Movie Rider Roadside Attraction Is About To Be Torn Down - Last Look INSIDE Anti Gravity Theatre
Goodbye To Movie Rider Building On Hwy 192
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of This is Thursday
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December 21st
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2023 which means 4 days if I math
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correct until Christmas
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day wow this year has really gone by
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quickly also with the approaching
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holiday in just a few days is also when
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I'm going to have to be out of my
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apartment here in downtown celebration
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and I think I might have picked the
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wrong time of the year Well I preface
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that i p i pick the best time of the
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year to move in Florida because the
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weather is amazing right now December
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January February weather's pretty
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tolerable so I'm not sweating like a pig
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moving things around however because I
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live in downtown celebration and they
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have all the stuff set up for the the
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Christmas lighting and the snope and the
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horer carriages and the train it's
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nearly impossible to find parking near
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my apartment soon to be former apartment
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so it's been a little bit of a challenge
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trying to get over here during in the
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day a lot of times I'll move things in
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the evening after 1: p.m. when the the
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last tree lighting or the last snow
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stops at 9: today I didn't really have
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that option cuz I wanted to come out and
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try to get some stuff done a little bit
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early so loaded up the car I'm also
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going to be heading over to Hope thrift
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drop a couple things off even though I
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am downsizing sounds kind of weird
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because I am moving into a bigger place
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but sometimes you got to have a clean
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slate you got to get rid of stuff some
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things you don't need at the new place
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so I am dropping a lot of stuff off of
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the thrift store I don't know where the
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day is going to lead but whatever it is
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whatever happens I'm inviting you to
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join me shall you the current time is
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about 2:33 I went ahead and mobile
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ordered a Starbucks but it really it's
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like as as was saying there's not really
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a whole heck of a lot a lot of parking
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down here you can see all the street
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parking over there this full all the
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parking and this little area over here
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behind Starbucks is completely full so
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you got Market Street which runs that
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way you got a big Community lot which is
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going to be slap full then on the other
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side of the post office so Market
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Street's that way post office is over
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there on the other side of that there's
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another Community lot which during
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December pretty much after 11:00 a.m.
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until 10: p.m. there's no spots which
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makes it very difficult if you live here
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to find parking you know if you live
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here if you live over there if you live
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in this little caac area over here to
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park anywhere really near your
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spot oh look at those things that's cool
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little tiny car pulling a skateboard and
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during the rest of the year it's not too
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bad it's pretty much from Halloween till
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New Year's but mostly during Christmas I
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put these towway to towway zone signs up
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parking permitted in Li line spaces in
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hopes that people will think they can't
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park here but in fact they can what this
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is saying you have to park in a line
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space so if you were to park here that's
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not a line space or there that's not a
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line space you will be towed but anyone
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is allowed to park in here so you kind
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of have to like read the read the
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lettering on you see toe aways on you
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think oh I can't pull up in here but
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there's really no reason to try anyway
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because there is no parking you can see
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that car there circling around as well
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everyone just circles this car got a
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spot though that's fancy like the color
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on that yeah Starbucks has their slogan
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on the side says every cup is an
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adventure almost like the parking
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situation in December I don't know what
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they're going to do in future years
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because it gets more and more busy in
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December where it's getting out I kind
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of curious what they're going to end up
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doing you know over
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time I doubt they'll ever probably put a
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parking structure
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but it's really only this one month like
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I would saying streets are all blocked
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off holidays in full swing Christmas 4
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days man where did this year go all
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right just walked in grabbed it yeah
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there is just
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no spots down here I don't know I keep
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saying that but I feel like keep need to
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reiterate if you're going to come down
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for any of the holiday stuff try to park
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a couple blocks away just look at look
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at like a satellite view image and
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figure out something a couple blocks
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from here don't try to park in one of
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the three Community Lots that's right
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off Market Street cuz you'll just be
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circling around you'll just be circling
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and circling and circling so do yourself
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a favor try to just park a little bit
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off site maybe like just like three
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blocks walk like two or three blocks
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save yourself about a half hour and and
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stress no sign of cool on the steps but
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I do see some birds down here hey
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Hitchcock would be proud they bathing
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themselves that is
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cute well those ones aren't the one
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right there was the little little
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bluebird that is a it's kind of hard to
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tell it's more of like a a blackish
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blue yeah it's kind of like a got a
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bluish Hue to
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it that thing land if that Bluebird
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landed on someone's shoulder it probably
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wouldn't be whistling probably be
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screaming in Terror it's a good siiz
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bird ah there he is there's cool right
