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You might know the building then as it was one of the few old industrial buildings left by Erie Street and route 21. It had housed a Building 9 construction materials for as long as I can remember and they moved to their new Medina location late last November. I don't live overly far from Massillon and pass through it fairly often and have noticed that the land owners and developers are constantly whittling away at the older areas. Bland, modern retail structures have appeared like a slowly growing cancer. The main core is still intact, though one building burnt due to an electrical fire a few or so years back.

Whoa, that was a long reply! Sorry!

I was born there, but my family moved around a lot, so I never got a chance to get a good look at the area. Short visits here and there. For example, in the early 1980s, my mother took us to an old burger place she used to go to. I think the name was Watts, but she said everyone called it Watsies (watt seas). 

I will say though, when digital discs are sent in that vacuum formed cardboard, and outside of getting stomped on, usually have good luck. Received an intact Haircut 100 CD today in fact. But that's because there's an inch or so "protection" surrounding the case. 

Lately we have been trying to only buy from third-party sellers on Amazon due to the fact one of their drivers tried to take off with one of our packages earlier this year. Ebay is out of bounds for me as I have no Paypal.

I've been happily using Discogs for years. Reasonable prices, trusted sellers... they've definitely been my go-to place. You should check them out.

We have a Record/CD/Tape/Movie/Skateboard/Metal Shirt/Hippie clothing shop around here...I wonder if they got it?

Can't speak for you, but I'd never apologize for liking something.  If other people don't like it,  that's to be expected... and it would be a very boring world if we all liked the same thing(s)...

Love me some DeYoung.   Thanks for this.

Of course my answer was way too literal huh?

Very understandable indeed. At best, I look upon the future with cautious optimism. Maybe the 2nd half of the 2020's will be better.

The present certainly doesn't look to good-- and I'm not just talking about the coronavirus.

kneel before your masters, it appears to be fashion... suck... conform and bow... only they matter... no else does.. pffft, I'm not havin' any of that.

Stand up! That's the way to make a better future.

I found another article and I guess it is supposed to be a Disney+ exclusive, so at least it won't be a big money grab. Still, ugh!

Their stock has gone mad!  Wish I still had some from when it was $107!  Yet...Seems like a fractured company at times to me...On one side, you have Marvel and Star Wars,...but then,  This other half rears its ugly head...What next?  A CGI Apple Dumpling Gang?  Hot Lead and Cold Feet the series?  How 'bout a show where Goofy & Pluto team up and "find themselves", call it "Who let the Dogs out?"  or maybe, Freaky Friday Again,  This time with Dudes?

While some 'experts' claim otherwise, this is really all about easy money for Disney. They take a beloved classic, remake it with a few tweaks to make the foreign markets and such happy, and they can rake in the money with fairly low risk. That's the key. It doesn't have to be great, just okay enough to get those overseas dollars and play on gullible, nostalgic viewers.

They play old soccer matches on my Fox affiliate here in Portland every weekend.

I've been enjoying the old mustache and afro games MLB network has been playing.

Swedish TV spent the last three weekends reliving the soccer WC 1994 (which was held in the USA) by broadcasting the full games. Sports radio has picked up nuggets of old matches in combination with reports from all kinds of lesser covered sports that still are going on in some scale. I think one of the low points was in the end of March when they had live Saturday afternoon coverage of a training game between two teams in division 3 and 4 and even the chairman of the national soccer federation was there to watch.

For a while the betting addicts were so out of games to bet on that everyone in Europe would be betting on training games (!) between division 6 teams, including bribes and threats to players in those teams who have no professional help to deal with it, but after a lot of media coverage most of the betting companies shut down betting on such unqualified games and I think most addicts moved to e-sports or the Belarus football league which for a while was the only one running.

Loved the Astrocade BITD. It was moody and had crystal-sparkling graphics - to my then 10-year old self. I understand it uses real arcade sound chips too.

I think the Astrocade was supposed to basically BE an arcade board in a console shell in many ways. One that unfortunately was never designed to be wrapped in an RF shield, but forced to wear a last-minute one anyways due to the new FCC rules at the time. Also doesn't help that Bally got ADD and suddenly lost interest in the gaming side of things barely a year or two later!

