Hello - another new poster here

[barbarbar]

Hi everyone, I'm Annie from SoCal and had to join in so I can continue to read the best forum ever. You guys have so much fun I love reading every morning with my coffee.

I chose my screen name because I'm old fashioned and still love to play the old fashioned reel slots, Double Diamond being my favorite (maybe because 8 of my 10 handpays have been on Double Diamond machines). The other 2 was the one and only time playing a 10X dollar, and a long awaited Quick Hits (hit 8 quick hits) on a max bet $3.00 for just over $5,700.

[foamy]

Glad to see you posting and I hope to see some of your wins.

[Curlyd]

Welcome glad you joined.

[barbarbar]

Glad to see you posting and I hope to see some of your wins.

Thanks Foamy - unfortunately being old fashioned (and currently unemployed) I still only have a flip phone and although I can take pics with it, I can't do anything with the pics - no texting on my plan. But I want to continue to contribute to the forum, there's been so many times I've wanted to comment and now that I've jumped in I'll do so. BTW, I grew up camping - we belonged to a trailor club, so I love seeing your camping pics they bring back so many fun memories from my childhood.

[foamy]

That's great we're glad to have you and you can download pictures from your flip phone to your computer Laurie used to do it to mine

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[barbarbar]

Welcome glad you joined.

Thank you Curlyd. My dad's (rip) nickname was Curly so I had a chuckle the first time I saw one of your posts.

[Mimi]

Welcome barbar, glad you've come out of the shadows. I'm also a DD lover, but also enjoy the pennies now. Glad you enjoy this wild and crazy family. Going to get crazy in the coming weeks, HHH

[zeus]

Hello, Annie! So glad Ken made you come out of hiding. LOL! I am just teasing you. But am glad that you introduced yourself to us. I do have to say that once you do those first couple of posts you will be at 100 posts in no time! Congrats on your handys! I am trying more and more to play reels. I do see the better pays on them, but I just loved to be entertained with the video slots. And dang, 8 Quick Hits! I can never seem to get more than 4. Most of the time it is 1. :02.47-tranquillity: Welcome!

[sassycat]

Welcome to the forum! I am old fashioned too - I only play reel slots.
Do you go to Harrah's Rincon?

[RiverSong]

Welcome barbarbar....I thought maybe your name was Barbara Ann. I can't post pictures anymore due to my iPad died. Thanks for jumping in....

[barbarbar]

Thank you Mimi, Zeus and Sassycat.

Zues - yes I was very lucky getting 8 quick hits and the poor guy sitting next to me had just gotten off the machine. I felt so bad for him.

Sassycat - yes I occassionaly go to Harrah's Socal, but only one time have I done well there. About a month ago I spent 2 nights there and it started out just brutal, so I spent most of one day at Valley View and Pauma and broke even at both places. Luckily the second night at Harrah's hit a hot streak and came home with 90% of my bankroll. I went there again just for a few hours 2 weeks ago and won absolutely nothing.

[TwoArmedBandito]

I'm glad you came out of your shell, Barbarbar.

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[Nhcris]

Welcome Barbarbar! So glad you have decided to chime in and join our crazy community. I can already tell you will fit in just perfectly :)

[barbarbar]

Welcome barbarbar....I thought maybe your name was Barbara Ann. I can't post pictures anymore due to my iPad died. Thanks for jumping in....

Hi RiverSong, how funny on the name, I can now see why you thought that. Since I love play Double Diamonds I was going to use some variation of that for my name, but on one of the former boards a lot of you belonged to there were already so many like that already, so I picked the most common symbol of a lot of reel slots - bars. Although with this group I wouldn't doubt if a lot of you thought of the drinking type bar.

[Wynnvegas]

Thank you Mimi, Zeus and Sassycat.

Zues - yes I was very lucky getting 8 quick hits and the poor guy sitting next to me had just gotten off the machine. I felt so bad for him.

