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  1. Finally got some of the Shipyard Pumpkinhead stuff, AMAZING!!! I love how the beer flavor is still there, but then the sweetness and cinnamon kick in and it's even better, how did I live without this?!?! Literally, it's like punkin' pie in a bottle! This will definately NOT be my last 6 pack of the best beer I've ever had!!!
  2. Had a Tecate tonight for some reason, it'd been a long time since the last one, forgot that I kinda like the taste. Tomorrow though, have a mini-party planned and will pick up a 6 pack of Pacifico and maybe something else, we'll see.
  3. Had a Moosehead, Dos Equis, and Michelob after work today, only one I kinda liked was the Michelob.....the others were just not right. Oh, and it'll be a while before ANYONE in this town gets some Pumpkinhead, the distributor won't have it out here for at least another week. I'll be frequenting BevMo and Whole Foods and Trader Joe's to see if they have it yet though!
  4. Wow, it's been like forever since I've posted on here, let alone this thread, but my last one was a Mickey's actually. I had a 6 pack of Tequiza's a few days ago and really loved it, but was seriously let down by Gordon Biersch's Marzen........it tasted like ball sweat and vomit or something, not good. Derek, you've gone and done it, tomorrow I'll have to head out to Beverage's 'N More to pick up some of that Shipyard Pumpkinhead stuff. I missed the "harvest" beers last year somehow, but am intriguied by the spices and promise of punkin' flavor enough to pick some up!
  5. Where else would the several thousand the park employs work around here though? SFMM really is the biggest employer in town, no one else can touch them as far as work force goes, not everyone would be able to find another job. I agree with the business and income the park brings in too, the guests aren't all from within a day's drive, and even some that are will want to stick around a little while longer and see some of the sights around town. What about "hamburger hill" though? If people aren't coming to the park, the couple dozen restaurants at the Lyons exit will still get traffic from the I-5, but probably a lot less. Then again, the way the park likes to keep their employees "informed" of what's going on reminds me of what a friend told me: "I must be a mushroom, they keep me in the dark, and feed me bull crap!"
  6. Wow, I haven't posted on here in like forever, but an update of the last few months......some of which was house sitting. 1. Heineken, still not too good.......unless with burgers for some reason. 2. Becks, the good version of Heine, even better with burgers. 3. Fat Tire, finally had some, pretty darn good. 4. Fosters, I'll just buy some domestic beer for half the cost if I want a nothing taste. 5. Sam Adams still tastes like ball sweat, thought I'd try it again after I heard somebody raving about it, still hate it though......blech. 6. Red Stripe is amazing, comes outta nowhere and whacks you in the back of the head too.....at least it did for me. 7. Jose Cuervo Strawberry Margaritas (1.75L) and 350mL of 100 proof SoCo is more than enough to jack 4 guys up, gets worse when you add another 300mL of Jager..........but they all went great with bratwurst. 8. Miller High Life really isn't that high, but with 6 16oz cans for $3, why complain? 9. Bud Light tastes like soda, but is almost acceptable with Dodger Dogs. All in all, that's about it, been fun though, that's for sure.
  7. Nice one Jahan, but I see that you leave out the news on a ride re-opening that people would actually care about, good old Thrill Shot!
  8. Hey, crazy news here, Thrill Shot actually is NOT doomed, and will try to re-open by the end of May! Tower A doesn't have a sheive wheel right now, but that's because they were out for inspection or getting new ones or something, but the rumors of reopening sound serious.
  9. Nov. 1st, 2003, Calvary Church in Orange County for Five Iron Frenzy's last tour before they called it quits, went with my brother. Place wound up being HUGE, and Bleach and Holland got everybody amped up for the main event, FIF did an amazing job too. Didn't get out until sometime after midnight, we were both darn near deaf and hoarse too, got home around 2am.
  10. The "new" Space Mountain at Disney Land, I was expecting a bit more than the same layout as before making almost all right turns.........sucked having to wait several years and that being the outcome. Psyclone still sucks, the opening dive into a tunnel was a cool concept, but the first drop is short and painful, with absolutely zero airtime the whole stupid ride.........what gives?!?! It looks to have all the elements of a good ride, but flat out sucks. Colossus has more airtime, and at least can carry some speed around the turns.
  11. True, but if it's any kind of consolation, Psyclone has had guys working on the first turn after the drop the last week or so replacing boards and stuff, but I think Deja may have been put on the back burner for right now.
  12. Well, didn't really feel like reading through that stuff because I'm tired, but glad I was able to still make some kind of notable contribution to this thread. Oh yeah, nice avatar, but I got bumped to lead too so I still outrank you and get paid more........
  13. Okay, been gone for a while and not sure if anyone else has posted this up, but we employees have had a few flyers going around that list the rides planned to have rehab and reopen........Flashback is on the list. Sky Tower is also there (they've been working on it, and a few of my friends have been getting trained up there), Deja is there too, Psyclone, and I think even Metro might have been on it too.......will check tomorrow. I haven't seen them doing any real work over there though, last time I took a shortcut behind the Metro station (right past Flashback), it was just as faded and rusty as ever. However, with the new super hero tie-ins that the park has been doing lately, is it possible that they could re-do Flashback to involve something with the Flash? But that would require painting, MM no likey having to paint a coaster after it's been built.
