Ringling Bros. Circus Coming to an End.

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Ringling Bros. Circus Coming to an End.

Unread postby jmslakings » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:01 pm

After 145 years, Greatest show on earth is closing. No word on what will happen to the train. You guys on the East coast keep your cameras handy.

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Re: Ringling Bros. Circus Coming to an End.

Unread postby dejoh » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:10 pm

https://youtu.be/IkU_4NrIC-I
Very recent video. !*salute*!
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Re: Ringling Bros. Circus Coming to an End.

Unread postby NStrains » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:33 pm

PDF file from Trains magazine that shows both Red and Blue train final routes.

http://trn.trains.com/~/media/files/pdf ... strain.pdf
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Re: Ringling Bros. Circus Coming to an End.

Unread postby AmericanSteam » Wed Jan 18, 2017 11:47 pm

Sad to see it go. I remember unloading the animals and parading them through town.
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Re: Ringling Bros. Circus Coming to an End.

Unread postby buzz456 » Thu Jan 19, 2017 8:53 am

Animal rights coo-coos destroy another great American institution.
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Re: Ringling Bros. Circus Coming to an End.

Unread postby Chacal » Thu Jan 19, 2017 9:59 am

More probably it was destroyed by other forms of entertainment.
But yeah, if a great American institution is based on cruelty, it's a good thing to see it stop.
It happened to slavery in the 1860s and it wasn't a big loss.
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Re: Ringling Bros. Circus Coming to an End.

Unread postby buzz456 » Thu Jan 19, 2017 10:40 am

Cruelty? These may be the most pampered animals on Earth. Read about the whole situation before making a feckless remark like comparing it to slavery.
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Re: Ringling Bros. Circus Coming to an End.

Unread postby Bananarama » Thu Jan 19, 2017 12:50 pm

buzz456 wrote:These may be the most pampered animals on Earth.

You are misinformed.

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Re: Ringling Bros. Circus Coming to an End.

Unread postby goddrauG » Thu Jan 19, 2017 1:35 pm

Hack wrote:
buzz456 wrote:These may be the most pampered animals on Earth.

You are misinformed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECspj0daAlE


PETA? You mean the same people who bought and released a whole bunch of saltwater lobster into a Montana river?
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Re: Ringling Bros. Circus Coming to an End.

Unread postby Chacal » Thu Jan 19, 2017 2:49 pm

buzz456 wrote:Cruelty? These may be the most pampered animals on Earth. Read about the whole situation before making a feckless remark like comparing it to slavery.


I did. You didn't.

That said, it wasn't the main factor in the decades-long diminishing attendance in circuses.
Ringling was just unable to adapt to changing times.

FTA: "Try getting a 3- or 4-year-old today to sit for 12 minutes," he said.
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Re: Ringling Bros. Circus Coming to an End.

Unread postby buzz456 » Thu Jan 19, 2017 3:42 pm

Gag me.
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