Voyager will probably remain in SD. Redoing all of the CGI would be very expensive, and the market is just not there for that series. From what I read, the upgraded TNG did not sell well. I'd really like to see DS9 get that treatment, but that probably won't happen.

I watched TNG yesterday on a 13" tube TV. Looked fine to me... but then again, I also think the 2600 through RF looks fine ^_^

I have all of the TOS on DVD, but it's just the restored versions and not remastered. The remastered stuff looks neat, but personally I prefer the original flaws and all.

Disappointing, but at their ages, I'm sure that Bluth and Goldman would rather see Dragon's Lair developed as a live action movie than not at all.

I can't even imagine this as a live action film. 

^ Neither can I.  The animation is what made the game so charming.

We have a confirmed case in our town. It was a local Apple store employee. I guess they'll have to shut that place down.

Ouch! I feel for you. I had my first (and only so far) last fall. It was terrible. They had to surgically remove it.

Wow, prayers for a speedy recovery and no more of those bastards.

Mine was able to be passed, but at 4mm it was on the fringe of being a more serious stone. Gotta drink more water from now on!

Yep, it is Dennis DeYoung's 73rd Birthday today! So' the little Styx song marathon was for a happy reason. Happy Birthday, Dennis!

@jd_1138

You in the Internet today as far as I'm concerned!   That totally cracked me up!   (Your comment, not the video)...

^That should say WIN not IN...Hmmmmm

Oh I know all about the football thing, living less than a half hour drive from the Hall of Fame. It's not the games I mind so much as the seemingly endless pre and post-game shows. They can stretch any game out to last almost all day!

anyone see the report this morning about the prostitution sting operation at Jackson State University?  bet you that story will be buried and forgotten by spring training...

News channels burying stories? Never! 

If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

Keep your stick on the ice!

Yep! Set up very similar to the Mattel Electronic Star Hawk handheld.

Sweet!   Is it a Pac Man type game?

I have the Bandai labeled version called Packri Monster.  It's the best handheld version of Pac Man that I know of. 

Berzerk is a pretty fun game, though...

I've noticed the price on vintage items of all kinds has gone through the roof around my area. Yet I can't make $5 off a single old radio just as nice as the ones in the shops?

People seem to forget that stuff can sit around on ebay too. Til'some flunky idiot buys it..

That's my favorite version of Deck the Halls as well... gotta love analog synths.

Also, you could walk over to the Tandy computer display and see a 16 color fire burning on a CGA monitor with Christmas music playing over the sound card.  "Old Timey Christmas Fire" available on 3.5" floppy for all Tandy IBM compatibles and 5.25" for Color Computer.

I saw Mannheim Steamroller live one November for a Christmas concert!  (And once in July too

One little nitpick with my unit. It seems the plug for the light up marquee is either loose or doesn't plug in all the way as it jiggles a lot. Not a problem when playing, but I noticed if I move the unit it sometimes loses contact and I have to go in and wiggle it a bit to get the marquee back on. Might use a mirror later and check for anything down in the socket.

I have one of these. The controller is fast and accurate, and the sound and colors are quite faithful. I with it were just a little bit taller, but I'm happy with my purchase. I always wanted this arcade game, and this is a nice compromise without having to deal with expensive, bulky, unreliable vintage electronics. 

I'm very happy with the purchase.

Had a check in on our house while we were out of town this past weekend.  Got a late night text "This game is awesome!!!"
Pretty much my exact review. 

Wife still laughs at it's size "You look like a giant playing that arcade game."

I don't know if it would do you any good, but maybe talk  to their Electronics Dept. or customer service about reserving one;  Or see if there's a way to get one from their website...IDK,  Wal Mart in general is a PITA these days, but it just seems in this day and age there should be an easy way to do this...

I had planned on getting both games, but after replacing a furnace earlier, I am down to just aiming for Star Wars. I was actually going to check some other stores today, but woke up sick and still am.