Author Topic: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...  (Read 2484 times)

Offline Diane CBPFC

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You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« on: August 23, 2010, 07:23:23 AM »
it involves chips. That is your clue.
People will come from strange lands to hear me speak my words of wisdom. They will ask me the secret of life and I will tell them. Then maybe I'll finish off with a song. The Nomad

Diamond Lil

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Re: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2010, 07:25:43 AM »
playing roulette?

Vulture

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Re: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2010, 07:31:21 AM »
Fish 'n chips?

Jack

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Re: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2010, 11:45:19 AM »
So long as you're not actually referring to "crisps", I don't mind.

Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2010, 01:10:02 PM »
Are you saying goodbye to Mister?

Offline Bilthehut

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Re: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2010, 01:23:16 PM »
Are you laying a wood chip floor or making a playing area with them?

Malc

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Re: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2010, 01:33:10 PM »
I'll go with Diamond Lil, I reckon it's Casino-related.

Hoping it's not "cashing in your..." If so, you're remarkably composed.

Calvin

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Re: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2010, 01:44:30 PM »
Alberta...hmmmm..anything to do with Buffaloes?

Jack

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Re: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2010, 02:05:53 PM »
You're having microchips surgically implanted into your brain as the first step in an attempt to become half-woman, half-robot... thus increasing your mandala output by 130%.

Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2010, 04:07:26 PM »
Diamond Lil and Malc are right - it is a casino, but I'm not playing, I'm being the "banker". In Alberta, they get non-profit groups to volunteer in the casinos and give them a huge chunk of cash for 2 days work. (around $40,000) I am doing it for the PAL group (children's reading group) in exchange for a $10,000 donation to the library (of which I am chair on the board).

It sounds pretty cool but it is quite boring...especially on a Monday. 
People will come from strange lands to hear me speak my words of wisdom. They will ask me the secret of life and I will tell them. Then maybe I'll finish off with a song. The Nomad

Jack

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Re: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2010, 04:23:31 PM »
So are you the person who sits at a kiosk and exchanges money for chips? Or do you also get to shuffle cards while saying indecipherable things at high speed before each round of betting? Do you get to spin the roulette wheel?

Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2010, 04:59:32 PM »
No, that is the "cashier" and no, the paid and trained staff get to work with the games. I sit by a vault and pass chips to the cashier or the "chip runner" who takes chips out to the casino staff when they hand me a slip of paper requesting more chips. There is about 40 minutes of work to do in an 8 hour shift.
People will come from strange lands to hear me speak my words of wisdom. They will ask me the secret of life and I will tell them. Then maybe I'll finish off with a song. The Nomad

Diamond Lil

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Re: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2010, 09:15:48 PM »
...but what a great amount of cash for your library at the end of it all.  Well done ;D

Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2010, 04:52:34 AM »
Thanks Lil - I did end up being the cashier as the guy who was supposed to do that job was not awake enough - he had a test at the hospital in the AM for which they gave him a general when he was just expecting a freezing. Thank goodness I put nail polish on is all I can say.
People will come from strange lands to hear me speak my words of wisdom. They will ask me the secret of life and I will tell them. Then maybe I'll finish off with a song. The Nomad

Diamond Lil

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Re: You will never guess what I am doing tomorrow...
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2010, 06:57:08 AM »
...so now do you fancy staking some of the housekeeping money on a game of Blackjack...it would be a pity to waste those newly-varnished nails 8)