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The homemade roller coaster

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted May 31st 2008 4:04PM

So what do you do if you're really into roller coasters, but there aren't any nearby? Well, if you're Jeremy Reid of Oklahoma, you go ahead and build one of your own. While in college, Reid decided to build himself a wooden roller coaster in his ...
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No screaming on the Screamer

by Sandy Maple, Posted Oct 23rd 2007 5:06PM

When Ellie and I rode the Avalanche slide at our local water park this past summer, we were both screaming our heads off as the raft dropped from the platform. Screaming when you are excited and scared is a natural reaction, right? That may be, but ...
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Riding with a stranger

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 14th 2007 1:00PM

There's a fine line between keeping your kids safe and instilling an unhealthy, anti-social fear of anyone they don't know. It can be a very tough call, sometimes. My general rule of thumb is that the kids are free to talk to anyone they like when ...
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Visiting the amusement park

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 13th 2007 9:59AM

Last Friday, the company I work for had their annual company picnic. This year, it was held at Great America, an amusement park about an hour South of San Francisco. You might have seen the park featured in the movie Beverly Hills Cop III. While ...
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Girl's feet severed on Six Flags ride

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jun 22nd 2007 7:01AM

The unthinkable happened at a Kentucky Six Flags on Thursday, when a ride malfunctioned, and cut off the feet of a 16-year-old rider. Apparently a cable on the "Superman Tower of Power," an "extreme free-fall ride," snapped, wrapped around the ...
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This is why I hate amusement parks

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jun 11th 2007 2:03PM

I know it's coming. In a few years, my daughter will suddenly become aware of amusement parks, and -- of course -- roller coasters. I hate roller coasters. Sure, call me a stick-in-the-mud, or a killjoy, or whatever, but combine a mild fear of ...
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No screaming on the screamer

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Apr 9th 2007 1:29PM

Are your kids noisy? I know mine are. What about when they're on a thrill ride at an amusement park? Do they laugh and scream? How do you think they'd do on a spinning windmill of a ride called the Scandia Screamer? Yeah, I bet mine would make a fair ...
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Blogging Baby Sleepover for Sunday, October 29

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Oct 29th 2006 8:53PM

You know, it occurs to me that if we got a second set of garbage cans, I'd only have to deal with them every other week. I'm not sure the neighbors (or Rachel, for that matter) would go for it though. Wouldn't bother me, though, since I mostly have ...
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