Big Casino Wins and Jackpots

[quahaug]

What, no blood?

[coach belly]

I just want to say that you should be ashamed of yourself for killing Bambi's boyfriend.

Bambi was a male.

Are you trying to antagonize Rob?

[quahaug]

Bambi was a male.

Are you trying to antagonize Rob?

Now that's funny

[Count Room]

What, no blood?

Don't tell me you've never seen bloodless deer with no fur?

[Alan Mendelson]

Come to think of it, where is the blood and fur? I know -- he ran it through a car wash so it would appraise better!!

(Years ago I hit a dog, a large one, and while my car did not crumple like that -- as if it hit a concrete wall -- there were parts of fur and flesh stuck on the metal.)

[Alan Mendelson]

Back to jackpots: three photos from one day including two straight flushes, and one quad aces. At Caesars playing 8/5 Bonus which required $25 coin in for one tier point. Don't be too impressed with the total showing on the meter in the photo with the straight flush in hearts -- that's not all profit. In fact, the profit on the trip was only $470. The meter started with $2,000 on it (marker ticket in) so there was a profit of about $3,000. Not shown: dealt quad 3s for $1,000. And also not shown: quad 9s dealt back-to-back. (Please see Rob's thread about quad 9s.)

[Rob.Singer]

Whether or not you buy a new car to replace your wrecked car has nothing to do with insurance or with the "insurance nonsense."

I just want to say that you should be ashamed of yourself for killing Bambi's boyfriend. You had to drive at 80?

The nonsense to me is the red tape. I'm into simplicity these days, and insurance companies are not your friends. The car is paid for and I don't need the big check or the argument that goes with getting it, from the people who love to give you a hard time over a claim.

Ever drive thru Montana and N. Dakota in the middle of the night? Posted speed is 75. I usually never go faster except when headed somewhere that takes a long, long time.

Plenty of guts and hair in and around the car. I was surprised the air bag didn't deploy. Something about no rapid deceleration. I drove right thru the deer.

[Alan Mendelson]

Rob was the accident at night? From the photo it appears it was taken at the point of impact with debris on the road.

[arcimede$]

Back to jackpots: three photos from one day including two straight flushes, and one quad aces. At Caesars playing 8/5 Bonus which required $25 coin in for one tier point. Don't be too impressed with the total showing on the meter in the photo with the straight flush in hearts -- that's not all profit. In fact, the profit on the trip was only $470. The meter started with $2,000 on it (marker ticket in) so there was a profit of about $3,000. Not shown: dealt quad 3s for $1,000. And also not shown: quad 9s dealt back-to-back. (Please see Rob's thread about quad 9s.)

I hit back to back straight flushes this past weekend which is quite unusual (one in 250,000). I've also been on a roll for natural straight flushes. They are usually only 10% of the total SFs playing OEJs but I've hit 15 of them in the past 3 weeks (out of 67 total SFs). Naturally, I still can't get a natural ace high SF even though I've have far more chances. Only had one chance at 4RF this weekend (well two if you want the count the dealt K high SF), but plenty of "scares". Total profit for the 3 weeks has been about $3000.

[regnis]

Mickey neglected to warn me about the large 10-point buck deer that seem to enjoy getting slammed into head-on at 80mph across Montana. This is the result of just that. The new car we bought to tow behind the RV is now a wreck. The effect? Well, we got a rental to finish the trip to Minn., and once this snowstorm stops we'rd off to buy another new car. Before insurance nonsense begins. Thank you, video poker.

This never would have happened if you had stayed and played VP for 14 straight hours on a positive game.

[arcimede$]

This never would have happened if you had stayed and played VP for 14 straight hours on a positive game.

That's pretty much what I did on Sunday and I didn't hit a deer. Proof positive.

[Count Room]

That's pretty much what I did on Sunday and I didn't hit a deer. Proof positive.

No blood. No guts. No glory.

[mickeycrimm]

Mickey neglected to warn me about the large 10-point buck deer that seem to enjoy getting slammed into head-on at 80mph across Montana. This is the result of just that. The new car we bought to tow behind the RV is now a wreck. The effect? Well, we got a rental to finish the trip to Minn., and once this snowstorm stops we'rd off to buy another new car. Before insurance nonsense begins. Thank you, video poker.

Well, yeah, I totally spaced out the wild animal factor, especially at night. It is definitely a hazard in Montana. I think about 2000 animals a year get hit. I even hit one myself but go off lucky. It was a small deer and just bended the fender. In Montana you are allowed to pack up the meat and take it home. But in your case, Rob, that looks like some pretty expensive deer steak.

