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  1. Does KI have editorial control over KIC? Last I checked, KIC is not owned or operated by KI. Even if employees follow the KI guide lines as stated in the handbook, it seems they still take exception to them being members here, even if they do it on their own time and on their own computers.
  2. The chimp was caged at the Train Stop Inn, located in Fosters, Ohio, just down the river from Kings Mills. I used to go there a few times and there were lots of wild times recored there, most of them the drinking kind.
  3. If there was a tornado heading for the park and I was a ride employee on The Beast, you can bet that my fellow workers would be directing everyone to shelters and shut the ride down. After all, we don't want to end up like Dorothy and Toto and end up in Oz.
  4. My grand parents worked down at the King Powder Company during the 20's to 40's are very aware of all of the explosions they had. That is why the shops were strung along the river so that if one blew, they all would not blowup. I used to hike and explore all along the river where the buildings were located. Also, there were lots of train wrecks along the tracks down there. When I was a kid, I was always kidded by other boys that I should watch out for the lions that had escaped when a circus trained had derailed. That was always one of the rumors that I was always told about that I did not believe.
  5. The first coaster that I ever road was the Shooting Star at Coney Island back in 1967. I was scared but after that first drop, I could not wait to get in line again and again.
  6. I saw the tornado in 74 as it left Mason and hopped over my house in Kings Mills and touched down in Lebanon, where it did a number on Mound Street. WCPO TV had it live as the tornado was doing its destruction to western Hamilton County. Whenever you hear the warnings, take cover and heed the warnings.
  7. As for going to the zoo to watch the monkeys, I once saw the chimps giving an x-rated performance to all of their fans watching them. Now can you imagine the mother's response to her child when they ask her, "Mommy what are the chimps doing?" Terpy, I will have a Wendy's double whopper bacon cheese burger on a sesame seed bun and an ice cold beer to wash it down.
  8. Do you have couple million in your wallet to loan to me? I will pay you back Tuesday for a couple million today.
  9. Several years ago, there was a huge wind storm that blew through the area on a Sunday in September. It blew down trees and left thousands without power for several days. I saw the umbrellas out by the picnic area by the season pass building bent at a 45 degree angle and the trees were blowing and bending. You might had seen all the bare trees by the picnic area without leaves. Those were toast by that storm. Trees were down every where as I was driving home. The park had closed early due to that storm.
  10. The park will be shutting down and will guide the guests to the nearest shelter to seek safety. The last thing you want is to have thousands of guests getting in their cars and being caught in traffic and being sitting ducks in the direct path of the tornado. Terpy, what do you want on your tombstone? Me, I prefer pepperoni, sausage, bacon, and onions.
  11. My good friend from school survived 30 years of service in the 5th Special Group and I salute him and all the rest of our military members, both active, reserve, retired, and all who served. But most of all, I salute the heroes that never came home.
  12. I remember when I was a litter getter starting back in 1972, the employee that had the area beneath the tower had to climb up to the 50 ft level to clean it. I loved going up to the top level to enjoy the view, but you had a workout climbing the stairs.
  13. I predict it will be a typical Saturday crowd for this time of the year.
  14. If I am in a large parking lot during a very bad thunderstorm with lots of lightening, I will never get out of my car and walk with my umbrella and be a lightening rod.
  15. Do it the same way the army trains its airborne troops. They don't start the new airborne troops jumping out of a C-130 at 1,200 feet. They start teach them how to jump and land and then jump from a 50 foot and 250 foot jump tower with an attached chute. Start riding a smaller, less extreme coaster rather than from a 300 foot coaster. Start out small and build yourself up to The Beast and Diamondback.
  16. Was doing security for a steampunk event, and one guys costume had an officer's missilier badge (people responsible for turning the key to bring hell on Earth). I stopped him and asked him about it, his story said he retired as an E-4 (Senior Airman, 3-ish years minimum service, max I think is 10?), and was in the bunker (officers job, not enlisted). I had my fun letting him ramble on and tell lies, then pulled out true military jargon every one of us knows, and he was all confused. I love catching people in lies, especially when it involves the military, posers **** me off way too much. ^I know the feeling, Thedevariouseffect. When I was in the army back in 1974, you had to be in service at least 3 years before being promoted to the specialist rank (E4) and then only if you reenlisted for at least another 3 years. They were not going to spend the time and effort to train you and promote you unless you agreed to more time in service. This poseur was lucky he was in "costume" for that event as if he was in uniform or part of with those badges (unearned) and being on a military base, he would really be sweating when you ask him for his military ID. You would think before he wore those badges, he would had spent more time in researching it more. If he is going to be a poseur, at least spend some time and effort in it and have a decent story behind it. But now, what poseur would say he retired as an E-4? You retire when you have served at least 20 years and if he was only an E4 after that long in service, he would had been dumped a long time ago. I was a 16 Bravo (Nike Missile Crewman)
  17. I would had thought that the next thread of "what new ride will we get next" would be at least a couple years later. But I guess I was wrong. It is like a kid asking their father, "Daddy, when are we getting a new car? said the kid. In which the father replied, "Son, I just bought a new car."
  18. Do amusement parks like Kings Island still hold trademarks on the names of their former rides? If so, there is no need to file a new trademark on the ride name again. Just like Ford and GM still hold the trademark names of their former car models that they no longer produce, like Falcon, Granada, Corvair, Firebird and T-Bird. If this is the case, there is no need to file a new trademark on The Bat as the name of a new ride that might be flying in the area! Dracula, that evil vampire that he is and the prince of darkness, has transformed into a giant vampire bat, is swooping down through the mist and fog as he choose his victims. You can hear the loud, bone chilling screams as they try to protect themselves from being turned into the undead, just like the evil vampire that is Dracula! But there is no escape from the evil clutches of his talons and fangs as he grabs and transport his victims to his evil lair. They will rule the night for all time.
  19. Dracula, the prince of darkness, the evil vampire that he is, swoops down through the fog in the shape of a giant vampire bat as his helpless victims scream in a bone chilling cry for help!
  20. if the iPhone was found by the employee and he turned it in, it would be located at the lost and found booth outside of the front gates.
  21. With the way the Reds are playing?
  22. Is parking in the drop off area to take pictures during the off season or when the park is closed considered trespassing? But why are we going bonkers over what ride we might/are getting? I personally don't care what type of ride we get or what the details of the ride is. All I care about a ride is it being fun to ride and giving me reasons to ride it again.
  23. SOB was not burned but I wonder if some of the wood was used for Dusty's endless supply of toothpicks? After last night, he must had swallowed a whole bunch of them!
  24. I agree that no station will report this announcement as a live news event, but they will just record this and report on it later on during their news broadcast. I would expect more detail in newspapers like the Columbus Enquirer, Cincinnati edition.
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