NSab Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 How about BJ, he is on my team also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 How about BJ, he is on my team also? He is asleep too. You have the login and PW rght? You can't see anything unless you have the login that will then show the link to your league and team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSab Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 He is asleep too. You have the login and PW rght? You can't see anything unless you have the login that will then show the link to your league and team. Yes i am logged in,at the top it says Thomas Wiley, league 42 Random Jerks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbaxx Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Wow! Unbelieaveable weekend with Huddlers. I have gotten very little sleep since I got here on Thursday, but I will update this when I get home and have had some sleep. But here are a couple of just random tidbits. I hung out with Skippy and Bunz alot. When you think of the name "skippy", you think of some freckle faced, snaggle tooth kid like Opie Taylor. Well, the Huddle Skippy looks like he ate Opie. And then finished the meal off with a large helping of Aunt Bee! Big old boy from the Burg he is. He said that because there are some many Double XL Huddlers, he is going to start a "3 Bills" League. Anyway, Skippy and I are catching a cab over to Treasure Island for the Huddle Party on Friday. First words out of Skippys mouth to the cabbie is "Take us to the nearest phag bar". Well, after I assure the cabbie that we are only bi-sexuals and not true homo's, he begins to tell us a string of the most racially offensive, anti-semitic, gay bashing, and every other non p.c. joke you have ever heard. Skippy says for some reason I just naturally attract those people. I dont think thats true because I am a very reserved quit wall flower type of guy who doesnt give off that sort of vibe. Anyway the cabbie, whose name is Michael Jackson and has a million Michael jokes, gives me his cell number and asks me whatever I want he can get it. This includes a chinese ho house in a gated community and an under ground totally nude bar. I pass the number along to some of my huddle brethern who arent married, or who arent married when they are in Vegas... Meeting Huddlers for the first time, can be a harrowing and sometimes disappointing experience. You have built up in your mind an image of this person based on their online persona. Especially if that online persona is someone with a very strong character like, spain for instance. So, when Jumpin Johnnies finally got to meet the great one, he was bitterly disappointed. In his drunken stupor during and after the TI party, he was almost in tears as he kept saying, "Dude I am so disappointed that you dont have a mullet. And what? You dont like Nascar? I thought you were a true redneck!" The man was crushed. It was kind of like a kid finding out that Santa Claus doesnt really exist. I tried to tell him to ignore the man behind the curtain because I am indeed a full blooded red neckerson. But to no avail as you could see the bitter disappointment in his eyes. but seriously, JJ has a career in Vegas if he ever wants one. He is the spitting image of Elvis Presley with bleached blonde hair. If he ever dyed that lettuce black and but on a white suit, he would be a dead ringer, pardon the pun, for the King. Twiley was different than I expected. I actually expected him to be more like the way H8tank is in person. But Twiley is more like Arthur. He walks around constantly drunk with a cat who ate the canary smile on his face. You just know that hanging around him for any length of time would be a very bad thing for you and your marriage. When we were at TI, he was standing at the bar talking to a, how do I say this, virtous woman. Me being the ever helpful one, decided to interject myself into the coversation. So, to help the situation out I walked right over to them and said, "Tom, did your case of herpes ever go away, because my anal warts are still here"? Twiley doesnt like cork blockers so he eyed me suspiciously with those squinty eyes the rest of the trip. More to come... That is too f'n funny!! I can hardly wait to hear the rest! Next year--Dbaxx is going to Vegas after reading this $hit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 (edited) I am in the Vegas airport waiting on my plane so I thought I would relate a quick story or two. Saturday morning about 8:00 am after sleeping ~3 hours, Bunz, Skippy, and I decide to walk across the street to meet Six Kings at Hooters. We find him sitting at the bar already drunk. We