[lit-ideas] Re: flu vaccine
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:53:23 EDT
My (younger by 4 yrs) brother does Roller Coasters. He was in a very bad
car wreck 11 years ago and broke vertebrae in his neck. And he *still* does
roller coasters, whenever another higher faster one goes up, he's there. Even
though he *knows* he will be in physical agony for days after. I have never
understood the attraction.
He maanged to get me on one of the smaller ones when I was 20. I prayed the
entire time in terror, confessing my sins, certain I was going to die. When
the rattling (I think it's the noise more than anything else that is
terrifying) was over and I got off the evil thing, I nearly passed out.
On the other hand, those rides where you stand up against the insidie of a
cylinder and it spins, rises above the ground, spins sideways, and the
centrifugal force holds you to the wall....that I could do for hours on end.
Julie Krueger
spinning
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Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: flu vaccine Date: 10/29/04 12:48:49 AM Central
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In a message dated 10/27/2004 9:56:06 PM Central Daylight Time,
pas@xxxxxxxx
writes:
Do you EVER feel remotely vulnerable on a
rollercoaster? NO! That's because you are completely at the mercy of the
safety precautions that were taken to ensure your safety and you have faith
in them.
Hi,
Well, I always feel vulnerable on a rollercoaster. Always. Of course, I
was born with trust issues... I could never believe that the people
looking at
the safety issues of such things actually either knew what they were doing
or did it thoroughly each time they were supposed to do so... I always
thought that people liked rollercoasters, though, because they felt that
they were
cheating death. (in some form or another--a bit like Russian roulette, you
know...)
At the mercy of myself these days,
Marlena in Missouri
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