Ray Melvin Barney, Jr

Anyone that knows dad, knows that he loved his slot machines. One of my favorite stories dad told me about slots, he told me when we went to Denny's one day. I asked "Dad, do you ever drink coffee at night? or just morning coffee?" "There was one time that I went to Wendover with your mom and I was sitting at the Phantom slot machine. I have a rule, I put in $20 and if I lose $5-$10 I'll cash out, then go to another machine. If I put in the $20 and am winning and get over $40, I'll cash out, put the winnings in my pocket, then go back to the machine that was winning. I'll keep doing that as long as the machine keeps paying. This one night I was sitting at the Phantom and it kept paying, so I kept playing. Cocktail waitress would come around 'Cocktails?!' and I'd ask for a coffee. Then I'd see her come around again, and I'd get another one. I kept on winning so I kept on playin, kept on getting coffee. I realized I'd been sittin there for a while, so looked at my watch....(big eyes) 6am?! I thought I'd better get up to the room, so went up there and mom was asleep in the bed. Decided to pull out the cash and count how much I ended up with... over $600!" I love this story for so many reasons, but if that story doesn't highlight his crazy patience I dont know what will haha.