introduce ourselves all around. And then introduces this "woman", I use the term very very loosely as you will see in a minute, he met on the elevator earlier that morning. Now, this "woman" was a big "woman". Very tall. As a matter of fact, Skippy is about 6'3" or so and this "woman" was at least a foot taller than him! Six Kings is very proud of his freakish find and asks us, "Have you guys ever seen a woman this tall?". And I said, "no, and I still havent". Six Kings is a very nice guy, but in his drunken state he failed to recognize that this tall "woman" had an adams apple the size of a volkswagen. And her 5 o'clock shadow had started to show through her makeup after a long night of partying. It has always been my policy that I dont date chicks with bigger diks than mine. Apparently, Six Kings has a different policy, not that theres anything wrong with that... Anyway, after drinking all day and night Thursday, Thursday night, Friday, and friday night, we didnt want to break up our Ripkinesque streak. So, at 8:00 am we started the day with screw divers and Mimosa's! Then we head over to the Tropicana because Skippy and Bunz wanted another lesson in Craps. Six Kings, drunker than Cooter Brown, at 8:00 am comes along for the ride. To get there we have to go through the MGM. This place smells like a French Ho House with a yeast infection. It would gag a maggot in that mofo. To no one in particular I said, "This place smells like somebody had a bad case of body odor and tried to cover it up with gobs of Channel #5". Unfortunately, I wasnt award that Bunz was wearing Channel #5 at the time! So, I take Skippy and Bunz and Six Kings over to play craps for a while. We have a small winning session. But we all had fun. Later, I head over to Excaliber to play some $1/$3 No limit Texas Holdem. I was going to fold around for a while until I got a feel for how these people played. Well after about 2 seconds I figure out that these players suck. Lots of cash and no idea how to play. I win ~$500 in an hour or so of play. People will call you down with nothing. Just play straight poker and dont make any plays. Dont try to trap because there is no need to do so. Just keep betting and the calling stations will keep calling. We dont even have this many fish at the huddle! I am not kidding you guys, it is sick the level of play I saw there. More to come... Edited September 10, 2006 by spain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I am currently alive. There were times last night where I was not so sure I would be here now to post that. Darin and I had by far the strangest draft in the room.... he and I took an average of about 5 seconds to pick, every other team was usingtheir fill miniute anda half on each pick. Anyway... we got Tiki Barber at 6 (Edge went 5), Rudi went 7 then it went Marvin Harrison and Torry Holt so SJax went 10. Then WR run to start the second with Manning going to the team that took Harrison in the first. We took Steve Smith as the 7th W taken. Somehow, with the 6th pick of the 3rd round we got Willis McGahee. He was gone no later than the 14th or 15th pick in every other draft we looked at. Anyway, time to pretend to be awake and get up for the day to watch the games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Puddy Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I'm assuming this is a reaction to S. Smith not playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I watched the Broncos/Rams games with a bunch of drunk Denver fans during my 3 hour layover. They were all calling for Cutler already! I drank copious amounts of beer as I didnt want to have one sober minute during the entire weekend. More when I get home. I am about to board the plane back to Gods Country!! A great trip and I enjoyed meeting everyone there. Great group of people we have here at the Huddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I watched the Broncos/Rams games with a bunch of drunk Denver fans during my 3 hour layover. They were all calling for Cutler already! Me too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I'm assuming this is a reaction to S. Smith not playing. That and uhh... well let's just say that about 3 hours of sleep doesn't really sit well with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I'm at the airport now. Hungover as all hell and lacking sleep. It was great to meet everyone this weekend. More stories later because I can barely form complete sentences right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Some random thoughts while I have a few minutes: 1. "Big Country" is a misnomer for our well known Huddle brother and poker expert. Dont get me wrong, that sommitch is BIG! He has to be about 6'7" or so. But just because he drove through Bakersfield one time doesnt make him country. If you want real country, you have to look no further than me or Jumpin Johnnie. But Big Country should change his name to Big City. Or Big Alcoholic. 