Sassycat - yes I occassionaly go to Harrah's Socal, but only one time have I done well there. About a month ago I spent 2 nights there and it started out just brutal, so I spent most of one day at Valley View and Pauma and broke even at both places. Luckily the second night at Harrah's hit a hot streak and came home with 90% of my bankroll. I went there again just for a few hours 2 weeks ago and won absolutely nothing.

You're too nice barbarbar (I thought you were a fan of the cartoon elephant!) - I take great pleasure in lurking someone and would have likely looked across with such smug satisfaction that I'd have quickly been on the very wrong end of the second amendment!

Glad you're joining in. There genuinely isn't (not that I've found anyway) a more friendly bunch than the jokers - online or in person.

Cheers,

Billy

[barbarbar]

I'm glad you came out of your shell, Barbarbar.

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Thanks TAB - you come up with some of the funniest one liners on here I literally laugh out loud.

[barbarbar]

Welcome Barbarbar! So glad you have decided to chime in and join our crazy community. I can already tell you will fit in just perfectly :)

Thanks Chris - You guys are indeed crazy and I love it so.

[RiverSong]

For CPT and other young ones Barbara Ann was a song from long ago recorded by The Beach Boys, Who and others.

[TwoArmedBandito]

Thanks TAB - you come up with some of the funniest one liners on here I literally laugh out loud.
I love putting smiles of faces. Best cure for anything!

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[barbarbar]

Thanks Wynnvegas (Billy), The guy looked so deflated but did congratulate me. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading about your journey to move to the U.S. I wish you both great luck.

I know this may sound creepy, but whenever I go to my locals I do look to see if I recognize anyone from this forum. Everyone seems so nice that if i did see someone I would probably approach them, or maybe walk by and say rather loudly Jokers Wild to see if I get a reaction.

[CPT]

For @CPT (http://jokerswildforum.com/member.php?u=1) and other young ones Barbara Ann was a song from long ago recorded by The Beach Boys, Who and others.

I know of it, but for the longest time I didn't know what they were saying. Barbarbaba who what? HHH Welcome to the forum!

[barbarbar]

For CPT and other young ones Barbara Ann was a song from long ago recorded by The Beach Boys, Who and others.

Yup, I grew up in the same town as the Beach Boys, although they were a few years ahead of me.

[TwoArmedBandito]

Thanks Wynnvegas (Billy), The guy looked so deflated but did congratulate me. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading about your journey to move to the U.S. I wish you both great luck.

I know this may sound creepy, but whenever I go to my locals I do look to see if I recognize anyone from this forum. Everyone seems so nice that if i did see someone I would probably approach them, or maybe walk by and say rather loudly Jokers Wild to see if I get a reaction.
I met Serenasea that way.!

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[charlie50]

Hi everyone, I'm Annie from SoCal and had to join in so I can continue to read the best forum ever. You guys have so much fun I love reading every morning with my coffee.

I chose my screen name because I'm old fashioned and still love to play the old fashioned reel slots, Double Diamond being my favorite (maybe because 8 of my 10 handpays have been on Double Diamond machines). The other 2 was the one and only time playing a 10X dollar, and a long awaited Quick Hits (hit 8 quick hits) on a max bet $3.00 for just over $5,700.

Hi barbarbar welcome to the forum .sounds like some nice wins . where are you scoring these at

[tee2green]

Welcome Annie, so glad you introduced yourself. I thought my husband was the only person on the planet with a phone as old as the dinosaurs! Feel free to comment whenever the urge strikes you. We love meeting new people!

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[barbarbar]

TAB, the other thing I do is look for people taking pics or video's. Oddly I don't recall ever seeing that but offhand I'm not sure what our local NA policies are.

Funny story though about approaching someone. Several years ago I was at Pala Casino in SoCal and thought I saw an ex boyfriend sit down at a machine nearby. His looks, mannerisms, everything was exact. So I finished playing, went up behind him, put my arm over his shoulders and asked him if he was having any luck. He turned towards me and I realized it wasn't him. Then I saw a lady come barrelling towards me with a mean look - oh crap I think it was his wife. I must of turned 10 shades of red, apologized and said i thought he was someone else. The guy laughed - the woman not so much. So I think yelling "Jokers Wild" is the better option.

