Ahhh, the Good [dangerous] Old Days !!

Alex · 08-05-2009, 10:54 PM

Actually, one thing that amazes me in this day and age is that Muni still allows people to hang off the sides of cable cars in San Francisco. I'm sure every once in a while someone must fall off or get dinged by a passing car.

Snowflake · 08-05-2009, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Actually, one thing that amazes me in this day and age is that Muni still allows people to hang off the sides of cable cars in San Francisco. I'm sure every once in a while someone must fall off or get dinged by a passing car.

I commute on this every day, believe me it is more dangerous getting on or off since the regular vehicular drivers never stop for the cable cars (public transport). They zoom right past and woe for any passenger disembarking.

Of course, on the Powell or Hyde line, totally different kettle of fish, way more tourists. That would be a turkey shoot. Since the cars can't move sideways, it's the driver of a car who is at fault if they graze a passenger on the running boards, or the passenger has a really big ass. :-)

After two recent MUNI crashes, funny headline today, SF MUNI takes out insurance. Like they did not have it before??

bewitched · 08-05-2009, 11:16 PM

When I was in elementary school, we used to have a carnival every year with dangerous rickety rides, toothless carnies and everything. The shopping center a few miles from us used to have the same type of carnival at least once a year. We thought it was the greatest thing ever!

Who cared if the track on the roller coaster collapsed? Who cared if the ferris wheel (which even then was evil, evil, evil) fell over? Who cared if the carnies were diseased and just took a crap right before they made your cotton candy?

Not us!

MouseWife · 08-05-2009, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bewitched

Who cared if the track on the roller coaster collapsed? Who cared if the ferris wheel (which even then was evil, evil, evil) fell over? Who cared if the carnies were diseased and just took a crap right before they made your cotton candy?

Not us!

EWWW!! I remember those. Christianson Amusement I think was the name of the one around here? Always went. Loved the games.

I think I won't ever EVER buy cotton candy at a carnival ever again.

BarTopDancer · 08-06-2009, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Actually, one thing that amazes me in this day and age is that Muni still allows people to hang off the sides of cable cars in San Francisco. I'm sure every once in a while someone must fall off or get dinged by a passing car.

We did that when we went to SF last year. And had ourselves the full "Full House" [opening] experience. It was fun and a bit scary. What was freaky was watching people jump on randomly while it was moving.

bewitched · 08-06-2009, 11:26 AM

We also loved to ride our bikes down the steepest sidewalk we could find with no hands (and, of course, no helmet).

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bewitched 101% Yummy! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: I know Kung Fu. Posts: 1,413	When I was in elementary school, we used to have a carnival every year with dangerous rickety rides, toothless carnies and everything. The shopping center a few miles from us used to have the same type of carnival at least once a year. We thought it was the greatest thing ever! Who cared if the track on the roller coaster collapsed? Who cared if the ferris wheel (which even then was evil, evil, evil) fell over? Who cared if the carnies were diseased and just took a crap right before they made your cotton candy? Not us! __________________ ~Whitney Wondering about the future of Ellington Woodard's punk@ss sh!t.
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bewitched 101% Yummy! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: I know Kung Fu. Posts: 1,413	We also loved to ride our bikes down the steepest sidewalk we could find with no hands (and, of course, no helmet). __________________ ~Whitney Wondering about the future of Ellington Woodard's punk@ss sh!t.
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