I hate that you simply cannot believe any headlines these days. And let's not even get started on bloggers. It would be nice if science fiction was still labeled as such, instead of being listed as news and headlines. That is true fear to me, as an antisocial person, I rely on headlines to know what's up. A roller coaster to me is just a cheap thrill.

okay ... and there are the stories of the typesetters
who have made the news themselves. . . and Megyn
Kelly doing the same with a mispronunciation. . . .
and even the FCC giving me the callsign kk4fuu.
it's no joke. . . you can get in trouble for using
bleach or for having mexican food at your E.T.
convention. . . the fun never ends!!! -- j

Hence, the term, "bucket list." Obama, at the gathering of journalists last night replaced bucket list by suggesting the use of a certain rhyme as a substitute. Which reminded me of Dorothy Parker who was a writer for the New Yorker magazine and a famous wit. She was going to a Halloween party with her editor and asked him what they'll be doing there. He replied "Probably ducking for apples." Looking wistful, she replied, "There but for the sake of one letter is the story of my life."

well, jd, it's like this::: when you go into a "zone"
where you feel like your life itself is threatened,
you might feel different -- even exhilarated -- about
life afterwards. . or during, if you're prone to thinking
simultaneously. . like riding a bike at high speed, or
dating a dangerous woman, or planning your
funeral ... you think about life differently. . out of
your "right mind," like H2 says. . yes? -- j

death-coaster-panels! -- j

people just Do Not Understand that seniors
Deserve To Live Their Dreams, Too !!! -- j

p.s. canophobes. . retirophobes. . shufflephobes.

It's those damn disablaphobes.

now, walk close to someone as you approach the
ride and leave the cane with someone else!!! -- j

p.s. temporarily.

I rode in a tweet, once, and it was like this -- some
high climbs and falls, several Gs this way and that,
including upside-down, and the pilot even let me
roll it. . but we never got over ~350 mph. . this is
what it was:::

https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=t-...

-- j

p.s. the T-33's engines have "centrifugal"
combustion chambers for its jet fuel, and its
compressor spools spin so fast that it shrieks.
so the usaf folks call it the "tweet." . well, "a tweet,"
since the T-37 is the real tweet I suppose.

https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt...

Because they're not IN their right mind!!!

A simulator will never replace the actual ride. The G's just aren't right. I used to play a game called Roller Coaster Tycoon and designed some awesome coasters that it allowed you to "ride". While I am sure the simulator probably has hydrolics and gimbles to simulate the movements of the coasters, it cannot created the various g-forces when a coaster changes direction in real life.
I used to belong to a group of Coaster enthusiasts who traveled to various parks to experience their coasters. I have fond memories of The Beast (the longest woodie) and also the King Cobra, my first standing coaster at King Island just outside Cincinnati, OH almost 30 years ago.

Whoa -- does that look like fun, or what? Falcon's Fury here at Busch Gardens has two vertical drops, just because I use a cane, the Brute's won't let me on it any more.

Why would anyone in his right mind get on one of these stupid torture machines?

It's been over a decade since my last ride but I do lover roller coasters--save for the kind that corkscrews like a Batman thing at Six Flags in Atlanta if it's still there.
That was like two decades ago. I also get sea sick pretty easy;.

To Orlando, or to the Fury 325 in North and South Carolina?

I just think all of us here feel like we are on the roller coaster of death with those two from one day to the next ;)

Will do. Maybe I'll sneak into a lecture as well. That would be a real treat! ;)

ROFL. That one's worth at least +10.

Put a wax figure Obama or Hillary on the seat next to you and you might get a few heart attacks.

When you come to Orlando, look me up. I am about an hour away.

One of my goals is to get there. Someday. :S

54 inch height requirement means its not a family ride. Teen age date ride.

At Universal Studios in Orlando, there is a roller coaster simulator that you can program and then "test ride".