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over there over there in the
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corner you fallen in love with the wall
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or something that was good to see it
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cool really got to soak this in because
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this event will not be transpiring to it
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does go through New Year's but kind of
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subsides a little bit
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after after Christmas
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Eve the hustle and bustle kind of winds
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down a little bit even though a lot of
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people still do come down here but
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definitely after after
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Christmas that lightens up a little bit
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they're laying the snoke
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down only to have it completely
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demolished by people running through it
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in a matter of moments after it's laid
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down one thing I've noticed though it is
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kind of neat so they just kind of layer
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it down you don't see anybody run
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through it until it's done so you never
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see anybody like as soon as while
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they're doing it Frolic around in there
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and make snow Angels they just play they
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had this little spray paint thing and
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they layer it right there on the
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ground pretty cool comes out of this
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machine these little Gatorade bottles
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full of
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something all right off to Highway 192
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drop some things off do a little thrift
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shopping and it's little Thrift
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dropping
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onward oh bumpy bumpy sorry I big the
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foot to Hope thrift drop off a couple
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well one big item I don't you can't use
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anymore I don't need
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anymore this car's backing up hello
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there hello there car this is one of
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those things that goes over the top of
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the
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toilet had it for a while don't really
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need it anymore
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also the permeating smells of tasty
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Indian
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food are like up my nostrils is an
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Indian food place over there that I've
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never tried probably not going to do it
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right now I'm not very hungry at this
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time but one of these days I could try
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that any food place next to Hope thrift
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here at the former American Gladiators
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Dinner Show Theater which is now The
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Rock
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Church Dwayne Johnson got in CAU in and
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open that up I guess probably not
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different
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no digging one thing that's great about
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thrift stores is plenty of physical
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media like you got DVDs over here you
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got oldtime radios greatest shows 60
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programs it's like a cassette 20 audio
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cassettes lots of CD vinyl even some VHS
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around the corner over here so you got
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all the VHS up top here you even got
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some Blu-rays secret life of Walter midi
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that remake which I saw I really liked
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that but it didn't really get the credit
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it deserved I really like that movie
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though and I would imagine the
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appearance of Disney plus a few years is
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kind of cut down on the clamshell
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collecting of the VHS Disney ones but
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there might be a few people that still
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kind of collect and there's a Return of
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Jafar right there homward bound
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two couple good little sequels in there
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here's a few interesting items I'm not
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really too familiar with there are these
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Maxwell DT tape 3s then there's also a
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whole pack of a whole sleeve for1
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1999 I am really not familiar with the
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compact tape 3es I know VHS I know beta
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I know cassette and all that and DVD
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Blu-ray and all that but I'm not never a
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high eight I had high8 recorder but look
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at this thing so Hope thrift is right
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next to the Big Orange Hope thrift is
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right there there big oranges right
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there take a look at this what the heck
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is going
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on here at the former anti-gravity
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former movie
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Rider classic 192 attraction known as
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the movie
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Rider has been used for different
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classes almost used like a schooling for
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acrobats recently I was here with my
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friend World de Micah last week he went
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to this Cracker Barrel we walked by
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Under the shrouded Nightfall but didn't
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really get a good look at it cuz it was
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dark but they have pulled in heavy
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machinery are they about to bulldoze
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this thing they might be ready to
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bulldoze this
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thing look at this or just a coincidence
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that just happens to be parked right
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here which is highly
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doubtful look at this old bit to heck
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stop sign right here a Budweiser can
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down
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here lots of changes on Highway 192 and
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this could probably be about ready to
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meet e us to eyes there was a vehicle
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over here I thought maybe that was the
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owner who was out here I was going to
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talk to him but it appears as if that's
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just someone pulled over to talk on
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their cell phone with
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someone so now that I look at it during
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the day it looks like this awning is
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about to fall in now it could be
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structurally sound and maybe it's still
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used for
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classes you know what I'm incorrect it
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was built that way to make it look like
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it is non-structurally sound you see how
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the building is tilted here very similar
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to Wonderworks on I
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drive but later in its life became the
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anti-gravity theater and then after that
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became the where the classes were H
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happening the anti-gravity
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classes and maybe I'm way off base maybe
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they're not going to tear it down but
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there is a piece of heavy machinery in
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front of it
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and the address here on the side 5390 ER
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Bronson which is also known some hinin
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also known as Highway 192 has been
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ripped out of the
