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TROR

TROR

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From one assignment to another. Currently working my way through Douglas Wilson's Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, in which he advocates for Classical Christian education. I have a five page review of it due this Wednesday. Honestly enjoying the reading, though I don't agree with all of his arguments. Should be fun to play with some of the ideas in my paper. After this all I have left are finals, though two of those are also papers. Studying history is a joy.
 
brb1006

brb1006

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I've finally found good quality footage and audio of the rare float made during Mickey's 60th Birthday celebration during the Main Street Electrical Parade at Disneyland from 1988! The audio for Mickey's Birthday float can be heard as early as 16:08 mark and seen after the Elliot float. According to this video, Mickey's Birthday Unit was heard miles away.

This is also the only footage, I could find that featured Donald Duck on the drum float and presented at MSEP.
 
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Phroobar

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brb1006 said:
I've finally found good quality footage and audio of the rare float made during Mickey's 60th Birthday celebration during the Main Street Electrical Parade at Disneyland from 1988! The audio for Mickey's Birthday float can be heard as early as 16:08 mark and seen after the Elliot float. According to this video, Mickey's Birthday Unit was heard miles away.

This is also the only footage, I could find that featured Donald Duck on the drum float and presented at MSEP.
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It looks like Mickey is standing on top of a bonfire.
 
brb1006

brb1006

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Since there's hardly any photos of the Main Street Electrical Parade with the special Birthday float. I decided to create two separate posts showing this float.

These three photos show Mickey's Birthday Float behind Elliot and Pete.
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brb1006

brb1006

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Here's photos of Donald Duck on the Drum Float (since Mickey was on a separate float as a result).
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Keep in mind, the only footage of Mickey's 60th Birthday float that was on Youtube was this video uploaded by "Lime Street Entertainment" which was in poor quality (possibly due to the age of the recording). There was another Youtube video that had clearer quality and better audio of Mickey's float, but it's now deleted.


I'm posting these screenshots for historical purposes, after all this wasn't the first time MSEP did a birthday float for Mickey Mouse. The first was back in 1978, during Mickey's 50th Birthday.
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Now that I think about it, the temporary float made during "Mickey's 60th Birthday" might had been the last newly built float during MSEP's original run at Disneyland. The Pleasure Island section and Peter Pan were added in the late 1980s.
 

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PiratesMansion

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TROR said:
I haven’t been to a used bookstore in forever. They were already seeming to close down before this pandemic and I’m afraid they’ll be gone entirely after it.
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In some ways I think they may actually be better off than, say, Barnes & Noble, due to the fact that used bookstores tend to be not only cheaper but more interesting places to shop.

That said, a part of me does worry that more and more people will just keep shopping on Amazon out of habit, and that they could become more vulnerable as a result.

I heard conflicting info about whether or not Powell's of Portland was being hurt by this pandemic, but better to give my money to them over Amazon at any rate, so I bought a fair number of books to support them through their website. I would urge anyone with a used book store they like near them to do the same.
 
smooch

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PiratesMansion said:
In some ways I think they may actually be better off than, say, Barnes & Noble, due to the fact that used bookstores tend to be not only cheaper but more interesting places to shop.

That said, a part of me does worry that more and more people will just keep shopping on Amazon out of habit, and that they could become more vulnerable as a result.

I heard conflicting info about whether or not Powell's of Portland was being hurt by this pandemic, but better to give my money to them over Amazon at any rate, so I bought a fair number of books to support them through their website. I would urge anyone with a used book store they like near them to do the same.
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There is a store that I have shopped at multiple times before that had a ton of used books that either I or my friends have shopped at in the past, along with some other stuff like a really impressive used vinyl section that I've found quite a few cool pickups from in the past. They don't have a website and have stated multiple times they don't plan on selling through a website. Similarly, a record store near me with records / posters / cassettes / comics / etc, has stated many, many times they will never use an online store to sell their contents, and even verified during their closure with the pandemic they would not even temporarily sell online. Obviously people will make claims that it is ridiculous to use this model in some cases because they're throwing away sales especially in a time like this, but the store was actually run by a different family for many years and was kinda a cornerstone. If anyone knows of Dimple Records then that's what I'm talking about, and the location in Folsom was purchased and overhauled and is now called The Cave which is essentially just Dimple Records that sells a ton more things. I really am not sure about the new owners but it seems like they just do whatever they want even if it doesn't seem like the most profit oriented decision which I guess I can respect but it still confuses me why they wouldn't even want to try to set up an online shop for their products given the circumstances. I get that it would be difficult to move their entire inventory online but they have posted constant updates on Instagram as they've used the closures as an opportunity to majorly renovate the interior of the store which is a smart decision, but on lots of posts I would see people asking if they planned on selling even some of their inventory online and they say they never plan on doing so. It's just so strange to me but then again they have been really successful since they bought the store.
 
