[lit-ideas] Re: flu vaccine

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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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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