Recent content by UncleScrooge

The studios will always be "MGM", and Epcot should still be EPCOT Center. I still refer to Inoventions as "Communicores" and Mouse Gears as "The Centorium"- God I miss that store!

Of course crime is a contributing factor to people leaving the cities. Unfortunately, with increased population densities comes increased crime- it’s not exactly a selling feature. However, one cannot discount other valid contributing factors as well; such as the overall living conditions...

Thank you! Only people who have lived it can truly understand. In what part of the city did you live?

Unfortunately, mass transit systems only work well in compact, densely populated urban areas like those in the Northeast, or in countries like Japan. I grew up in South Philly, and the mass transit was efficient because the city is deigned like a gigantic grid, making the system simple and user...

I am glad that the HSR project has been killed for multiple reasons. While the idea was noble, it’s implication was poorly conceived and short sighted. While we were lured by the bait of temporary jobs and “free” federal money; ultimately the extended operating cost for this infrequently used...

After reading through the thread and the various clues provided and/or implied; I am guessing that “project Z” (the E ticket Lee is referencing) is most probably going to be located in Tomorrowland. I would assume that it would be located on the large plot of land where the Galaxy Palace...

I feel that good attractions don’t necessarily have to be base on highly successful movies (take Song of the South for example); but it does help. But despite its relative commercial success or failure, I hope that Disney does base an attraction on Tron; simply because I feel that the basic...

The Country Bears Christmas show The original Tiki Room Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride...

Like in any case, the facts are debatable (which is how lawyers earn their profit :lookaroun), and if my facts in this particular case are incorrect; then I will gladly retract them. I was simply using it to illustrate many similar cases of a certain type. Regardless, whether at a conscious or...

-I never said it is valueless work or isn't hard; It is simply rather easy to replace, which creates a high supply of such a worker, which decreases the compensation they can demand. - Of course experience plays a role; I thought that I alluded to that when I used the word "expertise."...

Wilt Dasney, certainly the ramifications of the newly passed healthcare law in general play into my thoughts on the issue at hand; however the specific proposal to further cut Medicare reimbursements is not directly related. For me, it is more about the larger philosophical issue of what the...

I guess that pointing out that one has to pay for specialized skill, training, education and experience, is just as much a cynical way to shut down any nuanced discussion, as “they just make too much money; nobody should be allowed to make that much”. I was trying to illustrate that this is a...

I am a physician, and I love the fact that people believe that just because you use your mind and don’t work with your hands, somehow it is not real ”work”, and does not deserve high financial reward. While “white collar” jobs may not be physically demanding, they are (usually) very mentally...

I would say all of them (excluding the water parks). You know it's bad when you not only know where all the bathrooms or water fountains are but actually "rate" them.

Just curious. I have never heard of this a happening. When does this occur?