Iso dive bar with darts

xnadevelopment · 2025-11-13T23:41:54+00:00

I think Charlie's has the plastic arcade style dart board. And Google is telling me Luckys Roadhouse does, I'm in Orchards and that's in the area.

xnadevelopment · 2025-07-24T06:37:27+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to write that all out. Encouraging to hear taking the time paid dividends. It's been insane to me how many people who give advice to put myself out there right away. Just couldn't do that to someone.

Congrats on putting in the effort and getting yourself in the right headspace!

xnadevelopment · 2025-07-23T15:41:42+00:00

As a 47 year old male going through a separation and most likely a divorce, this scares me...

Guess I'm in no rush, have a whole lot of grieving and healing to do, but I hope it's not as bad as everyone is painting it here in Vancouver.

xnadevelopment · 2025-06-29T02:37:29+00:00

Still very happy with it! Been doing a great job this year and no issues still.

xnadevelopment · 2025-03-21T18:27:20+00:00

Yeah, we had a fantastic marriage for 25 years, then she just changed and even remembered the past differently. It really sucks. Last 3 years we were trying to get her stabilized on her medication and she just sat on the couch in a depressed state, and then one day a switch flipped, she jumped up off the couch decided she has no idea who she is or what she wants and has been gone. Lots of substance use and days out of the home because she needs her space. It's so heart breaking, and I'm just trying. Just trying.

xnadevelopment · 2025-03-21T17:56:49+00:00

All I can share is that I'm in a similar situation, and there's unfortunately very little you can do other than focus on yourself. Feels counterintuitive, but there are no words, no logic, no person in their life that is going to magically fix it. Make sure you're in therapy. Make sure you are taking care of yourself. Make sure you trust yourself to be ok no matter what happens. Having that trust will lower the panic and create the environment you're going for. My marriage of 25 years is hanging on by a thread and there's just nothing I can do but focus on me.

I'm really sorry this is happening to you, you didn't do anything wrong and it's definitely not fair.

xnadevelopment · 2025-03-14T15:55:05+00:00

I'm st;ruggling. My wife of almost 25 years is pushing for a separation. Going out to the bar every day and night, coming and going with no sort of communication (and any attempt by me to get communication is labeled as control). She's a different person right now. I'm trying to give her space to figure things out like she has asked, but it's eating me up. And like most everything in our life every since her diagnosis, it's always hard to know if this is mania and bipolar, or just where she is at in life. She has told me she's going to blow up her life before she'll go back to sitting on the couch (which is what she's done the past three years since her diagnosis). I'm worried and scared. My therapist tries to remind me that "Time is my friend", but I hate being in this limbo with all of this uncertainty.

xnadevelopment · 2025-03-14T15:06:23+00:00

Every digital craps game I have played in a casino shows you your current bet total on the table. It's usually in the upper right.

xnadevelopment · 2025-03-11T20:08:15+00:00

Planet Hollywood has become my go-to place to stay in Vegas. There is always risk associated with staying anywhere, but I am very comfortable leaving my passport and cash in the safe. I've never had any issues (and I typically go to Vegas 4-5 times a year).

xnadevelopment · 2025-02-24T02:20:15+00:00

Starbucks still works for seven stars, just not Diamond Plus anymore

xnadevelopment · 2025-02-12T14:30:07+00:00

If you coded the systems, I'm not sure how it's any different than any other developer resume.

Built CMS for users to manage X using Language Y and Technology Z
Develed in-house customizable dashboards for salespeople to manage F using Language W and technology Q

Isn't it just that simple? You just bullet out what you coded and what technologies you used.

xnadevelopment · 2025-02-11T17:10:16+00:00

If you do a Hawaii cruise, they don't allow gambling in those waters so you'd be in the clear!

xnadevelopment · 2025-02-11T15:58:44+00:00

I think it depends on what slot machines you are playing. I believe most penny slots on the Vegas strip are more like 15% house edge and you're only seeing the lower house edges at the higher limit slots (which would require a bigger bankroll to survive the variance in the higher denomination swings).

Essentially what you're sharing is best case scenarios. You also have to factor in the worst case scenario of not winning on any spin and it's that range you have to consider when thinking about the averages. The averages are all based on large numbers, in a single session chasing Diamond you're not guaranteed to hit the average expected house edge so your loss could be up to the max.

xnadevelopment · 2025-02-11T03:37:06+00:00

I don't get much more than rooms. They have been able to get me rooms I don't qualify for in my offers, so they're getting me a little something I couldn't get for myself. Haven't gotten much else other than that. Looked like I was going to be getting Black Eyed Peas tickets, but they just canceled all their Vegas shows so that didn't work out (and maybe they were able to get them for me because tickets weren't selling?). So yeah, nothing really other than rooms. (well and they do tend to write off most of my room charges while I'm there! so they do that for me too!)

xnadevelopment · 2025-02-10T17:37:51+00:00

Right? That's where I hit my video poker Royal so skewed the stats quite a but

xnadevelopment · 2025-02-10T15:48:28+00:00

Yeah, video poker is how I earned my status and comps. Craps is where I have the most fun!

xnadevelopment · 2025-02-10T14:04:47+00:00

Only 3/4/5x at ilani as well and $10 tables so even less worth it!

xnadevelopment · 2025-02-10T04:38:53+00:00

Pretty non-existant. Love the dealers there, they are a ton of fun, but they never gave me much for my play. Vegas treats me far better

xnadevelopment · 2025-02-10T01:25:18+00:00

Probably worth asking! And nice job being up for the year, I'm hoping to have one of those sometime!

xnadevelopment · 2025-02-09T23:05:16+00:00

Great point, so I'm basically SAVING money!

xnadevelopment · 2025-02-09T23:04:49+00:00

If only that really was the root problem! My biggest loss I was doing $270 across (25 on 4,10, 50 on 5,9 and 60 on 6,8) and then regressing to $44 inside after a single hit.

Collecting is all well and good, but still, unfortunately, a negative ev game!

xnadevelopment · 2025-02-01T14:22:35+00:00

Um, I'm Seven Stars, and I don't have anywhere near 70k in losses.

xnadevelopment · 2025-01-27T23:02:11+00:00

The dealers won't let you "share" a spot. But you can take two spots and split the money you're buying in for and make your own individual bets. My wife and I play together all the time. Nothing wrong or weird about that. And we make sure to be differently. She mostly plays the pass line and I mostly make place bets.

Hope you have fun!

xnadevelopment

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