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I do not use the entire deer. But I do bring the deer to a local Amish processor that processes the meat for me, and uses the rest of the deer for themselves. It is about 1/2 the cost of a normal processor, I get more meat, and the Amish don't like to waste anything.

I still have a hard time believing that an alternative site cannot be found. This will be a court battle in the end. And CF is going to take a stance where if they get hurt financially due to this stadium, it lets them out of the lease and. Then where will Santa Clara be? They will be holding onto property developed as an amusement park, as well as, holding onto a debt from the stadium. Yeah, that makes sense.

While you can have your own opinion, you have still not gave us another reasonable & cost-effective solution to control the animal population. You did mention sterilization before, but that is not only not cost-effective, it is also not a reality. The animal would have to be caught by using a net, cage, or tranqilizer dart. According to your previous comments, I cannot see how you could support those methods. And even if one of those methods were to be acceptable, surgery could not be done because once the animal was released the stitches could be ripped out of the animal and it could bleed to death, or an infection could occur, and the animal would die anyway. I don't see how a birth control pill can be used since it needs to be taken everyday. And if you sterilize all the animals, how can they reproduce so that their species continues to live? Now lets's talk about food sources. If a reasonable solution cannot be found to control the population, then the animals will be multiplying at an enormus rate. What will they eat? We could not let them die of starvation, so now each citizen is responsible for feeding wildlife that has now come into their neighborhoods. And the state can't help out financially due to the loss of hunting license revenue, so now each individual citizen must pay to feed the wildlife. Also, since we cannot hunt anymore, farmers' crops have now been eaten by the excess animals which then will hurt people financially since the cost of food will be skyrocketing. When the animals go looking for more food, they will be crossing roadways. This will increase the amount of auto accidents and fatalities caused by animals. Since insurance companies only charge the comprehensive deductable when you hit the animal, the rest of the cost then comes from other drivers' insurance policies. Again, more cost. If the driver avoids the animal, and either control of their car and is involved in a one car accident, or, hits another vehicle, the potential for a fatality increases dramatically. I could go on and on, but I'm sure you get the point. The money collected from hunting license revenue directly benefits wildlife & education. Without that money, not only will it hurt wildlife, it will also hurt continuing education for generations to come. So by eliminating hunting, your belief is that those equal & innocent animals will be saved. But by also eliminating hunting you have hurt your family & neighbors financially as well as sacrificed animals to starvation. Now please explain the reasonable alternatives to hunting.

Cortney, you crack me up with your titles. When I first read your title, I interpreted it as "I am full of **** hehehe" (aka: a certain smelly human waste product). I could not understand why someone would admit to that.

There are too many variables that go into why a line is long or not. How many trains are operating? Is the crew hitting their intervals? Are full trains being sent out? Are the guests familiar with the restraints? Does the ride have small, but periodic, downtime issues? Actually while I was waiting the hour in line for SoB. As we watched the trains, the train in the station would be released at the same time the other train was at a certain point. And, the ACTUAL LINE was long, as in there were a lot of people going on SoB, not just the wait time. Ok. Now compare SoB's 2 train operation of 24 people per train with Beast and it's 3 train operation of 36 people per train. Since SoB had a longer line does that make it the more popular of the 2 rides?

I really don't think that what happened on SoB in '06 can be compared to the incident at SFKK at all. It is clearly stated that the SoB incident could not have been foreseen. And while the final report on the SFKK incident is not even close to being complete, it appears that this accident had a very good chance of being prevented.

^ We are just teasing you. It's not that big of a deal.

When I first read the title, I thought it had to do with the ground actually being softer or wetter on the weekends compared to the weekdays. Which would then lead the discussion to how much Vortex has sunk since it opened.

Those reasons I gave for a long/ short line don't deal with capacity, yet they affect capacity. And the hourly capacity, again, is affected by the reasons that were previously stated. Think of it this way: if there was only one train operating on FH and the queue was filled with a potential 3 hour wait, and FoF had 3 trains operating with a 20 minute wait, does that mean FH is more popular than FoF?

There are too many variables that go into why a line is long or not. How many trains are operating? Is the crew hitting their intervals? Are full trains being sent out? Are the guests familiar with the restraints? Does the ride have small, but periodic, downtime issues?

If SoB can operate consistantly in 2008, then you can call it reliable. It has only been operating with the renovations and new trains for just over half a season. And in all reality, how long you wait for a ride is not a good gauge on how popular a ride is.

Islands? Where did that come from? And we still do not know if there will be water incorporated with the 2009 coaster.

Arn't the gold pass perks enough for you? Specifically the Speed Lanes and ERT's. http://www.visitkingsisland.com/events/events.cfm?ec_id=27

Something like having revenue made for the state from hunters with minimal expenses? Now the catch is, that revenue from licenses actually goes back into support wildlife & fishing.

Who is going to pay for the capture and surgery of these innocent animals?

Last Friday the park closed early due to a combination of low attendance and bad weather. It was nothing scheduled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW-6nviIknI...feature=related This is a very intresting video, it has a time lapse of the actual construction. While it seems professional, it really isn't. It mentions the amount of footers used.

Wow... This looks to be a great family attraction. I would have liked to see the Mr. Potato Head animatronic more.

The resorts benefit at CP is only for a limited number of rides as well: http://resorts.cedarpoint.com/public/benefits.cfm It is possible that the reason why Beast, SoB and Firehawk are not part of the ERT is due to the daily safety inspections for each ride. Obviously, we all know about the type of inspections that SoB & Beast go through since they are wood coasters, but FH could be difficult to inspect as well due to the restraint system.

That is the exact reason Mantis at CP went to a two train operation some years ago. It was impossible to hit the intervals consistantly with a 3 train operation. And it was not because of the crews, but more from the awkward seats & restraints used on a stand-up. But in this case, Vortex has had much success with a 3 train operation. The crews just need more experience to hit their intervals.

I wonder if there are even enough people in that area to support such an expensive venture.

Given the facts that CF said they would not honor any capital investment over $20,000,000. I'm sure that companies go to parks on a monthly basis trying to sell their product. They would be fools not to do so. But until the contracts are signed, it is nothing more than a coaster company trying to sell their product. So far there is nothing pointing that Paramount had anything to do with Behemoth or KI's 2009 project, and all the facts point that CF planned for it all. And on top of that, do you actually believe that Paramount planned to add these attractions at the same time they were planning to sell the parks?

Perhaps I should have put it another way: Given the facts, neither Behemoth or KI's project were scheduled to be built by Paramount.

Yes the Canadian dollar is just over, if not equal to the American dollar today. Back when the transaction happened the Canadian dollar to the American dollar was 10 to 15%. But as we all know, there will be stipulations in a contract dealing with raw materials. The materials would have already been quoted a certain price the day of the contract signing. So, neither Behemoth or KI's project were scheduled to be built by Paramount.

Yes really. Behemoth was over $20,000,000. http://themeparks.about.com/od/rollercoast...BehemothPre.htm According to this: http://allenarena.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_archive.html