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Re: Round Table for the Week of August 29th, 2010 Greger #160600 08/30/10 04:10 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,630 Likes: 28 Athens, Ga. olyve veteran
olyve veteran Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,630 Likes: 28 Athens, Ga.	Oh! I grew up at the Great Southeastern Fair every year at Lakewood Fairgrounds, East Point, Ga. (greater Atlanta area). Our old roller coaster built in 1915 was all wooden. Talk about rickety and scary! It was demolished in Smokey and The Bandit in 1977. I tried to find a photo but couldn't Here's a youtube. Speed ahead to the 1:35/40 point and you'll see it if you're interested. Last time I was visited Lakewood Fairgrounds now a concert venue was in 2004 to see what is left of the Grateful Dead. Nice opener, Naomi! It's coolish and fall like here. Nice. "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain."

Re: Round Table for the Week of August 29th, 2010 olyve #160603 08/30/10 04:16 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,630 Likes: 28 Athens, Ga. olyve veteran
olyve veteran Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,630 Likes: 28 Athens, Ga.	Don't forget (like as if...) the anniversary of this... "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain."

Re: Round Table for the Week of August 29th, 2010 Phil Hoskins #160613 08/30/10 07:44 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,723 alabama H humphreysmar old hand
humphreysmar old hand H Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,723 alabama	Originally Posted by Phil Hoskins This was my first rollercoaster, the Pike in Long Beach. Scary, noisy, jerk and shake ride that I was sure led to death. And then I wanted to get on again. That's the one I was talking about! Currently reading: Best American Mystery Stories edited by Lee Child and Otto Penzler. AARGH!

Re: Round Table for the Week of August 29th, 2010 Greger #160614 08/30/10 07:52 PM
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humphreysmar old hand H Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,723 alabama	Originally Posted by Greger I rode a Wild Mouse carnival ride about 50 years ago joe, it was a rickety scary old thing, partly wood and partly metal, looked like it was going to collapse any minute. Ocean City (MD) had a Wild Mouse, but it paled in comparison with the double Ferris Wheel. Currently reading: Best American Mystery Stories edited by Lee Child and Otto Penzler. AARGH!

Re: Round Table for the Week of August 29th, 2010 Greger #160633 08/30/10 10:52 PM
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Joe Keegan veteran J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,707	Originally Posted by Greger I rode a Wild Mouse carnival ride about 50 years ago joe, it was a rickety scary old thing, partly wood and partly metal, looked like it was going to collapse any minute. The Wild Mouse at Savin Rock was steel. If you look at the the layout plans, you'll see a number of rather sharp curves and not the 90 degree angle (it felt like one)that I remember from my childhood. There were two turns that produced the accidents with the car going off the tracks into the drink. The accidents just seemed to attract more kids.

Re: Round Table for the Week of August 29th, 2010 olyve #160634 08/30/10 10:56 PM
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Joe Keegan veteran J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,707	Originally Posted by olyve Here's a youtube. Speed ahead to the 1:35/40 point and you'll see it if you're interested. Looks very similar to the one that I grew up on. What a ride! I remember telling my somewhat apprehensive cousin that if we sat in the first car that we wouldn't feel the results as much.

Re: Round Table for the Week of August 29th, 2010 humphreysmar #160635 08/30/10 10:58 PM
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Joe Keegan veteran J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,707	Originally Posted by humphreysmar Originally Posted by Greger I rode a Wild Mouse carnival ride about 50 years ago joe, it was a rickety scary old thing, partly wood and partly metal, looked like it was going to collapse any minute. Ocean City (MD) had a Wild Mouse, but it paled in comparison with the double Ferris Wheel. Ocean City is great. Did they have that large stuffed shark on display that someone caught when you were there?

Re: Round Table for the Week of August 29th, 2010 Joe Keegan #160636 08/30/10 11:01 PM
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Joe Keegan veteran J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,707	One amusement park attraction that really scared the crap out of me was the Wax Museum. Wow!

Re: Round Table for the Week of August 29th, 2010 Joe Keegan #160699 08/31/10 12:27 PM
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Schlack veteran Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,740 Likes: 1 Ireland	not mine unfortunately "The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." (Philip K.Dick)

Re: Round Table for the Week of August 29th, 2010 Schlack #160711 08/31/10 04:37 PM
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BamaMama enthusiast Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,733 Huntsville, AL	Morning Everyone. Is it Saturday yet? Where ever you go, there you are!

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