Useless Facts/Chit Chat Thread

[BigDaddyRog]

 

[BigDaddyRog]

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Those are pretty funny, Rog.

 

[RvUsa]

Good ones Rog.

 

[des1954]

Rog!!!





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[ftwildernessguy]

Okay, so now since Al started talking about amusement parks from my childhood, I started thinking about growing up in WNY, so this probably won't mean much to anybody else except Al and Deb.

Do you guys remember Rocketship 7 with Dave Thomas? Well, he is now a weatherman for a Philadelphia station and he changed his name to Dave Roberts.

There was also a goofy guy who used to do human interest stuff for Channel 7 news, but his name escapes me now. Anyway, he is doing the same offbeat stuff on another TV station in Philly.

And Nolan Johannes moved to Channel 16 in Scranton/Wilkes Barre but he retired a couple of years ago.

 

[des1954]

I can't believe Fantasy Island is still around. I used to go there as a kid. I think Channel 7 used to broadcast a kids TV show from there a million years ago. My favorite park was Crystal Beach, though. I took my then girlfriend there (now FWGirl) in 1981, I think. It was empty and in pretty sad shape. I believe it closed about a year after that. My Dad used to work for National Fuel Gas and they always had their company picnic there every July.

Crystal Beach was our WDW!! (sad, huh?) I heard the old Comet Roller Coaster is now at another amusement park, although I can't remember which one. Maybe Al will know. EVERY company had their company picnic at Crystal Beach!!

I can't believe Fantasy Island is still around, either!! IIRC, it was near Beaver Island State Park, which is where all the really cool high school kids hung out & drank beer - underage, of course (present company included - drinking beer that is, not necessarily cool high school kid).

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Crystal Beach was our WDW!! (sad, huh?) I heard the old Comet Roller Coaster is now at another amusement park, although I can't remember which one. Maybe Al will know. EVERY company had their company picnic at Crystal Beach!!

I can't believe Fantasy Island is still around, either!! IIRC, it was near Beaver Island State Park, which is where all the really cool high school kids hung out & drank beer - underage, of course (present company included - drinking beer that is, not necessarily cool high school kid).

God, do you remember the Jungle Ride there? And all the really crude animatronic figures. The cannibal dunking the guy into the pot used to freak me out as a kid.

 

[des1954]

Do you guys remember Rocketship 7 with Dave Thomas? Well, he is now a weatherman for a Philadelphia station and he changed his name to Dave Roberts. I couldn't get ready for school without watching Rocketship 7!

Remember Irv Weinstein?? WKBW Radio? Danny Nevreth??(sp)

Just a few years ago I finally trashed my WKBW Greatest Hits of 1972 Vinyl Album. I couldn't even get rid of it on E-bay!!

 

[des1954]

God, do you remember the Jungle Ride there? And all the really crude animatronic figures. The cannibal dunking the guy into the pot used to freak me out as a kid.

Jim, I gotta hand it to you.... you have a great memory!!

Wasn't there some kind of board game in the 60's that had a kettle in the middle that shrunken heads came out of???

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Remember Irv Weinstein?? WKBW Radio? Danny Nevreth??(sp)

Just a few years ago I finally trashed my WKBW Greatest Hits of 1972 Vinyl Album. I couldn't even get rid of it on E-bay!!

My parents HATED Danny Nevereth. I used to have to hide when I listened to him. I did the Yegotta Regata one year on the Niagara River - he was the MC at the end.

 

[des1954]

I don't remember the Yegotta Regata??? Of course, I moved to Fla in 1973 - so if it was later than that, I wouldn't have heard of it!! I did however, do a LOT of water skiing on the Niagara River and of course observe a LOT of submarine races in the evening!! <wink, wink>

 

[ftwildernessguy]

I don't remember the Yegotta Regata??? Of course, I moved to Fla in 1973 - so if it was later than that, I wouldn't have heard of it!! I did however, do a LOT of water skiing on the Niagara River and of course observe a LOT of submarine races in the evening!! <wink, wink>

It was a raft race down the Niagara River. Teams built homemade rafts. I think the proceeds went to the American Cancer Society. I built one with some of the guys I worked in a tree farm. It fell apart right at the end, but we managed to save what remained of a case of Labatt's we had on board for medicinal purposes. That must have been around 1981 or 82.

 

[ntsammy5]

I can't believe Fantasy Island is still around.

Yes it is. Still a dump too.

I was bored today and did some surfing...collected these and thought some of ya'll might get a smile out of em:

I can't see this at work. I hope it's still here when I get home.

I heard the old Comet Roller Coaster is now at another amusement park, although I can't remember which one.

It's at 6 Flags Great Escape in Lake George. About 5 miles from where Kim lives (DD)! I went on it when we were there for a wedding almost 10 years ago.

It was a raft race down the Niagara River. Teams built homemade rafts.

Yagatta Regatta --- haven't thought about that in years. There were definitely some unique things going on. It's funny you should bring all that stuff up. They're doing a segment on a local TV station about a lot of people you mentioned -- Where Are They Now? Remember Talking Proud? They had the singer/dancer from that on a few nights ago -- Irv was on too. Danny is still kicking and I think he still broadcasts occasionally. How about Snortin Norton? I see him at Bills home games and we have a beer or 2. Jimmy Griffin still advocates getting a 6-pack during a blizzard (former mayor of Buffalo). Mmmmmmm. Memories.

 

[des1954]

The "Useless Facts/Chit Chat" thread is becoming the "Old Folks from WNY" thread.

Well....come to think of it.... that is pretty useless!!!

I believe NO ONE can top Rog's cartoons of the day, though!! I especially loved the "Mickey Mouse Club" and "Piglet's father!"

Okay - gotta get some work done now!

 

[VACAMPER]

Thanks for the laugh rog!

 

[Shannone1]

**House update **

We may not end up with either the log or lake house at this point.

We made an offer on the log home about 10 days ago. They took 3 days to get back to us (that was when we were looking and found the lake home). The log home people countered and it was pretty unreasonable. So we said thanks, but no thanks.

Then we made an offer on the lake house. That owner ended up having a mild stroke the night the got our offer and they didn't have a chance to look at it.

While we were waiting to hear about the lake house offer, the log home people contacted our agent and asked us if we were still interested in trying to work something out with them.

Since we had no idea how serious the lake house owner's condition was or if they were even still thinking about the house at that point, we made a counter offer for the log home. They came back with a counter-counter offer. Sigh.

We sat down with our realtor and made one last offer for the log home (that was 2 days ago and we are still waiting to hear back).

In the meantime we've heard from the lake house owners and they countered our offer and it's just too high for us....so we had to pass.

It's complicated because the owners of both homes have been transferred out of state...one to AZ and one to CO. Between the time differences and the realtors schedules it's been hard to maintain any kind of timely responces.

It's not looking good for either of these homes at the moment.

 

[seabee]

Shannone, what area are you looking in? Just curious

 

[Shannone1]

Shannone, what area are you looking in? Just curious

We are in Michigan.

 

[clkelley]

There are a few rum drinks I like, and a good mudslide (with ice cream and choc syrup NOT from a mix !).

I hear ya!! I can't even drink mudslides at PI anymore, cause they use that mix, blech!!!