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Re: No Leaning on the Rails, For Goodness's Sake
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:10 pm
by GRUMPY PIRATE
Kwahati wrote:I dunno, transition and translation are both pretty scary. Titanium and other transition metals do scare the crap out of me, but you don't know real terror until you have your first dream in a foreign language! ;)
Hmm, in language school, they always SAID you had to think in the language to fully comprehend it!! Dream it in...NEW angle on me!!
Re: No Leaning on the Rails, For Goodness's Sake
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:29 pm
by Randy B
Kwahati wrote:I dunno, transition and translation are both pretty scary. Titanium and other transition metals do scare the crap out of me, but you don't know real terror until you have your first dream in a foreign language! ;)
Not very restful when you spend the entire night saying "Huh?" and "What?".
Randy
Re: No Leaning on the Rails, For Goodness's Sake
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:19 am
by GRUMPY PIRATE
Randy B wrote:Not very restful when you spend the entire night saying "Huh?" and "What?".
Randy
Glad you asked that, I was wondering about that....
hehehehe
Re: No Leaning on the Rails, For Goodness's Sake
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:57 pm
by Terrytunes
"Timmy" and "Tammy" start sitting on the chains/ropes before they even enter the park. They start at the ticket booths. Parents are standing right next to them, completely oblivious until you politely tell the children, "Sweetie, don't sit on the chains." And hey, half of the time it's adults and mostly teenagers. If it's somone really going to hurt themselves we stand up on our stools, loudly, yet politely through our Mickey shaped window cutout, ask them to please get off the chains. They little ones look genuinely guilty and try to hide their faces from you.
Once I saw one young boy (about 12, old enough to know) jumping the chains and tripping. When the mother caught up with him, he was still rubbing his arm, she slapped him on the back of the head and I could lip read, "See what happens?!" I had our breaker go out and ask him if he was o.k. He was more embarrassed than hurt. Bozo!!
Terrytunes
Re: No Leaning on the Rails, For Goodness's Sake
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:21 pm
by GRUMPY PIRATE
Terrytunes wrote:"Timmy" and "Tammy" start sitting on the chains/ropes before they even enter the park. They start at the ticket booths. Parents are standing right next to them, completely oblivious until you politely tell the children, "Sweetie, don't sit on the chains." And hey, half of the time it's adults and mostly teenagers. If it's somone really going to hurt themselves we stand up on our stools, loudly, yet politely through our Mickey shaped window cutout, ask them to please get off the chains. They little ones look genuinely guilty and try to hide their faces from you.
Once I saw one young boy (about 12, old enough to know) jumping the chains and tripping. When the mother caught up with him, he was still rubbing his arm, she slapped him on the back of the head and I could lip read, "See what happens?!" I had our breaker go out and ask him if he was o.k. He was more embarrassed than hurt. Bozo!!
Terrytunes
Ya shoulda gave the mom a prize for trying to prevent a kid from becoming an SG!!
Re: No Leaning on the Rails, For Goodness's Sake
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:02 pm
by AlpineDL
A lot of DL areas are getting easy-breakaway magnetic clipped chains in emergency exit spots, including one of my locations recently. I haven't gotten to witness it yet, but some pretty hilarious stories have already come up... or fallen straight down so to speak. :D:
Re: No Leaning on the Rails, For Goodness's Sake
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:16 pm
by GRUMPY PIRATE
AlpineDL wrote:A lot of DL areas are getting easy-breakaway magnetic clipped chains in emergency exit spots, including one of my locations recently. I haven't gotten to witness it yet, but some pretty hilarious stories have already come up... or fallen straight down so to speak. :D:
I have seen those at some airports, a smart move, a little kid could't "closeline" himself and leave the business open for suits!
Re: No Leaning on the Rails, For Goodness's Sake
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:59 pm
by hobie16
AlpineDL wrote:A lot of DL areas are getting easy-breakaway magnetic clipped chains in emergency exit spots, including one of my locations recently. I haven't gotten to witness it yet, but some pretty hilarious stories have already come up... or fallen straight down so to speak. :D:
Instead of easy breakaway magnets, strong electromagnets should be used. That way the rope or chain would hold Timmy/Tammy until a CM hit a button that shut off the magnet dropping said offender on his/her butt. :twisted:
Re: No Leaning on the Rails, For Goodness's Sake
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:02 pm
by GRUMPY PIRATE
hobie16 wrote:Instead of easy breakaway magnets, strong electromagnets should be used. That way the rope or chain would hold Timmy/Tammy until a CM hit a button that shut off the magnet dropping said offender on his/her butt. :twisted:
See!! Even better, you need to start marketing this kind of stuff under the "SGT" brand!!
Re: No Leaning on the Rails, For Goodness's Sake
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:36 pm
by mechurchlady
hobie16 wrote:Instead of easy breakaway magnets, strong electromagnets should be used. That way the rope or chain would hold Timmy/Tammy until a CM hit a button that shut off the magnet dropping said offender on his/her butt. :twisted:
I like that idea Hobie