WHAT THINGS DO YOU WANT TO DO IN 2009? HERE'S MINE..

I'm with ya on #1, I've never hit a royal and I live in Las fucking Vegas!!  Although, I've only lived here a year and a half, but prior to moving here, I can specifically to gamble several times a year for many, many years.  I now play vp at least once a week, at least to get a few "free" beers out the deal when I'm sitting at any bar.  Friends have told me about hitting 3 or 4 in one day!  Another bartender friend of mine told me hit 15 the first year he moved to Vegas, I have no reason to not believe him.

Therefore, for me it's:

1) Hit a fucking royal on VP.

2) Get out of corporate engineering consulting (already on my way with this one).  Engineering consulting sucks huge horse cock gentleman, I don't recommend it for anyone, even if you are a PE.  Work independently or for a govt agency or something, the private sector is for slimeballs.

should read,  "..I came specifically to gamble..."

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Percentage of covers trolls that know what you're talking about?  About 3%

- to finish.....my Scuba DSAT TecRec training (been tooooo busy with work but need to make time)  *Yo Rickey/searchwarrant...got any tips?!?!?

- take my kids and volunteer at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter like once a month, show my kids the life they have is not as easy as they have it...way too many people down on their luck and need help


- learn to be a lil more disciplined in my gambling/hobbies/thrill seeking endeavors...I have an addictive personality and sometimes things can get a lil crazy

hey mwc, i am going to graduate as an engineer within 2 years and was wondering why you think corporate engineering is for slimeballs.  i don't really want to work for the government (or at least i think i don't) and its not like i could start working independently right out of school.  any further insight you have about the situation would be greatly appreciated as i dont really know that many engineers and i have never heard that corporate sucks from the ones i do know.  lemme get some of that wisdom.

1.)  Get into the best shape I have been in since I turned the legal drinking age.

 

2.)  Play in at least 1 event at the 2009 WSOP in Vegas.

Hey ww, I don't know about any words of wisdom, but I can give you my frank opinion. 

One doesn't start out being a slimeball, and one might not even be a slimeball as a person, but the cutthroat nature of the way these companies are set up will eventually do it to you.

First, the whole thing is set on the premise of "billabilty."  As in, you don't really work for Black & Veetch or Baker Corp or CH2MHill, or whoever - you work for the client.  Every second you're at work must be billable to a client. As in, the company does not want to pay you!!  Not only do they not want to, they won't.  You'll be laid off or fired in a New York second if you don't reach your billabilty quota. 

So, what this creates is a cutthroat, every man for himself mentality.  There is NO teamwork.  There is no professional courtesy.  It creates an awesome work environment.  Everyone is on their own. Not only must all your hours be billable to the client, you're also responsible for getting your own work.  Yes, that's right, you have to go out on your own basically and obtain jobs and contracts.  But because of the billabilty issue, you can't really do this on company time (because they don't really want to pay).  So, when do you do it??  Right, think about it.  It's fucked. 

I'm only scratching the surface.  Basically, all these companies do is give you the necessary phyiscal vehicles to get the job done...an office, IT support, clerical support, etc.  So say you are a gung-motherfucking-ho, cutthroat asshole engineer and you're kicking ass left and right....but what's that do?  Nothing.  In the end, you'll be no better off than you were at the beginning.  Besides having health problems, marriage issues and fucked up kids because you're stressed 110% of time and you work 70+ hours a week, every week, every year. 

That's not even mentioning mixing all of this with the competative and arrogant nature of most engineers.  Have fun.

  you asked.

fourth paragraph should read, "It creates an awful work environment."

Not awesome, most definitely not. 

My Dad would hit Royal Flushes like once a month in Las Vegas...I used to get excited when i would get a full house

Here is my list

#1 Move back to Las Vegas

#2 Start an Ebay business (my last job was listing thing on there and when that place closed they did me a favor and gave me a lot of their stuff that they had in the office (printers,scanners etc, to sell on ebay , it all sells. So i want to try to sell things like POS and business equipment on there. Just need to find a supply chani of it

 

Goodluck NJ!
Right now there is incredible competition with Ebay though!
I knew 2 people who tried to do it full time but could only make part time incomes from it. GLTU THOUGH!!!

Definitely man.  Life is way too short for that shit, especially if you have a wife and kids.

GL 

Thanks Ron

 

Ron, my guess why you havent caught a royal flush yet is because you are not playing perfect video poker.  My brother catches them constantly.  What you need is the software that actually teaches you how to play perfect video poker.  You probably think your throwing the right cards away but in fact you could actually be throwing the wrong ones away.  This is just my guess on why you cant catch the big one.  I cant either and when i have practiced on the software, am way off on the right cards to keep.

Good luck with your list

cd- As for me, I play perfect vp or as close as I can remember.  There's a website, that a UNLV math professor hosts (I won't post it), that breaks every game down mathematically (proving that you can never win), but he does have several VP simulation games that you can play that corrects your play.  But some "perfect" play can eliminate chances of a royal, such as double-double bonus play, where you can be dealt three cards to a royal but also have a pair.  Well, perfect play dictates you keep the pair in that situation, playing that particular game, hence eliminating a chance at a royal on that hand.  There are other examples as well.

williamwallace- So, have you read my take on the engineering thing?  Or did we highjack Ron's thread for nothing?  lol...sorry Ron.