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My website is dedicated to Las Vegas and the history of downtown and Fremont Street, and contains over 360 pages, with thousands of pictures. My hobbies: Las Vegas, RVing, Metal Detecting, Railroads, and my website. I play only table games and have been known to spend five or more hours in a session playing Let It Ride, Pai Gow, Craps, and Deuces Wild.
I purchased a 1995 Komfort 24FS 5th wheel
trailer on May 17th, 2005 to replace my 1979 Terry 28' travel trailer.
My cute wife and I have relocated to Pittsburgh, PA on December 1st
2005. |
My first visit to Las Vegas was in May of 1968, and after stepping off a Greyhound bus,
I walked over to Fremont Street and into the Golden Gate for lunch. After eating a big shrimp cocktail and an excellent pastrami sandwich,
I decided to try my luck on a 10¢ slot machine. After playing for several minutes I hit a $500.00 jackpot. $500.00 in 1968 was a lot
of money, and would compare to about $3,000.00 in 2010 dollars.
I was born in Tacoma,
WA, and raised in Yakima, WA, and lived in the Puget Sound region
for 33 years. I am retired from 24 years as a Teamster working as a
District Advisor managing paper carriers for the Seattle Times and
Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspapers and get an 85% Teamster pension
and 100% SSI disability after an accident involving my old 1979 Terry
travel trailer and a stepladder. On 11/25/03 I slipped off the second
step of my ladder and jammed my left leg causing the tibia to be
crushed. I spent 6 days in Valley General Hospital after having the
damage repaired with a plate, screws, and a cadaver bone transplant. I
went through 6 weeks of physical therapy and am now able to walk without
assistance short distances. I use a handicapped scooter to get around
on.
eHarmony.com was a
real lifesaver for my wife Teri and me. I had basically lived alone with
very few friends these past 58 years and was very lonely to the point of
only going out to work and shopping for groceries. I was a hermit! One
day I saw an eHarmony.com commercial and signed up. I was matched to
about 10 women that didn't work out, and was about to just give up when
I met Teri. She had about 10 matches also, but ours was the right one.
We love each other deeply and are so closely matched that it's like she
said, "It's just like getting back together with an old friend." Teri
and I emailed for about two months until we decided to meet. Teri lived
in Miami Beach, FL. Since I am a Las Vegas fan, we decided to meet there
at Fitzgerald's since I get RFB (room, food, & beverage) comped. I sent
her a plane ticket and the rest is history. We got married in Las Vegas
October 30th, 2004. eHarmony.com works!
I
have worked many jobs in my life including being a carnie, circus
roustabout, asphalt plant operator, heavy equipment operator, long-haul
trucker, commercial fisherman, sanitary engineer, and bouncer in a
topless night club.