Comments on: The sum-up. http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/ one writer's daily download Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:27:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jen http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/comment-page-1/#comment-203858 Jen Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:22:45 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/#comment-203858 Ahh, at least I'm not the only one with paranoid thoughts while waiting in line for and riding roller coasters. I think journalism attracts people with overactive imaginations, then makes them worse with all of the freaky stories - like the girl who got her feet pulled off by a ride! My husband was trying to convince me yesterday at the state fair that midway rides at fairs are perfectly safe, but I WILL NOT ride rides that are not permanently attached to the ground! Ahh, at least I’m not the only one with paranoid thoughts while waiting in line for and riding roller coasters. I think journalism attracts people with overactive imaginations, then makes them worse with all of the freaky stories - like the girl who got her feet pulled off by a ride!

My husband was trying to convince me yesterday at the state fair that midway rides at fairs are perfectly safe, but I WILL NOT ride rides that are not permanently attached to the ground!

]]> By: Maggie http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/comment-page-1/#comment-203795 Maggie Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:48:50 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/#comment-203795 I live next door to a Cedar Point executive and he rides every ride and so does his entire family. His wife took my daughter on Millenium last time we were there. If anyone would know the safety of those rides, it'd be him. (I still won't ride TTD or Millenium, but I let my kids!) I live next door to a Cedar Point executive and he rides every ride and so does his entire family. His wife took my daughter on Millenium last time we were there. If anyone would know the safety of those rides, it’d be him. (I still won’t ride TTD or Millenium, but I let my kids!)

]]> By: basset http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/comment-page-1/#comment-203615 basset Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:53:55 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/#comment-203615 >>I’ve seen a report like that (maybe it was yours!) on a documentary about roller coasters might have been the same people but probably not our piece, we did it for the pilot of a tourism-promotion show that never got on the air. we had two mechanics walking the track, one older and one twentysomething. seemed to be good guys but neither of them had a whole lot to say... which made for a challenging interview with them up on top of the coaster with wireless mics on and me yelling at them from the ground. >>I’ve seen a report like that (maybe it was yours!) on a documentary about roller coasters

might have been the same people but probably not our piece, we did it for the pilot of a tourism-promotion show that never got on the air.

we had two mechanics walking the track, one older and one twentysomething. seemed to be good guys but neither of them had a whole lot to say… which made for a challenging interview with them up on top of the coaster with wireless mics on and me yelling at them from the ground.

]]> By: whitebeard http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/comment-page-1/#comment-203613 whitebeard Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:43:59 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/#comment-203613 You know what they say, Nancy, a picture is worth a thousand words. I used to like ferris wheels until we stopped at the top to let the people at the bottom off and one of our daughters tried to climb out. After she tried to climb out of the little boat going into the scary tunnel ride, we skipped amusement parks forever. You know what they say, Nancy, a picture is worth a thousand words. I used to like ferris wheels until we stopped at the top to let the people at the bottom off and one of our daughters tried to climb out.
After she tried to climb out of the little boat going into the scary tunnel ride, we skipped amusement parks forever.

]]> By: nancy http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/comment-page-1/#comment-203610 nancy Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:48:16 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/#comment-203610 <i>This is the quality of reporting we’ll be getting when, in the World of the Future, all the reporters write their stories on iPhones.</i> I thought of that myself. My breaking news on the stuck roller coaster was available -- to the world! -- within minutes of the stuck-age. And yet, you could say the prose left something to be desired. This is the quality of reporting we’ll be getting when, in the World of the Future, all the reporters write their stories on iPhones.

I thought of that myself. My breaking news on the stuck roller coaster was available — to the world! — within minutes of the stuck-age. And yet, you could say the prose left something to be desired.

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/comment-page-1/#comment-203609 brian stouder Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:31:32 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/#comment-203609 basset - I've seen a report like that (maybe it was yours!) on a documentary about roller coasters - showed an older fellow (which was reassuring - his age and experience) walking the track with a hammer and a few other tools on his belt....and it was only later that I began to wonder just how thorough any human being could be, when you walk the same track again and again and again. basset - I’ve seen a report like that (maybe it was yours!) on a documentary about roller coasters - showed an older fellow (which was reassuring - his age and experience) walking the track with a hammer and a few other tools on his belt….and it was only later that I began to wonder just how thorough any human being could be, when you walk the same track again and again and again.

]]> By: alex http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/comment-page-1/#comment-203608 alex Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:21:33 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/#comment-203608 I always had the same kinds of thoughts when watching the air & water show in Chicago. When you live underneath it, you're a captive audience. And the odds are probably quite a bit better than winning the lottery that the first ever disaster will be a fighter jet spiraling out of a formation right into your neighborhood, maybe even your home. I have so much more peace of mind now that I live in Tornado Alley. I always had the same kinds of thoughts when watching the air & water show in Chicago. When you live underneath it, you’re a captive audience. And the odds are probably quite a bit better than winning the lottery that the first ever disaster will be a fighter jet spiraling out of a formation right into your neighborhood, maybe even your home.

I have so much more peace of mind now that I live in Tornado Alley.

]]> By: basset http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/comment-page-1/#comment-203607 basset Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:10:15 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/#comment-203607 we did a promotional video for a wooden coaster in... never mind where it was... a couple of years ago. the park had two mechanics whose entire job was taking care of that coaster, and both of them walked the whole track every morning before the park opened, tightening everything up and looking for problems. one of them... and one of the ride operators... also had to ride it at full speed every day before the park opened. I still wasn't gonna get on it. never been on one, don't intend to... just don't see the appeal of it. we did a promotional video for a wooden coaster in… never mind where it was… a couple of years ago. the park had two mechanics whose entire job was taking care of that coaster, and both of them walked the whole track every morning before the park opened, tightening everything up and looking for problems.

one of them… and one of the ride operators… also had to ride it at full speed every day before the park opened.

I still wasn’t gonna get on it. never been on one, don’t intend to… just don’t see the appeal of it.

]]> By: jcburns http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/comment-page-1/#comment-203571 jcburns Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:22:33 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/#comment-203571 This is the quality of reporting we'll be getting when, in the World of the Future, all the reporters write their stories on iPhones. This is the quality of reporting we’ll be getting when, in the World of the Future, all the reporters write their stories on iPhones.

]]> By: Catherine http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/comment-page-1/#comment-203555 Catherine Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:50:28 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/08/15/the-sum-up/#comment-203555 I'll do metal or wood coasters, I'll sing Dionne Warwick covers, I'll even go to Solvang, but just don't make me drink any effing Merlot. I’ll do metal or wood coasters, I’ll sing Dionne Warwick covers, I’ll even go to Solvang, but just don’t make me drink any effing Merlot.

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