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on the doss's avatar

Well this is a embarasment but must admit you hit the nail on the head. In my 30's I was in Disney World Florida, never had been on a rollercoaster in my life. Thought I was going on the people walker and some how ended up on sky mountain. The climb was beautiful seeing the galaxy, then the drop. I was stunned and just thought I'm a gonner. After the second shock I realised I was here until this ended and could not stop laughing at my stupidity. Needless to say I went back. Why must I conform to your mental illness and you won't even concede to my humanity ? Could I find a paid position as rollercoaster czar? Just asking for a friend.

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I guess I was about ten when my uncle took us kids to the county fair. One ride was called "The Bullet", a rotating arm with two spinning cabs on either end. The cabs spinned around also.also. I bragged all the way to the fair that I wanted to take on "The Bullet". It was expensive at the time at 50 cents. I was still bragging when we got close to the ride, and I was foolishly still running my mouth when my uncle calmly handed the half dollar and said "Here You Go". I then had to cash the check that my mouth had written, so to speak, or I could have never lived it down. Holy s**T. Talk about terrified the whole three minutes. Afterward, of course, I swaggered the rest of the day and claimed it was not a big deal for a man of my courage. That was some 70 years ago and I can still remember every detail.

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