2. Darin reminds me of half the guys I grew up with. I didnt know they had good ole boys in California. Dude looks like he would be very comfortable wearing a wife beater, driving a pickup with the confederate flag in the window, while disposing of his empty Pabst Blue Ribbon cans in the back. But he is trapped in Cali so he has to wear metrosexual clothes to get laid. At least I know why he wants so desperately to leave that place now, He is alone out there. This dude is like a fish out of water in the OC. Darin is a true redneck trapped in Metrosexual Land. 3. RocknRobn and Bushwacked are 2 guys that outkicked their coverage. Trust me, neither one of these dudes is going to win any beauty contests. But they both have HOT Wives!! I figure they are both hung like horses or have lots of cash, or both. Because something is rotten Cicero and Seattle, Hamlet! 4. Skylive5 is the best human being that I personally know. period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 i'll give you a buzz tonight when i get off of work A truer statement has never been made at the Huddle. Ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Some random thoughts while I have a few minutes: 1. "Big Country" is a misnomer for our well known Huddle brother and poker expert. Dont get me wrong, that sommitch is BIG! He has to be about 6'7" or so. But just because he drove through Bakersfield one time doesnt make him country. If you want real country, you have to look no further than me or Jumpin Johnnie. But Big Country should change his name to Big City. Or Big Alcoholic. 2. Darin reminds me of half the guys I grew up with. I didnt know they had good ole boys in California. Dude looks like he would be very comfortable wearing a wife beater, driving a pickup with the confederate flag in the window, while disposing of his empty Pabst Blue Ribbon cans in the back. But he is trapped in Cali so he has to wear metrosexual clothes to get laid. At least I know why he wants so desperately to leave that place now, He is alone out there. This dude is like a fish out of water in the OC. Darin is a true redneck trapped in Metrosexual Land. 3. RocknRobn and Bushwacked are 2 guys that outkicked their coverage. Trust me, neither one of these dudes is going to win any beauty contests. But they both have HOT Wives!! I figure they are both hung like horses or have lots of cash, or both. Because something is rotten Cicero and Seattle, Hamlet! 4. Skylive5 is the best human being that I personally know. period. My thoughts on spain: With spain I expected to meet a crass-talking back-home boy from Tennessee. Ya know the kind....wife-beater shirt, has a still out in the back forty, drives a tractor to work from his trailer, and has missing teeth (so does his dog, Brutus). ....but, instead I met a very cordial, well-dressed, well-spoken, funny guy from Tennessee who looks like a Hollywood producer!!! Not at all what I expected and definitely a pleasant surprise!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Meeting DMD and WW was one of the things that I was really looking forward to on this trip. Dorey is from Tyler, Texas, and I dont care how long he lived out in California, you just cant wring out the good ole boy from a guy who grew up in East Texas. You just cant. So, I knew that he and I would have some commonality in that regard. I dont know anything about WW other than both he and DMD were programmers together at EDS when they started the Huddle. Dorey is just exactly how I imagined him. A smart, soft spoken, thoughtful guy who is a football and computer nerd. Luckily for him, he was able to parlay both of his loves into this site. I guess I should say, luckily for all of us. I got to spend a few minutes talking with him, in between a drunk Jumpin Johnnies interjecting his "I dont care about the pop-up ads! Yall just make money! Yall just make money". I did ask David, "With all of the crap I have posted over the years, how did yall not ever ban me"? Dorey with a straight face quickly dead panned, "I ask myself that same question everyday". Dorey is the kind of guy that any of us would enjoy drinking beers and watching football with. Whitney is a little harder nut for somebody with my personality to crack. He seems like he is a pretty serious sort of person, and I am not. So, I didnt really know how to approach him. So, I decided to reference my summary of him that I did in the Jumpin