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gomersbro wrote:tGreenWay wrote:Even though there (thankfully) hasnt been anything in years, I still worry about something bad happening on either 4/19 or 4/20. I’m hoping we sail on by with no incidents at all.
It used to be that April 20th was when I thought about Columbine. But now it seems like there is always the next one. When can we have the last one?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/18/us/maryland-student-school-shooting-threat/index.html
Tomorrow is Hitlers birthday. FFS I hope the scoreboard operator at the Spring game doesn’t use that for a trivia game.
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The Pantry wrote:BBQ board started over 20 years ago. I joined almost 10 years ago. Owner is migrating it from vBulletin to Xenforo this weekend. Got invited to be a beta tester a month ago. The new board looks a lot different from vB and might take time for some folks to adapt to.
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DWags wrote:gomersbro wrote:
It used to be that April 20th was when I thought about Columbine. But now it seems like there is always the next one. When can we have the last one?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/18/us/maryland-student-school-shooting-threat/index.html
Tomorrow is Hitlers birthday. FFS I hope the scoreboard operator at the Spring game doesn’t use that for a trivia game.
Can't believe greenway shares a birthday with Hitler
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Trevor upgraded vB TOB once or twice. IIRC data was lost each time...then all went to hell with the move to 247. Lot of funny/memorable stuff, just gone...tGreenWay wrote:The Pantry wrote:BBQ board started over 20 years ago. I joined almost 10 years ago. Owner is migrating it from vBulletin to Xenforo this weekend. Got invited to be a beta tester a month ago. The new board looks a lot different from vB and might take time for some folks to adapt to.
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BBQ board owner has been extra careful nothing gets lost.
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Owner of Michigan warehouse in deadly blast is arrested at airport with one-way tickettGreenWay wrote:Hope everyone’s okay. Nitrous oxide tanks would be sending craploads of shrapnel.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/macomb/2024/03/04/explosions-clinton-township-groesbeck/72846780007/
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Travis of the Cosmos wrote:This sucks man. I mean, it isn’t that big of a deal in that you can still shop in the area and buy whatever you want and a gigantic parking lot mall is outdated. But I grew up not far from there, lots and lots of teenage memories in that mall. It’s an old guy thing now but we really did go there to just hang out and be hooligans
https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2024/05/01/lakeside-mall-permanently-close-july/73510484007/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR01u4QtJWhGkRv1wYg4t7fnb0n4NWK5n9CYhA9M8Tenp2uRcQzlpJ5oUyE_aem_ATxEkjhg1Vg52amdpiS5OK_h7vePXQgX3xaxhaNHsPOfUQ2lIB3Yt4GzOOXyNhmgeG3a_bsabCBB_Y8u0UlolKTY
I was in there sometime in the past 12 months and it was kind of creepy. Poor old Macy's wasn't even bothering to put lipstick on the pig, the carpet and displays looked like hell.
The first time I went to Lakeside was 1977 and I remember it vividly because I went with some friends from HS and driving down from Ortonville it was kind of like a road trip. I spent a good part of the 90s and early 2000s dragging my kids around the mall.
End of an era.
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For me the first one I was in was outside of Saginaw.
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Trapper Gus wrote:I read somewhere that the first shopping malls were in Michigan...
For me the first one I was in was outside of Saginaw.
Northland opened in 1954, often credited as being the 1st mall of it's kind. Mom started dragging me around there in 1962.
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Floyd Robertson wrote:Trapper Gus wrote:I read somewhere that the first shopping malls were in Michigan...
For me the first one I was in was outside of Saginaw.
Northland opened in 1954, often credited as being the 1st mall of it's kind. Mom started dragging me around there in 1962.
Greenway was working as a greeter at Woolworth’s when it opened.
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DWags wrote:Floyd Robertson wrote:
Northland opened in 1954, often credited as being the 1st mall of it's kind. Mom started dragging me around there in 1962.
Greenway was working as a greeter at Woolworth’s when it opened.
Here is something crazy, they still have Woolworths here in Germany.
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gomersbro wrote:DWags wrote:
Greenway was working as a greeter at Woolworth’s when it opened.
Here is something crazy, they still have Woolworths here in Germany.
Do they still have the lunch counter?
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DWags wrote:gomersbro wrote:
Here is something crazy, they still have Woolworths here in Germany.
Do they still have the lunch counter?
Not to get too far off track, but hey this is random shit thread...the last lunch counter I ate at was in EL at the State Discount, probably 1982. I bet I haven't thought of that in 30 years. That place was awesome.
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Thank you for your last payment of $1,946.89 on 04/01/2024. The remaining balance from last month is $0.00, which is included in the payment due.
That second sentence is totally useless and would take about 2 seconds to programming to make it appear only when someone is delinquent.
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DWags wrote:gomersbro wrote:
Here is something crazy, they still have Woolworths here in Germany.
Do they still have the lunch counter?
No lunch counter at Woolworths now. Just lots of cheap Chinese made products. I occasionally stop to buy arts and crafts things for the five year old.
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gomersbro wrote:DWags wrote:
Do they still have the lunch counter?
No lunch counter at Woolworths now. Just lots of cheap Chinese made products. I occasionally stop to buy arts and crafts things for the five year old.
For some reason I remember the one in Manistee as the Woolworth five and dime. It had a lunch counter.
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Oakland is still there, sort of.DWags wrote:Who thought that out of Eastland lakeside Oakland that macomb would be the last one standing.
Went to Lakeside a lot in the late 70s, early 80s. Use to hit ChiChi's often. Haven't been to Lakeside in about 25 years. Last thing purchased was a washing machine at Sears. Sears going down took away most of my reasons to go to a mall.
Haven't been east of M-53/Van Dyke in 7-8 years. Only seen pictures of the Golden Butthole...what were they thinking?
Haven't been to a mall in probably 20 years and that was Somerset to pick up multiple pairs of noise cancelling headphones at the Bose store for a work project.
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DWags wrote:Floyd Robertson wrote:
Northland opened in 1954, often credited as being the 1st mall of it's kind. Mom started dragging me around there in 1962.
Greenway was working as a greeter at Woolworth’s when it opened.
A greeter when I hired in, but I quickly got promoted to muscle.
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Worked in the Sears for a couple months after graduation while still looking for a job... Lol.Trapper Gus wrote:I read somewhere that the first shopping malls were in Michigan...
For me the first one I was in was outside of Saginaw.
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Robert J Sakimano wrote:Proud member of the anti-No Mow May club here.
Won't your lawn be really hard to cut in a month?
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duffy munn wrote:Robert J Sakimano wrote:Proud member of the anti-No Mow May club here.
Won't your lawn be really hard to cut in a month?
They should make it no mow July when grass is getting dried out and barely growing. Seems like it's growing at an inch/hour now
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Jake from State Farm wrote:duffy munn wrote:
Won't your lawn be really hard to cut in a month?
They should make it no mow July when grass is getting dried out and barely growing. Seems like it's growing at an inch/hour now
I do "no mow July" and/or "no mow August." I can't do "no mow May." It just gets too hard to even mow after that. Last two years I've done "no mow April." I have patches that are 18 inches with seed heads. Didn't have a chance to get at it yesterday as I worked late. Tonight I have to decide if I'm going to hit it with the mower or rent a combine.
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He said anti. I'm thinking Bob will cut his lawn whether it needs it or not, sorta like the way he loves shoveling snow.duffy munn wrote:Robert J Sakimano wrote:Proud member of the anti-No Mow May club here.
Won't your lawn be really hard to cut in a month?
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