pete4winds

A Subway and a Curves in the same place...dinner and a show?

I totally have the best one...the realism is stunning!!!

^ As I said, it's been edutaining...or would that be entercational? Although, in a sense, you could say it's even better now...the English Mastiff reference makes it not only a racist thread, but an interspecies thread.

OK, I'll throw my $.02 in...sure, why not? I've been reading this thread for a couple days now, just to see how it plays out...it's been edutaining, to say the least. Maybe I'm just too much of a nice guy for my own good, but I happen to think that people who jump lines are world class a$$holes, full stop, end of story. I will say that it's interesting how this thread has consisted of two completely unrelated yet somehow parallel debates, those being the line jumping issue and the racial one. Personally I think line jumpers are effing scum, and I really don't see ANY racial basis or connection (and I say this as a minority). What I find works really well for me in dealing with line jumpers is this: it really only works with people coming up from behind, but I latch onto both handrails with the deathgrip of all deathgrips, so that anyone trying to pass me has to just about break my arm to do it...the fact that I have this bizarre talent for growling like an English Mastiff when I'm angry kinda helps, and makes the whole experience that much more fun, but it works for me. Everyone has their own way of dealing with the situation. That's mine.

We'd like to call our subject matter expert Waterviper Mike to the witness stand, your honor... Heh... Ok, I'll play along...sure, why not? Nobody's going to read it anyway. 1. What is your best friend's Mum's name? Susan 2. What body part do you hate? This one particular callous on the bottom of my foot... 3. Who was the hottest teacher you ever had? At the time I didn't think much of her, but looking back, probably my fourth grade (I think it was 4th grade) homeroom.math teacher Ms. Scopoletti. 4. Have you ever made out in a movie theatre? Have I ever not? ...wait...that didn't come out right. 5. What body part do you wash first? My head, then work my way down. 6. Do you have any piercings? One earring and...um...well, this is supposed to be a PG-13 site, so just back off, okay? 7. Have you ever had withdrawal symptoms from fast food? Whenever I go for more than a month without a D'Angelo's steak and cheese, which sadly happens way more often since I've been married. 8. Is your driveway steep? No driveway (it's all street parking here) but my street is fairly steep. 9. What's your favourite flavoured Pringles? It's a toss-up between two: Pizza and that cheddar whatever the eff they call it. 10. Have you ever been tied up? Does being duct taped to the floor count? 11. What was the worst thing you ever got grounded for? I think I've only been grounded once, for forging my mother's signature on a not-so-stellar report card. 12. Have you ever thrown up over something you've treasured? I don't think so. 13. Have you ever had two dates in one night? Do those trips to Thailand count? Wait, lemme rephrase...define "date." 14. How many times have you been cursed at? My wife and I antagonize each other for fun, so I can't really count how many times...I'd say more like on a minute-by-minute basis. 15. Which shoe do you put on first? Right. 17. Have you ever been to a gay bar? I did once go to this bar with a former ladyfriend...it wasn't specifically a "gay bar" per se, but it was alternative-lifestyle-friendly. 18. Have you ever had any Friends with Benefits? Eeeerrrrmmm...yes... 19. Is there one thing all of your love interests have had in common? Boobs? 20. Where's the most random place you've ever woken up in? I don't recall ever waking up in a truly random place...except one time when I was in the Navy I did wake up in my bunk on my ship without knowing how I got there or where I'd left my motorcycle...my helmet was still strapped to my head. 21. Have you ever been cow-tipping or snipe-hunting? As a matter of fact, I HAVE been snipe hunting...every new sailor gets suckered into it at one time or another... 22. Who is the last person you usually think about before you fall asleep? I'd say probably the older of my two cats, because he's usually right in my face purring away and trying to keep me awake. 23. Have you ever had a song written about you? Not to my knowledge...a poem or two maybe. 24. If you had to choose to not ever wash your bed sheets again or not wash your bath towel ever again, which would you choose? I can sleep in all kinds of places that really don't require sheets (thank you Middle East combat experience), so I'll choose not washing my sheets. 25. Have you ever found anything in your parents' bedroom that was questionable? My dad's huge stack of old Hustlers that my mom had me help throw out the day after he moved out. 26. What was your childhood nickname? Re-Pete (my dad is also Peter). I didn't mind it when I was a kid, but I absolutely hate it now. 27. When is the last time you played the air guitar? I dunno...yesterday afternoon? Finding old Headbangers' Ball videos on YouTube is my new non-coastering pastime. 28. Have you ever peeked in the opposite sexes locker room? Happens every time...eeerrrmm...wait...I mean maybe once or twice when I was younger. 29. Have you ever groped someone before and then yelled 'stop groping me'? I'm creepy, but I'm not THAT creepy. 30. Have you ever bitten your toenails? As much as I'd love to I'm not quite that flexible. 31. How do you normally eat your Oreo cookies? I dip them in milk (I mean the whole cookie...up to the elbow in milk) and wait until the bubbles stop...that way the cookie turns into Oreo mush. 32. have you ever stopped in the middle of the street to do the YMCA? Not in the middle of the street, but I did it AT a YMCA once... 33. Name something you do when you're alone that you wouldn't do in front of others? I thought TPR was supposed to be PG-13? 34. Have you ever tried to kiss a policeman/fireman/nurse? No, but my wife does fairly often...I'm a Fed, you pervs...getcha minds outta the gutter. 35. Have you ever randomly gone up to someone and asked for their picture/autograph/moblie number? On a fairly regular basis... 36. How many drinks does it take before you get drunk? Four or five, maybe... 37. Why are you doing this survey? Because I'm a chump... 38. Have you ever got into your birthday suit while drunk? Probably... 39. Do you scrunch or fold your toilet paper? Who folds toilet paper??? I scrunch, thank you very much. 40. Do you have any strange phobias? Crossing streets kinda skeeves me out a little (result of a serious car accident when I was 7 in which I was struck), but I've been more or less over that for several years.

