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capt. mike
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"I'm glad I live in a normal part of baja, beautiful Tijuana. Truely authentic and sustainable."
Hipster - was that tongue in cheek??
doesn't TJ simply pump all its raw sewage via the river into the sea?
i recall beach closures when i commuted to Chula juana a few years ago attributed to TJs "sustainability"..??
are you striving to clean up that zona while you brake peddle other projects which may negatively impact sensitive eco areas??
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by backninedan
I worked in the gaming industry for twenty years and can tell you first hand that the saturation point was hit a few years ago. They keep building
them and all it does is split up the available business.
Other than Las Vegas, casinos have become a convinience rather than a destination. Casinos in Mexico may draw a few, but I can't imagine it being
the big draw that builders hope they will be.
I can see it all now... the Loreto Bay Mega Casino.... Next month don't miss the big "Poker and Dorado Tourny" |
It really seems true .... I used to go to Las Vegas two or three times a year ..... then the casinos in california opened and I went a lot more ....
and it lost it's appeal as something to do once in a while....
To much of a good thing ...... - CaboRon
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DENNIS
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Great idea. They can have the world series of poker at Bob and Susans place when a half dozen nitwits sit around the table denounceing the luck
factor in a card game. "Sure. It's all skill. That's why I'm going to win."
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
doesn't TJ simply pump all its raw sewage via the river into the sea?
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Yeah, sure they do, right after it goes through the United States.
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Cypress
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Casinos are great if you like the sound of bell's, whistles and enjoy throwing your money up in the air.
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Casinos are great if you like the sound of bell's, whistles and enjoy throwing your money up in the air. |
You're playing the wrong games at the casinos, Cypress. Stay away from the bells and whistles (machines) and spend more time at the tables, especially
craps..........a GREAT game.
I'd play craps in Mexico.........hell, Hwy 1 is a crapshoot anyway.
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Casinos are great if you like the sound of bell's, whistles and enjoy throwing your money up in the air. |
You're playing the wrong games at the casinos, Cypress. Stay away from the bells and whistles (machines) and spend more time at the tables, especially
craps..........a GREAT game.
I'd play craps in Mexico.........hell, Hwy 1 is a crapshoot anyway. |
Hook, craps is my favorite gambling choice too! I'd love to see what you do at a craps table! Wow. 
Bob H
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Bob and Susan
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"you" ALWAYS gamble until you lose...
ALWAYS looking for the "pie-in-the-sky"
spend your money on dinner with the wife...you'll be a winner
as for saturation...
there's ALWAYS a new generation comming up...
what's expensive for us is NOTHING for the "kids"
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Hook
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Bob, I play the basic system that most books describe. A pass line bet with max odds, and two successive come bets and fill those up with max odds.
Then I just sit there and collect money.
As my numbers are made other than the point, I make another come bet and fill it up with odds. As each number (point or my moved come bets) is made I
double the basic bet and max the odds. The idea is to have no more than three numbers working at one time.This continues until I lose the point
whereby I start the process all over with the minimum bet.
I never place bets or make any one-roll bets.
Bankroll management is key..........you establish how much you can lose in each session and walk away if that happens. And in terms of winning, if
anyone holds the dice for a half hour (as a pass line bettor), you walk away with the winnings.
It's pretty surprising how SLOWLY you lose money at this even when your losing. I usually have a limit of a few hundred at each session and I often
cannot lose it unless I play for longer than I really like.
I have used this system for about 7 years and I seem to come away from sessions ahead around 60-70% of the time. And of course, even when you lose,
craps is the most fun game to be losing at, too.
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Bob and Susan
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"Bob, I play the basic system that most books describe....two successive bets and fill those up with max odds.
Then I just sit there and collect money"
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backninedan
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Casinos luv luv luv systems. The only game in the house with even odds for all players is live poker. The house takes a cut from each pot and doesn't
care who wins.
The slots pay for everything. I was manager of a 20 table poker room at a medium size casino in Oregon. A single line of 8 machines made more money
for the casino than the poker room. We were just there as a convience, and the casino hoped the players or the spouses would play machines before or
after poker.....and they did...a lot.
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bancoduo
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People always brag about how much money they win at the casinos.
