Three Questions for everyone here tonight.

[Longgrain]

1) Why are you here on a Saturday night/ evening?

2) Are you doing something else besides posting on DU right now?

3) What's your favorite amusement park?

I'm waiting for your answers...

[Maddy McCall]

1. Response.

1) I'm here because I'm procrastinating doing what I should be doing.
2) I'm listening to the Dixie Chicks and washing clothes.
3) My favorite amusement park WAS Opryland, before it was closed down.

[Longgrain]

9. Wow I didn't know Opryland closed down...

I'll always remember the line from the Tinman in the musical The Wiz, something like, "There's nothing amusing about the closing down of an amusement park." I thought of that quote several times today myself.

[Maddy McCall]

11. Yes, it closed about 5 (edit EIGHT) years ago.

What a waste. It was a fab amusement park.

Edit: Closed in 1997, per this article http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=3087523 .

[TroubleMan]

71. I used to work there - between my junior and senior years of high school

I loved that job. I moved to Florida the next year, though.

I was disappointed when I heard they shut it down. It was a good park.

[Maddy McCall]

77. Yes...I loved it, too.

Always had the BEST time there, and everyone who worked there was very friendly. :hi:

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

2. Hey, Longgrain...

1) Usually stay home on Sat. nights.
2) Drinking cherry 7-up and listening to Guy James show.
3) Favorite amusement park that I've been to is Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA.

"Rollercoaster...whoo hoo hoo hoo hoo..."

[Longgrain]

12. Staying home on Saturday nights has been an unfortunate habit of mine

As for amusement parks, the only Bush Gardens I've been to was the one in Tampa, long time ago. There were a couple of Looping coasters there that were considered "high Tech" for there day. Mind you, this was back in the early 80's.

[CottonBear]

18. Hey Longgrain! How did your clothes shopping expedition go?

Did you get a style makeover?

[Longgrain]

21. Not yet, I'm still wearing the ratty jeans and tee-shirts I aways have...

But at least I have a new jacket, so thats cool...

[huskerlaw]

3. me..

1. I am procrastinating. I have comprehensive exams for my Masters degree due tomorrow. I'm not done, should be working on those instead.
2. Yes...listening to Green Day, glancing with chagrin at the pile of paper sitting next to me.
3. Disney World...it's the happiest place on earth, you know!

[Longgrain]

15. Disney is actully pretty cool if you can afford it...I haven't been

there in a while tho...

As for doing something else while posting on DU, I have to step out for about 20 minutes now, but I'll be back shortly to answer everyone elses replies...

*ZIP rushhes out the door*

[mike_c]

4. three answers....

1) it's not even beer-thirty out here on the left coast;

2) I just finished writing a research proposal review, so I'm chillin' on DU for a few minutes before I do something else;

3) I don't like amusement parks-- I prefer places that crowds avoid.

[swag]

5. issues and answers

1. just killing time while falling asleep for a little nap
2. no. will be going out to hear music at a wine bar later
3. still disneyland. still the sickest.

[xmas74]

6. 1-Nothing else to do.

2-Listening to Egg Radio
3-Don't have one

[JohnKleeb]

7. Ok

1) Why are you here on a Saturday night/ evening?
No plans this evening
2) Are you doing something else besides posting on DU right now?
Listening to music, talking on AIM
3) What's your favorite amusement park?
Busch Gardens I guess.

[Champ]

8. Ok

1) Hopefully this woman calls me soon so we can go out to the movies like we planned.

2) Waiting for this woman to call me.

3) Probaly Castles and Coasters here in Phoenix only because the lines are much shorter then the ones at Disneyland.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Hi, Longgrain,

1. I'm here late Saturday afternoon (CA time) because I WANT to be! No chores for awhile yet. Dinner and news later. We never go out on a Saturday night, lol!
2.I'm listening to my FAVORITE radio station, a non-commercial classical one, KUSC, here in LA...
3.Favorite amusement park? I guess it would be Disneyland, but haven't been there in years...It's too expensive and too crowded these days, plus my girls are all grown up.

So how's that?

:bounce:

BTW, how about letting us know YOUR answers to your questions? Hmmm?

[jpgray]

13. Sure

1) I'm going out later tonight, losers--it's only flippin' 7PM. :evilgrin:
2) Yes, I am thinking deeply.
3) I've scarcely been to any, but probably Disney World was the best.

