Ferris Wheel

[ARLT1YJ]

Ropingk, you're the best, dude... Thanks for making me smile this morning.

[Nicotti]

them BIG metal power giants you see out in big feilds ...remember I am verry OLD

Must be using that old talk, cause I don't have a bloody clue what you're talking about.

[ropingk]

ytou do if you think about it (unless they dont have them where you are)
you know the BIG High POWER TOWERS that hold the big high voltage power lines the kinda almost look like a odd robot that is real skinny isally in a big open are that is clear cut some times they even go over the interstate I cant figure out how to load a pic or It would be easier

[Nicotti]

ahh.. I'm sleepy and at work... I don't have much in the way of clear thought today.

[Curor]

ytou do if you think about it (unless they dont have them where you are)
you know the BIG High POWER TOWERS that hold the big high voltage power lines the kinda almost look like a odd robot that is real skinny isally in a big open are that is clear cut some times they even go over the interstate I cant figure out how to load a pic or It would be easier

all you have to do is hit the browse button and select the file, but the file has to be under 200 kb or it wont work, that is what kept screwing me up.

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"The Ferris Wheel used at the 1904 World's Fair was also used at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. The axle was over seventy tons of solid steel, more than 40 feet long, and nearly three feet in diameter. It arrived in St. Louis from Chicago loaded across two railroad flatcars on January 31, 1904.

There is an urban legend that the axle was buried in Forest Park after the Fair, and there are some people who still like to speculate on where it might be! But after the wheel was demolished the axle was shipped back to Chicago where it stayed in the warehouse of the Chicago House Wrecking Company until 1918. It was then cut up and sold for scrap. Less interesting maybe, but true!" -Missouri Historical Society

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double post

[Willard]

Well that solves that mystery. I've actually been wondering about that.

[ropingk]

is anybody else freaked out by ferris wheels?????

[CaveGirl]

is anybody else freaked out by ferris wheels?????

I am. I got roped into riding the one at Six Flags when I was pregnant with one of my daughters and it scared the living shit out of me. I stepped into the cage with my husband and son for a minute (dumb move on my part) and when I turned around to leave it was already locked and several feet off the ground. I had a massive panic attack and being pregnant, didn't have any Xanax on me. I was flipping out, screaming, crying--people in the cages on either side of us were staring and laughing . My husband tried to calm me down but I just would.not.shut.up. until the ride ended. OMG.

I'm not even afraid of heights. There's just something about Ferris Wheels.

[crazydrummerdude]

The one at six flags isn't bad, but I was on a small one at a local carnival, and my palms were sweaty for sure.

[ropingk]

you know the one at 6 flags im kind of ok with but the ones they have at fairs and suckk and them demonic DOUBLE wheels are like wheels of death

[the_p0ssum]

Heh, then I don't recommend you ride the one that's on top of the City Museum building. It's somewhat rickety, and being up on the roof, you feel like you're a long way up there.

But there's some great views from up there, too!

[tmostl]

Heh, then I don't recommend you ride the one that's on top of the City Museum building. It's somewhat rickety, and being up on the roof, you feel like you're a long way up there.

But there's some great views from up there, too!

Give the driver of the ferris wheel at the city museum a lot of money.






I need it.

[Nicotti]

Ressing this thread cause I just found out that Sanborn made maps of the World's Fair and those maps are online here.