Johnnies Huddle Fights. I walked over and said, "Hi Whitney, My name is Spain, and you dont look nearly as mean in person as you do in your Huddle pic." Well, unbeknownst to me at the time, WW never he read the Huddle Fights threads, so he had no idea that I was trying to make a reference to it! So, WW says, "I think that is a great pic"! So, I say, "Yes, but how did you get the state pen photographers to take it for you"? He was not amused so I told him about the thread, which I guess you had to read it to understand. So, I assured him that I infact found him to be a very handsome man and that somehow I found myself strangely attracted to him. Unfortunately, I didnt get to speak with him very much after that but Skylive5 was very impressed with WW as they visited for quite a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 spain, you a funny mother f'cker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Ok, one last post for me in this thread for awhile as I trust all of the other Huddlers who were in Vegas will share some of their experiences. I really enjoyed meeting everyone this past weekend. I seriously mean that. We really do have a great community of people here and I feel very fortunate to have stumbled across this board some 6 or 7 years ago. This weekend was off the charts in my opinion. I found myself laughing constantly and sharing great fun and fellowship with some very cool people. And thats all I have to say about that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 WCOFF '06, from the eyes and ears of one darin3... this'll be long and drawn out but believe me folks, there are some gems in here: Thursday Afternoon: Rolled into town at about 1pm and found skylive right where I thought he'd be - enjoying a cigarette in his room. Well, it was either that or winning thousands of dollars at a 3-Card Poker table. After getting my room key (thanks again, sky), met up with godtomsatan, who looks the whole "Seattle" part. I was not shocked to hear that he and Eddie Vedder are best buds. Walked over to MGM to grab a bite with gts - we had much to talk about, as we are 2 of the 5 co-owners of a WCOFF team. Then met up with sky, his son (AKA slugfear), I Like Soup (AKA Scrappy Doo) and H8 (surprisingly sober-esque). slug gave Soup a Rum and Coke shower and we eventually made our way to Hooters (a weekend favorite) to watch the Thursday Night game between Pittsburgh and Miami. I parlayed Pittsburgh and the over, which is actually the only bet I won all weekend. Yes, it was a rough weekend. Retired back to the Hawthorn and awaited the arrival of Big Country, SteelBunz , Skippy, Big John and others (at this point I had about 8 gallons of beer in me, so pardon me if memory does not serve). Everyone finally arrived (oh yeah, some guy named "spain" also showed up). People... spain is quite possibly one of the funniest mo-fo's I have ever met. I urge you to share a beer with him at the first opportunity. Friday morning was highlighted by my much-anticipated meeting of the man, the myth, the legend: the twiley. twiley had already made some friends on the plane ride and at baggage claim, and was already tipsy upon arrival. Met up with him and a few others at MGM before heading back to Hooters, where we met Jumpin Johnies. I'll admit, I was a little surprised by JJ. That is one funny cat. Apparently pink is a very wearable color in the south. Not only did JJ wear a pink shirt for his first impression clothing choice, but followed it up with a second pink shirt for Saturday. All in all, though, he's a funny dude and I'm glad I got to party with the guy. So we headed over to the Riviera to check in for WCOFF with BC and Team Drunkasses, twiley and JJ. Let's just say that we almost bought twiley a leash. I don't know how we made it out of that hotel alive. Headed over to Treasure Island, as that was the locale for the much-anticipated Huddle Meet and Greet. Had some time to kill, so wasted a couple bills playing 1-3 HL. I will just say one thing here: I HATE cash games at Vegas. Drunk, loose a-holes with nothing better to do than call with garbage, build up a stack and then bully you around. So, after losing 2 bills, I needed a drink or 10, so we went to Mist (lounge at Treasure Island where everyone would eventually be meeting) and BC and I proceeded to drink like a couple of parched fish. Eventually, Huddlers began trickling in, and before long, we had the entire place to ourselves. "Man," I thought, "these fantasy football geeks can PARTY!". After spending 20 minutes (19 minutes too many) with a crack wh0re (literally), groups started breaking off, looking for something with a bit more zing. A bunch of us, led by the