A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas

Well, as bleak as things seem, I call to mind the words of Slim Pickins in Dr. Strangelove, when he opens up the emergency survival pack: "Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff." You know, I have about ten thousand cash at hand and a Gold American Express card. A fellow could have a pretty good year on that.