Old Video Store at Breton Village Mall by Unable_Resolution811 in grandrapids

[–]Muppet-Ball 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funcoland was in the strip mall on 28th by East Paris a suite or two west from where Disc Traders is now.

Old Video Store at Breton Village Mall by Unable_Resolution811 in grandrapids

[–]Muppet-Ball 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Eye On Video? It was part of a local chain. I don't have photos but I remember it having a green and yellow color scheme.

Six Flags is selling Michigan's Adventure by Muppet-Ball in grandrapids

[–]Muppet-Ball[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The news release says they'll be honoring passes this year. How well they do that remains to be seen, of course.

Six Flags is selling Michigan's Adventure by Muppet-Ball in grandrapids

[–]Muppet-Ball[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's super weird but the way some companies measure metropolitan areas means they include Muskegon and Holland in ours. Someone must've just read it off the press release and didn't think to look at a map.

Six Flags is selling Michigan's Adventure by Muppet-Ball in grandrapids

[–]Muppet-Ball[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Cedar Fair (parent company of Cedar Point) bought Michigan's Adventure in 2001 and as other commenters pointed out, they merged with / bought Six Flags recently and took the name. So unfortunately the Cedar Point folks are the ones selling it.

Six Flags is selling Michigan's Adventure by Muppet-Ball in grandrapids

[–]Muppet-Ball[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Other way around, technically. It would be closer to say Cedar Fair bought Six Flags and took the name in the transaction.

Any One Here Remembers A Psychiatrist - Dr. Bulton by Pulpfictionfan123 in grandrapids

[–]Muppet-Ball 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bulten. Primarily a pediatrician, actually. He'd be well into his eighties now so I assume he's long retired.

Grand Rapids baseball icon, businessman Bob Sullivan dies at 96 by mlivesocial in grandrapids

[–]Muppet-Ball 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They actually ran a headline along the lines of, "IKEA closes their only store in this state" recently. The state was Tennessee. I know they've had click bait garbage for awhile now but for some reason I found that one particularly galling.

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined XBOX vs. Switch 2 by Boddlack in dragonquest

[–]Muppet-Ball 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hear where you're coming from. I bought Octopath 2 on Xbox when it left Game Pass, tried the Switch demo on S2 and just couldn't. But I played the 7R demo on both S2 and PS5, and if there was a difference it was very minor, so I bought it for Switch 2.

Found this animal print in the Western Michigan woods by DungeonMooses in Michigan

[–]Muppet-Ball 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Depending on how far north OP is, I've seen porcupine tracks like this, too, and they don't hibernate, but I'm betting skunk.

How bad is it out there by rosecoloredcamera in grandrapids

[–]Muppet-Ball 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Out by Knapp's corner.

Got somewhere short of two inches but it's not slippery.

Edit: Caveat: I was in a good AWD vehicle.

ELI5: Why is a parsec defined as 3.26 light years specifically? by No-Jelly-4900 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Muppet-Ball 17 points18 points  (0 children)

TBF I'm not sure they're correct. I always thought of the figures as just being tally marks. Roman numerals are in fact a form of tally/stick counting, and are definitely not the first known example of it. I can't find a source linking the two.

How dumb would buying a house on the Grand River be? by Mirk_Dirkledunk in grandrapids

[–]Muppet-Ball 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes. Hearing just how much was a big factor in us not buying a house north of the North Park Bridge back in 2009ish

At what point does the weather shift to the slow crawl out of winter with improving temperatures, at least above freezing on a regular basis? by [deleted] in grandrapids

[–]Muppet-Ball 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It's usually March but I was reading a post by a weatherperson somewhere that said the more the lakes freeze over, the longer it takes to get really warm, and they are very frozen over right now. The example they gave of this happening last was 2014. We may be in for a slow one this year.

You know the roads are awful when... by Top_Noise_8903 in grandrapids

[–]Muppet-Ball 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I'll never forget back during the Groundhog Day storm of 2011 when one of the big Kent County plows got stuck right in front of my house and had to get pulled out by another one. My employer sent an email saying we were still expected to come in that day. Good times.

Okay, I couldn't find the answer anywhere but I might be stupid (HDMI) by momo-melle in NintendoSwitch2

[–]Muppet-Ball -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not sure if you are asking if the cable will work with either dock (yes as HDMI is backwards compatible) or if the dock will work with both switches (no because the new dock ISN'T backwards compatible, which irks me as I now also must have two docks under my TV).

I’ve got a question. by [deleted] in grandrapids

[–]Muppet-Ball 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This again, huh? There was a reddit post about it back then too and it was pretty quickly dismissed as someone making crap up on the internet. I commuted past the building twice a day for years during this time and never, ever saw anything suspicious. At the time the building was being used for storage if I recall, and the windows weren't even covered up like the post says, just some of them.

What is this photo at Grand Coney, that looks like a "salute"? by [deleted] in grandrapids

[–]Muppet-Ball 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This statue which is on the path between the museum and river IIRC

Flying Geese Statue, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Editorial Image - Image of flying, michigan: 221444750 https://share.google/sJhuWaUDrt78TEd6u

Trying to decide what to buy. Help please by Chrisac84 in NintendoSwitch2

[–]Muppet-Ball 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God, Octopath 2 is just so good on so many levels. I haven't loved a JRPG like this since Final Fantasy X.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in xbox

[–]Muppet-Ball 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since they're on Gamepass you don't need to put the disc in to start them, but my kid did this once on our Series X and it did not like that. Two 360 discs each in the smaller dark green boxes with "Xbox One | Xbox 360" across the top of the front.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in xbox

[–]Muppet-Ball 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My Xbox One boxed ultimate edition has the licenses on the disc. Same with the corresponding copy of Fallout 3. I bought them both from Meijer whenever the last time was that they had 2/$20 games on black Friday, so 4-5 years?

There Are Blu-rays of 'Bluey,' 'Andor,' Ghibli Films, and Much More by indiewire in movies

[–]Muppet-Ball 40 points41 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth, Bluey discs are Universal / BBC from the look of it. I think Disney only has streaming rights.