<p>Yes I have a very tight budget. I have to ‘earn’ my gambling money. I get $3 every time I go to Gym, $2 for eating healthy lunches.</p>
<p>Hey, that is one way to stay healthy! Just keep away from the smoke in casinos after all of the workouts and spinach leaves.</p>
<p>haha, that’s a good way to do it simba. i don’t mind spending money, i just don’t intend to go broke there. i figure i’ll use up all my change (i’ve got a crap load of it) and we’ll see how long that lasts. I don’t mind spending a little bit exta, but i’m not about to drop a hundred bucks at a casino. :)</p>
<p>I’m always the sensible one with my money… (someone please explain to me how my little sister talked me into shelling out 165 bucks for a hotel tonight at the beach … just because she wants to go there… at least she’s paying the 165 for tomorrow night. I guess that’s fair) however i just took a ten day vacation (8 days of which were in the outerbanks at a huge house on the beach) and only spent about $300 total… so I think that was a very reasonable amount…</p>
<p>“My recollection—a bunch of grey-haired old ladies obsessively feeding slot machines with their, no doubt, meager social security incomes.”</p>
<p>True except the ones (majority) from North Jersey have BLUE hair.</p>
<p>You’ll be a couple weeks too early for the opening of the new Caesar’s Pier. Upscale stores and restaurants like Louis Vuitton, Buddakahn (sp?) etc. Given the recent successes of the Borgada and the Quarter, AC has finally gotten the message there’s an upscale market out there.</p>
<p>“My recollection—a bunch of grey-haired old ladies obsessively feeding slot machines with their, no doubt, meager social security incomes.”</p>
<p>yes, but it is fun to watch them. One of my hobby is people watching. I enjoy watching people at the air ports, malls, casinos, restaurants…</p>
<p>Atlantic City, unfortunately, is a dump. When I was little, the old hotels were grandiose and the boardwalk was fun. I would go to Ocean City for the beach. Cape May is really the nicest of all- good shops and small but nice boardwalk and nice beaches. It is a further drive, but worth it.</p>
<p>I, too, went for a conference last summer. I’ve never seen so many walkers and wheelchairs in one place! My co-workers mentioned that they bus folk in for day trips from nearby nursing homes - Thus the “sad” feel. Yeah, seeing old ladies blankly staring at the slot machine with their oxygen tank next to them… I’m such a newbie that I brought a whole bunch of quarters. Lowest “feed” in any of the machines, even the penny slots, was a $5 bill. I’m not a gambler at all, so I found my entertainment in watching people at the roulette and blackjack tables. Only real “fun” I had was taking a boat tour through the inland waterways. Got to see one of the Trump yachts - massive!</p>