Just Wow

[popsiclebrandon]

3 hours ago, spenser1058 said:

Woohoo! Pop Parlour pops up in Bungalower. Go @popsiclebrandon!

https://bungalower.com/2021/09/15/cool-job-alert-creative-director-at-the-pop-parlour/

Oh thats funny that got picked up. Been so much hurry up and wait I am not sure I'm ready for everything we're biting off in the next 6 months but should be a fun ride.

[spenser1058]

More 7-Elevens bite the dust - this time in Windermere and WG.

Turns out there’s a reason - they just bought Speedway from Marathon and the FTC required them to spin off 124 stores:

https://www.orangeobserver.com/article/7-eleven-locations-in-west-orange-replaced-by-rebel-convenience-stores

From The West Orange Times Observer 

[orange87]

One thing that has struck me since moving back to Connecticut is the great lengths this state goes to to recycle things. It really made me realize the enormous amount of garbage just one single person produces.

[spenser1058]

Back when OBT was cool - remembering the Wigwam Village just down the road from Chastain’s (originally the Arrowhead, fittingly enough) and Goff’s:

Cousin of lost Orlando icon thrives near Kentucky caves 
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/os-fe-joy-wallace-dickinson-0919-20210919-xyrromwilfextkorhicjshs7n4-story.html

From Joy Wallace Dickinson at The Sentinel 

[jgardnerucf]

You still wish you could get your supper at Gary's Duck Inn.

[spenser1058]

13 hours ago, jgardnerucf said:

You still wish you could get your supper at Gary's Duck Inn.

I remember the first time I ever had scallops was at Gary’s. I think after the Red Lobster opened in Pine Hills (the chain was a spinoff of Gary’s), we just went there instead of wandering over to the Trail.

https://www.florida-backroads-travel.com/garys-duck-inn.html
 

From Florida Back Roads 

[spenser1058]

This article in the Sentinel about the proposed Miami mega-mall by the developers of a similar project in NJ (plus the prototypes of the species in Minneapolis and Edmonton) demonstrates how often such builders keep trying to hold on to ideas that are past their prime and don’t make sense in every setting.

It’s a cautionary tale for us when it comes to accepting whatever developers throw out to see what sticks. There’s a reason skepticism makes sense with the real estate industrial complex.

Will American Dream Miami mega-mall ever become reality?
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/fl-bz-american-dream-mega-mall-20210920-oshpavxvonbctgck2zst7aemuq-story.html

 

Edited September 20, 2021 by spenser1058

[orange87]

Good Ol' Joe just promised to let 125,000 unassimilated low-skill third world dependents into the U.S. every year. Turning the U.S. into a giant Somalian slum is the sort of justice and forward thinking this country needs.

Article: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-us-refugee-cap-125000-in-2022/?fbclid=IwAR0pJIud_71ietNGjcDUnHyh21cLTziJ1zewEvy0rxo1D4v94f5rkK9c2AE

[FLheat]

Ah yes, God bless America except for the ones his Son asked us to show the most compassion to.

[orange87]

1 hour ago, FLheat said:

Ah yes, God bless America except for the ones his Son asked us to show the most compassion to.

How many migrants will you be housing with you and paying for? If the answer is none, then your post is just hollow virtue signaling.

[spenser1058]

Because here at UP Orlando we’re just BURSTING with fans of Scott Joseph, I’ll know you’ll be THRILLED to hear that he is profiled in the latest issue of the Community Paper. None of us will want to miss it!

[jgardnerucf]

Are you going to repost a giant link to something we already looked at a day or two earlier and regularly on his own site or wait for your paper route to bring it by when it's hot off the press!?  Movable type is going to be all the rage, to hell with bulletin boards!

[spenser1058]

3 minutes ago, jgardnerucf said:

Are you going to repost a giant link to something we already looked at a day or two earlier and regularly on his own site or wait for your paper route to bring it by when it's hot off the press!?  Movable type is going to be all the rage, to hell with bulletin boards!

I just got my copy in the mail today - embrace the 1950’s!

[spenser1058]

As Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to leave the stage after a 16-year run, Germany’s center-left Social Democrats claimed victory in yesterday’s elections. The pro-environment leftist Greens also increased their third place showing over last time.

Meanwhile, Merkel’s center-right Christian Democrats dropped by nine points and the wingnut wackadoodle AfD remained unchanged.

While the left increased their totals, it will still take a while to cobble together a governing coalition in Germany’s parliamentary system (when forming a government, parties don’t always stay in their ideological lanes and something odd like the Christian Democrats linking up with The Greens could still happen). There’s also a chance of connecting with the Free Democrats, a socially liberal, free market party (talk about having your jelly donut and eating it too!)

Nevertheless, things are moving back left again and we’ll hope that means good things for November’s gubernatorial elections in NJ and VA.

Edited September 27, 2021 by spenser1058

[spenser1058]

@JFW657is being vewy vewy qwiet- he must be hunting wabbit!

Edited September 28, 2021 by spenser1058

[JFW657]

I guess I just have nothing relevant to say in response to any recent posts....    

[spenser1058]

Marc Daniels and Bianchi are pondering today whether Urban Liar will be able to handle losing.

[spenser1058]

“Beam me up, Bezos!” Shatner is going into space with Blue Origin on October 12.

Heaven knows I’d take it a lot more seriously if it were Sir Patrick but here we are..

Edited October 4, 2021 by spenser1058

[spenser1058]

I’m also glad to see USPS has begun experimenting with paycheck cashing in a very few locations. If we can let the unbanked do their financial stuff with the post office instead of the greedsters, that will be a good thing.

Here’s hoping Postmaster DeJoy doesn’t sabotage the test.

USPS is trying out a new business, which could transform how millions access cash and pay bills
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/04/usps-banking-paycheck-cashing/
 

From The Washington Post 

 

 

[spenser1058]

Congratulations to Shawn Welcome who has been named Orlando’s second Poet Laureate!

https://bungalower.com/2021/10/04/shawn-welcome-named-as-orlandos-second-poet-laureate/

I might also add that I was remiss in wondering just what Buddy’s doing to earn his $178,000 annual salary these days.

Apparently he’s keeping very busy attending banquets around town. Keep up the great work, Mayor!

From Bungalower 

 

Edited October 4, 2021 by spenser1058

[spenser1058]

@AndyPok1, I have to ask: have you had as eventful a visit to Urban Meyer’s restaurant/bar in Columbus as the man himself last weekend?
 

Also, why isn’t there an Urban Meyer’s in Hogtown? (I’d of course prefer Steve Spurrier’s!)

Edited October 6, 2021 by spenser1058

[spenser1058]

I think I like Apple Music better than Prime Music. The quality of the sound is better, at least on my iPhone.

[orange87]

[spenser1058]

15 minutes ago, orange87 said:

“Let them have cake!” Meanwhile, the GOP was busy jacking up the rates on their student loans but that’s the American Way!

[spenser1058]

UCONN kept its perfect record intact and is now 0-7 after losing to that (ummm) perennial powerhouse UMASS. Go Huskies - @orange87is proud of you guys!