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L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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Hey, thanks man. Our lawyer is sure it will eventually end well for us, just the question is how long that will take and how much we have to spend to get them to give him his documents. Apparently it's really hard to actually get deported once you open a case unless you commit a crime or it can be proven that the marriage is a fraud, but it's still a worry.

And yeah, other than July and August when it was ridiculously hot I've fared pretty well here I guess, he's a different story. Though for both of us the gimmick of "living in Sin City" wore off after the first couple months. It's so expensive to have a night out because most bars and clubs here cater to tourists who they know will pay anything. And the wealthy women here are even more obnoxious than Palo Alto women (I still work for SLT).

Found a coffeehouse that I think you'd enjoy though - Sambalatte. Not only does it taste great, but they have several different ways of serving coffee. Obviously the traditional methods (drip, French press, pulled espresso shots...), but also other methods you don't see everywhere like pour over and air pressure brewing. For not really being a city with a big coffee culture, I'm glad to have found two pretty awesome places so far.
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:
 

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Jimmy Kimmel's "Do You Have What It Takes?" is probably one of the meanest trolls I've ever seen. Reminds me of something Alen would think of.
 

Ragazza

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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
81,081
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
84,776
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
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Sep 23, 2003
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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?"
 

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