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- From: buck@cavlry.enet.dec.com ()
- Subject: Re: through a novice's eyes
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.175742.15733@engage.pko.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <18478@muffin.cme.nist.gov> <1992Jul31.153124.14926@pmafire.inel.gov>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 17:57:42 GMT
- Lines: 48
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- Don Libes writes:
-
- RE: Grizzly
-
- >Somehow we assumed since so little of it was poking up above
- >the forest tree tops, it couldn't be that bad. Oh what a mistake.
-
- Coney Island CYCLONE is *small* ... only ~ 80' tall...you
- look at it and go "Gee, that thing is SMALL!", but you
- get on and oh, WHAT a whallop it packs!
-
- Don't judge a book by it's cover, et al...
-
- >As if the ride itself
- >wasn't bad enough, the feeling of emminent decapitation as we plunged
- >into that tunnel at the end was an incredible shock.
-
- I love that part, but have proved many times even with my
- hands up (and I'm tall!) there is plenty of room.
-
- >(Are roller coaster enthusiasts into S&M, too?)
-
- Not us...
- ;')
-
- >I read about people who do
- >a ride 10 times in a row. Doesn't it get boring?
-
- 10 times? On a light day, try 50!
-
- ...and no, it doesn't get boring, it gets better and better!
-
-
- >What's the thrill?
-
- Adrenaline rushes, bruises, negative and lateral g's, bruises,
- speed, bruises, wind in your face, bruises, etc.
-
-
- Geoff Allen writes:
- >Never thrown up (though a Rock-o-Plane makes me come *really* close).
-
- Wait til I see you at Lagoon...I'll take you on with me and
- show you how this ride is DONE! ];^>
-
-
-
- The Evil Buckmeister
-