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Who knew Guardian Comics was a tourist attraction?
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So yesterday afternoon around three this car pulls into my driveway and a man and a woman step out of it and ask, "Is this Guardian Comics" in a very southern accent.  I say it sure is and lead them inside.  I ask what would you like to look at and he says to me "Are you on the boards?" I said I sure am.  He says I'm Greg Holland, ValiantMan from the boards.  We are from Little Rock, Arkansas and my wife and I are on a 20th anniversary road trip and while on our way between seeing the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa and going to Niagara Falls tomorrow, we wanted to stop by and check you out.  

We talked of all all the places that they had visited....the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, Hershey, PA and even the Ben and Jerrys factory in Vermont.  1100 miles from home, and going to THE tourist atttactions they stopped by to see me specifically.

They spent a couple of hours going through the dollar bins but Greg really wanted something special, a souvenir that he could always remember his trip to Canada by.  Amongst other things, he eyed and purchased a CGC graded Canadian Price Variant of ASM #252.

Thank you so much Greg, for stopping by and supporting another member of the boards.  Safe travels the rest of the way home and all the best.

 

Jim

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16 minutes ago, Guardian Comics said:

So yesterday afternoon around three this car pulls into my driveway and a man and a woman step out of it and ask, "Is this Guardian Comics" in a very southern accent.  I say it sure is and lead them inside.  I ask what would you like to look at and he says to me "Are you on the boards?" I said I sure am.  He says I'm Greg Holland, ValiantMan from the boards.  We are from Little Rock, Arkansas and my wife and I are on a 20th anniversary road trip and while on our way between seeing the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa and going to Niagara Falls tomorrow, we wanted to stop by and check you out.  

We talked of all all the places that they had visited....the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, Hershey, PA and even the Ben and Jerrys factory in Vermont.  1100 miles from home, and going to THE tourist atttactions they stopped by to see me specifically.

They spent a couple of hours going through the dollar bins but Greg really wanted something special, a souvenir that he could always remember his trip to Canada by.  Amongst other things, he eyed and purchased a CGC graded Canadian Price Variant of ASM #252.

Thank you so much Greg, for stopping by and supporting another member of the boards.  Safe travels the rest of the way home and all the best.

 

Jim

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Happy anniversary, Greg.

And, Jim, I'm very glad to see that you feel special. :foryou:

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4 hours ago, mrwoogieman said:

I know that man - Hi Greg!

 

Congrats on becoming the #____ wonder of the world, Guardians Comics!

 

(fill in whatever number you deem appropriate)

I'll go with Penultimate...nobody wants to be last ;)

 

Jim

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Awesome!  I spent about 3hrs at Guardian a few months back - need to hit it up again.  Would have been cool to see a guy like Greg there.

(Did he have a dozen copies of Solar #10 CGC 9.8s on him?)

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8 hours ago, thirdgreenham said:

And, Jim, I'm very glad to see that you feel special. :foryou:

lol

I mean, Congrats, Greg!

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7 hours ago, valiantman said:

24 hours later, instead of looking into longboxes, I'm looking into a horseshoe-shaped hole in the ground. lol

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Was this taken from the Marriott?

Great shot!

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57 minutes ago, letsgrumble said:

Talked about it many times but still haven't been to this tourist attraction... despite being not too far away. :frown:

Do it!  But leave yourself a ton of time.  The warehouse from Indiana Jones has nothing on the Guardian setup!

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9 hours ago, VintageComics said:

Was this taken from the Marriott?

Great shot!

Impressive... yes, the Marriott. :applause:

The 10pm nightly fireworks are a nice touch to celebrate Canada 150.  Very cool surprise while we were watching the falls change colors. :grin: 

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31 minutes ago, valiantman said:
10 hours ago, VintageComics said:

Was this taken from the Marriott?

Great shot!

Impressive... yes, the Marriott. :applause:

The 10pm nightly fireworks are a nice touch to celebrate Canada 150.  Very cool surprise while we were watching the falls change colors. :grin: 

Lou and I got married there a few years ago. Best hotel in the area for a combination of room and view.

Glad you got to see it.

I'm pretty sure the Fireworks are most weekends in the summer but they may have had something special for the 150th.

The Niagara Falls Comic con happens right behind that hotel in the Scotiabank convention center.

If you get a chance to walk around, Clifton Hill is main tourist area. There's a Casino (I'm not a gambler), lots of fun houses and haunted houses and touristy stuff to do for a day.

Glad you got to enjoy my neck of the woods for a bit.

Have a great trip!

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17 hours ago, roach04 said:

Do it!  But leave yourself a ton of time.  The warehouse from Indiana Jones has nothing on the Guardian setup!

Indeed ... tons of boxes to go through ... take you a week to go through them all ... 

Will be popping back in when I'm in the area again... 

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19 hours ago, roach04 said:

Awesome!  I spent about 3hrs at Guardian a few months back - need to hit it up again.  Would have been cool to see a guy like Greg there.

(Did he have a dozen copies of Solar #10 CGC 9.8s on him?)

Wouldn't leave home without them!

 

And anyone with a Captain N #1 on their wall is friend of mine, bottom row be damned!  Well done, GuardianComics!

 

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18 hours ago, letsgrumble said:

Talked about it many times but still haven't been to this tourist attraction... despite being not too far away. :frown:

You're not alone. I lived in SWO for a quarter century and never got around to going.  That includes the time that I was on a service call in Niagara Falls for work...

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2 hours ago, piper said:

You're not alone. I lived in SWO for a quarter century and never got around to going.  That includes the time that I was on a service call in Niagara Falls for work...

:ohnoez: 

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