Parker: Please welcome Titaniumman

[Parker]

Titaniumman will be posting on this page regarding anything having to do with the southern casinos, and the south in general.

Feel free to direct questions at him regarding playing conditions, rules, heat, and the best way to skin a catfish.

[Slowhand]

Welcome Titaniumman. I know you have been posting for quite a while, but congrats on your "promotion". I get to the Biloxi/Gulfport area several times a year, play mostly black, and use every comp I can get. My goal for each trip is to get everything free plus leave with more cash than I came with. We both know it doesn't always work out that way, but so far I am ahead. I spent some time at the new Copa (played green there)on my last trip (October) and liked it I know there are many players who will really miss the old boat, but I personally didn't like the cramped quarters. Treasure Bay seemed friendlier than usual, probably because of the down time from the storm damage. I always like to know what is going on in the Biloxi/Gulfport area, and I look forward to your posts.
Good Luck,
Slowhand

[Titaniumman]

[HAROLDdaHORRIBLE]

Hello, Titaniuman. I'm new to this site myself, but i've read your posts on bj21. I thought they were very good and knowledgeable. About the new Copa: Was there about six weeks ago and found it was very nice, physically. I was only there for a quick day trip so I didn't play for very long, about an hour. I had other duties, so I couldn't evaluate the games, but you can bet that I will return. Thanks, and good luck on your promotion. HdH

[10Splitter]

Ditto on everything Slowhand said!

I have appreciated many a Titaniumman post in the past, and I look forward to enjoying more in the future.

10Splitter

[AC Backcounter]

"...Feel free to direct questions at him regarding playing conditions, rules, heat, and the best way to skin a catfish." [or a squirrel?]

Dear Titman:

Speaking of skinning, I get a question for a Southerner like yourself. I already get a not-so-kosher way to skin a casino, but I don't know the best way to skin a squirrel. How does a Southerner skin a squirrel? I'm serious about my question without further details except...squirrels have stolen 100s of my pears, apples, & peaches from my trees. Thanks in advance for your tips.

Regards
ACB

[Titaniumman]

[phantom007]

Speaking of squirrell, recently had something at the buffet in Horseshoe-Tunica. Was in the "Southwest Section", and I mean food, not actual location.

It looked like strips of grilled steak, tasted like Ginger (not Rogers), had small little rib bones in it (2.5cm x 3-4mm), and gave me palpitations.

Rabbit, Armadillo, Possum???

Any ideas?

[Titaniumman]

[phantom007]

May sound like same, but I have eaten same many times, and it was Quail/Frog nicht!

Certainly whatever I had was Mammalian!

And neither Quail nor Frog are very endegenous to the SW US, which was the theme of this buffet section.

And in my opinion, the Mystery Meat, and not the 27 or so beers I had the previous night caused my palpitations, which then caused my barring from the Goldstrike, because I kept checking my watch and my pulse before each play.

But this is just my opinion.

phantom007.

[Parker]

Warning: The following contains no blackjack content whatsoever.

Many years ago, through an improbable series of events, I was living in Niceville, Florida, about 40 miles east of Pensacola, in the panhandle. Now, southerners will argue that Florida isn't really part of the south, what with all the transplanted northerners. Well, the panhandle isn't really part of Florida. It is more like a southern extension of Alabama, very much southern in every way.

Anyway, I was living in a nice little house (that I rented for $65/mo, IIRC) with a large yard, a couple of oak trees, and lots of big, fat grey squirrels. Every time I looked at those squirrels, I would visualize them in a stew or pie. (Being new to the area, I hadn't yet discovered gumbo.)

One Saturday afternoon I decided to do something about it. I stepped out on the front porch with my little Smith & Wesson .22 revolver, dropped into a two-handed stance, and quickly dispatched three of the critters.

Now, if I were to pull a stunt like this in San Diego, the only question would be whether the cops would arrive to arrest me in time to save me from the angry mob who wanted to lynch me for killing the "cute little furry squirrels."

Ah, but this was the south. One of my neighbors had been watching the whole scene. He walked over, picked up one of the dead squirrels, examined it carefully and walked over to me.

After expertly aiming a stream of tobacco juice to just miss my shoe, he spoke in a heavy drawl:

"You shouldn' oughta use holler points - tears up too much meat. Nice shootin' though."