And now for something weird...

spinnaker

Joined Oct 29, 2009
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Gone. Was passing the street today on the way to an Asian market in Portland.

Darn!! I will likely be going right near this location this summer. I was hoping to see this place. :(

McDonald's really should have left some of these old places, even if they needed to be company owned. Sonic does it with drive up. Can't see why Sonic can't do that with the old places.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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Darn!! I will likely be going right near this location this summer. I was hoping to see this place. :(

McDonald's really should have left some of these old places, even if they needed to be company owned. Sonic does it with drive up. Can't see why Sonic can't do that with the old places.
A few days before it was gone.
 

spinnaker

Joined Oct 29, 2009
7,830
So sad, another piece of history gone. Those old places were a work of art.

I am surprised all of the tiles aren't gone. It would have been a cool souvenir.
 

cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
8,782
A truly tasteless April fool's joke:


A French mayor has apologised after her April Fool's joke about Swedish furniture giant Ikea coming to town with 4,000 new jobs hit a sour note.
Caroline Cayeux used Facebook and Twitter to announce the arrival of a new superstore to Beauvais residents, many of whom believed her "great news".
Locals were not amused when the mayor, hours later, clarified that the news about job opportunities was not true.
 

spinnaker

Joined Oct 29, 2009
7,830
A truly tasteless April fool's joke:


I'm shocked tha the French would Ikea into one of their towns. France should stay French as well as Italy should stay Italian etc. I was really disappointed to see so many McDonald's in Italy. Though I remember once riding my bicycle into Italy from Switzerland. A McDonalds was pretty much the only thing around. I was starving and was glad it was there that day. ;)
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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http://www.tmz.com/2018/04/05/stan-lee-stolen-blood-for-sale-black-panther-comic-books/
Stan Lee's allegedly stolen blood is up for sale -- in the form of the Marvel legend's signature -- stamped on one of his biggest hits.

We've learned several 'Black Panther' comic books are currently available at the Marvel Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. store on the Las Vegas Strip. Each edition comes with a certificate of authentication that details the item as a "Hand-Stamped Signature of STAN LEE using Stan Lee's Solvent DNA Ink."
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We broke the story ... Stan's friend and partner Keya Morgan discovered the 95-year-old's blood was allegedly stolen back in October after a former business associate presented Lee's nurse with fake docs that authorized that a sample be drawn.

Our sources say the nurse pulled enough blood from Stan for him to feel lightheaded and dizzy.
I already have my Stan Lee (minus the blood) stuff from his last Comic Con in Portland but I might have been tempted if I saw this in Vegas.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/trekkies/n9511?snl=1
 
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nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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spinnaker

Joined Oct 29, 2009
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Millenials ... if the facts don't agree with their views, then the facts must be adjusted.

Bet a significant percentage of people don't know there are 365 days in a year or the purpose of a leap year. I just hate going downtown because that is where you see a lot of the really stupid people just hanging out and wasting their life away.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
16,330
Bet a significant percentage of people don't know there are 365 days in a year or the purpose of a leap year. I just hate going downtown because that is where you see a lot of the really stupid people just hanging out and wasting their life away.
It's not all bad, some millennials really enjoy rough camping.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
16,330
The Walking Dead
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/dead-man-walking-court-rejects-romanians-claim-hes-alive/

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian court has rejected a man’s claim that he’s alive, after he was officially registered as deceased.

Today's ruling is final, and Mr Reliu will officially remain dead, a court spokeswoman said Friday.



I want to know if a person is officially dead can they be arrested for punching a judge in the face.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/romanian-dead-man-to-go-court-again-to-prove-he-s-alive-1.3873745
BUCHAREST, Romania -- A Romanian man who failed to convince a court that he was alive after he was officially registered as deceased by his wife has initiated a new lawsuit to annul his death certificate.
 
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