Park Enthusiasts or Snobs?

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nasai said:
You don't have to buy me drinks. All that is needed is a friendly smile, a few moments of hand touching (ask Frank), a preferably painless backrub, and Rob is all yours.

I'm easy.

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I will remember that, although we all already knew you were easy Rob....;-)

Oh, MOOSH! I did a search and found the Cucumber Martini Recipe for anyone who's interested. I know I am. It may or may not be the same thing. There is one recipe on another site that says it calls for vodka, and another that says vermouth. Hmmmm...

-Tina

*** Edited 1/7/2004 1:16:20 AM UTC by coasterqueenTRN***

See, I think some of you get the two kinds of snobbery mixed up. There are snobs who think they're better than you because they've been on everything and you haven't, and they'd know because they're so well traveled, and then there are snobs that just don't want to be that friendly yet love the coasters.

Hell, I'll admit to partially being more in the second group. I love the rides, but for ****'s sake, can we talk about something else in person? I get my fill of that here.

When conversation is reduced to talking about boobs, farting, drinking and at times the meaning of life, that's the good stuff.

Not wanting to be friendly is not being snobby, it just looks that way. The enthusiastic snobs that I have problems with are the I've-been-on-more-coasters-than-you-can-count-and-everything-at-this-park-sucks snobs. Especially when they insist on sharing their negative opinions with people who are there to have fun.

It isn't really 'not wanting to be friendly' as much as 'not necessarily wanting to hang out all day like your new bestest buddy.'

Chalk me down as a Type II snob. If I hang around for more than five minutes, it's probably because you're behind me in a long, long line. Just happens that way, I guess. There's no real 'why' to it. 800 mile solo drives make me cranky. Lemme alone.

-'Playa

*** Edited 1/7/2004 1:35:18 AM UTC by CoastaPlaya***

Actually I think I fall into the Type-II category as well at times, but not necessarily for the same reasons as Jeff and Playa.

I'm a people person and love to meet new people, especially those I see on CB and other forums. I may have b*tched about being stuck behind a sales table all day at PPP but it was a great way to finally meet so many Buzzers. The campfire at SRM was another great example of e-friends meeting in person and cementing their friendships in a real way. I'll never forget Jeff Putz's comical comment to me, "Wow, you are for real after all!"

But when I travel I tend to keep the group of people I regularly hang out with small and familiar, not because I'm a snob or feel I'm better than anyone [except Dawn, naturally ;)] but rather because I feel it's easier to travel and make one's way around a park when you have only a few people influencing the itinerary instead of many.

Speaking of being behind a sales table...anyone who's bound for the ACE No Coaster Con please stop by the S&D table and say hello...I'd love to meet ya ;)

mOOSH

Oh, MOOSH! I did a search and found the Cucumber Martini Recipe for anyone who's interested. I know I am. It may or may not be the same thing. There is one recipe on another site that says it calls for vodka, and another that says vermouth. Hmmmm...

LOL...I was gonna search for it when I got home as well. Vodka sounds better IMHO. I have a new bottle of Finlandia...I'll give it a try this week and let you know how it turns out ;)

mOOSH

I am very curious but too lazy right now, plus I don't have any cucumbers or vodka/vermouth on hand.

It does sound very yummy though. I will keep that in mind for Coaster Con. ;-)

-Tina

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Mamoosh said:

But when I travel I tend to keep the group of people I regularly hang out with small and familiar, not because I'm a snob or feel I'm better than anyone [except Dawn, naturally ]

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Ouch. You're so mean to me today. :( See if I ever make you another drink.

I can really sympathize about the people who want to be your best friend. This one dude got behind me at Cedar Point, where I was spending time with a friend from California. He introduced himself and that was pretty much all of it for the hour we were in line for Millennium Force.

The next day I get e-mail from the dude, and he tells me how I'm a big jerk and this other nonsense because I wouldn't talk to him. So, because I run some coaster Web site that he visits every day I was supposed to be his best friend and hang out, when I was with a college friend I hadn't seen in years? Please... get a life and some friends.

I appreciate that people want to say hello and thank me for providing the site (though honestly, I don't like the attention... I get satisfaction in the stats that someone obviously is getting something out of it). However, that's really all we have to talk about, and that makes for really brief conversations. Honestly, the people in the community I'm closest to are the people with whom I have some other common interest.

I'm not trying to imply anything about anyone, but how can you tell whether or not you have a common interest from less than two minutes of conversation? It seems like a fair question. I am of course presuming that the person isn't emitting fanboy radiation visible from the Hubble telescope.

Why is anyone obligated to get to know (i.e., have a conversation longer than 2 minutes) anyone though? Just a thought.

