BACK WHEN THEY IMPLODED THE SANDS HOTEL .... I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE OWNER OF THE EXCAVATION COMPANY. HE SAID HE HAD A DUMP TRUCK FULL OF CONCRETE PUMPKINS FULL OF TOKENS & CHIPS ... ON A SUNDAY I WENT TO HIS WHSE. / YARD TO SEE THE TRUCK. ... $$$ LATER WE AGREED ON A PRICE DELIVERED ... AND THE NEXT DAY HE SHOWED UP IN MY GATED COMMUNITY AND DUMPED HIS LOAD IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE! .... OUCH, MY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WENT NUTS. I HAD 24 HOURS TO LUG THIS LOAD OF CONCRETE BOULDERS TO MY BACK YARD OUT OF SIGHT. ... THANK GOD FOR HOME DEPOT WORKERS ... I HIRED 3 LITTLE ILLEGALS WHI WHEEL ALL THE PUMPKINS AND CLEAN UP THE STREET. NOW CAME ANOTHER PROBLEM ... BESIDES THE WIFE THINKING I'M CRAZY .... HOW DO I CRACK THEM OPEN TO FIND THE TINY TREASURES? .... MY GOOD CHIPPER FRIEND IN LOS ANGELES HAPPENED TO OWN A JACK HAMMER. WHEN HE CAME TO VISIT MY NEW FIND, WE BOTH SPENT 2 DAYS GETTING ALL SHOOK UP AND CRACKING OPEN THESE BOULDERS INTO A SMALL SIZE. ... I DUSTED THEM OFF, SPRAYED THEM WITH A POLY SEALER ... AND MOUNTED THEM ON A SMALL WOOD BASE SO THRY WOULD SELL IN MY STORE AS A DECORATIVE DESKTOP PIECE. IN THE PUMPKINS WERE CHIPS AND TOKENS ... FROM THE FLAMINGO CAPRI ... THE TREASURY, THE FRONTIER, THE SAHARA, THE GOLD DUST, MR SYS' ... AND A FEW OTHERS .... LOT'S OF WORK ... BUT LOT OF FUN AS WELL ... AND YES IT WAS A PROFITABLE DEAL FOR ME TOO! ... I TOOK THE WIFE TO CABO SAN LUCAS AS PAYMENT. NOTICE THE BOULDERS BEHIND MY FRIENDS PICTURE ... AND THE ROCKS WERE ALL HAULED THRU MY SIDE GATE IN ONE DAY!!! ...GREAT MEMORIES ... THANKS FOR READING MY POST ... RICH BURGEL