I haven't noticed the image downgrade, but I agree about the street view. Wish there was more of the backroads as they are the most interesting of all.
Another thing I like to do, since I'm old and crickety, is watch POV rollercoaster videos. I put my arms in the air, jiggle in my seat leaning into the curves and up and down the hills. Next best thing to being there! I've 'ridden' coasters all over the world. Also some that I remember riding in my youth that no longer exist, evoking happy memories! Coasters were my favorite of all! 🎢
Another thing I like to do, since I'm old and crickety, is watch POV rollercoaster videos. I put my arms in the air, jiggle in my seat leaning into the curves and up and down the hills.
You're crazy! My mother warned me about people like you! 🤪
...But I think we'd get along just fine.
I've only ever been on rollercoasters twice, when I was a kid. Serious activity-deprivation has been going on in my life.
The city I grew up in had one of those little 'trolley parks' and us neighborhood kids used to go almost every week on 'nickle day' (it was our escape from our houses), and I was there for the last one. It closed in the late sixties.
There was also, not too far away, a larger park that got bought up by a big amusement company who had a very, very large park almost 100 miles away. They closed it in the mid 2000's (I think on purpose, buy and close your competition) 🙄.
Very, very large park is still going strong. Last time I was there was in the 90's. Had such a bad experience (not coaster related), that we came home and sold all our stock in the company, which was probably a stupid move back then. Be interesting to see how they're doing now, with this covid bullshit.
Going to all three of these parks was one of the very few bright spots of my youth. Tried riding a coaster about ten years ago and it was agony!
You're crazy! My mother warned me about people like you! 🤪
Why yes, yes I am the person your mother warned you about! 😁
...But I think we'd get along just fine.
I think so, too! 🙂
The city I grew up in had one of those little 'trolley parks' and us neighborhood kids used to go almost every week on 'nickle day' (it was our escape from our houses), and I was there for the last one. It closed in the late sixties.
Where I live, we had a tiny train that ran through the forest in the park, which I loved to go on when I was a kid in the 60s. There was also a zoo with polar bears, penguins, monkeys, otters, snakes, etc., as well as a beluga whale and then a killer whale, which is the only thing left now. I always felt sorry for the polar bears. They were severely depressed and just laid around or paced the exact same steps back and forth in their outdoor pen over and over all day. They should never have been in captivity.
We also have an amusement park that opens every summer, with lots of rides and the two rollercoasters I mentioned being on, game booths, etc. My sibs and I used to get to go once a year. I haven't been there in decades, but maybe I'll check it out this year if I can. It's not too far from where I live and would be interesting to see if it's still got the fun atmosphere it used to have.
Hopefully this crap going on will be done with by then, and people will stop walking around like the living dead in masks. It's really hard to enjoy anything these days.
But I enjoy our conversation.... 😌
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