local crispirons, headed out to the Strip. After coming up empty on finding a casino with some room for our hugh group, I ended up calling it a somewhat-early night, as we had to be up early for WCOFF. *** I'll let you all chew on that and will update from the WCOFF draft on later today *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Ok, one last post for me in this thread for awhile as I trust all of the other Huddlers who were in Vegas will share some of their experiences. I really enjoyed meeting everyone this past weekend. I seriously mean that. We really do have a great community of people here and I feel very fortunate to have stumbled across this board some 6 or 7 years ago. This weekend was off the charts in my opinion. I found myself laughing constantly and sharing great fun and fellowship with some very cool people. And thats all I have to say about that... ok buddy, why don't you go ahead and sober up now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 WCOFF '06, from the eyes and ears of one darin3... this'll be long and drawn out but believe me folks, there are some gems in here: Thursday Afternoon: Rolled into town at about 1pm and found skylive right where I thought he'd be - enjoying a cigarette in his room. Well, it was either that or winning thousands of dollars at a 3-Card Poker table. After getting my room key (thanks again, sky), met up with godtomsatan, who looks the whole "Seattle" part. I was not shocked to hear that he and Eddie Vedder are best buds. Walked over to MGM to grab a bite with gts - we had much to talk about, as we are 2 of the 5 co-owners of a WCOFF team. Then met up with sky, his son (AKA slugfear), I Like Soup (AKA Scrappy Doo) and H8 (surprisingly sober-esque). slug gave Soup a Rum and Coke shower and we eventually made our way to Hooters (a weekend favorite) to watch the Thursday Night game between Pittsburgh and Miami. I parlayed Pittsburgh and the over, which is actually the only bet I won all weekend. Yes, it was a rough weekend. Retired back to the Hawthorn and awaited the arrival of Big Country, SteelBunz , Skippy, Big John and others (at this point I had about 8 gallons of beer in me, so pardon me if memory does not serve). Everyone finally arrived (oh yeah, some guy named "spain" also showed up). People... spain is quite possibly one of the funniest mo-fo's I have ever met. I urge you to share a beer with him at the first opportunity. Friday morning was highlighted by my much-anticipated meeting of the man, the myth, the legend: the twiley. twiley had already made some friends on the plane ride and at baggage claim, and was already tipsy upon arrival. Met up with him and a few others at MGM before heading back to Hooters, where we met Jumpin Johnies. I'll admit, I was a little surprised by JJ. That is one funny cat. Apparently pink is a very wearable color in the south. Not only did JJ wear a pink shirt for his first impression clothing choice, but followed it up with a second pink shirt for Saturday. All in all, though, he's a funny dude and I'm glad I got to party with the guy. So we headed over to the Riviera to check in for WCOFF with BC and Team Drunkasses, twiley and JJ. Let's just say that we almost bought twiley a leash. I don't know how we made it out of that hotel alive. Headed over to Treasure Island, as that was the locale for the much-anticipated Huddle Meet and Greet. Had some time to kill, so wasted a couple bills playing 1-3 HL. I will just say one thing here: I HATE cash games at Vegas. Drunk, loose a-holes with nothing better to do than call with garbage, build up a stack and then bully you around. So, after losing 2 bills, I needed a drink or 10, so we went to Mist (lounge at Treasure Island where everyone would eventually be meeting) and BC and I proceeded to drink like a couple of parched fish. Eventually, Huddlers began trickling in, and before long, we had the entire place to ourselves. "Man," I thought, "these fantasy football geeks can PARTY!". After spending 20 minutes (19 minutes too many) with a crack wh0re (literally), groups started breaking off, looking for something with a bit more zing. A bunch of us, led by the local crispirons, headed out to the Strip. After coming up empty on finding a casino with some room for our hugh group, I ended up calling it a somewhat-early night, as we had to be up early for WCOFF. *** I'll let you all chew on that and will update from the WCOFF draft on later today *** So the WCOFFers (just about everyone there) wake up bright and early to head off to the Riviera for the big event. The Random Jerks representatives met up with the reps from Dr. Feelgood and the Interns of Love and ate a wonderful breakfast (somewhat related story here in a bit). Got to the draft and started feeling the anticipation. Oh yeah. WCOFF baby. So of course the start is delayed, and as we did last year, we had to endure 15 minutes of somewhat-funny BS from ESPN's Nick Bakay. At least Dr. Feelgood and the Interns of Love made the "best team name" bit. Once our draft started, things got a bit crazy... the craziness did not stop at the draft, either. So 1.04 takes Ronnie Brown, seeing that he had a pair of scores against a tough Pittsburgh front 7. A nice advantage for your Week 1 matchup. And then, with us on deck, 1.05 goes with Edge. Um. These guys were 3-year WCOFF vets, and actually had Huddle cheat sheets in front of them. Before the draft started, I told them that BC and I were staff writers. They were impressed. Anyways, with Tiki in our lap, we bounced our legs a bit and happily snatched him up. Then it got REAL wierd. Harrison at 1.08. Holt at 1.09. We had fully anticipated tons of RBs being snatched up (it was a RB-dominated draft in '05) and we'd be looking at a Fitzgerald or Boldin or perhaps even Johnson or Holt. But no, those guys were long gone. So we're faced with the worst of dilemmas: Steve Smith, most likely out Week 1... or TO, who could last 1 week.. 3 weeks... 12 weeks... or all 16. So we took Smith. Dude is a beast and will be back in form next week (hopefully). So, nice start, eh? Barber fell, Smith fell. "Falling" had yet to really happen though... in the third, we somehow managed Willis McGahee! He had been going end of first, start to mid of second in all other drafts we had privvied info to. So the draft ends (which, by the way, we had some "hired help" on the moderation team) and we decide to head back to the hotel to shower, change, and get ready for the ESPNZone party - others planned on gambling, etc. We head to the taxi line at the Riv, and it's a mile long. At this point, my stomach is grumbling a bit. Not due to hunger, rather, the massive amount of beer and Jack Daniels still in my system, coupled with a chicken fried steak and eggs, plus a lunchtime burger were all begging to get out. And in a hurry. Impatience set in, and we ended up grabbing a limo (we had just enough people to fill that bad boy). The minute I sat in that ride, gravity started working its magic on me. In line, I figured I could wait until I got back to the hotel to unleash furious Hell on my room's john. But sometimes nature just has its way with you. I was a gnat's short and curly away from the most embarrasing moment in my life. I nearly jumped out of the limo to crap on the side of the road about 4 times on the way back... there was ridiculous off-strip traffic and our limo driver had a penchant for stopping real fast. We get back to the hotel, and I had managed to not crap myself, and I waddled up the stairs and went Krakatoa on the toilet. After a few more haul-offs, I took a shower and got all metro'ed up for the night's festivities. Back to Hooters for some pre-ESPNZone beers, watched the UT-OSU game... Got over to ESPNZone where we proceeded to drink about 15 double Jack and Cokes (or Rum and Cokes or screwdrivers) before finally heading out. Before leaving, our moderately-cute waitress supposedly put us on the guest list at Empire Ballroom, Vegas' premier "after hours" club. I am rather well-versed in these after hour clubs, as I have been going to Drai's (at Barbary Coast) for late-night dancing and stripper oogling for many years. We didn't want to deal with any of the big-name casino bar/clubs, so we ended up getting a limo at NY-NY to take us to a... um... uh... club. Without divulging too much info, let's just say that one of us disappeared for the entire time at this... club... and one of us had quite a value-heavy experience. The others got lessons in how to properly get rid of uhh... people... that you didn't want... uh... sitting with you. Got another limo, this time comped by this.... uh... club... and headed off to Empire Ballroom. Got there a bit too early (apparently they open at 3:30... yes AM), so with it being only 2:30ish, we decided to trek a block down to MGM. Headed in, and sat at a swanky bar/lounge. JJ decides that this bar was his bedroom and took a little snoozer. Now, we all know that a picture is worth a thousand words... but in the case of the pics that you will hopefully see soon, thanks to twiley, these may be worth a king's ransom. Let's just say that spain would be rather jealous. Finally got JJ awake and walked back to the club. First, they wanted us to pay for table service (because JJ was wearing shorts - with his pink shirt... not sure if it was due to the shorts or the pink shirt they were giving