Best. Day. Ever.

by Jim McLennan on Oct 16, 2008 1:18 AM EDT

1. I will not be moved at work to answering phone-calls from peeved customers.

2. The Dodgers get knocked out of the playoffs.

3. Mrs. SnakePit just came home, having popped into Casino Arizona on her way back and...

We'll draw a polite veil over exactly how much she won, but notice the two 5x multiple symbols on the pay line, and also that it was a $5 slot-machine. Let's just say, it was more cash than I have ever seen in my entire life [and I used to work in the City of London]. Yes, we were the ones doing the scalping tonight. :-)

Postscript. Couple of amusing sidelines I forgot to mention. When Mrs. SnakePit came home, her question to me was, 'What would be more wonderful tonight than the Phillies winning the pennant?' My answer, incorrectly, was 'Er... The Dodgers losing it?' And the only reason she went in to the casino was apparently because her sister told her about a dream, in which Chris won a lot of money, and was holding a large wad of cash. Needless to say, the sister has a very nice dinner in her future. Now, if only we can get her to dream about the Diamondbacks winning the World Series...

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So...

If the Diamondbacks go on an extended losing streak next season and you’re not going to games to turn it around, we’ll know who to blame.

by Azreous on Oct 16, 2008 1:27 AM EDT reply actions

Wow..thats great Jim

Happy times. !!

by shoewizard on Oct 16, 2008 1:36 AM EDT reply actions

Congrats!

It is truly fun to see good times.

Bob Melvin: Black Denarian in disguise.

by nargel on Oct 16, 2008 2:12 AM EDT reply actions

WAY. To. GO!!!!!

"So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish!"

by unnamedDBacksfan on Oct 16, 2008 2:46 AM EDT reply actions

Economic Stimulus Package?

We don’ need no steenkin’ E-KO-NOMIK SIMULAC PACKET!!!

by Diamondhacks on Oct 16, 2008 2:56 AM EDT reply actions

Awesome!

I don’t gamble so I don’t really know how much that is, but that’s pretty cool either way.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 16, 2008 8:14 AM EDT reply actions

I guest the best info is

that she came home with the cash, and didnt run off with it!!! :-)

Congrats…. i feel like im the person who could spend my life savings at a slot machine and never win, butt he person who has a spare $5 next to me will give it a shot and win 10 grand!

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by jbluestone on Oct 16, 2008 9:01 AM EDT reply actions

Thanks for the kind wishes

We’re still in a state of shock: I expected to wake up this morning and find out there’d been some kind of mistake and the money had evaporated. Fortunately, this was not the case. What jbluestone says [nice blog, by the way – I’ll add it to the sidebar…eventually] is pretty much what happened here; if you look in the bottom right of the pic, Chris only had two credits to go when she hit – we’re not exactly habitually large gamblers, with a Powerball ticket our more normal style! Especially in this economy, it gives us a very nice bit of breathing space to know the mortgage is covered until Opening Day. :-)

by Jim McLennan on Oct 16, 2008 11:21 AM EDT reply actions

Yowza!

Did Mrs. SnakePit get a security escort to her car and did she look in her rear-view mirror the whole way home? I’ve heard scary stories about people being robbed leaving casinos, so I am glad to hear she made it home safe and sound with her “large wad of cash”!

by TwinnerA on Oct 16, 2008 2:01 PM EDT reply actions

Oh, yes

Definite escort to the car, also being monitored from inside on the CCTV. Didn’t think about the rear-view mirror thing though! Ulp… Of course, a check would have been safer, but we wouldn’t have been able to roll around on the bed in a pile of…check. :-)

by Jim McLennan on Oct 16, 2008 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, you can

But it’s not as much fun, I’d imagine, and there’s concerns about papercuts. =)

Congratulations!

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 16, 2008 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Well

One of those giant Happy Gilmore checks would have created some fun opportunities. But you’re right: cash is much better.

by Azreous on Oct 16, 2008 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Snicker

My reply button still won’t work at the office, darnit!

Rolling around on a bed in a pile of cash just about sounds like the most fun thing ever! If I won a big wad of cash, I would be thinking along the lines of season tickets behind home plate!!!

by TwinnerA on Oct 16, 2008 2:29 PM EDT reply actions

I have that same issue

very strange… are you on a proxy server… whats weird is that I am using the same laptop and the same browser program…

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by jbluestone on Oct 16, 2008 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Seriously, I don’t even know what a proxy server is. I work for a large insurance company and the reply button used to work until about a month ago. I have no clue what changed since then to keep me from replying.

by TwinnerA on Oct 16, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions