That's OK, we don't put petrol in our lorries either. ;)
A midway is just the name given to the "street" of an amusement park. I think we generally think of them in the traditional sense of a long walkway with rides, games and food stands on either side, but I tend to think of it as any part of a park.
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"So you think your'e really brave, gonna see the DEMONS cave.
You silly dude, your'e only food, for the DEMON"
"Midway": Airport in Chicago
Ooops. Wrong topic. :)
Even though Midway is pretty much what Jeff described, I feel it should have been named differently because some people would assume its a pathway right down the center of a park.
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Well, I imagine that's exactly how it all began, Chitown. I imagine a time of amusement parks with a more simple layout and the midway as a large walkway cutting right down the center of it all. Bright lights, exciting rides, the smells, the sounds - the midway!
I'm guessing that's how the term started, then it just stuck as a piece of amusement park terminology.
The main path at CP from the entrance running into Corckscrew would be a classic midway.
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*** This post was edited by Lord Gonchar on 5/15/2002. ***
Well that's the short version anyway. Suprisingly, I had just seen a PBS special this past Sunday that talked exactly about this self-same subject.
lata,
jeremy
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There you have it. I knew someone had a good understanding of the word's history!
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