Las Vegas Part 1 Conversation

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Las Vegas Part 1 Conversation
Jaeson:
Yeah, so I got, uh, the next few weeks. I’ll just be, uh, just be me and the
cat at the house.
Joe:
Oh that’s right. Gina went to, uh, Vegas with the kids, right?
Jaeson:
Yeah, yeah, she’s gonna be helpin’ her sister out. Uh, her sister just had,
uh, her baby…
Joe:
Oh that’s great.
Jaeson:
…and, and her husband had to go back to work after, after a week. So
she’s down there helpin’ out.
Joe:
So did she have a boy or a girl?
Jaeson:
Had a boy, he’s named Luke. He’s…
Joe:
Oh nice.
awesome:
great
Jaeson:
…he’s…yeah, he’s
awesome
. He’s really
cool
. He looks like a cute kid.
cool:
calm or very good
Joe:
That’s great you got to meet him when you were just there.
mellow kid:
a calm child
Jaeson:
Yeah, yeah, he’s, he’s such a
mellow kid
. He’s really awesome. And,
uh…
Joe:
Nice.
Jaeson:
Yeah, she had him there at the house all by herself, too.
midwife (midwives):
a
person who helps a
woman to have or deliver
her baby (more than one
midwife)
Joe:
Oh wow.
Jaeson:
Without the
midwives
or doctor or anything.
Joe:
Oh yeah, Gina told me that she
went into labor
before the
midwife
could even
arrive.
went into labor:
to begin
to have the baby
Jaeson:
[laugh] Yeah…
Joe:
Oh my gosh.
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pretty crazy:
difficult to
believe
Jaeson:
…it was
pretty crazy
.
kind of:
sort of
blue-collar town:
the
people in the town have
jobs that do not need a
college degree; they are
not very educated
Joe:
Yeah, oh man. You know, it, uh, thinking about you living in Vegas is really, it’s
really weird. Because you just don’t seem like the, the type of person who would live
in Vegas, y’know?
kinda’:
short for kind of
Jaeson:
Yeah, y’know, it’s
kind of
a
blue collar town
, y’know,
kinda’
cutthroat
.
Y’know, a lot of competition between all the different
casinos
and stuff. And y’know,
if you’re a
gambler
, y’know, I guess it’s pretty cool, uh…
cutthroat:
a person who
does not care about
other people; to only care
about yourself
Joe:
Man, that is just, that’s
a city that doesn’t sleep
.
casino(s):
place where
people go to gamble; in
Las Vegas a casino
usually has a hotel
Jaeson:
Yeah, y’know, like the casinos are open
twenty-four seven
. Y’know, you
can…
gambler:
someone who
plays a game to win
money
Joe:
So are restaurants, right?
Jaeson:
…yeah you can go out to eat anytime of day, y’know. It’s,
it kinda’ grows
on you
after a while
, the 24 hour-ness of it.
a city that doesn’t
sleep:
a city where
everything is open until
very late or where places
are open all day and all
night
Joe:
Yeah, I mean, it, y’know.... Y’know what, what I always thought was weird, too,
is when I go into some of those casinos, it’s not just a casino. It’s not as though all
you see are slot machines and, uh, tables where they’re playing cards or craps or
whatever. They have all these, like, other things, y’know, that are
under the same
roof
as the casino.
twenty-four seven:
24
hours a day, 7 days a
week
it (kinda’) grows on
you:
you begin to like it
Jaeson:
Oh yeah, yeah, yes shopping malls and stuff.
after a while:
after some
time passes
Joe:
Yeah.
under the same roof:
in
the same building; can
also mean in the same
house
Jaeson:
Well, well, you saw
The Paris
, right?
Joe:
Dude, when I was at The Paris Las Vegas, that was the first time I had been to
that casino, y’know.... When we were, uh, in Vegas a couple of weeks ago for your
son’s
baptism
…
The Paris:
short for The
Paris Las Vegas which is
the name of a hotel in
Las Vegas
Jaeson:
Yeah, sure.
baptism:
religious
ceremony for a child
Joe:
…and, uh, I look up at the ceiling and it’s all painted light blue like a sky. And
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it (totally) threw me off:
it confused me
they also have, like, clouds painted there. I mean
it totally threw me off
. I thought I
was outside for a second.
Jaeson:
[laugh] Yeah.
Joe:
It was so weird!
Jaeson:
Yeah, it’s, it is pretty crazy the way they make it look like you’re outside.
And, y’know, they have like plants and trees in there and…
Joe:
Yeah, that was another thing that made me feel like I was outside.
Jaeson:
[laugh] Yeah, that’s great. Yeah, Vegas is a lot of fun. Y’know, I’m not
much of a gambler myself. But, uh, y’know, every once in a while, y’know, play some
craps or, or play some blackjack or something.
Joe:
Yeah.
Jaeson:
I like sports, too.
Joe:
You know what I like to do is, uh.... I’m not a gambler either, you know that.
But, uh, what I like to do is to like just sit at one of the slot machines and, uh, play like,
like play nickel slots. Right?
Jaeson:
Oh yeah, you cannot lose too much that way.
Joe:
Yeah, exactly, and then, you, you just put them in. You pull the, uh, you don’t,
you don’t play too many times too fast, y’know. So you don’t lose all your money.
Jaeson:
Yeah.
on the house:
for free
Joe:
But, uh, y’know, I’d just do it. Because then the waitresses come over and,
y’know, they’ll serve you drinks
on the house
as long as you’re playing.
comped:
given for free
high roller:
someone
who gambles a lot
Jaeson:
Oh yeah, yeah, y’know, you get your drinks
comped
if you’re gamblin’. Or,
y’know, shoot, if you’re a
high roller
, then you get everything comped. You get the
room comped, you get your drinks, you get free meals, uh,
the whole nine yards
.
the whole nine yards:
everything; completely
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