[Wynnvegas]

Thanks Wynnvegas (Billy), The guy looked so deflated but did congratulate me. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading about your journey to move to the U.S. I wish you both great luck.

I know this may sound creepy, but whenever I go to my locals I do look to see if I recognize anyone from this forum. Everyone seems so nice that if i did see someone I would probably approach them, or maybe walk by and say rather loudly Jokers Wild to see if I get a reaction.

Thanks BBB,

Glad we're at the back end of it now. Not that we would have balked at the process had we known what we know now but it's been a bit of a roller coaster. Thankfully nothing too bad along the road.

It's that much easier joining in the forums and, in particular, making a trip report a few days before you go. That way, if people know where and when you're going, it's easy to arrange to meet up for a bit of a chat, a wee bit of co-op slot bashing or a meal. I'd bet that there isn't a week in Vegas where at least one of us isn't in town!

Cheers,

Billy

[barbarbar]

Hi barbarbar welcome to the forum .sounds like some nice wins . where are you scoring these at

Hi Charlie, my 10 handpays took 20 years to get. Half at Soboba (east of Los Angeles towards Palm Springs - which never gets mentioned on forums I've read) and the others at Pala Casino, south of Los Angeles towards San Diego). Pala is my go to casino because I get free rooms there, but the last 3 years its been pretty bad. My last handpay was 2011 at Pala.

[barbarbar]

Welcome Annie, so glad you introduced yourself. I thought my husband was the only person on the planet with a phone as old as the dinosaurs! Feel free to comment whenever the urge strikes you. We love meeting new people!

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Thanks for the welcome. I get laughed at constantly when I whip out my flip phone, but for now until I get a job, I mainly just have it for emergencies. I love your avatar - I golf weekly with my sis and bil at a local par 3 course and hit the clubhouse afterwards.

[sondor]

You may be able to get pictures out of a flip phone with a cord into a USB port on a computer...I think I could when I had one.....Welcome by the way.

[TwoArmedBandito]

TAB, the other thing I do is look for people taking pics or video's. Oddly I don't recall ever seeing that but offhand I'm not sure what our local NA policies are.

Funny story though about approaching someone. Several years ago I was at Pala Casino in SoCal and thought I saw an ex boyfriend sit down at a machine nearby. His looks, mannerisms, everything was exact. So I finished playing, went up behind him, put my arm over his shoulders and asked him if he was having any luck. He turned towards me and I realized it wasn't him. Then I saw a lady come barrelling towards me with a mean look - oh crap I think it was his wife. I must of turned 10 shades of red, apologized and said i thought he was someone else. The guy laughed - the woman not so much. So I think yelling "Jokers Wild" is the better option.
It's such a wierd moment when you think you recognize someone and greet them. Such embarrassment for something so little. Feeling Almost like being caught naked in public.

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[sondor]

Feeling Almost like being caught naked in public.

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Does that Happen to you a lot?

[TwoArmedBandito]

Does that Happen to you a lot?
Lol. When I was young, I use to have dreams of being on bus naked. So embarrassing.

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[charlie50]

Hi Charlie, my 10 handpays took 20 years to get. Half at Soboba (east of Los Angeles towards Palm Springs - which never gets mentioned on forums I've read) and the others at Pala Casino, south of Los Angeles towards San Diego). Pala is my go to casino because I get free rooms there, but the last 3 years its been pretty bad. My last handpay was 2011 at Pala.
Wow too cool ...sounds like your over due for a new one ..hhh.

[Elf70]

Welcome barbarbar. So glad you decided to post. You'll like it here. [emoji3]


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[Pat]

Welcome Barbarbar. I'm also in So Cal. Thank you for jumping in and posting. When and if you ever meet some of us, you will find we are an awesome group of people.

