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Barbecue (alt.food.barbecue) Discuss barbecue and grilling--southern style "low and slow" smoking of ribs, shoulders and briskets, as well as direct heat grilling of everything from burgers to salmon to vegetables. |
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On Fri, 25 May 2012 09:45:25 -0500 in alt.food.barbecue, Sqwertz
wrote, 99 out of 100 times a steamship round is going to have a bone in it. The part of the beauty of the presentation. It even comes in a pork version. So then the pork version would be a "whole ham" except not cured or smoked? |
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On May 25, 9:31*am, "Steve B" wrote:
"tutall" wrote in message ... On May 24, 10:51 pm, "Steve B" wrote: "bbq" wrote Vegas is not what it once was.. BBQ Ya got that right. I still go once or twice a month, and that's for business. Love it when I clear the city limits, and head back up to Utah. Many forces at work in Vegas now that weren't there five, ten, twenty years ago. Steve Be interested in hearing what you think those might be? And how, presumably, mob influence was, in some ways, maybe preferrable, or better? But I thought that was more like 30 years ago. But you could well be speaking about other things. The Gaming Control Board became populated with Mormons in the early 60's, and that was the beginning of the end for the mafia. *I guess some of the last to go was the gang at the Stardust, as in the movie, Casino, which was based on the Stardust. *I worked at the Stardust as a parking attendant from '68 to '70, when I went to the Dunes. *A 300# man with a trench coat and fedora would come out about 8 AM carrying a brief case, flanked by two security guards with guns. *They would put him in a cab. *He was going to Kansas City to take the skim from the casino to the KC boys. *It was like that all over town. Back when, the town was 60,000. *If you could haul bags or count to twenty one, or were a decent looking chick, or was a polite clean man, you could make from $40 to $100 a day in tokes when minimum wage was $1 an hour. House payments were from $40-$150 a month. *A new Caddy was $,3,000. *Gas was $.25 a gal. *And for $200, you had a 3,000 sf house on an acre with a pool. *A nice apartment was $150 a month in a complex filled with car parkers, dealers, cocktail waitresses, hotel employees. *The pool was always jumping, and the doors were open. *It was one continuous party. *There was no IRS bite out of your tokes. *Breakfast was a buck, and a prime rib dinner was $3, and two people could go to a dinner show, and with tab, tax, and tokes, get out for $30, and see top name entertainers and shows. The mob were fair kind monarchs. *The attitude was, "do your job, make the customer happy, don't steal, and you will receive your fair slice of the pie." *The big bosses roamed freely over the whole hotel, and knew everyone by their names. *At Christmas, money, booze, and turkeys flowed freely. Special envelopes for doing special favors were all over the place. Supervisors were chosen from people who had good people skills, rather than just being the nastiest one who would enforce corporate policy, or just the last one standing. I used to go back to the time shack and say, "Punch out all the parking attendants." *Now you have to go there, and be on video, and do it yourself. I worked as an extra parking cars for two years before I became permanent, and I'd go to the time shack, and say, I'm punching in for Ralph Smith, and they would do it, and Ralph would get paid for that day, and I'd get the tokes. Comps (complimentary drinks, food, rooms, limo service, and hot and cold running women) were given to almost anyone. *If someone blew their money, they'd send them home in a cab, and pay the driver, tip and all. *They took care of their "whales", the heavy players. *A guy would drop a good chunk of change at the tables, and when he went to pay his bill for the hotel, it was, "Oh, that has been taken care of from Mr. XXXXX in the pit. *Thank you, and hope you had a good time." *Of course, they flew him out, and flew him back home, too. Benny Binion said it, "Just get them in here with food and booze, and I'll get their money on the tables." If someone had a sick child, the insurance would pick up the tab. *If there was something special to be done, the hat was passed, and I have heard of times when $5,000 was raised, and that's probably worth 50 today. *I know many times when people were paid and taking care of a sick child at home, not being docked. Common sense prevailed. *Friendships were honored, and if someone recommended you for a job, that's usually how you got in. *If you had a good reputation, you were set for life. *If you were a screw up, you didn't do so good. *One phone call could find out all they needed to know about you, and word traveled fast as to whether or not you were "good". The bosses knew everyone's name, and spoke to you like your Uncle Lew. EEEHHHHHHHHH............ *Howya doin? *Wife okay? *You need anything? *You come see me if you need annyting. *Take care. *See ya. *And, you could go see the man if you had a problem. The town was smaller. *Easier to get around. *Lots of cross town rivalry among the high schools, and the obligatory fist fights at football games, and all. *But nothing like today. *The police were fair, but were not averse to thumping some guy and dropping him at the city limits sign with a warning not to come back. *The hotel security were not above thumping people and putting them in a dumpster, but you had to be like a third time offender to get that. *Binnions Horseshoe got sued as late as the 80's before they finally quit. *You could leave your keys in your car, and your door unlocked. *If you didn't have a job, it was just because you were lazy, or taking a break between construction projects, because you could find work in one day. Today, there's over a million, maybe a million and a half in the whole valley. *It is dangerous on the streets, and I carry pepper spray. *I did not have my CCF renewed because of the reciprocity law with Utah, but could get one. *I had four over the years. *There is a totally different mindset in Las Vegas now, both the workers and the monarchs. Steve Sounds like Vegas was the place to be back then. I haven't been there since '92. I did enjoy it though. |
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