I guess you're not. As a somewhat asocial somebody myself, I can understand why one might not want tio. But as someone who is also the only coaster enthusiast among anyone I know in the real world (as opposed to online) I can say that meeting a friendly enthusiast with whiom I can share a few laps beats the heck out of riding alone. I guess that there are polite ways to shut someone down and there are rude ways and different people will have different perceptions of which is which. Unfirtunately Jeff has put himself in a position where more people will recognize him.

I personally would not interfere with anyone's enjoyment of a park: my world revolves around me but I do not expect anybody else's to do so.

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Ned said:*Oh yeah, umm Absolut and V8, can't go wrong. ***

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If I can specify *spicy* V-8 and Absolut *Peppar* vodka, then I'm *good to go*....:)

***P.S. The 8 key got a *really* serious workout in this post...*have a nice day*....:)

Just about everyone on this board has a snobish opinion at some point. (myself excluded, cause, well..I'm perfect).

My question to you is this:

What does it really matter?

I mean, who give a rats *** what you know about coasters. I'll tell you this right now, unless you're an engineer or salesman for a park...it'll get you nothing but a few laughs. Everyone at my work knows good and well that I'm a freak about coasters, and when I start going off about how smooth an Intamin Hyper is they just give me a blank stare and nod.

Unless you surround yourself with these "snobs", I dont see why you even care. (maybe staying off of this board will be one to shake them, maybe not)

I love coasters more than I love sex. Ok, wait, thats a lie-but I do enjoy the **** out of them though-and no feeble coaster snob is gonna take that away from me. *shakes fist*

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Playa, your arrogance is annoying, with all due respect. I know a lot of people think it but never say it.

Nasai, You have NO clue. You must be jealous.

And my point is once again made by the disrespect that some buzzers resort to. You guys really know how to point out others imperfections. A friendly and sensitive individual such as myself has more productive opinions to offer than criticisim to fellow buzzers. Where is the love?

EDIT-yet another famous spelling mistake *** Edited 1/7/2004 8:06:43 PM UTC by dexter***

*** Edited 1/15/2004 9:00:51 AM UTC by dexter***

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dexter said:

... but you reap what you sew

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Yes, yes, so true. Preach on Brother Dex!

Deep and pithy words for all quilters to live by.

-CO

*** Edited 1/7/2004 5:36:22 AM UTC by CoastaPlaya***

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dexter said:

I also understand about Jeff not wanting to talk for hours about coasters with people he only knows from CB. When I was a statewide famous rock star, I had the same kind of problem. quote]

Oooooo... do tell. I love statewide rockstars. What band were you in? What instrument do you play?

Rob - who isn't being arrogant at all.

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Someone being a "snob" doesn't affect or bother me one bit. That's them, I'm too busy off doing my own thing. *** Edited 1/7/2004 7:43:17 AM UTC by Copperhead***

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dexter said:
Playa, you arrogance is annoying...You guys really know how to point out others imperfections. A...individual...has more productive opinions to offer than criticisim

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Naaaah. Too easy.

Cap'n Obvious sez:

You don't need FutureMan to tell ya what's happening next...wait, yes you do. I'm gonna leave this one to obscure alter-ego Most Right Reverend Doctor 'Playa MD, Incorporated.

(clears throat) Thank ya'll. Thank ya'll.

Ah think today's complaint fulfills tha prophetic words of CoasterBuzz Chaptuh 6 vuhses 12-16. Let's read that togethuh, shall we?

And on the seventh day Dex doeth wander from atop thine Holiest mountain with two scrolls of stone. The stones where a-chiseled with the Sacred Words of Post. And Dex Saweth and sayeth, Lo, the Post is good.

But he raiseth his eyes and look! Bruthah Playa spaketh onto all with a loud voice, "Thine post beareth a malaprop, and a misspelling your post haveth. I shalt quote and poke fun and throwest thine head back to mock thee."

And Dexter's face grew hot with wrath and his countenance beganeth to spout forth steam; as his cup runneth over with thine piss and vinegar and the constipation bore heavily upon him.

And Playa raiseth his eyes and look! Dex smashed the two sacred stones of Post into dust at the foot of the mountain. And he raiseth up thine proverbial utterance and spake:

Tho thousth raiseth thine eyes to me
My Holy Post thou shalt not see
Now weepeth thou, and grovel, beg
And cast thineself on my right leg

I spake unto you what I meant to said
You...arrogant foul poo-poo head
I'm telling Mommy!

What is the lesson learned here, bruthaths and sistas? That every post is indeed...The Gospel Truth!

Thank ya'll. Thank ya'll.

-The Most Right Reverend Doctor 'Playa MD, Inc.

*** Edited 1/7/2004 3:50:22 PM UTC by CoastaPlaya***

Can I get a layup?

lata, jeremy

--who thinks only rollergator will actually get the significane of that line