--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Frank" <frank@...> wrote:
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@> wrote: And I also suspect that your Kneeland ancestors ere from Northern Ireland.
>
> Funnier reply: That's ner true laddy...now take it back or I'll pop you one.
>
> ~FK
>
I can't quit laughing. I'm headed back to the bar for some more, booze. You crack me up, Frank.
Very interesting, Frank. I'll look into it as a friend of the family when I get the time. I'm willing to bet that out of the 11,000 members of vpFREE I'm not the only direct descendet of Col. William Claiborne. He was the quentessential politician of 1600's Virginia.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Frank" <frank@...> wrote:
>
> That is correct. I am related (not by blood) to The Kneeland's of Boston, and we ha
ve a street there named after our family. Very big in the mining and brick businesses. My grand dad invented the first colling system for deep mines (or so I was told).
>
> They changed their name because of blood ties to the Stewart Clan.
>
> Far more interesting is my mother's side of reethe family and my biological father's ancestry.
>
> Too much to go into, but as a highlight my great grandfather was the governor of Mauritius. My mother was born on Réunion, where she was raised on a plantation (owner-not slave), until they fled from the black-fever and relocated first in Madagascar, and then in South Africa.
>
> In her teens Mom became very active in the anti-apartheid movement in south Africa, but left before they started jailing people for that.
>
> My biological father's last name is Mortensen, and he was related to Cornelius Cruys
>
> ~FK
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Frank" <frank@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I to have found gambling skills to come in handy during the course of normal life. I'd write more, but I have a gamble on a date tonight with a scientist from Louisiana that protects endangered species.
> > >
> > > If I can convince her I think rationally, perhaps she try to protect me.
> > >
> > > Cheers...
> > >
> > Hey, Frank. I just puched "Kneeland" into the World Names Profiler. It's strange that most of the Kneeland's in the world live in the US. Usually, the heaviest concentration of the name would be in the European country of origin. I suspect that Kneeland is not the original spelling. And I also suspect that your Kneeland ancestors ere from Northern Ireland.
> >
>
The bad news is that you need to check every machine and every denomination on that machine as well.
Easier to do early morning when the casino is not crowded.
I would not try to do it all at once which would draw attention to you but spread it out over time and you always want to do some occasional checking even if you have looked at a machine in the past since paytables can change.
> To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
> From: patlives@hotmail.com
> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:35:38 +0000
> Subject: [vpFREE] Scouting for plays??
>
> Hello, first off, thank you everyone for all of your help through the years. I have been lucky enough to find several playable games at my local casino (Ameristar KC) but they are quickly being removed. Ameristar is a very large casino, with a bunch of machines. My question to you is, what is the best way to scout a casino for plays? Do you check a single machine's schedule in a row, or every other one? Is there a systematic way to do a scouting trip that you guys have found to be easier?
>
>
>
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>
> vpFREE Links: http://www.west-point.org/users/usma1955/20228/V/Links.htm
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
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Jean Scott's Frugal Vegas LVA BLOG - 29 JAN 2012
"Is It Random?"
http://jscott.lvablog.com/?p=1821
<a href="http://jscott.lvablog.com/?p=1821">
http://jscott.lvablog.com/?p=1821</a>
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Vegas Values Report - 29 JAN 2012
http://www.americancasinoguide.com/vegas-values/january-29-2012-vegas-values-report.html
or
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Thanks Dan, that worked!
From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vpFREE@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Dan Paymar
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 8:30 AM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: OpVP free update
Randy Cowdery wrote:
> Odd that I didn't get any of the responses. Also, all of the "alumni"
> addresses including the .edu are just forwarding agents to a cox.net ID. I
> wasn't aware Cox had that size restriction. Please try my business ID at
> randyc@tbredtax.com <mailto:randyc%40tbredtax.com>
<mailto:randyc%40tbredtax.com>. Thanks.
Randy, I'm sorry that my emails have not gotten through to you.
Forwarding agents also often reject email with a large attachment,
especially if it contains an application. Apparently they even check
whether a .zip compressed file contains an app.
Another possibility is that you don't have my address in your email
program's address book, and/or you don't have your email program's
preferences set to always accept mail from anyone in your address book.
Anyway, I just sent the update to the address you just gave, and it
didn't come back rejected, so hopefully it got through. Please let me
know. These problems are rare, and I do my best to keep all my customers
up to date.
Regards,
Dan
--
Dan Paymar, Author of "Video Poker - Optimum Play"
Visit my web site at http://www.OptimumPlay.com
"Chance favors the prepared mind" ~ Louis Pasteur
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I agree with what you say but the operative phrase in what I wrote was "For
part-timers, filing Sched C as a professional is a course that ought to
considered carefully especially if you have another source of income that
involves a significant amount of your time." I have never been though an IRS
audit, either personal or corporate (but have been through plenty of annual
corporate audits) so I'll defer to your comments about the audits. I
strongly agree that meticulous record keeping is the best way to proceed. My
feeling is that the best strategy is to avoid audits because an audit for cause
(other than a random audit) is more likely to lead to audits in the future
especially if you have a high AGI.
