I work at a major teaching hospital in Northern Ohio and we still have sections of the campus that are still going strong on token ring.
Granted, we're moving away from it but... it's still alive. And taking care of patients.
"[Working at Walmart] doesn't work for anyone with the desire to work there for the rest of their lives, unless they can make management."
You obviously haven't been to my local Walmart. It seems half the staff has been there since it opened in 1992 and few of them have any desire (or means) to move on.
Actually the trains now hold two *more* people than it opened with.
The fake engine, racing slicks, and spoiler were moved from the last car of the train a few months after the ride opened (it turns out that the free-spinning racing slicks were a bad idea as one sheared off upon hitting the brakes at the end of the ride). The empty space that resulted was filled with an extra row of seats.
Occasionally, however, the crew will not fill the back one, two, or even three rows of the train to move the center of mass more toward the front to help the train make it over the hill.
The brakes are completely "fail safe" (quotes necessary given the ride manufacturer's track record). On the trains are mounted rare-earth magnets, on the track are mounted fins that pass through the magnets. The launch run has dozens of pairs of these fins that drop down to allow the train to launch and as soon as the train passes they pop back up putting them into the default "on" position. When a train doesn't make it over the top of the hill and rolls backward the brakes are already in the "on" position. Upon coming to a (rather rapid) stop, the brake fins drop down again allowing the train to veeeery slowly return to the launch position where it often is just launched again from there.
If conditions (mechanical, weather, sick riders, etc) do not permit a re-launch the train is backed back up into the station via kicker wheels and unloaded.
I had the fortune of seeing the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players open for They Might Be Giants on Halloween 2002 in Cleveland at the Odeon.
They were a lot of fun to watch and the little girl on drums is so adorable. Yes, the band is a little... odd... but they were opening for TMBG so everybody understood.
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Gel isn't allowed in quantities over 100ml, you insensitive clod!
I just tried that on Ubuntu (Dapper Drake) and it didn't work. Am I missing some packages?
I work at a major teaching hospital in Northern Ohio and we still have sections of the campus that are still going strong on token ring. Granted, we're moving away from it but... it's still alive. And taking care of patients.
It's not like that sentence was sarcasm or anything.
No, but it does happen to roll back when loaded with riders... does that count?
If the damn thing weren't so damn expensive I'm sure it'd be getting a warmer reception here in the States.
Wouldn't want to get shut down, would you?
"[Working at Walmart] doesn't work for anyone with the desire to work there for the rest of their lives, unless they can make management." You obviously haven't been to my local Walmart. It seems half the staff has been there since it opened in 1992 and few of them have any desire (or means) to move on.
Actually the trains now hold two *more* people than it opened with.
The fake engine, racing slicks, and spoiler were moved from the last car of the train a few months after the ride opened (it turns out that the free-spinning racing slicks were a bad idea as one sheared off upon hitting the brakes at the end of the ride). The empty space that resulted was filled with an extra row of seats.
Occasionally, however, the crew will not fill the back one, two, or even three rows of the train to move the center of mass more toward the front to help the train make it over the hill.
The brakes are completely "fail safe" (quotes necessary given the ride manufacturer's track record). On the trains are mounted rare-earth magnets, on the track are mounted fins that pass through the magnets. The launch run has dozens of pairs of these fins that drop down to allow the train to launch and as soon as the train passes they pop back up putting them into the default "on" position. When a train doesn't make it over the top of the hill and rolls backward the brakes are already in the "on" position. Upon coming to a (rather rapid) stop, the brake fins drop down again allowing the train to veeeery slowly return to the launch position where it often is just launched again from there.
If conditions (mechanical, weather, sick riders, etc) do not permit a re-launch the train is backed back up into the station via kicker wheels and unloaded.
I had the fortune of seeing the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players open for They Might Be Giants on Halloween 2002 in Cleveland at the Odeon.
They were a lot of fun to watch and the little girl on drums is so adorable. Yes, the band is a little... odd... but they were opening for TMBG so everybody understood.
Personally, I enjoyed their act. Very... odd.