bloviatrix Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 4 hours ago, backyardchef said: I first read this as Ben Folds matters. Ben Folds matters a lot. Especially on my playlist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maison rustique Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Well, that, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Listening to flamenco and wondering whether my preferred porn name is Sherry Earthquake or Island Shrimp. Leaning towards the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Wilfrid said: my preferred porn name You don't think it's Bea Hinds? Edited September 13 by small h 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 My phone knows exactly what I like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 43 minutes ago, Wilfrid said: My phone knows exactly what I like. The algorithms. They are infallible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager Posted October 4 Author Share Posted October 4 Laugh ruefully? Okay. When husband was in hospital after his stroke and almost immobile, son and I decided to put in a chairlift on our staircase. Chose the least visually objectionable among several options. Contracted and paid 2/3 down. Was informed that since custom crafted for our curved staircase it would take 6-8 weeks. Fast forward, husband + rehap -> he is able to bounce up and down the stairs, the equipment was delivered to the local dealer and we postponed installation for over a month. Finally let them set it up today. As you might anticipate, it is butt-ugly and cost as much as a new small car. I keep telling myself that sooner or later it will be useful, and at a minimum the techs told us that, yes, it could be used as a dumb waiter, hauling up and down stairs anything less than 400 lbs per trip. Cheers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager Posted October 6 Author Share Posted October 6 Come ride my new indoor roller coaster, only 10¢ round trip! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 34 minutes ago, voyager said: Come ride my new indoor roller coaster, only 10¢ round trip! You should hire a photographer to take pictures of people as they come down with their arms raised. There's even more money to be made! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 I have a picture of N riding the Cyclone, her face an expression of utter terror. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager Posted October 8 Author Share Posted October 8 (edited) There is literally no amount of money that would entice me to get on the Cyclone. I have spent half a lifetime subduing panic attacks, including mastering slaloming downhill runs so as to avoid schussing. Edited October 8 by voyager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 (edited) I LOVE the Cyclone. The fact that it looks and feels in danger of imminent collapse adds to its piquancy; it makes other roller coasters seem sterile. Edited October 8 by Sneakeater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 56 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: I LOVE the Cyclone. The fact that it looks and feels in danger of imminent collapse adds to its piquancy; it makes other roller coasters seem sterile. Can I interest you in taking my kid? He loves roller coasters and has wanted to go on the Cyclone since he was five. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager Posted October 8 Author Share Posted October 8 1 hour ago, Sneakeater said: I LOVE the Cyclone. The fact that it looks and feels in danger of imminent collapse adds to its piquancy; it makes other roller coasters seem sterile. I was practically born on the Santa Cruz boardwalk and am intimately familiar with tinkertoy-like wooden roller coasters. Me? I was queen of catching the brass ring on the carousel. And not bad in the "bumpem cars". Of course it helped to have a smashingly beautiful 9 year older sister whom all the guys wanted to impress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 I’ve been on the Cyclone; I just came off with bad back pain because those cars are just rattling boxes of wood. Ouch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 The Cyclone's cool, but the Enterprise is where it's at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 Latest Coney Island Cyclone breakdown is nothing to worry about, ride's die-hard fans say https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-hits-coney-island-cyclone-operators-with-2-violations-as-iconic-ride-remains-shuttered Have fun!! In 2007, a 53-year-old man died in surgery after he fractured three neck vertebrae while on the coaster. The next year, an Arizona woman was injured on the ride and eventually won a $600,000 payout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 No pain no gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 I realized my kid pronounces the word ORGANIZATION like a Canadian with a long I. He used the word twice today and each time I stopped in my tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 I think I do too. Never thought about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinky Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 1 hour ago, bloviatrix said: I realized my kid pronounces the word ORGANIZATION like a Canadian with a long I. He used the word twice today and each time I stopped in my tracks. either he got swapped out for one of them canadian clones or he watches too much canadian hockey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 10 hours ago, bloviatrix said: I realized my kid pronounces the word ORGANIZATION like a Canadian with a long I. He used the word twice today and each time I stopped in my tracks. His school is probably doing those transnational surgeries we've heard so much about. You drop off an American kid in the morning, and when you go to pick him up, boom, he's Canadian. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 A lot of South African terms and expressions have crept into my speech over the last 17 years. Strangely, N hasn't picked up all that much Yiddish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 On 11/25/2023 at 4:04 PM, Wilfrid said: So I stroll past the Harlem Renaissance hotel on 125th, or rather past the old Victoria theater that serves as its lobby (same block as the Apollo) and I pause to read a sign about the Victoria restaurant inside. It’s some weird blurb about celebrating the history of Harlem through Cajun cuisine. Similar sentiment to be found on the website (see below). I showed this to my daughter who shrewdly suggested it should be soul food. Mm. But it’s worse than that, isn’t it? I have a dollar says whoever made up this nonsense thinks that Cajuns are Black. Anyway, what the cooking of displaced, white French-Canadians has to do with the history of Harlem is a mystery to me. So now it’s representing Soul Food (it still has the gumbo) and offers dishes named for Ellington, Calloway and Holiday. A different but I guess more acccurate way of being odd and inappropriate. No James Baldwin sliders, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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