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Music Appreciation

chicoescuela

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8. Harvey Gross was a legend and gaming pioneer.

Reply to niyad (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 1, 2025, 01:29 AM

Jan 1

I later worked at Harold’s Club but long after Priscilla Ford went off.
Downtown Reno is a shadow of what it was then. I can’t imagine what that scene was like after she drove down the sidewalk. Thank you for the stories.

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On this day, December 31, 1985, Ricky Nelson and six others were killed in a plane crash in Texas. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 31 OP

I was at a concert he did at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe, a double bill with niyad Dec 31 #1

Seems like yesterday. I wasn't at this concert but I was working across the street from Harrah's (High Sierra) at the chicoescuela Dec 31 #2

We probably passed each other once or twice! niyad Dec 31 #3

possibly, did you work or live in the area? chicoescuela Dec 31 #4

I had worked at Harvey's for several years, then Sahara/Hilton in Reno, but still niyad Dec 31 #5

70s at Tahoe was awesome chicoescuela Dec 31 #6

They were indeed awesome. I worked for one of the last of the private niyad Dec 31 #7

Harvey Gross was a legend and gaming pioneer. chicoescuela Jan 1 #8

Yikes, now New Orleans. What is wrong with people? chicoescuela Jan 1 #9

Reno. Charlottesville. NOLA. Some people are truly sick, twisted souls. niyad Jan 1 #10

Just sad that you brought up Ford a couple hours before this chicoescuela Jan 1 #11