Hercules

I'm definitely a Vekoma guy.

Yeah. This was on a National Geographic coaster special.

Alright, let's see..... My father has owned a small bowling alley in Port Jervis, NY for almost 30 years now. It is an old house with wood lanes and very old Brunswick machines. There are now 18 lanes. There are 2 other lanes that were operational back in the day, but my dad put them behind a wall and started using them for spare parts because his intentions were to put in virtual golf, but he had some financial troubles with the place back then and it never happened. Now they are just sitting there behind the wall and being used for storage. I haven't been an active member in a league since I moved out a few years ago, but when I was I think my last established average was a 207. Last year I was going home fairly often and working once in a while and would sub in the one league and was averaging 218, but only got 15 games in so it wasn't official. When I went home for Christmas I hadn't bowled for about 6 months and a team needed me for a game because a dude was late and somehow I pulled a 258 out of my butt. Minisink Lanes, my dad's place, for sure isn't an easy place to bowl. On average about 3 guys average in the 200's for the year. There are a lot of pretty good bowlers there that go out and average an easy 200 other places in the area. It is just a mix of the wood lanes, the old sideboards and the inconsistancy of the lanes that make the place hard. People have nicknamed it "The House of Horrors". Hmmm..... I have had the same ball for probably the last 5 or 6 years - Danger Zone. And it was used before I even started using it. I used to be into bowling a lot, but it just got old. I guess that is just what happens when you grow up in a bowling alley. My dad is getting older and planning on retiring soon. I think I'm going to do a PTR of the place when he decides to give it up and give everyone a backstage tour when I have the chance.

I really like these additions to water parks. They are really fun. It's really not much, but it can give a nice little boost to the park just because they are so cool.

look up the goddamn definition of racist and you will see that you sound like a moron for using it in this context. God I HATE people using that word when half the time what they are discussin has nothing to do with racism. Same. Anyway, there are times for adult swim at pools, is that wrong? Should the kids be rebeling because they aren't over the age of 18? Is that so-called "racist"?

Honestly, I will kind of miss it. I wanted to ride the bad boy.

I don't care about the article..... she is sexy, not to mention with a British accent?! Woo....!

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Eh, I've seen worse than this. I did call out of work today though. It was good to get a day off, but I am now looking at grad schools, doing resumes and cover letters for part time jobs and studying for my microeconomics test for tomorrow.

That is really cool. Any marketing intern spots available? I wouldn't mind making the 2 hour commute every day to work there.

Exactly what I think, but everybody calls be looney.

^ Really? Awesome. What do you think it would take to get there?

Along with Dorney getting a new power line and the ongoing rumors of the demise of Laser...

Alright, thanks a lot guys. These are pretty much the answers that I figured I would get. I guess I will just have to live with going to see the Vatican and crap like that I was kind of hoping to do something really fun over there in terms of coasters though.

I'll be making a trip to Italy over Spring break. I'll have a day or two to myself, and I was wondering if there are any parks around Rome that I could make a half day, or even day trip to. I've been looking at RCDB and Google Maps, but just can't get the logistics of it all. Thanks!

Wonderful. More animals at parks. Thanks Shapiro.

I think everyone knows what I am....

Meh, fun. Give me a straight drop any day.

I didn't get the three things that I asked for: MAXX Pass, Six Flags Season Pass renewal, Tiger Woods 2007. But I did get a few things that I needed like a couple new coats and some socks.

After caving in and going to Dorney for the twilight special on the last night of the season, I found it hilarious that there were trash cans in the parking lot! Holy crap. How funny but yet so sad.

I don't really mind the trash can thing considering they did that whole study on having them every so often to minimize litter within the park. If they think that will minimize the litter, then good for them. I just think it looks utterly ridiculous to have them all over the place, and really makes the parks looks more and more commercialized.

I leave the coaster scene for a couple of weeks and my entire world comes crumbling down....

Well, we were able to mix them in with the cooked Ramen. I just went nuts waiting for the stuff to be cooked so I just started downing the packets.

What the hell? I had never heard of this until now and it is just plain weird. I am reminded of this right now for some reason. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastafarian At least that one is kind of a joke. This.... this is just plain weird to me.

Hell freakin' yeah I do. Sometimes I just eat it like a candy bar. I rip open the package and just eat it. Other times I crunch it up and eat it out of the bag. Other times I just let it sit in a little bit of water for a few minutes so that it gets a little soft (not that soft) and crunch on it for a while. A few years ago one of the events in my dorm was the Ramen Bowl. The guy who ate the most packages of Ramen in an hour won the title. The cooking process was really slow and I went through 3 bags really quickly, so instead of waiting I just ripped open a package and just started chowing. It was kind of barbaric and nobody could believe it for some reason. Then, I had to eat the seasoning pack. That is what did me in because that was pretty gross.