[agates]

14. Three Answers

1) Why are you here on a Saturday night/ evening?

Taking a break


2) Are you doing something else besides posting on DU right now?

Cleaning house and doing laundry and cooking dinner...


3) What's your favorite amusement park?

Arnold's Park, Okaboji, IA

[maveric]

16. 1. I have no life. 2. No. 3. Canobie Lake Park, Salem NH.

[Longgrain]

24. CANOBIE LAKE! What an awesome park.

One of the few "Old Tyme" parks still around in New England--after Mountain and Whalom shut down, and Riverside became Six Flags #142.

[maveric]

28. In high school the rides were operated by friends of mine.

We'd jump the fence by the lake and ride and eat for free. My brother ran the air hockey center.
The roller rink would play hard rock music and all of us little stoners would get wasted and skate for hours for free.
I was there 2 years ago, brought my son, and we had a great time.

[yewberry]

50. When I was a kid

I got stuck in the "Hall of Mirrors" at Canobie Lake. After about 45 minutes, someone had to come in after me.

Jeez.

[maveric]

55. Its still there! my then 16 yr old son got stuck in it.

He was soooo embarassed!

[yewberry]

56. At least I'm not the only one.

And, yes, I was mortified.

[CottonBear]

17. Here in Northeast Georgia spring has sprung (at last!)

1) I'm here because I'm spending the evening with my beautiful 16 year old stepdaughter (who is here for the weekend), I'm teaching her to drive stickshift (she did great driving my big Dodge 4WD truck!) I took a day off from horse farm work (my first day off in two weeks.)

2)I'm watching the Braves (Brian Jordan grand slam HR!), about to go out to buy Sunday beer (it's the south: no beer, wine or liquor sales on Sunday, so stock up on Saturday night!) and cokes before settling in for the evening and eating the wonderful meal that Mr. CotttonBear has prepared. We will then watch Britcoms before retiring to bed.

3) My favorite amusement park is Lake Winnepesauka (sp?) near Chattanooga, TN (a vintage 1920s era park complete with wooden roller coasters and a wooden boat tunnel of love ride and a big lake with huge Koi and those little paddle wheel boats that you can rent.) We went there as children in the late 60s and early 70s.

edit: Braves leading the Mets in the bottom of the 5th.

[HawkerHurricane]

19. 3 answers

1. It's only 5pm. It's late afternoon still.

2. Watching my children play with foam airplanes. They're fun.

3. Disneyland. Although DisneyWorld in Florida is actually better, it's inconvenient and expensive to go there.

[Longgrain]

25. Foam Airplanes? Cool!

My brother-in-law spent this morning with his two adopted sons flying planes.

Always fun when you're a kid...:)

[givemebackmycountry]

20. Simple questions...

1:) I'm killing time before I go out later on tonight.
2:) I'm watching the Denver vs North Dakota hockey finals on ESPN.
3:) The woman I'm meeting up with later tonight. She's a great ride!

[DS1]

22. I'm dipping in DU every now and then to take a break from the

answer to question two.

I'm programming my portfolio website, so that I may earn lots of cash in the relatively near future.

Action Park, New Jersey. Lots of water rides, which is a nice change from all the dryness and sunburning of most Six Flags places. Universal Studios is also nice, but Action Park still takes the cake. Assuming it's still around.

[Tikki]

23. It's still early here... I am burning....

CDs for my son (400 of 'em). They're product discriptions... for his work.
I don't do amusement parks.

Tikki

[Technowitch]

26. Okay...

(1) Taking a break in work, between editing & polishing chapters in my book manuscript

(2) No, not really

(3) None, I hate amusement parks

[katinmn]

27. Why I am here on a Saturday night

I was gone for a week and have tried to get a little caught up on DU news and events before I have to leave again for another four days. While I was away Jeff Matson - nostamj - passed away and I just found out earlier today.:cry:

You little shits mean a lot to me so everybody -- take care of yourselves and you better be here when I get back.

I'm multi-tasking a little. Trying to wrap up edits on an article that's due.

I don't really like amusement parks because rides make me sick but I enjoyed Disney World when I first went when I was about 15. I took my daughter a couple years ago. It's never as good as the first time.