PiratesMansion

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Smooch said:
There is a store that I have shopped at multiple times before that had a ton of used books that either I or my friends have shopped at in the past, along with some other stuff like a really impressive used vinyl section that I've found quite a few cool pickups from in the past. They don't have a website and have stated multiple times they don't plan on selling through a website. Similarly, a record store near me with records / posters / cassettes / comics / etc, has stated many, many times they will never use an online store to sell their contents, and even verified during their closure with the pandemic they would not even temporarily sell online. Obviously people will make claims that it is ridiculous to use this model in some cases because they're throwing away sales especially in a time like this, but the store was actually run by a different family for many years and was kinda a cornerstone. If anyone knows of Dimple Records then that's what I'm talking about, and the location in Folsom was purchased and overhauled and is now called The Cave which is essentially just Dimple Records that sells a ton more things. I really am not sure about the new owners but it seems like they just do whatever they want even if it doesn't seem like the most profit oriented decision which I guess I can respect but it still confuses me why they wouldn't even want to try to set up an online shop for their products given the circumstances. I get that it would be difficult to move their entire inventory online but they have posted constant updates on Instagram as they've used the closures as an opportunity to majorly renovate the interior of the store which is a smart decision, but on lots of posts I would see people asking if they planned on selling even some of their inventory online and they say they never plan on doing so. It's just so strange to me but then again they have been really successful since they bought the store.
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Then I very much hope they are able to survive.

Not having a website in 2020 just seems like it's asking for trouble, IMO. How long can they really make it literally with no revenue coming in?
 
smooch

smooch

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PiratesMansion said:
Then I very much hope they are able to survive.

Not having a website in 2020 just seems like it's asking for trouble, IMO. How long can they really make it literally with no revenue coming in?
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I believe they are reopening this Friday? Or they were planning on it at least, so hopefully they start seeing revenue again. I agree it's just asking for trouble but some places take pride that you can't just buy their stuff online and that they are still a brick and mortar store which I guess I can agree with under normal circumstances especially for The Cave since they are the only true record store anywhere near here so anyone interested in vinyl as well as comics and such has to go there. But I still think despite that it would have been smart to not throw away over a month of revenue because you don't like online retail during a stay at home order where people can only buy these products online.
 
brb1006

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Here's the reports that got released.
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Here's photos of Donald Duck on the Drum Float (since Mickey was on a separate float as a result).
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Keep in mind, the only footage of Mickey's 60th Birthday float that was on Youtube was this video uploaded by "Lime Street Entertainment" which was in poor quality (possibly due to the age of the recording). There was another Youtube video that had clearer quality and better audio of Mickey's float, but it's now deleted.


I'm posting these screenshots for historical purposes, after all this wasn't the first time MSEP did a birthday float for Mickey Mouse. The first was back in 1978, during Mickey's 50th Birthday.
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Now that I think about it, the temporary float made during "Mickey's 60th Birthday" might had been the last newly built float during MSEP's original run at Disneyland. The Pleasure Island section and Peter Pan were added in the late 1980s.
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Here's color photos of the 50th Birthday float for Mickey Mouse from the Walt Disney World version.
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Video footage (no audio)
 
Model3 McQueen

Model3 McQueen

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I don't know about you all but i'm just exhausted & sick of seeing Paper Towels, cleaning products, TP, the Nintendo Switch, and now possibly meat, out of stock, and being yelled at to stay "6 feet awayyyyy" at all times everywhere.

I fear other people and their behavior way more than I fear COVID-19.

Oh and 5 weeks into UI, still no UI pay.
 

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