SFGAM 9/22/02

I totally agree, Tim. Couldn't have said it better myself. I really don't see how someone's name could become an issue on a website... For the record, my last name is Kaczmarczyk. That name never fails to get a weird look or two. :)

Ondrew simply posted what an op told us, and there's nothing wrong with that. For all anyone knows, it could in fact be true. Ondrew didn't post it as fact, he told it like it is, and if you don't want to believe it, don't. No one is forcing you to. I for one think the Op was stretching the truth, but that's just me... A certain park is rumored to get a 420 foot tall coaster. Is it fact? No. Do people believe it? Yes, I myself do.

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Never Has Gravity Been So Uplifting.

*** This post was edited by BullGuy on 9/24/2002. ***

I think the reason for the grammar rule in the TOS is so people don't make posts such as...

"OMG did U ride RB 2day? The trimz wernt even ON! That wuz 1 krazy ride!"

I've never really seen a mod get on someone's case for misspelling a couple words unless there are so many type-os the post borders on incoherrantness. People make themselves feel special when they play the role of TOSPolice. Don't let it get to you.

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Vekomember is from Holland, ishn't zaht veerd?

Since I was the last person to post before Ondrew, I guess I ought to say something here....what the H...? Seriously, I definitely try to foster acceptance and adult discussion (hopefullly with a side dish of "corn" thrown in)....I will grant that some others may have "attacked" or whatever, but that is just NOT my style. I apologise if ondrew was offended by my *suggestion*, but I did base my *guess* on the S's where in the US we normally put Z's. Do I care either way..."not on your nelly". But when the FIRST thing I post is "take it easy" to the others responding, I really was taken aback by the SHOUTING in ondrew's response. Really, I don't consider it a sin to be European, and meant NO harm....but, so be it. Ignorance, I guess, really IS a double-edged sword....one of the mysteries of posting to "the web"....

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ondrew hartigan said:

Next Iron Wolf wait time 5 minutes good crew but hates when you click the seat belts. Had a lot of fun with this idea the rest of the day. 3 rides lift hill is a great place to see the new track but only in the front row.

I remember last season I got a whole train to click their seat belts while unloading and on the brakes the ride ops asked us to stop 4 times then raised our seats. My nuts ached for the rest of the week. Do not annoy them with clicks they are really mean people. 'Hungry like the wolf.'

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Faster Than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Up in the sky it's a bird, it's a plane, it's ROBB ALVEY.

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thats funny just thinking about it

on second thought it may be painfull

Oh, they threatened us (the train) with the old ball smashings once when we were all clicking our seat belts, but they never followed through with it (thank god).

Honestly, though, I find the seat belt clicking to be rather annoying. Sometimes I don't even realize I am doing it, just like when you get a pen and start clicking it when your bored. There was this one time, though, when we were just sitting on the block brakes for at least 2 minutes. I started clicking really fast and annoyingly trying to get a message across to the ops to speed it up. It was kinda stupid, but I suppose it kind of worked because I remember a female op giving me this really harsh look like she was saying "don't do that or else" and the train was outta there in about 5 seconds.

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The ice age killed the dinosaurs, we killed ourselves.

I used to find the clicking really annoying, but now I proudly join in the the now time-honored tradtion of clicking for all you're worth while sitting in Batman's covered brake run. The echoes can be incredible.

I think you can tell who's riding the ride the first time by watching if anyone looks around in surprise when the clicking begins.

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(SF)Great American said:

I used to find the clicking really annoying, but now I proudly join in the the now time-honored tradtion of clicking for all you're worth while sitting in Batman's covered brake run. The echoes can be incredible.

I think you can tell who's riding the ride the first time by watching if anyone looks around in surprise when the clicking begins.

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It's very annoying and if you like messing with a seatbelt...good idea....I mean, those springs on there ARE made for that...oh, wait, they aren't..they're meant to keep the buckle closed. Compromise saftey to be annoying...sounds like a mature activity.

Hey, it's not just us young'uns doing it!

(Not, of course, that that makes it right...)