[hippiechick]

29. .

1. Checking the forums for LBN, etc since I don't have cable.

2. Listening to my Indiana Ice get spanked again tonight. :(

3. I don't do amusement parks (insert chicken icon here).

[Left Is Write]

30. My answers....

1) Why are you here on a Saturday night/ evening? I'm waiting for my husband to come in from doing yard work so we can have supper and watch TV with the kids. It's ony 6:36 here.

2) Are you doing something else besides posting on DU right now? Reading a little news and eating a salad.

3) What's your favorite amusement park? So far, Valleyfair in MN.

[freebird1]

31. gee ... thanks for waiting

1) I was out to supper with friends. They went on to a drumming concert in town.

2) posting on DU and continuing to drink scotch and water

3) I don't go to amusement parks

[JVS]

32. 1) my loser friends have homework 2) not much 3) Kennywood

I just left the bar where I had dinner and beer

[Longgrain]

33. Ah Kennywood, my dream park!

Do they still have that Noah's Ark fun house? It's been one of my life goals to visit it.

Not to mention that roller coaster that goes down into the ravine.

(Yeah, I'm a loser, I know.)

[JVS]

34. Yes they still have it. We have a few coasters that go into the ravine

You should come out and go.

[Kat45]

35. I'll answer.

1) I was hanging out with a friend all day and he just left a while ago. I'm extremely addicted to DU, so whenever I have a few minutes I "take a peek" before doing what I have to do. That "peek" usually lasts several hours and nothing gets done.

2) Listening to some online radio, KNAC.com. The only radio I enjoy is on now, a show called "The Wild Side," which plays hard rock from the late '80s/early '90s (ie "hair bands").

3) I don't like amusement parks; I get motion sickness on the rides. I used to like Paragon Park at Nantasket Beach in Mass. (The park is long gone, but I think someone bought its rollercoaster.)

[Longgrain]

37. I remember when they closed down Paragon, it inspired me to write

my first book. Unfortunately, I was only around 12 at the time.

I did write the novel, I finally wrote the book 18 years later...

http://lionlady.blogspot.com/

[yvr girl]

36. Three answers

1. It's early, I could still go out. I was invited to a friend's house, but I'm sort of sick of people at the moment. I'm going out tomorrow night.

2. Not much. I just got home. I'm eating olives and contemplating dinner and a Martini.

3. Gotta go with Disneyland, even if the place traumatized me when I was 7.

[GOPisEvil]

38. Answers

1. Ehhh...no music I want to see, I don't have many friends here, and two that I do have are on their honeymoon. Plus, I need to save money for Boston.

2. The tube is on, but I wouldn't say I'm watching it.

3. I'm not an amusement park guy.

[Groggy]

39. answer

1) I'm bored.

2) My hubby's watching Battlestar Gallactica on the TV and I'm listening to it--sort of.

3) I haven't been to an smusement park for so long, but Universal Studios in Orlando was kinda fun when I when there like 10 years ago!

[wovenpaint]

40. Ok-here's mine

1. coming down off a long day of raking, raking, raking in my yard-and riding around in my convertible ..open air :woohoo: = tired!

2. Nope

3. I used to go to Lincoln Park in Fall River when a kid (loooong gone now) and would continuously ride the rickety roller coaster until closing time...and the round up. Great fun! Hated the fun house tho because it had those air blasters that would hit your legs when you walked by. I remember freaking out and made them shut it off and I went back the way I came in, lol! BUT the best roller coaster ride I had was on The Beast, at a park in Cincinnati, OH...don't remember the name of the park tho..it was back in the '80s. Ahhh, those were the days!
:hi:

[Longgrain]

48. Hey wovenpaint, I haven't seen you around in a while...

Have you heard about that park in RI...I forget what they called it. It was near providence tho...

Mmmmm what am I thinking of?

[wovenpaint]

53. Hi-been mainly a lurker lately

Are you thinking of Whalom Park? I think that was it....my kids used to go there

[VelmaD]

41. 1) Well...I'm at my best friend's house tonight...

we had dinner and some dark chocolate m&ms earlier. Gonne have some pecan pie in a bit. We watched Iron Chef America and now we're watching the Science Channel. It's cool.

