your next trip.

[Hooch]

Pretty sure you can sign up whenever you want, just pick up your cards then at one of the desks in the hotels. It's only useful for the Caesars entertainment group though so depends where you're staying and planning on playing.

In Vegas that's these:

Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace
Harrah's Las Vegas
The Cromwell Las Vegas
The LINQ Las Vegas
Bally's Las Vegas
Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Flamingo Las Vegas
Paris Las Vegas
Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino

they also have link ups with Starwood for example, so you can earn Total rewards points on stays with the Starwood group etc.

Cardsharks point is right about "history" though, it's all done on calculations of how much you're likely to spend on any given trip so it may only be of use to you next time around, i.e. get your membership, eat/gamble as planned and then you may get offers for your next trip.

Will definitely sign up when I get there as the hotel I'm staying with is in that group.

[mdoug]

Pretty sure you can sign up whenever you want, just pick up your cards then at one of the desks in the hotels. It's only useful for the Caesars entertainment group though so depends where you're staying and planning on playing.

In Vegas that's these:

Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace
Harrah's Las Vegas
The Cromwell Las Vegas
The LINQ Las Vegas
Bally's Las Vegas
Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Flamingo Las Vegas
Paris Las Vegas
Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino

they also have link ups with Starwood for example, so you can earn Total rewards points on stays with the Starwood group etc.

Cardsharks point is right about "history" though, it's all done on calculations of how much you're likely to spend on any given trip so it may only be of use to you next time around, i.e. get your membership, eat/gamble as planned and then you may get offers for your next trip.

This is very helpful. I was gambling like a madman for 10-15 mins on the high roller table in some places before and never even got a free drink the fuckers

[TheDrunkenOne]

Synchronised swimming must be really tough on lungs

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[Raoul Duke III]

That is a cool cat.

[NewApproach]

Being August in Ireland, I find myself in need of an umbrella. Wanting not to reinvent the wheel on this, what is the IPB approved brand of umbrella? RD3 I'm looking at you!

[Denny Crane]

Trump on fire the last few days. Debates gonna be good.

TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP!

[mcnugget]

Synchronised swimming must be really tough on lungs

Turned it on for the laugh, they are some athletes to be fair

[Strewelpeter]

Trump on fire the last few days. Debates gonna be good.

TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP!

Nice that he has hired a bona fide Nazi to run his campaign.

The sight of trump reading off the teleprompter was hilarious , do you think that he's just incompetent or was he doing a fingers crossed behind his back sort of thing?

[Strewelpeter]

Being August in Ireland, I find myself in need of an umbrella. Wanting not to reinvent the wheel on this, what is the IPB approved brand of umbrella? RD3 I'm looking at you!

Anglo Irish bank one remains the most desirable one afaik

[Strewelpeter]

How long before they hold the jump off in the show jumping?

It would be great if the Qatari sheik wins.

[dobby]

Lol

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=100734412&postcount=39

[Strewelpeter]

Fair play to Skelton, that was some way to win first out of the gate.

[MrsFlushdraw]

Lol

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showp...2&postcount=39

[dobby]

Had to be done sure Gill, promise I'll leave you alone in game

[Raoul Duke III]

Being August in Ireland, I find myself in need of an umbrella. Wanting not to reinvent the wheel on this, what is the IPB approved brand of umbrella? RD3 I'm looking at you!

http://www.euroschirm.com/schirm/LightTrek-automatic/index.cgi?sprache_land=usa

[dobby]

Zlatan m8

[Lao Lao]

Zlatan m8

Absolute bullet of a header, I am excite about the potential of this squad

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[pokerhand]

Last couple of weeks have been rough with the mother passing.

The healy Raes turned up at the funeral despite never meeting my family or i before. Had to laugh when I pointed this out to the brother and he said "sure it's not a proper funeral without the Healy Raes boys!".

Back in US now to wrap up things, as only have a week left, then back to Ireland for four weeks or so. Waiting on visa before booking flights to Australia. Crazy amount of flying and paperwork involved, don't think I ever seen so much, good though as keeping my mind busy.

Have to say I owe so much to my mom though. She was the one that refuse to send me to the deaf school in Dublin when I was a kid despite everyone else recommending it so many times. She felt I needed to be able to deal with other people in their terms. The number of hours/days/weeks/months She spent with me as a kid helping me to learn to understand sounds, speak and interact with other was unreal. It was a very isolated/hard childhood in a way for me as I was very introvert, so I owe pretty much everything to her that enable such a great life I am currently living. Honestly can't put down enough words to do her justice.

[V for Vendetta]

Irish girl in with a shout in the modern pentathlon. In 6th with all competitors finished the jumping.

Starting 15 seconds behind the bronze medal position....gold and silver out of reach but a bronze could happen.

22.30 for the running and shooting. GL!!



PS Volleyball between the US and Italy going to a 5th set decider. Game on!

[shano1888]

Some boss to be on Penos after 2 games

[Raoul Duke III]

Van As is well worth watching in the women's hockey final, superb player.

[darwinatemyhamster]

Sorry for your loss pokerhand, look after yourself and best of luck in Australia.

[dobby]

Some boss to be on Penos after 2 games

He invented penos m8

[Lazare]

Lovely post pokerhand. Sorry for your loss.

[bp_me]

Being August in Ireland, I find myself in need of an umbrella. Wanting not to reinvent the wheel on this, what is the IPB approved brand of umbrella? RD3 I'm looking at you!

I may not be RD3 but I strongly recommend Senz.

[Raoul Duke III]

Van As is well worth watching in the women's hockey final, superb player.

And a superb game. 3-3 with 7 to go.

[Raoul Duke III]

And a superb game. 3-3 with 7 to go.

GB keeper should get made a Baroness. Unbelievable.

[Raoul Duke III]

Kate Richardson-Walsh has 375 caps.

Fucking hell