I did realize the dirty secret of the palace of Chuck. The prizes are being traded at massively inflated ticket prices. Why? Last night I found out why. The parents actually play the games more than their kids do. I saw this guy smash the hammer game about 40 times straight. His family had a stack of tickets on their table that, if they were worth a nickel a piece, he'd have had a night comped at the Luxor. It's just wrong.
We had a blast though.
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There's a game place at a Big Mall in Capital City on the East side near the outerbelt. I've looked at ticket prizes there, and I think I can get a little plastic comb for about 100 tickets. I would end up spending about $10 to $15 on the sure-thing games for that little comb.
You could do an analysis of risk/return on Chuck E. Cheese games and publish it in a peer-reviewed journal.
Maybe.
Only $10-$15? I think we paid about $20 for a plastic heart bracelet.
Oh, you're just jealous.
;)
BTW, I hate winky emoticons. Not to mention text shortcuts like BTW.
Did you add the Open ID, or did Blogger? Lord, I'm behind the times...
Damn jealous. I wanted those tickets. Me and that guy almost went head to head on that hammer slam machine too.
Blogger put the openid thingy in there. I read a bit at openid.net but can't figure out the benefit of signing up and using it.
I just use the Name/URL option when I comment using Blogger. I hope they don't force people to sign in to comment. That will shutdown commenting for good.
I've been trying to figure out the benefits of Open ID for a year. I met this woman named Kaliya (Identity Woman) about a year ago at a conference, and she was incredibly vociferous about it.
http://www.identitywoman.net/
Maybe a PhD can make more of it than an MS can.
She seems a bit vigilant (and makes many spelling errors).
And, all my inifinite wisdom was auctioned off for a nickel. I demoted myself. Surprisingly, work got tons better soon after - it's still good too.
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