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ground
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the say a demolition
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cat well mition cat I'm guessing that
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says
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demolition looks like they drove it up
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on
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here also torn out that sign there and
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there's the old uh I say 1 Hour Photo
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could have been a 1our photo but it was
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a time share business there that's not
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opening anymore there a shopping cart
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right there yeah the movie
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Rider there's a few articles online
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about it but not a whole heck of a lot
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of
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info there's are the ticket boost okay
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here we
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go
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oh take a look they're going to a new
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location address not released yet this
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was placed here back in May reopened in
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June so maybe the new place is open
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classes will be closed during the
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duration so this building is no longer
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used by the classes
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anymore so it's just sitting here so
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goes without saying that there is a
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possibility they're going to tear it
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down okay I'm going to say my theory
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might have some substance to it
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because there is some tape back
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here some caution tape around the back
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this was not here last week when I was
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walking back through here this massive
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expansive parking
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lot also the door is completely open
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over here the door's wide open and that
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door is wide open that door is
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completely wide open but take a look at
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this you don't see this is CMI in a
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I don't know why I said that's going to
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S me in a nutshell but I just thought it
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was interesting all right back to that
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open
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door right there is interesting though
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why is this caution tape up did
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something happen here or they're just
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putting it there because they're about
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to level
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I was really hoping that was going to be
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the owner of the property around the
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front but it
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there yeah people are talking in
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there people in
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there look at the number on the side of
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this with a lettering DZ
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or w00 one of the two I'm going to go
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walk around the back and give a little
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hello in see who's back there so I feel
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like it's just too good to be able to
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document this especially since the place
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doesn't own it anymore and they're just
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probably going to level it who knows
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there'll probably be condos here at one
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point or another
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restaurant or it's just a really weird
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coinci this is parked
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yeah I kind of given a second thoughts I
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don't know if it's a good idea to go in
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there I kind of stood right by the door
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and I could hear at least two
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people conversating with each other in
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there I probably don't want to be
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disturbed
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also doubt anyone follows this
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rule that's probably not obeyed too
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often so the new caution tape also
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stretches over
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here so I'm thinking maybe it
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went from there to here so that could be
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leveled soon
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and of course this could be on the
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chopping block
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also maybe all right my assumption has
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been confirmed the side of that pole
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they have taped up that it's going to be
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demoed in the future doesn't have a date
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on it but it says the buildings and the
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sidewalk going to be demoed taped right
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there does not have a start date though
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so evidently they're just preparing for
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it
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it's going to be interesting not seeing
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this on 192
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normally I would just go right into a
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place like that but the only entrance in
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and out that's open is that back door
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and there's at least two people in there
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maybe more so I don't really want to
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get well I don't want anything bad I
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don't think anything bad get trapped in
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there probably not the best idea cuz I
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imagine the people that are in there
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don't want to be disturbed but they will
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be once they start bulldozing this if I
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was somebody else here with me I might
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be a little more advantageous on going
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in but I think it's probably the wisest
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thing not to but I want to figure out
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exactly when the bulldoze date for this
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cuz I would like to see this
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thing one last time when they're tearing
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it down
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motion the signs always look like it's
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going to fall over I mean the wind has
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just buckled it to the point of it not
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standing up straight it never does fall
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but thing makes a horrendous noise
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sometimes when the wind
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finding a few old articles of movie
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Rider in new Orlando Sentinel October of
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1996 they were
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hiring for
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cashiers right there the movie Rider
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Orlando and oh evidently there was one
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in Orlando also in CMI there was a
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second one then also the Orlando
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Sentinel back in 1995 a year
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prior Taco Bell was building a new
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restaurant outside Florida splended
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China a 192 memories they're also
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building a Walmart in St Cloud I
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actually opened that Walmart and that
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was a
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95 and also movie Rider
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LTD has begun construction on a 5,730
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ftt virtual reality theater next to
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Pizzeria Uno which Pizzeria Uno will be
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open to a 6,000 ft site on West 192 this
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fall and that pizzer Uno is still open
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as shown right
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there kind of just perched here around
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the back in hopes that someone comes out
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and I could just say hey what's going on
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in
