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One of my top 10 all time favorites:
 

McDonalds needs to learn to just leave the McRib as a regular menu item.  Society is just not ready for their crap where the pull it off then menu and then release it again and again.  

Skydiving was kind of a thrill but I'm kinda tempted to go to a McDonalds in Brooklyn.

I just got complete anxiety watching that, palms sweaty and everything.  I definitely have a fear of heights.  That guy is ****ing insane.

This BBQ joint in Colorado is running a "White Appreciation Day" discount.  I thought Cal would find this article entertaining. 
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102662993
 

It wasn't about not getting an autograph. It was the complete discourtesy shown toward a child, and him continuing to yell profanity around children even after teammates tried to get him to stop.

He's saving up to buy a soul.

I'll pick you up again. Same Home Depot parking lot?

Please tell me Chicago will win the series in 4.

If you followed me on Twitter, you would know that all I talk about is pussy and America.

The renderings look very Chinese. Kind of like an LA Live knockoff.
I hope they can get something going though because the area around the stadium right now sucks.

We'll find out today when one of the players is walking around with a water bottle shoved up his butt

Yeah the Superman ride is controlled by magnets and computers. The computer system has been updated since then so the ride doesn't have nearly as many breakdowns, but back when the ride opened it had a slew of problems. It really was one of the most technologically advanced rides at the time, it used a lot of power, and it was the first of it's kind.
 
Basically the car has a huge magnet underneath it, and the dozens of white rails you see along the launch track are also magnets that are electronically controlled by the computer system. They create +/- polarity in the magnets in order to launch the car. When the ride breaks down, the electronically controlled magnets shut off, so there's no way to slow the car upon returning to the station. The solution and safest way to slow the car, was to have a series of permanent magnets with similar polarities behind the station, not controlled by computers, that reacted with the car magnet whether the power to the ride was on or not, and it slows the car as quickly as possible. That's basically what happened during your ride, and I assure you, nobody was in danger.
 
If you're ever at the park and look at the top of the Superman tower, you can see the exact same magnets at the end of the track. They're brownish/black, and they do the same thing in case the ride was ever launched too fast so that it wouldn't hit the top of the track or go flying off. In fact when the ride first opened, and a little while after it reopened as Superman Backwards, the cars actually did clip those permanent brakes at the top of the tower, because the car actually hit 100+ MPH. Now you don't typically see it go as high because they don't launch as fast. It keeps the ride from breaking down often and puts less wear and tear on the ride/computer system overall.
 
Was a ride mechanic at Magic Mountain for a year, and worked on a couple of the rides including Superman, so I know quite a bit about the rides from firsthand experience.

Phil, I humbly suggest:

I don't turn down free money

As a veteran I have to say my opinion doesn't matter more than any other citizen of the USA.  (Still, I'm not above reminding people I'm a veteran)
 
Anyway, IMO burning the flag is actually the ultimate sign of respect for the constitution it represents.  How awesome is it we live in a country in which we can burn our own flag and not be prosecuted for it.  In many countries you can't do that.  Again, as a veteran, that is the type of freedom I fought for.

The attention whore got to audition for the Plumber Joe spot on Fox News. The black kids got publicity for their protest. The cops diffused the situation without any death or injury. Patriot boobs  
A great American story where everybody wins.

I wasn't worried about losing yesterdays game to the Flames.  Until I read that the sky is falling here.  

Adam, did you see the pic I texted you?
Old Works in Anaconda yesterday I shot 88.
Fairmont Hot Springs I shot 92

The Mariners had a fever, and the only prescription was running Cowgill.

The Mariners had a fever, and the only prescription was running Cowgill.

The Mariners had a fever, and the only prescription was running Cowgill.

The Mariners had a fever, and the only prescription was running Cowgill.