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^ They all think they're the first one to come up with their complaint, too, no matter how clever. The most clichéd one I've heard: "I'd better be gettin' two for that price!" Ha ha ha,....ugh.

Not even in a flood-lit alley! Dude looks baaaaaad! Move over, Chuck Norris!

Removed bad joke... With Clifford missing from the skyline, DB looked much taller to me this morning.

Didn't name the first hill in the Diamondback Sierra "Mt. Helbig" for nothin'! Hey! 900th post!

^&^^ Many thanks! Much of what I know about coasters has come from the knowledge shared by members of this site.

What is the technical term for the track piece that goes from the center, "box girder" looking part of the track to the actual rails? Are they 'braces', or 'trusses', or something else? (I'm doing an acrylic painting of an imaginary DB POV, and don't really know what to call the parts). Thanks...

It's good to know such thorough measures are being taken to ensure our safety. Good article, RailRider.

So at what point do insects become dangerous? I just wonder what the effect of a cicada collision would be at 135 mph.

^Is it also because their portfolio is more streamlined? To the average Joe like me, It looks like Disney depends on the success of a lot more than just their parks, such as movies, tv, cruise ships, etc.

This is the dreariest looking day of construction I've seen so far. It looks very muddy.

...unless you happen to be turning 40 in April. -Tb, who knows it's the new 20...

WOW, Im not the only one!!!!! haha this is old. but yea actaly during the summer, on my lunch break when i worked at krogers, i would have my friend drive me to ki and have lunch at festhaus. Guilty Wow! Had to dust that one off? I still do that, by the way. Now it's much more interesting watching DB going up.

I think I'll ride in the middle 'stadium' seats! (I fall for head choppers all the time. Just can't fight the flinch!)

That is awful! It's kinda like waiting 17 years to see a spectacular movie prequel, skipping a day of work and spending $20 on tickets and popcorn, because the hype leads you to believe you're in for something spectacular, only to leave feeling "wobbed and cwunched." ...paging Mr. Barnum....

^LOL "Beast1079"? That would be a 929-year-old, wooden terrain coaster! Talk about rickety!

^Thanks! I'd miss ol' Vortex if it was gone, but DB just makes it look like a "beginner" coaster.

"My" pond (Landen area) was iced over this morning, with about 1/4" dusting of snow. I must say that it was hilarious watching the ducks landing on ice! Video (Not of my pond, though) (Back on Topic) ^Nice phone pix of DB from KI Drive! Kinda makes Vortex seem like it's sinking or something... hey....where ....did ....everybody....get ....those.....tomatoes....hey [splat]

I think I understand what he means by 'reality'. There's physical, lucid reality, and then there's the use of the word "reality" that has come to mean "harsh reality." To 'muse' is to think, ponder or be concerned about the issues of life. Adding "a," ergo "amuse," means not to think about it, as though checking 'reality' at the front gate in order to get lost in the fun of being entertained by and/or hurled around by all the magnificent amusement attractions. Real, yes, but certainly an escape from 'reality'.

Oh, I can just see it now... Based on Photo by Eckhard Pecher

Sometimes life gets too busy for yam yamming, but I do remember to eatsk me spinachk. -Tb, who has yet to open a can using a corncob pipe...

haahahahahahaha. i saw that to. actally i thought it was like a rocket or something America's first flame-throwing splashdown?

You might be a KI addict If you... get bored and come up with stuff like this: (KI Themed Paintball Tower with "Diamondback" fast-escape slide)

^ It chose an interesting place to birth its soul of fury... but then again, the draining of Swan Lake was one of the first signs of the coming of Diamondback. [EDIT] I was about to call Area 51

Somehow I imagine something like this being on a track more like Avatar, rather than a circuit.