Ragazza

Calciopoli Director
Jul 22, 2013
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At least I guess you have the familiarity of the SLT gig. Otherwise that whole situation sounds like some kind of story about the missed bribe or graft if it were in most other countries. :(

I was wondering about LV. Been reading the news about how how Hseih's grand civic plans have been falling apart at the seams. (Always thought that guy was a closet douche, btw.)

And thanks for the coffee place tip! :tup:
I'm not that familiar with the situation, all I keep hearing is that he was supposedly trying to create a "new downtown" as an alternative to the Strip and ended up pouring a lot of the city's money into basically nothing.

And yeah, though I still find myself missing some of the cafes I used to go to in the Bay Area. But I'm coming back for a few days at the end of March (we're going to WrestleMania). So there will be some time for me to frequent a couple of my old haunts. :D
 

Bianconero_Aus

Beppe Marotta Is My God
May 26, 2009
81,627
I'm not that familiar with the situation, all I keep hearing is that he was supposedly trying to create a "new downtown" as an alternative to the Strip and ended up pouring a lot of the city's money into basically nothing.

And yeah, though I still find myself missing some of the cafes I used to go to in the Bay Area. But I'm coming back for a few days at the end of March (we're going to WrestleMania). So there will be some time for me to frequent a couple of my old haunts. :D
You're a wrestling fan too? Can you please hold up a sign saying "I HEART BIANCONERO_AUS (srs)"
 

Martin

Senior Member
Dec 31, 2000
56,913
At least I guess you have the familiarity of the SLT gig. Otherwise that whole situation sounds like some kind of story about the missed bribe or graft if it were in most other countries. :(

I was wondering about LV. Been reading the news about how how Hseih's grand civic plans have been falling apart at the seams. (Always thought that guy was a closet douche, btw.)

And thanks for the coffee place tip! :tup:
wait, what? why?
 

swag

L'autista
Administrator
Sep 23, 2003
84,913
wait, what? why?
Something about him never added up for me. So many over-the-top accolades about his dedication to customer service (and yet never mind how much his business failed to take advantage of the Internet's long tail and thus never offered anything I ever wanted to buy). So much hero worship. So much in choosing Las Vegas as his place to create the next digital Pullman town.

Something just never added up about him.
 

Martin

Senior Member
Dec 31, 2000
56,913
Something about him never added up for me. So many over-the-top accolades about his dedication to customer service (and yet never mind how much his business failed to take advantage of the Internet's long tail and thus never offered anything I ever wanted to buy). So much hero worship. So much in choosing Las Vegas as his place to create the next digital Pullman town.

Something just never added up about him.
the Las Vegas thing is plain weird. I don't get that whole idea for a city at all. it's like one street in the desert, right? i would flee
 

swag

L'autista
Administrator
Sep 23, 2003
84,913
the Las Vegas thing is plain weird. I don't get that whole idea for a city at all. it's like one street in the desert, right? i would flee
As the great Howe Gelb wrote in the song "Town Where No Town Belongs": "You want a mystery? Pick up the phone book ... And tell me what are all these people doing living around here?"
 

Ragazza

Calciopoli Director
Jul 22, 2013
5,060
You're a wrestling fan too? Can you please hold up a sign saying "I HEART BIANCONERO_AUS (srs)"
How about "AUS IS JERICHO"?


the Las Vegas thing is plain weird. I don't get that whole idea for a city at all. it's like one street in the desert, right? i would flee
What everyone knows as Vegas is pretty much one street, yeah. The rest of the city (where everyone actually lives) looks like any other suburban town though.


Ohemgee! Slutty McPants is back :heart:

Sorry to hear about the visa situation :/ thought you guys had it worked out. Whats the next step?
Yeah, I did too, was under the impression that hiring a lawyer would take away all the complications, kinda shudder to think what would have happened if we'd gone into it blind and tried to do it all ourselves. Well, we lodged an appeal so they're going to review our case again, hopefully someone different will read it and approve it. So it's another waiting game. And the thing is, this isn't even an approval for the visa, it's an approval to be interviewed in order to get a visa. Ultimately we could still be denied at the interview if the immigration officer doesn't like how we answer the questions... still a long road ahead it seems. :depressed
 

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