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Other Parks / Re: Magic Springs Ark.
« on: March 19, 2009, 03:23:17 AM »
Even though Hot Springs is one of my favorite places in this world (and only 120 miles away), I've only been to Magic Springs once, and that was in '93. They've been bankrupt, closed, and re-opened under new management at least a couple of times since then.

I liked it. It's a one-day park, or a season pass park if you live nearby and have frequent visitors from out of town.

Take two days, including one spent doing nothing but walking down Central Avenue and exploring the shops. Yeah, they're tourist traps, but they're unique and locally owned and every one of them is worth exploring.

If you can time it to be there on the third Friday of the month, you can take the "Gallery Walk", where almost all of the art galleries on and near Central have a big open house, free admission, and usually wine and cheese laid out for visitors. It is a great way to kill 3-4 hours on a Friday evening, walking off your supper.

Speaking of supper, you haven't lived until you've enjoyed the Hot Springs Brau Haus (formerly the Edelweiss Keller; same owners, different name). You can't find it by driving by... it's underground, beneath a Subway of all things, at the corner of the World's Shortest Street, in a stone basement with vaults and arches. Start with the Zwiebelsuppe or Gulaschsuppe, and pick your entree from there. It's all good.

Honestly, my only regret about our upcoming move to New Hampshire, will be missing out on Hot Springs.  :(

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Other Parks / Re: Six flags Over Texas
« on: March 19, 2009, 02:51:01 AM »
Go next door for a Rangers game instead.

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: The Beverly Hillbillies at the park
« on: March 19, 2009, 02:47:12 AM »
Can anyone say test drive? Took this today!

Been there. Love the museum!

I was in college (ATU) when they did the name switcheroo between College of the Ozarks and School of the Ozarks, then the Clarksville school became part of ATU.

I remember being fascinated with the tread pattern on the tires when I was a kid, and learning that using words was actually common in that period.

The museum also has an impressive display of weapons and firearms through the millenia.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: CC signs
« on: March 02, 2009, 12:32:25 AM »
Nice, next you'll tell me gullible is written on the ceiling.

Don't be silly, "gullible" isn't even a real word. It's not in the dictionary!

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Price is Right 2/11/09
« on: February 11, 2009, 10:28:43 PM »
Sounds like typical Price is Wrong inflation.

The kicker is that you have to pay taxes on the stated value, not what it would have cost in the real world.

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Random Talk / Re: The SDCFans Lounge
« on: February 07, 2009, 06:44:51 PM »
oops we lost! at least we beat Oklahoma and Texas.

We're 1-7 in the SEC, but 2-0 against top 10 Big 12 teams.  :-\

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: A weird but interesting question...
« on: January 29, 2009, 09:23:22 PM »
Sure, there are tunnels all under the park.

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Wild Adventures Discussion / Re: WA to become Zombieland!
« on: January 29, 2009, 09:22:21 PM »
I thought maybe someone hacked their road signs.  ;D

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Random Talk / Re: The SDCFans Lounge
« on: January 29, 2009, 09:20:27 PM »
Speaking of college sports...

Arkansas is on a heckuva roll for football recruiting. Ronnie Wingo from St. Louis was a HUGE get for RB. They also got Cobi Hamilton from Texas High (Texarkana), who wasn't highly touted, but is going to be a fantastic WR (6'3", 190, basketball star, track star, one of the top 200 meter sprinters in Texas).

On the basketball front, the Hogs aren't doing so great. At least not in the SEC, that is... but they're 2-0 against Top 10 Big 12 teams.  ;D

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Where in the City?
« on: January 26, 2009, 11:51:56 AM »
DEADLINE: FRIDAY JAN 31st 10PM (CENTRAL)

Check your calendar, Swoosh.  ;)

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / SDC fans on Facebook
« on: January 26, 2009, 11:50:56 AM »
I finally joined the modern world and created a Facebook account. I signed up as a "fan" of SDC. Anyone else?

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: flooded mine question
« on: January 19, 2009, 12:01:08 PM »
I believe its main function these days is as a good place to cool off and sit down. The guns give the 3-7 year old set something to do while the 'rents rest their feet.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: flooded mine question
« on: January 17, 2009, 11:22:26 PM »
It definitely went downhill when they added the guns. The saw and the falling foam rocks (with strobe lights) were good. All the projector faces were good. The signs were good. The canaries (living and dead) were good. Now it's just a lame floating video game for anyone who is playing shoot-em-up instead of watching for the details.

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Rube Dugan's Diving Bell...Aweosme.
« on: January 17, 2009, 11:18:15 PM »
When the Diving Bell opened, I was of an age to recognize that we weren't actually diving, but the theme, the acting, and the hydraulic movement were so well done that I actually had my doubts the first couple of times. And even after that, I enjoyed it for the show and the adventure.

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Your Worst SDC experience
« on: January 17, 2009, 11:11:06 PM »
...As usual with these kind of people, she had mistaken kindness for weakness, but the look of shock on her and her husbands face when I spun and faced her as she exited the tram was so comical in retrospect.  I told her, "Lady, would you please shut up, I can only bear fools for so long, and now I'm done! I don't know you or your husband, and since I am not Miss Cleo, I didn't realize he had other family members left behind."  The funny part is her husband glared at her and shouted for her "not to say a word".

I'm sure her husband is all too aware of what he married, and has been for years. He was grateful to you for shutting her down, since he didn't dare (and I'm sure he suffered for it later).

Once when I took my boys to McDonald's (a decade ago, when they were about 8 & 3), there were some hooligans there with their grandparents. Several of them were way too big for the Playland, and were running wild, climbing the outside of the structure, bulldozing toddlers, slamming into and off of everything, basically acting like thuglets who had never been taught that the real world was not Mortal Kombat and WCW.

One other father and I got onto them, hard, not putting up with that crap. The grandparents just tucked their chins, embarrassed, but didn't say anything. Even the other parents, whose kids were being bullied, were afraid to say anything. One mother quietly mouthed a silent "thank you" to me.

I am unfailingly polite and don't hesitate to allow others to go ahead when there is some doubt. But like you, I don't suffer insults to or abuse of my family.

I'm a correctional officer. I can put up with a lot of verbal abuse, with a grin. But there is a line, and I won't allow it to be crossed.

I don't use profanity routinely, but is a useful tool for shocking idiots when necessary. I once had a knucklehead at work on the verge of inciting a riot, something he had been working on all day while I maintained my usual low-key demeanor. He reached my tripping point, where I responded with a brief and loud explanation of exactly why we would not be doing things his way. There may have been a f-bomb or two, and the food slot on his cell door may or may not have gotten slammed shut by a well-placed boot.

The entire range, which previously had been laughing and egging him on, was suddenly pin-drop quiet. Some seconds passed (seemed like five minutes of silence), then waaaay down the hall a voice rang out: "Dayummmm, dude! You pissed Craig off, you really screwed up!"

End of problem.  ;)

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