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Looks like they're called "mechanics creeper". That's not intimate dating at all.

Oh no! The asking prices for the dark stained versions are pricey. I should have asked them to hold it for me. I think it had other fine lettering along the bottom too. It's not the squeezed boxey square "kmart" logo either

Oh, nice! Thanks! Yeah, they're called creepers, I saw some at closing Kmart's, and the same, they wanted a lot for those things. They're really good for lying on your back while working under a vehicle, but really not much more since you're so close to the ground. I'll have to go to the Salvation Army- I know exactly where it is!

Mr Donut, I had forgotten about that place! Yeah, this part of Belleville has definitely gone down the tubes.

Glad you enjoyed it! It was fun driving the entire thing, and explaining how 60 Minutes wasn't fully accurate in how they portrayed Belleville.

I plan on visiting Wally's soon. Stay tuned!

I went down to Branson for a couple days, and stayed in Springfield, mainly so I could see, and film this place (I wanted to do a few more places, but the heavy rain the days prior screwed up my plans).

@@jackson5116 yeah I know how you feel I was going to do a few videos in Illinois while I was there 2 days ago but the roads where the restaurants and parks are were flooded so I couldn't do no videos of anything in Illinois which was a total disaster

It's pretty large! It felt like a hybrid between a supercenter and a gas station where it's like ten times as big as a normal convenience store.

Quite a while ago. I know they were insanely huge back then, but I never followed them beyond those news reports of people buying up hundreds for their retirement (oops! LOL).

It was one of my favorites, so I had to film it!

I only heard of them, because the school I work at one of the kids had one of their items, and she said it was this super large gas station, so I had to check it out, and she wasn't kidding, this place is gigantic!

You're right, that's what the report I heard was too- saying that he was traveling through here, and stayed there. Could have been since Belleville and O'Fallon existed much longer than Fairview, so this hotel would have been along the route between cities (both much, much smaller than they are today).

5905 N Illinois was its address. I street view searched it, and it's the Aldi/Wine store now.

@@jackson5116 thank you! I was having an argument with a family member; they were saying Il never had a DZ!

That's what that was. I was trying to remember what was there before Goodwill. Fairview has seen so much turnover, it's hard to keep track of everything!

It was still the old Taco Bell in the early-90's when I was going to BAC, so I remember it too- looked more like Taco Bell than this thing does. I'm not a fan of this new one, they put in those two drive thru windows for the pay/pickup, but they never use that first one to pay, you do it all at the same window, and it just slows everything down!

Nice way of putting it. It is pretty rough now, and it's a shame, because this complex isn't that old, and essentially Westfield's replacement (I still miss that Kmart).

Thanks. I don't know how it'd be today, I'm noticing the 80's trends are starting to come back, so who knows.

Yeah, I don't get back to Collinsville as much today as I did years ago- kind of interesting too since I work in Fairview, and live in Belleville, so I'm not really that far away, I just don't really have much reason to go there now, so I don't.

Nice. At least you got to enjoy some of it. It kind of sucks that my camera isn't better, I saw some videos some people did, and they look so, sooo good!

I saw that. It looked good, and I may check it out sometime.

No, I wore the eclipse glasses both times I went to them, and only took them off when it was safe to do so during totality. That's why this one is looking at the trees at first, because I was waiting until totality when I took them off, and looked at the sun, while also recording it!! Besides, I made it to my 50's and still have 20/20 vision!

We were both there at the same time! I'm glad you got to enjoy it as well; it was the closest area I could find that had both totality, and was an area I knew.

Yeah, it was a very small area of southern Illinois. Carlyle was right on the edge of it for only like a minute, that's the closest I was able to get totality. Sadly, my camera did the exact same thing it did in 2017, and couldn't get the corona. At least I got totality with this one, even if it was short like this.

Still empty, and for lease, wanna open it in Fairview Heights, only 12 miles from downtown St Louis, and a 3-million metro population? I want to see it saved, it's nearly 50 now...

The Tennessee one was the one I last went to before discovering that one remained in Clearwater. I'm glad I was able to get to it at least. Not sure when I'll be back, but am working on trying to get back there.

Went to one in Catonsville, as a kid, w my grandparents. Late late 80s. Good times.

Yeah, it's good PR they're doing, but I looked into myself after watching this video by Joe & Nic. Like they point out on their video, murders are down, but since the population has shrunk so much it's still got the highest rate in the country. Here's their video on it here: ruclips.net/video/5hNIxor4Ao4/видео.html

Thanks! I tried to make it somewhat entertaining.

It's crazy just how long this street is. I never really thought much about it until one of my mom's cousins from the St Louis side came here for a funeral at Mt Hope. She used GPS to find "Belleville" which took her to the square. She had to drive from there all the way to Mount Hope! When she got there the first thing she said was "Wow, is that a long road!", and my mom goes "That's only half of it!" You should have seen her look!

​@@jackson5116it is loooong. i enjoy the ride trying to remember what it looked like. my youngest and i went to Cahokia today. more sadness.

You want to hear a crazy coincidence? A cousin of a guy I worked with moved into my building, and only when the coworker was there one day did we know! All those apartments in all those buildings, and he moved into the very one I was in? We went through the same manager change, and we both hated the new manager.

They're not alone, Madison recently surpassed St Clair County as the largest county in the Metro East, and we had been the largest county for decades, especially when East St Louis and Belleville together added up to over 100,000 people just within their city limits (probably around 150,000 together with fringes). I'm trying to stay optimistic with the new mayor, and she has good intentions, but I'm seriously doubtful she can curb the loss we keep experiencing, which is because of what you said, crime. I found out today the Dollar General very close to me was recently burglarized, and it just drove home the fact I still live in Belleville.

4422 West Main Street, Belleville, IL, 62226.

Yeah, you should have let me know, we could have met up! This is how the one in Belleville looked before it was renovated into another place.

@@jackson5116 yeah, I would like to meet you one day however, I am back in Ohio. Living in misery did not work out. Maybe one day I would return because I am planning on going to KC next year.