In a message dated 1/27/2012 7:59:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
vpFREE@yahoogroups.com writes:
_Re: [vpFREE] Re: Tax Consequences was FSP strategy ideas _
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vpFREE/message/119083;_ylc=X3oDMTJzODlhZTI1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BG
dycElkAzQ2NDEwMTcEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY1NzMyBG1zZ0lkAzExOTA4MwRzZWMDZG1zZwRzbG
sDdm1zZwRzdGltZQMxMzI3Njc5OTYx)
Posted by: "rob.singer1111@yahoo.com" _rob.singer1111@yahoo.com _
(mailto:rob.singer1111@yahoo.com?Subject=
Re:%20[vpFREE]%20Re:%20Tax%20Consequences%20was%20FSP%20strategy%20ideas) _rob.singer1111 _
(http://profiles.yahoo.com/rob.singer1111)
Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:45 pm (PST)
I don't recall seeing much of what Schedule C-filing professional gamblers
do or experience, but I'll explain what I saw.
Because I also wrote and trained others here and at times around the
country for about 11 years, most of my expenses having ANYTHING to do with any
of that, were claimed--and it made a huge difference. I also went thru three
IRS audits during that time, and every penny I deducted was reviewed &
allowed.
The key is in being precise, realistic, and having meticulous record
keeping as well as being nice to the auditor(s) throughout the process. There is
really no need for anxiety, worry, or loss of sleep if you do things
right.
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I've seen obvious "gaffed" vp machines all over the world, and since cruise ships are all registered outside of the US, they too have no reason to run random vp. Some use on-line gambling site lines like "regulated in accordance with Las Vegas rules" or "similar to Nevada regulations" to try to hide that they can do whatever they choose to, but to excited vacationers, it does the job.
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From: "Misscraps" <misscraps@aol.com>
As for gaffed machines, I am speaking of Epic only. Other NCL and cruise line ships may well have normal random machines with bad pay tables. I've been on others and never had VP machines that seemed gaffed like these.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote: And I also suspect that your Kneeland ancestors ere from Northern Ireland.
Funnier reply: That's ner true laddy...now take it back or I'll pop you one.
~FK
That is correct. I am related (not by blood) to The Kneeland's of Boston, and we have a street there named after our family. Very big in the mining and brick businesses. My grand dad invented the first colling system for deep mines (or so I was told).
They changed their name because of blood ties to the Stewart Clan.
Far more interesting is my mother's side of the family and my biological father's ancestry.
Too much to go into, but as a highlight my great grandfather was the governor of Mauritius. My mother was born on Réunion, where she was raised on a plantation (owner-not slave), until they fled from the black-fever and relocated first in Madagascar, and then in South Africa.
In her teens Mom became very active in the anti-apartheid movement in south Africa, but left before they started jailing people for that.
My biological father's last name is Mortensen, and he was related to Cornelius Cruys
~FK
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Frank" <frank@> wrote:
> >
> > I to have found gambling skills to come in handy during the course of normal life. I'd write more, but I have a gamble on a date tonight with a scientist from Louisiana that protects endangered species.
> >
> > If I can convince her I think rationally, perhaps she try to protect me.
> >
> > Cheers...
> >
> Hey, Frank. I just puched "Kneeland" into the World Names Profiler. It's strange that most of the Kneeland's in the world live in the US. Usually, the heaviest concentration of the name would be in the European country of origin. I suspect that Kneeland is not the original spelling. And I also suspect that your Kneeland ancestors ere from Northern Ireland.
>
My 9300 points equaled $93 in free play, but if u talk to host/casino services if you have more than 2500 points, they will give u comps instead of free play, so I got 323$ taken off my bill instead. Also they can comp specialty restaurants too, and did so as well with meal for 4 at Cagneys ($25 per person) plus bottle of wine and paid for lobster there (an extra $8 per person) for me.
As for gaffed machines, I am speaking of Epic only. Other NCL and cruise line ships may well have normal random machines with bad pay tables. I've been on others and never had VP machines that seemed gaffed like these.
I feel good about the Job, BP, DB, and DDB paytables, but struggle with dueces, bonus dueces and other game paytables. I have put the old vpfree paytables page as a bookmark on my phone to help. Just looking for some help and ideas on how to make this a little easier.
Hello, first off, thank you everyone for all of your help through the years. I have been lucky enough to find several playable games at my local casino (Ameristar KC) but they are quickly being removed. Ameristar is a very large casino, with a bunch of machines. My question to you is, what is the best way to scout a casino for plays? Do you check a single machine's schedule in a row, or every other one? Is there a systematic way to do a scouting trip that you guys have found to be easier?
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Frank" <frank@...> wrote:
>
> I to have found gambling skills to come in handy during the course of normal life. I'd write more, but I have a gamble on a date tonight with a scientist from Louisiana that protects endangered species.
>
> If I can convince her I think rationally, perhaps she try to protect me.
>
> Cheers...
>
Hey, Frank. I just puched "Kneeland" into the World Names Profiler. It's strange that most of the Kneeland's in the world live in the US. Usually, the heaviest concentration of the name would be in the European country of origin. I suspect that Kneeland is not the original spelling. And I also suspect that your Kneeland ancestors ere from Northern Ireland.