2) See answer #1

3) I think my favorite so far was Six Flags Magic Mountain. Had the best roller coasters. But I like pretty much any place with a roller coaster. :-)

[CO Liberal]

42. My Turn

1) Why are you here on a Saturday night/evening?

We just finished dinner, and right now we're waiting for the snowstorm to start. We're supposed to have a real good one tonight and in to tomorrow.


2) Are you doing something else besides posting on DU right now?

Wawtching TV. We're switching between bull riding and "Trading Spaces", which is not the same without Paige Davis, IMHO.


3) What's your favorite amusement park?

Not a park per se, but the amusement pier at Seaside Heights, NJ

[Longgrain]

43. Yowza, that pic is Bee-A-U-tiful!

Had a couple of my own that I took from Atlantic City, but my camera broke, and they didn't come out.

I've always wanted to walk the Boardwalk, arm-in-arm, with a pretty girl...

Haven't had the chance yet tho...

[wovenpaint]

44. Kings Island! That's where The Beast is

http://www.beardfl.com/coasters/kiF.html

I looked it up and here's a website about it.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Lilith Velkor]

45. OK, here I am

1) I don't go out on Saturday nights. Too many damn drunks everywhere, and I prefer to give bouncers something to do on weeknights.

2) Well, I was having another fruitless attempt at conversing with my now-ex lover, but I'm done now.

Public Service Announcement: just because the planet is doomed for real now, doesn't mean you get to treat people who care about you like shit. Can I get a witness?

3) Letting my fingers do the walking is all the amusement park I need. And it's free!

[crispini]

46. Well.

1) I was thinking about going out with a friend, but I spent the entire day running around and doing yardwork, so I think I am going to be a bad friend and bag. Plus I'm having a party tomorrow afternoon so I have a shitload of cleaning and shopping to do, and going out tonight would probably get in the way.

2) No.

3) Meh. I go to Six Flags Texas when I go anywhere. Can't say I'm an enormous fan of amusement parks.....

[Deja Q]

47. Answers

1. Posting
2. Going to buy junk/comfort food
3. Haven't been to one in 14 years. I'm not very amusing.

[Dastard Stepchild]

49. Let's see.....

1. I've not gone out regularly for a Saturday night since I was 24. Guess I'm more of a homebody than I thought I was. Well... I just got in from a nice dinner out. Does that count?

2. Watching Spongebob Squarepants and throwing a tennis ball for my pooch. I am happiest when I am multitasking.

3. Errr... Blackpool, England is like one big, cheesy amusement park. My vote goes for the city of Blackpool. I had interesting adventures there.

[cmd]

51. Three answers

1. Because it's too early to go to bed.
2. Listening to the tv news.
3. Cedar Point

[greeneyedpookie]

52. Mine

1) Hubby is watching a movie and I am just surfing DU waves.

2) Having myself a well deserved drink and making sure that my daughter get's cleaned up for bed (also trying to get rid of these damn hic-ups!!!)

3) Six Flags!!!

GEP

:bounce:

[Pockets]

54. Introduction

Why am I here? Well this is my first post to the DU.

I am putting an end to a dark period in my life, the past year, which was spent posting over 1,000 messages on Hannity. I spent about a year trying to fight neocon stupidity, but finally determined, once and for all, I was helping their cause with my clarifying statements, rather than turning them in the right direction, so I might as well start posting here.

Favorite amusement park: Six Flags.

[GOPisEvil]

57. Welcome underground.

:hi:

[fleabert]

67. Welcome to DU!

:wave:

hope you find it as much fun as I do...

[Pockets]

70. Thanks

Thanks for the welcome. It looks like I'm going to have to update by icon and picture collection for this site. I'm sure you will be seeing more of me.

[WMliberal]

58. 1. still haven't moved on since being dumped in September

so I hang out here instead of goin out. 2. Wathing a movie from Netflix. 3. Busch Gardens Williamsburg

[SarahB]

59. OK

1) Why are you here on a Saturday night/ evening?

I didn't make any plans because I had to take care of my children and their dad was gone until a couple of hours ago.

2) Are you doing something else besides posting on DU right now?

Just listening to music.

3) What's your favorite amusement park?

It's now gone, far away, and only in my memory- Peony Park in Omaha, NE. One of few positive childhood memories.