Awesome TR. Boo to one-train ops, YYYAAAYYY to Hershey in general. I can't wait to get back there. End-of-July, why do you take so long to get here???

^ That seems to happen around here quite often, too. How many people have been 24-hour-banned for exactly that, I wonder? Taking it a step further, there are those "in the loop experts" who are "sworn to secrecy." If you're sworn to secrecy, why are you going to effing mention that you have a secret in the first place?

^ emotwits - the latest canditate for entry into the TPR Glossary?

^ I can totally relate. I was a professional cook for 13 years. "I want..." irks the shit outta me. My response would be something like "I want a Ferrari, but I don't expect to get it on demand." On an food-service-related note (definitely one of my most annoying restaurant experiences), I was running a breakfast buffet once when a guy came through the line (I happened to be at the buffet, since I was doing edds to order), and he started picking up pancakes with his bare hands. He looked me right in the eye and said "hands were invented long before tongs." My reply? "Yes, they were. But hands were also invented long before toilet paper. Use the tongs." He wasn't a customer very long, and I got a raise for it.

^ I thought you said it was TX state law for the at-fault driver to cover expenses whether a claim was filed or not? Good thing your insurance company has prior experience with this other company. And to think you were being the nice guy to check up on the other driver...

^ Or, here's a thought. Robb has only said about 400 times in this thread to just ask. Why bother "testing" whether there's a policy when you could know in advance just by asking? And ^^ I emailed Hershey earlier this week, so when I get a response, I'll post it and let you know.

Oddly, when my wife totaled my Monte (my favorite car of all that I've owned), it ultimately turned out to be a great day. Not only did it lead to her epilepsy diagnosis (she had a seizure while driving...yes, that's good, because without a diagnosis she's still be having seizures and we wouldn't know why...now she's on anti-epilepics and has been seizure-free free almost 18 months), but my insurance company settled the claim for more than what I paid for the car in the first place. That, in turn, gave us more than enough to put us in a really nice Blazer, which is actually a much better car for us, between the extensive camping we do and the fact that we need four-wheel-drive just to get in and out of our neighborhood in the winter. So, in hindsight, I'm pretty thankful that my wife cracked up the car (even though I do miss that car, and I jokingly shove it down her throat every time in comes up in conversation). You should consider yourself lucky and think of the positive that could come out of this. Between that car wreck experience and my own personal "worst day ever" (I won't rehash it here - people here that know me well enough know exactly what day that is), I'd have to say I'm not really impressed by a wrecked Jeep. I'm glad you're OK, and I'm sorry it happened to you, but I agree with Joe...you're living a pretty charmed life if this is your "worst day ever." It could be much worse.

Oh, sure...why not? Some of my favorite photos from within the last year or so. A long-dead pier near my house. Katie. Katie (closest) and Cabot fighting. One of my best-timed photos. Theme parks could only wish their landscaping was this nice. PTC #54, the old Lincoln Park carousel, from a different perspective. Reflecting upon my city. Imprisoned? The ghosts of Fall River. Of all of my photography, this is my all-time favorite (so far). My youngest brother Forest, age 8 in this photo (March '07). Another of Elsie. Elsie, our Ibizan Hound/German Shepherd mix. The late Digit, our border collie mix. Under the Sister City Arch, Fall River, MA.

Eeeeerrrmmm...no. If it was because of magnets, they'd have to prohibit every belt, every riveted pair of jeans, every pair of sneakers (most eyelets are made of metal), etc. I think I'll go with consensus on this one, having worn an earring on every Vekoma I've ever ridden...ouch.

Same here...I'm just too damn lazy to type OR dig through favorites.

^ Snopes has been saying the same thing for years.

