SteveBrickNJ
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Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?
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Songbird76
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I love that International Hangover Day follows International Beer Day. I know it's intentional, but just the fact that there IS an International Hangover Day....a day atually designated to recognize or celebrate hangovers, is hilarious. How hard are people celebrating on International Beer Day!! I'll be celebrating today with a Rootbeer Float!!
Songbird76
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It looks beautiful, but I always worry with so many people on one of those outlook things....how many people is too many? You wouldn't get me out there on that platform, beautiful as the setting is.
Goofyernmost
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Check out the size of the supports under that thing. That could hold up literally tons of people. Someone with major bucks had that built to not fall down.
Songbird76
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Doesn't matter...I'm terrified of heights and if it's not solid ground below me, I'm afraid there's going to be a weak spot and I'll fall through. Those glass skyboxes that they put in tall buildings so you can look down and see everything below? I won't even go near one. they are all sorts of reinforced see-through material, but I won't set foot on it.
Goofyernmost
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I can understand a fear of heights. I have a daughter that has been that way since birth. I had to teach her to try and use logic to separate rational fear from irrational fear. Rational fear is the Glass platforms and the practical jokers that created one that will look like it is cracking just to watch people panic. Those idiots should be imprisoned. Anyway, as I was saying there are many things in life that, in my opinion have a good reason for people to fear. Rock climbing comes to mind. Unnecessary risk for an adrenaline high. Standing on the very edge of a cliff for the same reason, using a rope ladder are all legit fears. It works to an extent, but she still runs into things that are easily irrational, but we are who we are. I am not the bravest in the world which is why I noticed the size of the supports of that platform. To me that spelled safe. That was a solid connection to the ground. I also noticed that it looked well maintained and fairly new. Her favorite ride at WDW is the Tower of Terror. Go figure. Even I hesitate to ride that but I still do because I like the rest of the show, just not fond of the ending.
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SteveBrickNJ
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Today we are taking our time getting back home. We are first time visitors at the American Dream mega mall. There is no way my phone camera could possibly convey the gigantic size of this complex. Yet...my wife and daughter are in "Zara" and I will take a moment to share this....
MinnieM123
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Looks nice and clean, too, and not crowded. (I haven't been to a mall in about 4 years.)
SteveBrickNJ
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Another photo...
MinnieM123
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Curious -- were many of the stores still in business? (I know a lot of stores closed since last year. I assume some malls are probably doing better than others, though.)
SteveBrickNJ
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Since I am here for the first time ever I can only tell you what I read on Google....which is at the height of the pandemic the mall was closed...yet now they seem to be doing well. Although we've seen numerous numerous stores there are more stores "coming soon". Google states this mall is the second biggest in the United States and ranks 3rd in North America. There is an aquarium, a Water Park. A Nickleodeon Theme Park, etc. We've gotten lost and disorientated a few times.
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trr1
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Many people around the world have tried to find a quick fix to a hangover. In Namibia, the supposed cure for a hangover is drinking buffalo milk. Canadians say that eating poutine after a night of drinking prevents a hangover in the morning. In Ireland, drinkers bury themselves up to their necks in wet river sand. Haitians practice voodoo in order to get rid of their hangover. Maybe some better advice to curing a hangover is to get plenty of sleep, stay hydrated, eat bland food, and take an aspirin. Contrary to popular belief, what doesn’t help is drinking alcohol during a hangover.
Songbird76
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That's the thing....I know it's an irrational fear in most cases...although I think it was completely legit that I freaked a bit when we were in Paris climbing to the top of Montparnasse Tower and it's one of those metal grate type staircases, and as I was walking up, it creaked and shifted a bit. There were so many people on that staircase, and I don't know what the weight limit is, but it just didn't feel safe with all those people, so when it shifted, I screamed. I also refused to go anywhere near the edge there as there is no safety barrier. A person can walk right up to the edge and look down. There's no fence or anything. So scary! But in most cases, I know they built it to withstand a lot of weight and such, but I don't know what the maintenance is like, how often supports are checked for erosion or wear. It's just not a chance I want to take.
Songbird76
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I've only been drunk a couple of times, and I was visiting friends in Canada the first time and they really wanted to see me drunk because I had never had alcohol before. I laid down some ground rules that I needed a designated driver who would not drink, I wanted them to make sure no one was going to take advantage of me, and help me avoid a hangover. They gave me gatorade and aspirin before I went to bed and made me drink the whole huge bottle of gatorade. No hangover....so it worked.
Goofyernmost
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What you just described are RATIONAL fears. Everyone should be so lucky as to recognize those. That same daughter found herself traversing the side of a cliff located in upper, upper New York in a place called Ausable Chasm that had metal steps jutting out from the cliff face, it had the smallest of hand rails so everything forward, behind to her left, up and especially down was a clear view. She went on it because her boyfriend told her that climbing that might be just what she needed to show her that she was alright and end that height thing. Didn't work she had a full fledged panic attack about a quarter of the way up and it took the help of a lot of very nice people to help her get back down. Thankfully, it didn't make it worse as an aftereffect, but it did make her say NO a lot louder and with more authority.
And specifically the deck we have been discussing does hold the plus that you don't really have to be on it to get basically the same view, so no harm, no foul.
This is a part of that path and climb. In my mind that is as rational a fear as one will find.
NYwdwfan
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I’ve seen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. I don’t do rope bridges.What you just described are RATIONAL fears. Everyone should be so lucky as to recognize those. That same daughter found herself traversing the side of a cliff located in upper, upper New York in a place called Ausable Chasm that had metal steps jutting out from the cliff face, it had the smallest of hand rails so everything forward, behind to her left, up and especially down was a clear view. She went on it because her boyfriend told her that climbing that might be just what she needed to show her that she was alright and end that height thing. Didn't work she had a full fledged panic attack about a quarter of the way up and it took the help of a lot of very nice people to help her get back down. Thankfully, it didn't make it worse as an aftereffect, but it did make her say NO a lot louder and with more authority.
And specifically the deck we have been discussing does hold the plus that you don't really have to be on it to get basically the same view, so no harm, no foul.
View attachment 577919 This is a part of that path and climb. In my mind that is as rational a fear as one will find.
Songbird76
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I feel panicky even if it's not me on something like that. Not that either of my children would go on that, as they both have the same fear I do, but my husband probably would. That does NOT look safe. I would nope it right out of there.What you just described are RATIONAL fears. Everyone should be so lucky as to recognize those. That same daughter found herself traversing the side of a cliff located in upper, upper New York in a place called Ausable Chasm that had metal steps jutting out from the cliff face, it had the smallest of hand rails so everything forward, behind to her left, up and especially down was a clear view. She went on it because her boyfriend told her that climbing that might be just what she needed to show her that she was alright and end that height thing. Didn't work she had a full fledged panic attack about a quarter of the way up and it took the help of a lot of very nice people to help her get back down. Thankfully, it didn't make it worse as an aftereffect, but it did make her say NO a lot louder and with more authority.
And specifically the deck we have been discussing does hold the plus that you don't really have to be on it to get basically the same view, so no harm, no foul.
View attachment 577919 This is a part of that path and climb. In my mind that is as rational a fear as one will find.
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Songbird76
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Gee thanks. Loads better.It never hurts to remember my dad’s motto … the contract went to the lowest bidder.
(There, feel better now?