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Old 08-05-2010, 09:55 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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Originally Posted by lyra33 View Post
you hear the sound of slot machines when you are buying groceries.
And THAT sound is so familiar and so dear, it means "it's good to be home" after being out of town for a while
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Old 08-05-2010, 11:18 AM
 
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Default Live

How about You know you live in Vegas when:

1. You have no idea what a scarf does, but think it looks good

2. You know how to get to any casino on the strip without taking Las Vegas Blvd

3. All of your directions start with.. "Take the 95 to..." OR "Take the 15 to..."

4. You can now predict where the construction signs will be misleadingly placed.

5. Stopsigns and red lights mean very little

6. The last time you went to the strip, your cousins were in town last summer

7. You become nocturnal between the months of April to October.

8. You know the seasons: Really hot, 2 weeks of nice, not so hot, 2 weeks of nice.

9. When you go to different cities, you're amazed things aren't open after 9 pm

10. You've never seen a closed gas station

11. You can get hard liquor any day of the week, any time of the day.

12. When arriving home from vacation the slot machines in McCarran are comforting

13. You are still asked "smoking or non?" when you go to out to eat.

14. You think no slots at a 7-11 or a grocery store is not normal

15. You have no idea how a lottery works

16. WHAT THE HELL IS LAST CALL ANYWAY?!?!?!

17. Your most prized possession as a Nevadan is your blue and white licence plate

18. You know the spaghetti bowl has nothing to do with food

19. You know never to merge right when driving north on I-15, it'll end anyway.

20. You think a pile of rocks is a nice lawn

21. The term Lake Las Vegas doesn't seem redundant in the slightest.

22. You remember the ugly lion

23. You give directions to your house based on location of closest casino

24. You need to walk through a casino to see a movie.

25. You go in circles through McCarran on purpose

26. You can spot a tourist from 3 miles away

27. Limos are an everyday sighting

28. You laugh at people taking pictures in front of the "welcome" sign

29. You don't own an umbrella

30. Sixty degrees is cold enough to wear a jacket

31. You can wear pants in the summer and shorts in the winter

32. You've never HAD to pay for parking.

33. You are outraged to pay more than 9.99 for prime rib and a lobster tail.

34. You pass this on to other locals

35. You remember when the 215 was a secret.

36. When at least one of the people in your neighborhood is a stripper
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Old 08-05-2010, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Kingman AZ
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and can remember when there were more LAS VEGAS VOLKSWAGONS [Rolls Royces] then any other city in the US
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Old 08-05-2010, 01:21 PM
 
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36. When at least one of the people in your neighborhood is a stripper[/quote]

All the people in my neighborhood are much older so I certainly hope not

I'll have to add when you play 3-card poker who merged Elvis with Billy Ray Cyrus. Perfectly cropped hair mullet. What might have happened had Elvis lived into the 90's.
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Old 08-05-2010, 01:22 PM
 
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And THAT sound is so familiar and so dear, it means "it's good to be home" after being out of town for a while
True very true.

You know you are in Vegas when...you are distracted by large screens loudly advertising shows while waiting for your baggage at the airport.

(You think I would get used to this but the Vegas airport is a huge contrast to most other airports that are generally mild with elevator music playing in the background. )
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Old 08-05-2010, 01:26 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Upstate NY!
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You know you are in Vegas when you see people wheeling strollers and shuffling children around LV Blvd at 12:30am...as if it was 4pm.

Last edited by jfkIII; 08-05-2010 at 02:36 PM..
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Old 08-05-2010, 01:31 PM
 
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Default Wow, Von!

Nice list Von! You know you're in Vegas or, you live in Vegas both work!

You know you're in Vegas when people think all 2 million Vegas residents live in the casinos or on the Strip.
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Old 08-05-2010, 03:12 PM
 
Location: Somewhere.
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You know you are in Vegas when you see cars driving without their lights at night because they are either too drunk to care or the casino signs light their way just fine.
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Old 08-05-2010, 03:40 PM
 
Location: El Camino Real
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You know you are in Vegas when you drive up the Strip with the windows up and can still smell the cigarette smoke.
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Old 08-05-2010, 04:01 PM
 
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You know you're in Vegas when you are approached for money in over 20 different scams in a single month.
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