The vendor who has the little box of Snowbank Jack's $5 chips. See him at every Rose Bowl Show and often at Pasadena City College too. A Latina lady who always prices her tokens at $5 apiece - she agreed to sell me one last week for $2, laughing and saying, "You are always here looking!" And today, there she was again, with her little pile of tokens - got the Harrah's Trump Plaza for $3 - she laughed again and said, "I know you by now!" And so forth and so forth. Some folks will pull out chips when they see me, "Hey, I brought some for you to look at!" Others - simply worth skipping, like the Deadwood tokens as the price never drops below $10 each.

Very first table upon entry today, there was a Commerce 50¢ orange chip amid the jewelry. No need for it but I figured it was a good omen. Well, it didn't rain (very cloudy) so maybe that was the good omen. I also recognize the same piles of tangled-up strands of beads and gold chains - does anyone ever bother to unravel them? - bottles - shoes, etc. Think the sellers take back the same stuff, month after month. A strange existence!

The Edgewater chip - used as a key fob - must have been a promo item from back when Circus Circus owned that casino. Maybe an "entry pass" to a '92 New Years Party? Or just advertising?

No real gold mine today. Maybe at Long Beach next Sunday? Oh, here we go again.