[dvandentop]

Welcome to the forum and happy posting

[clemi]

Hi barbarbar!

[Cyndyga]

I like how the screen name is after the reels cute! Welcome

[Jen Jen]

Hi barbarbar! Welcome to JWE. I'm from SoCal, too.

[barbarbar]

Thank you everyone for welcoming me. I love this forum.

[Stephiede11]

Hello and glad you decided to post.

[Blase]

Hi Annie! Welcome! Glad to see you posting, good stuff too!


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[Evoni]

Hi Annie, glad you came out of lurk mode. :)

[FL Mary]

Welcome to the forum! I'm glad you started posting.


Thank you everyone for welcoming me. I love this forum.

[foamy]

TAB, the other thing I do is look for people taking pics or video's. Oddly I don't recall ever seeing that but offhand I'm not sure what our local NA policies are.

Funny story though about approaching someone. Several years ago I was at Pala Casino in SoCal and thought I saw an ex boyfriend sit down at a machine nearby. His looks, mannerisms, everything was exact. So I finished playing, went up behind him, put my arm over his shoulders and asked him if he was having any luck. He turned towards me and I realized it wasn't him. Then I saw a lady come barrelling towards me with a mean look - oh crap I think it was his wife. I must of turned 10 shades of red, apologized and said i thought he was someone else. The guy laughed - the woman not so much. So I think yelling "Jokers Wild" is the better option.


We were in KC one time and I thought it was Laurie so I walked up and kicked the back of her chair real hard she turned around and I said oh shit you ain't my wife she said no I'm not so I jumped in the chair next to her and said well hey baby whats going on Laurie walked up and we all played together and had a ball.

[mindyrider]

Hi - Glad to meet you

[barbarbar]

Funny story Foamy - has that ever been a topic here of embarrassing things we've done in casino's?

[barbarbar]

Hi Annie, glad you came out of lurk mode. :)

Thanks Evoni, it was from reading your blogs that I found this forum. I love reading about all your trips and especially the ones with your mom.

[foamy]

Funny story Foamy - has that ever been a topic here of embarrassing things we've done in casino's?

I don't think so it usually comes out in a trip report. I wouldn't know where to start on mine I've done a ton of embarrassing things.

[KimKyle]

Welcome to the forum! I look forward to reading your posts [emoji4]


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[slotbender]

I don't think so it usually comes out in a trip report. I wouldn't know where to start on mine I've done a ton of embarrassing things.

Nah! Not you...hhh

[Evoni]

Thanks Evoni, it was from reading your blogs that I found this forum. I love reading about all your trips and especially the ones with your mom.

Thanks, it's always great to hear someone likes my trip reports and that they found the forum through it. :) Mom has decided she wants to go to Vegas 3 times this year, a record for her, so we will have another trip together the end of July. :)

[Jeani]

Welcome barbarbar !!! Thanks for coming out of lurking mode! You are fitting in just fine :) :)

[bluesfan]

Welcome barbarbar! Glad you found us an looking forward to your posts!

[Reen]

Welcome to this great forum barbarbar!

[Jackpot]

Welcome, barbarbar!

[Georgiagambler]

Welcome to the forum, thanks for introducing yourself. I have only visited Harrahs So Cal once but I hope to make it back again so I can explore.


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[barbarbar]

Welcome to the forum, thanks for introducing yourself. I have only visited Harrahs So Cal once but I hope to make it back again so I can explore.


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Thanks - the great thing about that area is you can visit several other casinos within a short drive - Pechanga, Pala, Pauma and Valley View. I haven't made it to Barona yet as that is a bit further drive and getting to Harrah's is already a 1-1/2 to 2 hour drive for me depending on traffic.

[Gypsy]

Welcome to the forum, I'm in so cal too, although I gave up the locals to save my bankroll for destination trips, I used to love Soboba, they have a great selection of old Aristocrats that played pretty well!