Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2013

photome

stoneman wrote: »

Funnily the best return I get is buying Foley Catheters. Don't ask how I got into it, but you just can't get them here unless a doctor gets them for you. Anyway I go to a medical store on Sahara and buy 300 of them at $2 each. Sell them on Ebay at £6 + delivery and the get bought in bunches of 10-20 at a time. I also buy surgical needles and sell them as well. Again you don't want to know how I got into this. :eek:

Will have to look in to that as well.;)

I know about catheters but I am not going in to how:(

ferf1223

stoneman wrote: »

Betty Crocker Angels food cake mix. Sara Lee Pecan cake. Betty Crocker frosting in a tub!!!

our local Sainsbury's (and oddly our TK Maxx) both sell some BC stuff...but rarely the good stuff...frosting in a tub, possibly one of retail's most perfect inventions...and Lesley, you will be seriously spoilt for choice...go to walmart.com and search for Betty Crocker...and yes, OK, a homemade cake will likely always be nicer and have less scary stuff in it but sometimes a mix is just what you need.

And all this cake talk has reminded me that I have been borderline obsessed with making oatmeal butterscotch cookies for ages but every time we go to the US I forget the butterscotch chips so I am going to write this on the list right now.

Also Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chips (say what you will about American chocolate, and I normally agree, but nothing like a chocolate chip cookie made with Tollhouse morsels)...especially when 1/2 are replaced with Reese peanut butter chips...I used to get some every time we went to the US and somehow got out of the habit.

photome

ferf1223 wrote: »

our local Sainsbury's (and oddly our TK Maxx) both sell some BC stuff...but rarely the good stuff...frosting in a tub, possibly one of retail's most perfect inventions...and Lesley, you will be seriously spoilt for choice...go to walmart.com and search for Betty Crocker...and yes, OK, a homemade cake will likely always be nicer and have less scary stuff in it but sometimes a mix is just what you need.

And all this cake talk has reminded me that I have been borderline obsessed with making oatmeal butterscotch cookies for ages but every time we go to the US I forget the butterscotch chips so I am going to write this on the list right now.

Also Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chips (say what you will about American chocolate, and I normally agree, but nothing like a chocolate chip cookie made with Tollhouse morsels)...especially when 1/2 are replaced with Reese peanut butter chips...I used to get some every time we went to the US and somehow got out of the habit.

Hersheys :(

Just checked out the crystal light and we will def try it even if I don't compete with stoneman on Ebay

vegasvisitor

I'm a bit of a baking fan....but I do tend to make my own. Maybe just fancied something different. I can do good icing though so wouldn't bother buying frosting. The butterscotch chips sound interesting though. Might look out for stuff like that more than actual cake mix.

Back to the catheters....I wondered what one would want with them if the doctor didn't 'approve', but I'm now starting to think I actually don't want to know lol. How weird would you look though at customs? 'Oh, they're not for me, I just sell them'. eek. Are there laws about such items only being for personal use like tobacco lol.

ferf1223

photome wrote: »

Hersheys :(

I know I know...but don't judge Nestle morsels by Hersheys I swear...I don't like Hersheys anymore either - I used to think it was fine but now not so much.

If anyone has had the chocolate chip cookies from Earl of Sandwich I am reasonably convinced those are Nestle chocolate chips...if not, very similar.

Now I might die of chocolate chip cookie withdrawal.

traveller

bubble113 wrote: »

You've quite clearly done plenty of research on what you are going to do:)

Im sure your 20 yr old knows that he can't drink or gamble but as you don't maybe he doesn't either? It's just that my son loves his music and really wanted to go to the clubs to see all the guest DJ's, obviously he can't do this at home as he is only 15 but Vegas seemed to rub it in his face with all the big adverts on the side of MGM. I offered to pay for his trip when he is 21....why did I do that? I have no idea!

I didn't go to the waterpark as my youngest broke his wrist before we went so chose not to go. Husband said parking was easy but can't remember how much it was. It does tell you on the website. they do a dive in movie on a Friday night which sounded fun.

Im sure you will have a great time and happy 40th!

Thanks My son is the complete opposite to me regarding drink, lol, but he knows in the US it's a no, no I actually forgot about the music side Oh well

stoneman

lesley74 wrote: »

Hmmm...very unsure if this is a joke. Obviously I'll go check ebay and see if anyone is listing them haha. What I am obviously wondering though is why would anyone need them if a doctor doesn't think they need them? I think you're maybe having a laugh...just to see who brings home a case full of catheters :rotfl:

I don't have any listed now, ran out a month ago, will take a photo of the listing.
There you go

stoneman

If you want something to make your teeth bleed try candy corn, found around Halloween

nvh

I like Hershey's "Cookies and Cream" chocolate - tastes better bought from over there than it does if you buy it from here tho

vegasvisitor

ferf1223 wrote: »

I know I know...but don't judge Nestle morsels by Hersheys I swear...I don't like Hersheys anymore either - I used to think it was fine but now not so much.

If anyone has had the chocolate chip cookies from Earl of Sandwich I am reasonably convinced those are Nestle chocolate chips...if not, very similar.

Now I might die of chocolate chip cookie withdrawal.

There's a fab recipe for Millie's Style Cookies on the bbc website - just google 'millie's cookies recipe' and it should come up. They really do taste like Millie's and you could put your favourite choc chips in.