You Know You're An Emgee When....

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Robocoaster said:
Cutting back on caffeine? I'll have you know small countries depend on your addiction. you see Ben, it's about more than just you ;)

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Diet Coke...for a lot more than JUST the taste of it.

P.S. I know I am one because I *saved* this thread so I could read it last....:)

I've got $2 to contribute to get Ben some professional help (the rest of my money this month is budgeted for coaster trips).

I don't think I've even laughed so hard in my life at any thread on CB! Unfortunately, I'm guilty of almost everything listed (no water rides for my pets though).

....your first visit to CoasterBuzz results in many wasted hours searching the net for info on M:TR. ;) How could I have forgtotten that one in my original post?

How do you get a vertigo launch?

...you opt for the second-most expensive package when you join 24-Hour Fitness, so that you can go to gyms in every part the United States when you eventually make that roller coaster trek across the country. You've used this membership fewer than ten times in the two-and-a-half years that you've had it.

...on the rare occasions when you DO visit the gym, you bring along three or four issues of Rollercoaster! magazine to keep from dying of boredom on the elliptical trainer.

...you are so devastated when you believe you have lost a copy of Rollercoaster! at the gym, that you call the gym every day for a week to ask them to check the lost and found.

...finding the same magazine under a pile of junk mail on the kitchen counter a month later is the high point of your week.

Coaster ChickN...thanks for your concern, but I think the feedback I've gotten from you guys over the past two days might be enough of a wake-up call to make me change my ways, without the need for drugs, therapy, Jesus, or a 12-step program. The thing is, I'm in control. I can stop any time. Really. ;)

*** Edited 8/3/2004 5:49:28 AM UTC by Railshark***

...your friends start talking about their vacations and you make sure to tell them every single amusement park on the way.

...you start losing sleep cuz you post on coasterbuzz at 4 in the morning.

...you dream about riding rollercoasters in different countries.

and finally...when you get in an argument with your parents because there isn't enough blank tapes in the house to tape the next 3 weeks of rollercoaster programming.

...you steal your CoasterBuzz signature from dialogue in an episode of a certain non-coaster-related crime lab-themed TV show you don't even watch...which you overheard because your wife was watching that episode for the umpteenth time.

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Kyle Fobe said:
How do you get a vertigo launch?

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If you're asking about the "working freefall ride" in my Habitrail, it wasn't a launched version. It was more like a gravity-powered Zipper. I used a pair of Habitrail Sky Spinners, anchored to dozens of other tubes, to support a free-swinging, symmetrical shaft of tubes. Brenda would crawl in through the middle and climb to the top of the tower, at which point her weight would cause the entire shaft to invert, swinging a full three feet, then rocking back and forth a few times before stopping. As soon as it came to rest, she'd roll over and climb back to the top for another ride. She spent more time doing this than she did exercising on her wheel.

Is there a prize for being the biggest Emgee on Coasterbuzz? I mean, other than a gift certificate to the 12-Step Bookstore?

Habitrail Sky Spinner:

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5788/hamsters/habaskyspinner.htm

Ben *** Edited 8/3/2004 9:30:56 AM UTC by Railshark***

...when someone mentions any coaster related thing (coaster, ride, park, Sandusky, etc.) who hasn't before, everyone else in the discussion looks at me and laughs as they await the outpouring of information.

...when you're amused by friends' attempts to inform you of some coaster related information that they figured you wouldn't know (Did you know that there's this coaster in California, I think, where the seats can spin forwards and backwards?!).

...when you request a day off work, and the boss doesn't even ask if it's for a park trip anymore.

...when you take a non-enthusiast friend on a coaster specifically because you know they will have a very funny reaction (and for no other reason; bonus points if the reaction is even better than predicted).

...when you wonder why other people DON'T know that the Steel Phantom's second drop is longer than it's first (I mean, really, isn't that just common knowledge?).

...when people refer to Gemeni or Adventure Express as a wooden coaster and you grit your teeth to resist a 5 minute fully-detailed explaination as to why they're wrong (bonus points if you don't bother resisting).

...you arrive at a park you haven't been to before with local friends and you know the park layout better than they do.

...you know large amounts of detailed information about parks you haven't even been to, yet you struggle to remember anniversaries.

...your favorite words to hear while waiting in line for a ride go something like, 'I wonder how tall this thing is.'

...you're more likely to defend your favorite coaster's honor than your mother's.

...coaster related paraphanalia is actually a line item in your regular budget.

...the concept that someone would plan a vacation without an amusement park in mind is foreign to you.

...most of the pictures of you and your loved one on your desk are on-ride photos.

...someone calls a steel coaster 'rough', and you proceed to explain the implifications of the manufacturer and ride type on the quality of the ride experience. *** Edited 8/3/2004 1:59:53 PM UTC by CincyDJ***

...you get "verklempt" during the Splashin' Safari segment on Travel Channel's Waterparks 2004.

You know what really gets me about the free stuff at Holiday World? If you look at the sunscreen for sale in the gift shops, even on the amusement park side, there's a sign telling you that you can get free sunscreen in the water park. It's one thing to give it out for free in the water park, it's another to draw attention to it and lose the sale. :)

So why even sell sunscreen there at all?

. . . when you stay at a hotel on park property and manage to steal everything that has the park name on it, like shampoo, soap, towels, even the binder with all the rules in it(I'm talking to you Nick :-D)

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Kyle Fobe said:
So why even sell sunscreen there at all?

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They might sell brands that people prefer. The sunscreen offered free in the waterpark is SPF 15 I believe (correct me if I'm wrong). Some people are willing to pay for stronger SPF or name brand stuff.

I, on the other hand, would rather use free SPF 15 two or three times than buy and apply SPF 45 once. ;)

. . . Everyone else at work has family pics in their cube and for their desktop, but you have a coaster calendar on the wall and the latest cool coaster pic for your wallpaper!

And once Railshark builds a working backyard coaster, he'll have my vote for the official XMG!

...When you post in this thread.

I am a geek and d@mn proud!

. . when you stay at a hotel on park property and manage to steal everything that has the park name on it, like shampoo, soap, towels, even the binder with all the rules in it

What's wrong with that? My mom does that all the time!

So when is someone gonna market a coaster pillow for us to drool on? ;)

...when you have more posts than the owner of the coaster site? ;)

*** Edited 8/3/2004 7:57:52 PM UTC by janfrederick***

When your car's license plate has something to do with rollercoasters and or you have some kind of decal on the back of your car that has a roller coaster on it.

DawgByte II said:
...you're driving on the highway with your hand out the window going up & down, imagining that you're hand is on a rollercoaster.

You know I have actually caught myself doing that but I was imagining I was surfing on the waves, too funny.

Skittlebrau said:
...you understand the background and all the subtle nuances behind every cryptic pancake and M:TR reference.

don't forget the gravy and Captain Obvious references that everyone knows about as well as Moosh PM everyone for what GID means!!!!