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by GRUMPY PIRATE » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:34 am
Zazu wrote:Not half so tricky as parking one perpendicular to the station!
Now I would pay extra to see that!!!
hehehehehe
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by Cranbiz » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:57 am
I was not surprised or even concerned but you shit can and does happen. When it does happen, it is usually at the worst time.
When I was testing with the CDL examiner, he missed giving me a turn and I thought, "Did I F**k up? I ended up fine but it was a tense few minutes after for me until he realized that he screwed up and not me.
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by BRWombat » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:05 am
GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:Well, we have been told that parallel parking that sucker can be a bit tricky!!
Zazu wrote:Not half so tricky as parking one perpendicular to the station!
I've heard the off-road portion of the checkout is hell. :D:
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by GRUMPY PIRATE » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:10 am
BRWombat wrote:I've heard the off-road portion of the checkout is hell. :D:
Is that the part where it "transforms" into the parking lot tram?
I Knew IT!!!!!
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by ktulu » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:17 am
No, the hardest part is having the fire put out on the 2% grade, having to get it lit again and then start out with no wheel slip, fully loaded train with the tracks wet from recent rain.
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by Big Wallaby » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:47 am
And did you know the Monorail was a stick-shift? Starting it up on the Contemporary hill can be a challenge.
And how do you make a bridge on a system that's already up in the air? Well, ride along, and I'll show you.
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by Elena (aka: Bubble Lady) » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:55 pm
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by Big Wallaby » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:30 pm
I find this thread alarming every time I see the first couple words of the title. I often read just the first two words of thread titles when I get the list of threads with new messages, and I expect the third word to be "be", the fourth to be "down" and so on. Then, I

and take a closer look. Imagine learning of your own death on an internet forum.
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by GRUMPY PIRATE » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:34 pm
Big Wallaby wrote:I find this thread alarming every time I see the first couple words of the title. I often read just the first two words of thread titles when I get the list of threads with new messages, and I expect the third word to be "be", the fourth to be "down" and so on. Then, I

and take a closer look. Imagine learning of your own death on an internet forum.
Hmmmmmm!
Well, if you think about it, that would probably be one of the better ways of finding out!!!
That also raises the question, is your grasp of reality so tenuous that you have to rely on a thread post to know you havn't passed on to the great reward?
hmmm
ya need some RUM!!!
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by HarryFromMarydelDE » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:59 am
Just like to add my congratulations, sorry they seem to be a little outdated!
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