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London Bridge day: the story of Lake Havasu’s grandiose antique
St. George News ^
| January 10, 2021
| Reuben Wadsworth
Posted on 01/14/2021 3:46:25 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: crz
I have friends who live there and have cautioned me about two months of extreme heat. You only go out at night and design a cool cool room in your house.
I live near Disneyland. I’ve got to get out of this place.
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posted on
01/14/2021 5:02:41 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
("Now, go and do your duty before darkness covers the earth." Michael Uhlmann (1939 - 2019))
To: Don W
He sure did... I remember it. Huge “it’s coming” publicity stunt and then he built a shack. lol
Always wondered if he sucked in investors for that stunt too.
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posted on
01/14/2021 5:14:51 PM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: crz
Yep, usually one or two degrees hotter...
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posted on
01/14/2021 5:16:07 PM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Was there in 2016. Was much more impressed than I thought I would be and much nicer than what replaced it in London itself. Lake Havasu also looks like a pleasant place to live.
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posted on
01/14/2021 5:33:54 PM PST
by
Clemenza
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I visited the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City shortly after it opened (I was there in 1976), long before it became a famous tourist attraction. It was dedicated at its new site in 1971. Today, it's the second most popular tourist destination in all of Arizona (can you name #1?).
Opening ceremony in 1971:
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posted on
01/14/2021 5:51:29 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" -- David Horowitz)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; All
I've been to Lake Havasu and London Bridge many times. For years during high school and college, myself and a few friends would travel up there from Tempe to go water skiing in a friend's boat. Great times. Of course, the heat didn't bother us, because we were used to it.
I remember one trip, we met Dan Blocker, the actor who played "Hoss" on the TV series, Bonanza. He was on the dock where we went skiing from and was getting ready to go out on the lake himself. He visited with us for several minutes and was a friendly guy. He died the year after we met him at age 43.
London Bridge was the centerpiece attraction for the new development of Lake Havasu City, developed by Robert McCulloch to attract tourists and residents to the new town. It worked and today Lake Havasu is a thriving city.
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posted on
01/14/2021 6:00:47 PM PST
by
HotHunt
To: ProtectOurFreedom
“Today, it’s the second most popular tourist destination in all of Arizona (can you name #1?).”
A big hole in the ground?
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posted on
01/14/2021 6:49:20 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(COVID misanthrope)
To: oldvirginian
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posted on
01/14/2021 7:07:00 PM PST
by
crz
To: crz
Thanks. Barley Brothers is on the list. If they can do fish and ships right the rest of the menu must be good too.
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posted on
01/14/2021 7:11:22 PM PST
by
oldvirginian
(The glass isn't half full, it's half empty because the damned thing is cracked and leaking)
To: oldvirginian
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posted on
01/14/2021 7:11:30 PM PST
by
crz
To: Loud Mime
Cant blame you..
Try to get a place higher up the hill-as high as you can get one.
I’ve been there when is over 120. Bullhead city is the same.
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posted on
01/14/2021 7:16:08 PM PST
by
crz
To: oldvirginian
BTW, if you want. Take Highway 68 west out of Kingman towards Laughlin NV/Bullhead City. In Golden Valley there is a place called Great American Pizza.
You will get to meet some real Great American patriots there.
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posted on
01/14/2021 7:18:42 PM PST
by
crz
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
01/14/2021 7:22:28 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" -- David Horowitz)
To: Openurmind
Well, those folks he “sucked in” certainly made a killing. He sold the land around that tent you see in the photo above for around $100 per acre. That is now the among the most valuable land for 300 miles around.
Those that can, DO. Those that can’t teach. Those that can’t do either SNIPE at the successful from the sidelines.
Envy is one of the seven deadly sins.
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posted on
01/14/2021 8:47:59 PM PST
by
Don W
(When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
To: oldvirginian
I didn’t try burgers by the bridge. I have a
Barley Brothers growler, though. Liked the beer, wasn’t too into the food, it was too warm to enjoy eating. 115 on the sidewalk crossing the bridge.
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posted on
01/14/2021 8:52:47 PM PST
by
Don W
(When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
To: crz
Thanks, added Great American Pizza to the list.
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posted on
01/14/2021 8:55:04 PM PST
by
oldvirginian
(The glass isn't half full, it's half empty because the damned thing is cracked and leaking)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Cool...a “London Bridge” where you aren’t liable to be mowed down or stabbed to death by a Muslim psychopath.
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posted on
01/14/2021 8:59:57 PM PST
by
montag813
("Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the Great")
To: oldvirginian
I was going to tell you what they have there painted on a container trailer, but that is a surprise. You will enjoy it.
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posted on
01/14/2021 9:13:33 PM PST
by
crz
To: Don W
Yes, the residuals ended up good. Built a town where there was none. And spring break is fun. :)
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posted on
01/15/2021 5:03:50 AM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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