  14. Angry Gumball, that's lame, just lame. As punishment, I shall never change my avatar!
  15. Had a Pyramid Apricot-Wiezen tonight, didn't really like it. Odd though, I LOVE apricots as a fruit, but this beer was just weird and I didn't even really taste anything I could point to as being "apricot". Also had a shot of Tequila and Absolut, they were okay, but at least I'm winding down after a busy day.
  16. "Totally Insane" as it was called was supposed to be the craziest level of the three seat rotating settings (there were 4 actually, but zero the seat didn't move at all), but the crew always felt they got it wrong and that number two was the best, the "Really Insane" one that kept your seat flipped forward as you hit the bottom and went back up for the bounce. I had the rotating timed better, because while you're kinda thrown off by the weightlessness at the top anyway, then your seat suddenly pitches forward and you're facing the ground; the "totally insane" one was a bit more random and you didn't even stay facing the ground all too long anyway. The real secret was to ride on "really insane" (switch setting #2 for us employees), look straight up, and not hold onto anything. When the cart would launch up, all you'd see is blue sky and the tops of the towers flying away, and you wouldn't know when it was going to stop. We usually did do two launches, but there were some Saturdays that just got too busy to keep doing it, and it never was an official procedure or required practice......mainly depended on who was working that day.
  17. Thrill Shot was a S&S Sky Sling, and was opened back in either '01 or '00.....can't remember, but know a few people that opened the ride.
  18. Hit the Wyder's Cider again, this time Peach.......tasted like crap, apple was soooo much better!
  19. Yeah, that guy got you on Dive Devil for free too, I want some recognition! I never did see the onride vid of it, prob. matches my imagination real good, seem to remember you rocked the cart good by being the only one riding as well....... Hey, but I have a POV Dive Devil vid, that's a bit more rare I think.......
  20. Um.......Thrill Shot's been down for the last 5 or 6 months man, hasn't run in a LONG time!
  21. Dang, took too long typing that junk, other replies appeared! angrygumball: Never did ride it like that, but did at least 150 rides with the second cart. Some were saftey rides, NEVER liked doing those as the test dummy employee to make sure that no guest would die on it.....you hear and feel all the weird stuff exceptionally well on those. Jahan: I know, even I miss it, and I vowed never to ride it again after it was down for several months for the annual checkup and re-opened.....still the same ride quality though. I gotta say, that ride had BY FAR the best gut drop of any ride I've ever been on, and the view and height sure did do a number on you!
  22. colossus: Yeah, it did do that. When the launch sequence was started by both panel and dispatch pushing the "launch" buttons, the valves would open and air would go from the massive supply tank behind the old time photo place to the shot tanks in each of the towers. After about 7 or so seconds, the cart will begin to lift off the ground, and when it gets about 6' off the ground, it will hold there and continue to fill the tanks for maybe another 5 seconds. At that point, the sound of the air going into the shot tanks is getting a bit quieter, and when it has reached about 40psi in each of the three (and when the computer has done a rough estimate of the weight of the cart), the system will purge the lines with a quick release of air that lasts no longer than a second. Then there is exactly a 3 second countdown (all us employees picked up on this real quick and knew what was happening), and on the count of 3, the shot valves open and instantly spool up the pneumatic winch thingys rocketing the cart skyward at 40mph. When the cart reaches the top of the 220' towers, it continues up another 10', and gives you one heck of a weightless feeling........and then you come back down. At the top, the excess air in the shot tanks is vented in a loud burst lasting about 3 seconds, and the cart comes back down. The view from the top is amazing, I wish I had brought my good camera on at least once, but before you can totally enjoy it, the "floaty" feeling in your gut takes over and you're going back down. 50' above the ground, the air regained from the drop that is in the bounce tanks (large external ones outside the towers) is sent back into the system and shoots the cart back to the top pulling 2.2g's at the bottom. Back at the top the routine is the same, but the air is vented for a few seconds more, and the cart comes back down to about halfway before being stopped and then lowers down in several steps the same way. Of course, I left out the different "seat flipping" sequences, of which there were 4, where the two seats on each side would rotate out to a 45* angle and face you toward the ground.......good for freaking out cheerleaders. Freakin' long answer, I know, but if you ever wanted to know the full sequence from somebody that was certified there, well, you have it! ShoubraStreet74: On the side of the panel is a sign off that mechanics check off on when the ride is set to open to the public for the day, the date on it was 10-23-05. I don't think that was the last time it was open, but it just may be.....I think it shut down a few months before then though. It originally went down for them to change out a couple of the cables (tower A, the one to the left of the panel, if you must know), but it never did have a good reliability record and they were weighing whether they should open it back up when they got done with the cables or not. I actually am still certified there, took the test and aced it no studying or problem whatsoever.
  23. Seriously now, the new owner of Six Flags ok'd giving good old Thrill Shot the axe, we just have to wait until MM has the cash to pay for it. Never thought I'd say this, but I'm really going to miss it with all the memories I racked up working over there for a year, took a trip back over there yesterday with a few other former employees from that ride. Ironically, we checked out the panel and pulled off the cover to find that there's a brand new touch screen that replaced the scratched and smeary old one, and now the ride's set to be torn down. We were all saying that we will have to go back and each take a piece of it with when they finally give it the go-ahead.
  24. It's been at least 6 months since I've eaten at McDonald's, can't stand that place and neither can my stomach. I'd rather have a massive Jimmy Dean's (the restaurant, not some frozen junk) steak quesodilla and fries, even if my insides turn inside out from trying to hold the farts in for the next few hours in a night class.
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