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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: when was your first?
« on: January 04, 2010, 05:12:38 AM »
What year did the punch tickets end, and the stagecoach? I think I have a vague recollection of both, but I'm not sure.
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Random Talk / Re: Big XII Football 2009
« on: January 03, 2010, 02:59:47 AM »
After Texas Tech's win tonight (great game!), the Big 12 is 4-3 in bowl games, and the SEC is 5-4.
We'll see how it shapes up on Thursday, but I expect 'Bama to win. As a Horn Hater, and SEC foe of Bama, I have no favorite in this game. I do expect it to be a great game, and I expect Bama to educate UT like Florida educated Cincy.
We'll see how it shapes up on Thursday, but I expect 'Bama to win. As a Horn Hater, and SEC foe of Bama, I have no favorite in this game. I do expect it to be a great game, and I expect Bama to educate UT like Florida educated Cincy.
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: when was your first?
« on: January 02, 2010, 12:12:55 PM »
I know that it was before 1973, because we moved that year, and I know we had been once or twice before then. So, I'm guessing either '71 or '72, when I would have been 8 or 9. From 1974 on, we went every year until I graduated college, with two exceptions (I was off doing ROTC stuff).
We would also visit Dogpatch a couple of times, the trout hatchery, the Passion Play at Eureka Springs a couple of times, the battlefield at Pea Ridge, and Mammoth Spring.
But, the core of our visit was always SDC and Shepherd of the Hills, plus a stop to visit the SOTH book store. Music-wise, we saw the Foggy River Boys, Brashears, and Presleys, and had pretty much settled on the Presleys as our favorites. I think that's where we first saw Shoji Tabuchi, before he became a big name. I don't think we ever saw the Baldknobbers.
We would also visit Dogpatch a couple of times, the trout hatchery, the Passion Play at Eureka Springs a couple of times, the battlefield at Pea Ridge, and Mammoth Spring.
But, the core of our visit was always SDC and Shepherd of the Hills, plus a stop to visit the SOTH book store. Music-wise, we saw the Foggy River Boys, Brashears, and Presleys, and had pretty much settled on the Presleys as our favorites. I think that's where we first saw Shoji Tabuchi, before he became a big name. I don't think we ever saw the Baldknobbers.
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Where in the City? (2009 Season)
« on: December 31, 2009, 03:36:07 AM »
Sure got quiet in here.
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Where in the City? (2009 Season)
« on: December 29, 2009, 03:26:02 AM »
You mean a song like "Wildfire"? 
(The deck side.)
(The deck side.)
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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2011 Project
« on: December 29, 2009, 03:18:21 AM »
Ah, thanks.
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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2011 Project
« on: December 28, 2009, 04:07:54 AM »
For those of us who are wondering.... what is a g-fighter?
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Random Talk / Re: Baseball- GO Cardinals!
« on: December 25, 2009, 01:25:12 PM »
As if there was any doubt!
If Pujols was a Yankee, he'd be one that I grudgingly hate.
If Pujols was a Yankee, he'd be one that I grudgingly hate.
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Ozark Art Gallery
« on: December 25, 2009, 05:50:27 AM »Alright back to the SDC items!
I created this after seeing an artist working with only paper. Using one sheet of paper, I created the Wilderness Church. All of this can be folded back into the flat sheet of paper that it began as. I chose a small scale to highten the degree of difficulty after the original attempt.Remember none of this has been separated from the paper, all is cut, and folded while still attatched.Enjoy!
That's really great, Rube. It's pure coincidental timing that I just saw this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1238282/Artist-proves-cut-rest-dainty-models-using-glue-scalpel-just-sheet-A4-paper.html
Time to step it up. You should be able to do Shad.
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Where in the City? (2009 Season)
« on: December 25, 2009, 01:17:15 AM »
The sloppily installed switch and switch plate that doesn't fit falls way below the usual standard of excellence for the physical plant.
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Where in the City? (2009 Season)
« on: December 24, 2009, 06:46:41 AM »
Man, that looks like something not even open to the public. Pretty sure I've never seen light switches and overhead doors there.
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Where in the City? (2009 Season)
« on: December 17, 2009, 06:37:06 PM »Yes indeedy...KBCraig had the location correct, Steam nailed down the specifics...
It's one of the few things that hasn't changed in 40 years.
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Where in the City? (2009 Season)
« on: December 16, 2009, 07:55:54 PM »
Next to the duplicating lathe.
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Where in the City? (2009 Season)
« on: December 14, 2009, 08:57:41 PM »A shame those electrical outlets aren't hidden better...I thought the same thing, but it's pretty hard to theme a modern soda dispenser. It would be nice if they had old-fashioned soda fountains.
Either saladdays and I are both wrong, or Rube has abandoned us.
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: The Billboard's coverage of SDC's opening day
« on: December 14, 2009, 06:14:56 PM »
Wow, considering the size of the City then, compared to now, they must have been packed in there.