This little unit is a currency exchange.  For a long time there has been no where in McCarran airport for in bound passengers to exchange their money.  After 911 the business center we had that would do office like things, exchange money, and hold bags went out of business.  The main reason was they were no longer allowed to hold any baggage.
          The situation has been very frustrating for our passenger's from Canada, Japan, Mexico and Europe.  Now we have this cute little unit that fills the need of the money exchange. 
          It is located by claim number 7 and has operating hours of 8:00 A.M.-10:00 P.M. 7 days a week.

I was cruising around and found these Feng Shui tips for traveling this holiday. As a part ime employee for Continental Airlines in their baggage service office, I hope everyone does this. It would make my job much easier and everyone would have their bags with them.

On another note while we are speaking about bags, when you check in at the counter you are given baggage receipts thats numbers match the numbers of the tag on your bag. Also your name is also on the main tag on your bag. Please double check your numbers and name as so many of those bags look alike. It will make it more pleasant for you and I. I won't take a claim from an angry passenger and then have to track you down like Dog the Bounty Hunter. Then you won't have to make a trip back to the airport. All will be Happy!!!! Happy Holidays and Happy Traveling.

Daily Feng Shui Tip

by Ellen Whitehurst. To try best to ensure that your luggage arrives at the same destination at the same time that you do, tie nine or 18 inches of red ribbon, string, cord or thread around the handle of each individual bag. To further quell any fears that your new New Year's Eve attire is celebrating on a carousel somewhere way South of where you've literally landed, put a braid of the herb, sweetgrass, anywhere on the inside of each piece that is traveling with you. Once you return home safely and soundly you can leave the red ribbons on the bags but you should burn the sweetgrass in an attitude of appreciation and gratitude that your travels were so full of ease and grace.

Rotten Neighbors?

There is a new website that the ACLU just hates. It is called www.rottenneighbor.com If you are looking for a house in a certain neighborhood, maybe you should check this site before the final signing on the dotted line. It uses google map and you can zoom right in and see exactly what neighborhoods they are talking about. Some of the comments I read talked about home owners associations, a condo that an owner feels is going downhill, a man who hates animals in another neighborhood. Check your neighborhood or a neighborhood you are thinking about buying into. I saw nothing that the ACLA could be upset about, but then I only read about my neighborhood. What does your say?

I thought it was interesting some of the laws still on the books in Nevada. I found the information at
www.2spare.com.

· A man is forbidden from buying drinks for more than three people other than himself at any one period during the day.

· Clark County: An ordinance makes bringing a concealable fire arm into the county illegal unless it is registered with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. In order to register a handgun, however, it must be brought in to the police station. Furthermore, you may not register a gun on the weekends, but the police may prosecute you at that time.

· Elko: Everyone walking the streets is required to wear a mask.

· In Eureka, Nevada men who have mustaches are forbidden from kissing women.

· In Las Vegas, Nevada: It's against the law to pawn your dentures.

· In Las Vegas you can bet on any team--except The University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

· In Nevada sex without a condom is considered illegal.

· In Nevada until the 1960s it was illegal to sell liquor at religious camp meetings, within a half-mile of the state prison, in the State Capitol Building or to imbeciles.

· In Reno, Nevada staging a marathon dance is illegal, although posting a notice on a fire hydrant about illegal dance marathons is not.

· In the old days in Nevada a man caught beating his wife was tied to a stake for eight hours a day with a sign that read, "Wife Beater" fastened to his chest.

· It's illegal in Nevada to have a "house of ill fame" within 400 yards of a church or school.

· It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.

· It is illegal in Reno, Nevada to conceal a spray-painted shopping cart in your basement.

· It's still "legal" to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property.

· Saloonkeepers had to post the names of habitual drunkards if so requested by the local sheriff or members of the imbibers' immediate families.

Floods in Nevada are common when we get rain

The ground gets so dry here because we do not get a whole lot of rain.  When we do the ground can not soak it up fast enough.  So we have water running off the dirt into the roadways.  Every year when we have big rain storms people try to drive on through the water.  Then the firetrucks have to come and pull them out.  Last year the firetruck got stuck in the middle trying to rescue a lady.

I have added here some good links to find out more on flood safety and preparedness,

http://www.floodsmart.gov

http://www.floodawareness.com

For current weather alerts go to the National Weather Service:

http://www.weather.gov/alerts/nv.htm

Lets all have safe driving if a heavy storm hits, avoid all areas that may flood and yes even the Famous Las Vegas strip gets flood waters