I wonder when it will be my turn
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by backninedan
Casinos luv luv luv systems. The only game in the house with even odds for all players is live poker. The house takes a cut from each pot and doesn't
care who wins.
The slots pay for everything. I was manager of a 20 table poker room at a medium size casino in Oregon. A single line of 8 machines made more money
for the casino than the poker room. We were just there as a convience, and the casino hoped the players or the spouses would play machines before or
after poker.....and they did...a lot. |
Too much concentration and mystery reading faces for me. You cant drink and play successfully at cards. Yeah, it has the best chances of winning but
many people (I guess Bob and Susan are apparently in this camp) forget that you are at a casino to have fun; not just win money. I see people all
wound up and so afraid to lose money at the craps tables and then go cussing off when their bad betting turns out to be just that. Doesn't look like
any fun, approaching gambling like that.
A craps system is very easy to follow. You will see lots of others playing the same system at the same time as me. It becomes almost like a team
sport; us against the house. We know they have the odds but they aren't great odds with this system. And so, we enjoy walking back to the cashier
lines together cause we all know when to quit.
A Boy Scout wouldn't understand, I suppose...........
[Edited on 8-2-2007 by Hook]
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bancoduo
People always brag about how much money they win at the casinos.
I wonder when it will be my turn |
I dont win alot when I win and dont lose alot when I lose.........but I have fun. It's a nice break from the drudgery of a 40 hour week.
Indian casinos are garbage.
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oldhippie
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
"I'm glad I live in a normal part of baja, beautiful Tijuana. Truely authentic and sustainable."
Hipster - was that tongue in cheek??
doesn't TJ simply pump all its raw sewage via the river into the sea?
i recall beach closures when i commuted to Chula juana a few years ago attributed to TJs "sustainability"..??
are you striving to clean up that zona while you brake peddle other projects which may negatively impact sensitive eco areas?? |
No there's a primary treatment plant that the US and Mexico built together just on the US side of the fence close to the ocean. But of course they
built it too small. There's not much of a pollution plume during the dry season. Rains swamp the plant. There are two different plans being debated
now to upgrade the system. But since it's an international problem because the TJ effluent crosses the border, things are moving slowly.
You can watch the pollution warnings for Imperial Beach to know when the bacteria count is too high.
The Tijuana beach is packed on weekends during the summer with 100s maybe 1000s of people swimming. There's a surf break at the south end of the
malecon and guys are always surfing. I walk the beach almost every day and the water is clear.
I've lived on the coast from Del Mar to Tijuana for 30 years. I've never seen as much sea life as I do here in TJ. Many pods of dolphins having fun,
lots of seagulls and pelicans and bait fish galore. The sardines are close now and the large fishing boats that get the bait for the San Diego bait
barges were just a few hundred feet off shore this morning.
TJ is really getting its environmental act together. The single point pollution sources have been almost all eliminated and there is a storm water
system here in playas that catches the runoff from the hills and pumps it to an outfall south of TJ - right where Trump is building his two towers.
I really do like Playas de Tijuana and I think urban beaches are the best of both worlds. I get bored in rural areas. Plus I can leave my house and
with my Sentri pass be in San Diego in 20 minutes on a good day, 40 minutes max.
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Bob and Susan
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for us simpletons ... again...
hipster=
people in thier teens to 20s
who generally listen to indie rock,
hang out in coffee shops,
shop at the thrift store and
talk about things like books, music, films and art.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hipster
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
Hook, craps is my favorite gambling choice too! I'd love to see what you do at a craps table! Wow.
Bob H |
I'm a "wrong way" player. 
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
Hook, craps is my favorite gambling choice too! I'd love to see what you do at a craps table! Wow.
Bob H |
I'm a "wrong way" player. |
Dave, why am I not surprised.
I might have gone that route but keeping track of the payoffs is more difficult for me.
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mtgoat666
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The beaches I saw around San Felipe were really ugly. So ugly I never went back a second time. Can't imagine a casino in town will make the beaches
look any different than a broad, shallow mud flat.
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
The beaches I saw around San Felipe were really ugly. So ugly I never went back a second time. Can't imagine a casino in town will make the beaches
look any different than a broad, shallow mud flat. |
You'd be surprised what they can do with a brochure and a website.
this one is about 38 miles south of SF. the farther you go south, the nicer it gets, to a point.
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