Joy and Sadness in Reno so Start the Party

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 11/28/2018 at 20:59 • Filed to: None

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Did my first presentation, and they loved it. The guy ahead of me cut into my time, and I opened by joking that he cut into the time of a Sicilian lawyer, which many would consider a serious mistake. They liked it. Those organic dairymen enjoyed my schtick , and I finally met someone from the big Washington label that is fighting with the UFW, which I have been trying to get in on for a long time. I REALLY want to screw that up for the UFW. But I have made a terrible mistake, Oppo.

I hung around after my presentation with the dairymen chatting (many wanted to talk to me), eating delicious Straus Creamery Organic Ice Cream (yum, dairy events rule). They are very nice people and you should buy a lot of their delicious ice cream and eat it every day. Just sayin’....but I digress.

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I stayed too long, and the Reno car museum is closed. I must console myself with a fancy dinner and many, many vintage cabinet video games in the arcade here. I remember being a kid, and those damn quarters being so precious...when they jacked up the good games to 50 cents we were so bitter. The 80s were a different time.

My friends and I used to hike over the hill a couple of miles from home on a fire trail to the local mall to play video games, and developing skill was key because we needed what little money we had to play. Oh, tonight, 10 year old me will bask in the glor y of having plenty of quarters, more than my mom would give me. They better have Defender, Centipede, and Tempest. I kill at Galaga. I can own that game. Ice cream and video games....what happens in Reno, stays in Reno. Shh...I’m partying...I might have a gelato before bed, too.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > ImmoralMinority 11/28/2018 at 21:05

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I used to kick ass at Galaga. And Donkey Kong. I suspect those skills have substantially degraded over the intervening — choke — 35 years.

Have fun!

E39, K5. Whatever it takes. > ImmoralMinority 11/28/2018 at 21:13

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Those are my four favorites!  Enjoy!

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > ImmoralMinority 11/28/2018 at 21:14

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You are my friend in video games. Many quarters were pilfered from my dad to play galaxian, defender and spy hunter.  Kids today don’t know the struggle we went through. They just don’t know.   

TheRealBicycleBuck > ImmoralMinority 11/28/2018 at 21:18

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Galaga and Joust were my favorites. There was a Galaga in the pizza place where I worked. I dumped many quarters into that machine after hours .

XJDano > ImmoralMinority 11/28/2018 at 21:22

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I thought you were going to say you are actually lactose intolerant....  

shop-teacher > ImmoralMinority 11/28/2018 at 21:58

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Ice cream an vintage video games sounds like a damn fine evening to me!

DipodomysDeserti > ImmoralMinority 11/28/2018 at 22:41

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Strauss is good stuff. I don’t feed my kids straight cow’s milk, but when I need milk for a recipe I get their stuff. It’s old school with the cream plug on top. You also get money back when you return the glass jar to Wholefoods. Fantastic ice cream as well. I hung out with some open  range cows and steers over the weekeng. Chill dudes and dudettes. Although they completely fuck up the delicate desert soils when they wander on to them.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > ImmoralMinority 11/29/2018 at 15:00

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Which fire trail did you used take? There are still a few around in PV that I run occasionally.

Ice cream and arcade games sounds like a perfect night to me. Have a safe trip back and I’ll see you on Sunday!