[hyphenate]

60. I hate going out at night

because I have some night blindness. Besides, I've been out all day.

Right now, I'm doing nothing but waiting for my sleepy-time pills to kick into action so I can go to sleep. I was watching TV, but nothing on right now that I care to watch.

Favorite amusement park USED to be Paragon Park (for Massachusettsites, you'll know the one I'm talking about), then it was Rocky Point in Rhode Island (is it still there?) and then it became Disneyland solely because I worked at Universal, and after awhile Universal got to be a bore.

There are my answers. :)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

61. Here you go...

I had friends over for dinner and they just left.

I'm currently doing laundry and listening to music.

Fiesta Texas.

[LSdemocrat]

62. 1. I have no social life. 2. I should be doing homework. 3. Six Flags, STL

[Hatalles]

63. Three Answers from Hatalles

1. I'm not much of a socialite.

2. I have Yahoo! Game Channel open -- keeping tabs on the Dodgers/Diamondbacks game. J.D. Drew and Jeff Kent are on my fantasy squad.

3. I'd go with Disneyland -- Most people prefer Great America (and it is closer, just over in the San Jose area) but I like the 'family' atmosphere of Disneyland a lot better than the teen/spring-break feel over at Great America.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

64. response

1) Why are you here on a Saturday night/ evening?
Because I'm a loser?

2) Are you doing something else besides posting on DU right now?
Listening to music and writing

3) What's your favorite amusement park?
Carowinds

[davsand]

65. Here you go:

1) Why are you here on a Saturday night/ evening?

My soon to be 8 year old (Material Girl) is sick and has been for three days.

2) Are you doing something else besides posting on DU right now?

Just cleaned out a vomit bowl, sitting here now listening to Bob Marley wishing for a big old spleef of my own. I AM about ready to start drinking dark rum with a bunch of tropical juices in it, however.

3) What's your favorite amusement park?

I suppose naming a bar would be bad form. I guess I'll just say that amusement parks are not a part of my world, given the fact that my husband and daughter don't care for them.

Cheers!


Laura

[fleabert]

66. wait no more...

1. checking in before heading out to a movie...

2. nope.

3. Six Flags Fiesta Texas or Six Flags Darien Lake. I would also put Cedar Point up there, but they don't pay my bills. (a few great coasters though)

[elshiva]

68. Hello!

1. Nothing else to do on Saturday nights and I love DU.
2. Nothing, but I wouldn't mind listening to some Captain Beefheart now.
3. Don't like theme parks, so expensive. I like rides at the Rockland (Maine) Lobster Festival. Go on the Ferris Wheel you can see Rockland's Harbor and Breakwater and it is stunning!

[Straight Shooter]

69. Okay, I'll bite.

1) I wanted to see what Longgrain was up to.

2) I'm working (very reluctantly)

3) Amusement park? No amusement park for hundreds of miles. :(

[Ronnie]

72. 1. My husband is watching John Wayne movies. Ugh.

2. Eating
3. Tivoli in Copenhagen. Best. Time. Ever. (Don't tell my husband.)

[samplegirl]

73. Good Question

1.) It just that time of night when I can sit and enjoy all the
great people in D.U.
2.) Of course, Im a woman! Multi-tasking is instinct.
3.) Havent been to one in years but i guess Cedar Point.

[UrbScotty]

74. 1) I usually am here right about now

2) I've been analyzing budget 'pork.' Last year, the state of Alabama got nearly $600,000 of your and my tax dollars earmarked toward peanut research. Here's an idea: grow the peanuts, sell the peanuts, save money, and research the peanuts with your own money, instead of having to ask the federal government for the money!

3) Michigan's Adventure

[enigmatic]

75. Mine-

1) Why are you here on a Saturday night/ evening?

Doing my overnight radio show and trying to kill some malware on my pc..

2) Are you doing something else besides posting on DU right now?
see above..

3) What's your favorite amusement park

Cedar Point- I grew up in Clevo, and went their often as a kid..

[BlondieK143]

76. Answers

1. I'm stuck at work and DU is the only thing keeping me awake right now.

2. I'm listening to an array of CDs and critiquing my radio audition CD as well.

3. Walt Disney World. I can't even explain why I love it so much. I guess because, no matter what age, when you go there, you can be a kid again.