us the business). In any case, since he was already halfway to dreamland, he decided to call it a night. The rest of us got in the VIP line... but of course, our names were NOT on the list. Whoops. So we ask the bouncer what the cover is, and he says 20. So we say OK, can we just pay you the cover and get in now? (the real line was about 30 deep... I should have figured we were about to get taken). He says "you take care of me... blah blah blah" and we give him a wad of cash. I thought this was not only getting us past the main line, but into the club as well. Silly me. The door people wanted our cover. So we raised holy hell (dang I wish spain was with us at this point) and somehow got our "grease" money back from the bald Russian mafia bouncer dude (who ended up taking twiley out by his shirt collar later in the night). The club was crazy, and REZ and JoJo looked like they were about to say "so this is what you kids do nowadays". BC was falling asleep, and twiley, myself and slugfear were bouncing around. Some more than others. The taller Huddlers left, but not before twiley pulled a disappearing act (see above). slug and I got back to our hotel just as the sun was coming up. Slept for a few hours, and got up for the games. Went to the Flamingo to meet up with Jedi (thanks for saving the tables!) and watched quarters 2-4 of the early games and 1-2 of the late games. Headed back down the strip to Bellagio to get a ridiculously good buffet (sky... ) before heading back to the hotel. Finished the trip off with some chatting with the remaining Huddlers at sky's room and then some poker at the Trop. I repeat: I hate cash games in Vegas. I ALMOST hit a HUGH pot... but got rivered. Bought back in, and got rivered a half hour or so later (this time by BC ). So I called it a night. Didn't sleep well again last night, so I'm tired as all heck... back at work, but not really working much. I may have a few things to add, especially in relation to certain Huddlers... but I would be remiss to not once again thank sky for his incredible generosity and planning skills! What a weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Ok, one last post for me in this thread for awhile as I trust all of the other Huddlers who were in Vegas will share some of their experiences. I really enjoyed meeting everyone this past weekend. I seriously mean that. We really do have a great community of people here and I feel very fortunate to have stumbled across this board some 6 or 7 years ago. This weekend was off the charts in my opinion. I found myself laughing constantly and sharing great fun and fellowship with some very cool people. And thats all I have to say about that... And as you said in a previous post.... Skylive is a class act and a very generous man. Thanks again Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Headed in, and sat at a swanky bar/lounge. JJ decides that this bar was his bedroom and took a little snoozer. Now, we all know that a picture is worth a thousand words... but in the case of the pics that you will hopefully see soon, thanks to twiley, these may be worth a king's ransom. Let's just say that spain would be rather jealous. I'll post those pics tomorrow. I'm still worthless right now so I've limited my conversations to simple grunts. Did I mention that this weekend was OFF THE HOOK!!!! Darin summed up the weekend rather well and he, soup, and JJ were more than gratious to fill me in on my escapades each morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpin Johnies Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 And as you said in a previous post.... Skylive is a class act and a very generous man. Thanks again Mike. Skylive is one of the best guys that I've ever been around. DMD and WW are good guys as well. DMD even took a look at our draft after 8 rounds and dropped us some knowledge. I had fun hanging out with everyone and got a real kick out of Spain's inverted side-burns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Everyone on this trip was great to be around. I really do mean it when I thank Sky for putting this group of misfits together. Had he not done what he did I don't think that I would have blown off work and made this trip. As it turned out I most certianly made the correct choice. Sky, I really mean it when I say that you are the man and I am very thankful that I know the man. Then rest of you sick mofo's need help. Oh and I guess I also need some of that help because today made me realize that I am 40 years old and that sort of pace can not be kept up. Now when can we do it again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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