Best. Post. Ever. ...I could easily see myself spending all day at those water cannons.

What's really disgraceful is that this story is already older than I am...

^ Pretty sure Derek's not EXPECTING anyone to be perfect, but he makes a valid point. Me, I would've just gotten a new camera, especially if I KNEW beforehand that the pictures would be hard to see. If I can't see the pictures, I'd rather read a TR without them, and I'm more than willing to do so.

Same here. I've done both, and when I was still wearing my glasses I always had a Croakie at theme parks. I'd never been asked to remove my glasses, and now that I'm back to wearing contacts again, no problem. I also have six pairs of contacts on standby (I also wear disposables) for my upcoming Hershey trip, just in case I lose a pair in the new waterpark.

This was probably posted already (I wasn't about to read all five pages), but my verbal and/or communication pet peeves are: Example 1: "Your going to ________" or "Your doing _______" ...your? How about You're (You ARE). Example 2: "The red train was on it's transfer track..." Say what? The train was on IT IS transfer track??? WTF language is that?

I timed it just right so that I'll HAVE TO get gas on Tuesday. BAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

So I went to the local carnival yesterday (first at 9:30 to drop my wife off at work next door), then at 11:00 (thinking it was open to coincide with mall hours...but it was closed until 6:00), then finally today at about 3:30 I made it during operating hours. Parking lot theming is one thing, but this place was ENTIRELY in the parking lot at the mall. The photos tell the story. Yes, the town line is in the MIDDLE of the Taunton River (which is about a mile across and 135 feet below us at this point). The Braga Bridge heading back home. The lesson here? If you must use your shirt to clean the LCD screen, shut the power off first. Heading home... The layout of Dragon Wagon...as if ANYONE has ever seen it before...this is a total exclusive! AAAHHH! It's coming to get me!!! Again, full height. Fairly depressing. Let's teach children the joys of road rage. That is one attentive ride-op. See what I mean about the height? Yes, I'm dumb enough to stand right under it. It was getting some decent height, though. I never quite got the point of the Egyptian theming on this ride. OK, so somehow I managed to get MOST of the Ferris Wheel in frame. The @$$-end of the slide. As were the terlets. If you even THINK I'm going to eat here just to add it to this PTR, you are SADLY mistaken...this place was scary. This fair was so tiny I couldn't even get far enough away from the Ferris Wheel to get the whole thing in frame. ...and from a little closer to the ground. Hello credit...from near the top of the ferris wheel... Parking lot, THROUGH THE...big round metal tree? You'll never know how great a kiss can feel, when you stop at the top of a Ferris Wheel, when I fell in love, down at Palisades Park...ing lot?. See? The epitome of parking-lot theming. The ultimate in parking lot theming...an actual, working, currently-in-use parking lot. ...and this was the entire rest of the fair, behind the ferris wheel. Yup, that's it. Dragon Wagon, THROUGH THE...well, I guess it's not really a tree. This was the entire fair in front of the ferris wheel... My token artsy-fartsy photo. CREDIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At full height...craptacular. Yup, they had one... Same Zipper, same trailer. Stupid tiny fairs... Wow...up another four cents! At least it waited until the next day to go up to this price. Alternate route? Through the church? HUH??? Wait, no, take a right AT the church... Jen's driving this time, so the car is much closer to "under control" than it was yesterday. Half a mile closer, and still the same exit. Still at the same mall. OK, second attempt, this afternoon. Still the same exit. Entering God's country...wait...no...that's jus Toys R Us. Since the fair's closed and my wife works next door, let's bring her some lunch. What ghetto fair PTR is complete without the Zipper? This is as close as it came to opening this weekend. Almost there! Wow...it was $2.79 an hour and a half ago. Taking the off-ramp like it's fricken' Watkins Glen! Note to self: the horizontal pedal on the left is your friend. And it's Elissa-friendly, bonus... That's my exit! The requisite self-portrait. Note to self: shut off the flash next time...your head is blinding! On the way...this was my second trip to the mall, at 11:00.

^ It won't even cause gas prices to go down in the first place, and this is why: http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp By now it's a fairly well-established fact that these "boycott gas on ___ day" campaigns are useless at best. Oddly, this latest one even made the rounds on various major news outlets this week. I'd like a large order of slow news day with a side order of pointless, please? Some statistics (analyzing both the original April 1997 claim and the current campaign), from MSNBC:

^ Uuummm...no...I count SEVEN missed capital letters (five of them were "I", which is first-grade stuff) and FIVE dropped punctuation marks in his combined posts. One missed capital letter and two dropped punctuation marks were AFTER Wes reminded him of the rules. I'm no mod (nor would I want to be - they have my respect for doing such a thankless job), but I'm at least smart enough to correct a mistake that a mod points out to me, rather than argue the mistake on its merits!