Mind It!

The Stratosphere Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. While many tourists consider its location to be inconvenient, others feel the location is an advantage since it is equidistant between the more popular strip casinos and the downtown area. It is most notable for its tower, which at 1,149 ft (350 m) is not only the tallest structure in Las Vegas, but also the second-tallest free-standing structure in the United States west of the Mississippi River, after the Kennecott Smokestack near Tooele, Utah.

The top of the tower has an observation deck, revolving restaurant and the following rides:

• The Big Shot at 1,081 feet (329 m) is the highest thrill ride in the world;
• Insanity the Ride, opened in 2005, at 900 feet (274 m) is the second highest thrill ride in the world, it dangles riders over the edge of the tower and then spins in a circular pattern at approximately forty miles per hour. Since its public opening, the ride has stopped twice with passengers onboard (upwards of an hour each time), due to high winds that trigger a “safety mechanism” which shuts down the machine immediately without bringing the passengers back to the loading dock. The hotel is currently being sued by the first set of passengers who were trapped on the ride dangling over the edge.
• XSCREAM at 866 feet (264 m) is the third highest thrill ride in the world. This ride also “drops” people over the edge, and has also stopped while people were on it, though it is not clear what triggered this ride’s failure.
• The High Roller at 909 feet (277 m) was the second highest ride in the world and the highest roller coaster. It was closed on December 30, 2005 and dismantled to make space for a new attraction.

Here are a few pics :

Youngest son: Tell me Daddy, what is the difference between “potentially and reality“?

Dad: “I will show you.”

Dad turns to his wife and asks her, “Would you sleep with Robert Redford for 1 million dollars”?

Wife: “Yes of course! I would never waste such an opportunity!”

Then Dad asks his daughter if she would sleep with Brad Pitt for 1 million dollars?

Daughter: “Wow! Yes! This is my fantasy! ”

Dad turns to his elder son and asks him, “Would you sleep with Tom Cruise for 1 million dollars”?

Elder son: “Yeah! Why not? Imagine what I could do with 1 million
dollars! I would not even hesitate! ”

So the father turns back to his younger son saying: “You see son,’potentially‘ we are sitting on 3 million dollars, but in ‘reality‘ we are living with two hookers and a moffie!”

Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit the family ranch. Unfortunately, after just a few years, they are in financial trouble. In order to keep the bank from repossessing the ranch, they need to purchase a bull from the stockyard in a far town so that they can breed their own stock. They only have $600 left.

Upon leaving, the brunette tells her sister, “When I get there, if I decide to buy the bull, I’ll contact you to drive out after me and haul it home.”

The brunette arrives at the stockyard, inspects the bull, and decides she want to buy it. The man tells her that he will sell it for $599 no less. After paying him, she drives to the nearest town to send her sister a telegram to tell her the news.

She walks into the telegraph office, and says, “I want to send a telegram to my sister telling her that I’ve bought a bull for our ranch. I need her to hitch the trailer to our pickup truck and drive it here so we can haul it home.”

The telegraph operator explains that he’ll be glad to help her,then adds, “It’s just 99 cents a word.”

Well, after paying for the bull, the brunette only has $1 left. She realizes that she’ll only be able to send her sister one word.

After a few minutes of thinking, she nods and says, “I want you to send her the word ‘comfortable’.”

The operator shakes his head. “How is she ever going to know that you want her to hitch the trailer to your pickup truck and drive out here to haul that bull back to your ranch if you send her just the word ‘comfortable’?”

The brunette explains, “My sister’s a blonde. The word’s big. She’ll read it very slowly….”