on friday, i went with our 8th grade students on our annual trip to six flags near chicago. we had a perfect day - 75 and sunny, and had a blast. on our last big ride of the night, i lost my blackberry... all day i had been keeping it in a pocket that closed so had no problems. but i moved it to my hip a while before going on Superman and then forgot to move it back. clearly, this happens all the time on this ride (and many others, i'm sure) because the fantastic staff at six flags have a good system for finding and returning stuff. the happy end to the story is that it was found saturday morning and they are mailing it to me free of charge. but will it still work? it fell over 50 feet...i don't think the odds are very good.
how did this happen? this ride is a perfect thief of your dangling valuables:
1. on this roller coaster, you hang below the track on your stomach so you fly like superman.
2. after the first big hill, there is an inverted loop that sucks you backwards in your seat and pulls stuff out of your pockets at 60 mph
3. after the loop, when the g-forces shift back to you hanging underneath, all your loose goodies plummet to the grassy knolls below
grrrrr so frustrating and annoying. even more so because i never took the time to backup my contacts in there. i hate being so dependent on that device especially after being the last person on earth to get a cell phone (i lived without one until july 2006)
"your dangling valuables."
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