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there I feel like that'd be safer than
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me going into something with the
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enclosed walls like that more articles
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I'm finding movie Rider LT this is from
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February of '96 so in ' 95 they
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announced it opened it in late Fe
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February CMI movie Rider on West West
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Highway 192 will feature two new movie
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experiences the Red Rock run a
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futuristic Runway mine cart inside an
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active volcano and the
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Rattler is a front seat ride on the
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world's tallest and wooden tallest
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fastest wooden roller
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coaster that is a big problem proper big
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footprint there's nothing between this
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and the Pizzeria
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Uno good chunk of prime real estate I
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guess you get
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all I just talked to this gentleman that
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just walked by he works one the
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businesses down the way said when he was
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walking to work earlier that the crew
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was out here so this is this is
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definitely very timely and going to be
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happening very very
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soon according to that gentleman there's
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that little pallet of sod there like a
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big bail of hay it's also interesting to
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it's called movie Rider so it kind of
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almost looks like this is like one of
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those things you see next to an elephant
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door at a studio where it would be like
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oh we're filming in here so I kind of
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wonder if that's kind of what that was
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kind of like a nod to that if you
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will
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see oh look at that he like a stage up
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there
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here is he right there I will be out
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within 15 20 minutes Oh no you're fine
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I'll just let you know I think maybe
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tomorrow they're coming in to tear it
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I tomorrow I just don't want to walk out
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you stay here
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I'm not stay
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here you go take this 20 and give her
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this 20 if you don't
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mind okay so I'll give you 20 and here
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20 just a heads up they're probably
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going to be here in the next couple days
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so you guys probably don't want to be
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here I think you'll be all right tonight
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if you need a place
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tonight I just wanted to give you a
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heads up because they got the signs up
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there that they're going to demo it so
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okay good
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yeah this used to be a it used to be
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like a movie riter
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place yeah I heard it was like a school
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for the
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the or some yeah I think they moved
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yeah went to Orlando on the sign a big
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building I know they just sat down about
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I thought something happened then one
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day I'm looking at the window I'm like
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oh no they just moved I mean this is a
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good siiz area to like stay in kind of
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it was be crazy to not see it here about
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a month and a half tonight cuz they had
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running water and everything oh they
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finally turned the water off uh I don't
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know but I know this morning it was
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still working is the is it off now
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honestly I don't
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know I mean that bulldozer wasn't there
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yesterday no that just got there this
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morning the water still on got water wow
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okay I talked to the guy next door he
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was he came in from work this morning
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said they were all they were all lining
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up this morning
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so
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all this
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place but
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I so you guys just came right in the
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front door huh walked right in the front
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door with them yeah so the door just
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wide open the owner came and unlocked it
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oh that makes sense just so you guys
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could leave but um when they first came
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in I I'm not sure if they came in the
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back okay that worked out there were two
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people inside one gentleman I was
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walking
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by and talked to him and he said if
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they're in there I just let him know
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that probably he should probably find
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another spot soon because I would
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imagine the next upcoming days they're
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going to get the ball rolling but
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evidently someone came and opened the
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door the front and the back door
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according to him open the front and the
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back door just that they could leave or
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stay or or whatnot but yeah the front
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door is open back door is open car's
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driving by
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all right there it is the former movie
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Rider not a lot of movie Rider stuff
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left in there there was like a map in
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the back and they had some of the the
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tables the art the uh makeup tables if
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you will from the class when they did
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the anti-gravity class and all that and
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the theater there was like from the
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theater days this is all going to be
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bulldo so I'm glad I got to get inside
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and check it
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out wild Another One Bites the Dust here
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on Highway
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192
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all right that's going to do it for
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today short and sweet wasn't expecting
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to film this but I'm glad I got in got I
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kind of waited around glad I went around
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the back and actually said hello and
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then by saying hello came back out to my
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car waited for a little while then the
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guy came out and said it was that you
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yelling in the back just want to let you
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guys know what we're doing and walked in
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and oh you saw the rest of it our
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video goodbye anti-gravity theater and
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more importantly goodbye mov Rider a
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classic Roadside Attraction on high 92
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it's been Clos for many years staple for
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a short while the late '90s maybe even
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the early 2000s see you in the next
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video the
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Vlog 192
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history it's over it was dark in there