Richard Branson planning a glass-bottomed plane for Virgin.
I think I would love this but my brain might revolt. I'd try it though!!
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Dec 18, 2013 11:45:37 am PST #14932 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
meara - Dec 18, 2013 11:49:29 am PST #14933 of 30000
I have always though I would not do the Grand Canyon thing for anything. I think I'd have less issue with a plane though--for most of it, stuff is SO far away that my brain doesn't go "eek, height".
There's something like that in the CN Tower in Toronto. I had to physically make myself do it. You try to move, and the body's like, "Hell, no, are you stupid?"
Heh. When I dated a Torontonian she took me there and laughed at me when I was like "hell no" to standing on that.
Fred Pete - Dec 18, 2013 11:58:31 am PST #14934 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'll stand back, leaving room on the glass floors for those that like such things.
Sheryl - Dec 18, 2013 12:04:31 pm PST #14935 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Glass-bottom boats, good. Glass-bottom planes, NOFUCKINGWAY.
Trudy Booth - Dec 18, 2013 12:04:48 pm PST #14936 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
They have glass sections on the floor of the top observation deck of the CN tower in Toronto. I tried to walk on one while looking down but my body just refused to do it.
When I went some six or seven year old snuck up on me and gave a little shove while his father laughed his ass off. Nice. Real nice. Not only are you teaching your child to be a douche bag, I nearly (reflexively) decked your kid.
le nubian - Dec 18, 2013 12:05:52 pm PST #14937 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I too want to do the Alps glass thing. I will be freaked out, but what a RUSH. I have a fear of falling from great height (and a strange pull to jump) so as long as their are glass walls, it's all good.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 18, 2013 12:06:08 pm PST #14938 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I pretty much have to crawl over grates, so I am thinking that is a big fat no for me!
brenda m - Dec 18, 2013 12:13:05 pm PST #14939 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
They have that at the Sears Tower.
What they don't have is a way to zipline from building to building to cross the Loop. Get on that, Rahm.
brenda m - Dec 18, 2013 12:15:06 pm PST #14940 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Le nub, I have no fear of heights in generally but I definitely have that weird pull that makes me scared I'll jump.
juliana - Dec 18, 2013 12:18:55 pm PST #14941 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
What they don't have is a way to zipline from building to building to cross the Loop. Get on that, Rahm.
I would do that in a heartbeat.
I have no fear of heights in generally but I definitely have that weird pull that makes me scared I'll jump.
Mostly this, for me. I'm more unsettled by being on top of a ladder than a giant height, but the result from jumping off a ladder (or falling off a balcony) is known. When confronted with a great height, my brain goes, "I wonder..."