[mickeycrimm]

Well, yeah, I totally spaced out the wild animal factor, especially at night. It is definitely a hazard in Montana. I think about 2000 animals a year get hit. I even hit one myself but go off lucky. It was a small deer and just bended the fender. In Montana you are allowed to pack up the meat and take it home. But in your case, Rob, that looks like some pretty expensive deer steak.

One more thing on roadkill. The Missoula to Arlee run on Hwy 93 was so bad for wild animal/vehicle crashes that it is now fenced off and wild animals are steered into underpasses and overpasses to cross the road.

[Alan Mendelson]

Back in the late 1960s when I was taking Drivers Ed in high school, they told us about how the rules changed for insurance and accidents involving deer. Back in the early 1960s you were covered ONLY if the deer jumped ON your car. But so many drivers reported that the deer jumped ON their cars that the insurance industry changed the rules to cover the damage when you hit the deer.

[Dan Druff]

I was visiting a girl in Texas some years ago, and we had a long drive. She got too tired and couldn't continue, so she had me drive the car instead (it was her car). She warned me, "DO NOT SPEED because there are tons of cows around here that walk into the road, and slamming into one is like slamming into a parked vehicle."

That scared me enough to where I uncharacteristically drove the speed limit on the highway, and was constantly looking around for cows.

Not a relaxing drive, to say the least.

Rob, I didn't understand your post. Are you saying you had no insurance?

[Alan Mendelson]

Rob, I didn't understand your post. Are you saying you had no insurance?

I think Rob was saying that because he has so much money from his video poker winnings that he doesn't have to wait for a check from the insurance company to either fix his car or buy a new one.

On the other hand, some people do drop the "collision" part of their insurance to save money and it is sometimes wise to drop the "collision" coverage on older cars when the cost of the premiums outweighs the benefits of the coverage and the actual value of the car.

I remember back in the old days you would drop the collision on cars older than 5 years.

I still carry collision on my 2003 Mercedes because it has some financial benefits over and above the cost of repairs and replacement should the car be totaled. But dropping collision might appear to be worthwhile since the value of my car is only about $4,000 now because it has more than 222,000 miles.

[Rob.Singer]

I was visiting a girl in Texas some years ago, and we had a long drive. She got too tired and couldn't continue, so she had me drive the car instead (it was her car). She warned me, "DO NOT SPEED because there are tons of cows around here that walk into the road, and slamming into one is like slamming into a parked vehicle."

That scared me enough to where I uncharacteristically drove the speed limit on the highway, and was constantly looking around for cows.

Not a relaxing drive, to say the least.

Rob, I didn't understand your post. Are you saying you had no insurance?

No I have coverage and my comprehensive deductible is only $100. And just as I suspected, the insurance company is already using stall tactics on the equity payout that we agreed to. Something about whether the title, which we have back in our RV in Oregon, has our names on it with or without our middle initials. They claim the check has to be made out to the names exactly as identified on the title for some reason. Totally stupid. So I told them to figure out some other way because we're not going back to Oregon until Feb. Totally stupid.

I bought a new car yesterday and yes, it was 100% from my vp wins that I've posted about here. It won't arrive until late Dec. because while what I wanted was located in Iowa (2015 Hyundai Genesis) I had it shipped to Texas first so that Hennessey could install a blower along with a few other tricks that'll up the hp from 348 to 480. They'll then ship it to me when I get back to Oregon. We'll rent a car to get back in Feb. Might as well have a little fun after having had to go thru this.

[mickeycrimm]

No I have coverage and my comprehensive deductible is only $100. And just as I suspected, the insurance company is already using stall tactics on the equity payout that we agreed to. Something about whether the title, which we have back in our RV in Oregon, has our names on it with or without our middle initials. They claim the check has to be made out to the names exactly as identified on the title for some reason. Totally stupid. So I told them to figure out some other way because we're not going back to Oregon until Feb. Totally stupid.

I bought a new car yesterday and yes, it was 100% from my vp wins that I've posted about here. It won't arrive until late Dec. because while what I wanted was located in Iowa (2015 Hyundai Genesis) I had it shipped to Texas first so that Hennessey could install a blower along with a few other tricks that'll up the hp from 348 to 480. They'll then ship it to me when I get back to Oregon. We'll rent a car to get back in Feb. Might as well have a little fun after having had to go thru this.

Rob, I assume you were on I-90 or I-94 when you hit the deer. Where were you at when you hit the deer?

[regnis]

An unusual occurrence for me--both on the same machine.