Kennyweird

It is kept taut by gravity, and it is part of an escapement, but it isn't part of a gravity escapement.

Sounds like there may have been a lack of communication between the operator and maintenance worker.

Random Fact: Earth is effectively habitable for only another 500 million years, as which point the sun's rising temperature will destroy all life. 900th post! Woohoo!

^But they want it to be serious. What's the fun in that?

I hope this isn't a harbinger of something to come. Major quakes are usually preceded by smaller ones as the crust starts to strain and buckle.

Reading fail.

You're really close.

^ Agreed. I have a few grievances, but for the most part Robb, Elissa, and all the mods run this site incredibly well. I think they deserve our respect. Even us native English speakers can't read some of them!

^ You were pretty close with the first guess.

Something about the word "premature" being in the title made me grin...

^The original poster lives in a high-rise apartment, so that might be why he felt it and you didn't.

^No, but it is a spring.

Perhaps they meant "lift hill motor". I hope.

I love living in PA... so many great parks. Speaking of which, I'll be going to Lakemont here in a few weeks.

^ Probably lectures teens about breast cancer. < Thinks health classes are useless. v Is useless!

It depends. Although in general I prefer a comfortable, properly banked turn, sometimes a ridiculously underbanked turn like the Thunderbolt's is welcome as well. Besides, I'm relatively small so I always get to sit on the inside and crush people.

That's what happens when you live next to a large transform fault. I hope nothing broke.

I've never EVER had that problem, even on big rides like Millennium Force or TTD. They've always allowed me to wear them as long as I showed them the strap.

^ Huh? Lightning rods don't store energy. Besides, I said it was part of a clock.

A new big ride at Kennywood?! WOOHOO!!!!!

No. Hint: It stores energy.

I'm going to go back on my word and make one more post. I suggest reading through this carefully, that way there is no misunderstanding. Exactly. You can't assume it slowed him down. No one is sure how he got past the fence in the first place. For all we know there could have been a gap in it that would have allowed him to quickly slip through. Hopefully the investigation will be able to resolve this. So you're calling everyone in this thread foolish? I think the fact that your 17 and obviously NOT a parent makes you think this way. The rest of us, who are not 17 and ARE parents have a little more insight into the behavior patterns of children and other parents than you are giving us credit for. I spoke to a few parents ,including my own, and they all agreed with me, so certainly your view isn't universal. REALLY? So you're saying that the death of this child is completely acceptable because "even the best of parents can have a bad moment." "Ooops! My child died! Look at that, huh? Chalk that one up to being my bad moment! Wow...he was only two. Guess I used up that coupon early, didn't I! Hey you wanna go grab a beer?" When I read your post, that is what you're communicating to me. You're attacking a straw man. I never said that the death of this child is acceptable, I just said that things like this do happen occasionally. You're getting "how things should be" mixed up with "how things are". We all make mistakes; its not acceptable nor is it fair, but it's just the way things are. I don't need to know what it's like to be a parent to know that parents can make mistakes, which is what my argument's based on. Please be aware, I'm not trying to be combative or trying to annoy you, I'm just raising what I feel are serious objections to your viewpoint. Can you at least kind of see my point?

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That's basically what I've been saying! I guess I just misunderstood you. [/argument]