We totally used a zipline as transportation during the summer we were at the big camp. We had to con campers into carrying our gear back to the start for us, but hey! It was way faster than walking and we'd been ziplining all summer.
Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-technology thingy that you want. Gunn: So I look Russian to you? Cordelia: Black Russian. Angel: That's a drink.
'Hell Bound'
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.
Liese S. - Dec 18, 2013 2:05:46 pm PST #14952 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Connie Neil - Dec 18, 2013 2:09:03 pm PST #14953 of 30000
brillig
I love heights, but I get the fear of falling off something high, coupled with a suspicion that the monkey brain is shrieking "Go for it! Jump! It'll be awesome while it lasts!" I have freaked out people I've been with re: heights.
Hubby didn't have a fear of heights till he suffered inner ear damage in a firefighter chopper crash. I've seen studies that a lot of the space-related phobias are related to such damage.
-t - Dec 18, 2013 2:12:06 pm PST #14954 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have much more fear of mechanical failure than fear of heights. But also a large streak of fatalism, so maybe I could manage to force myself onto one of those clear thingies.
Although I actually have a stronger reaction to other people being near edges of cliffs and whatnot, so if there was a crowd that would probably be bad for me.
Java cat - Dec 18, 2013 2:16:16 pm PST #14955 of 30000
Not javachik
The Branson thing is from an April fools day missive.
aurelia - Dec 18, 2013 3:38:30 pm PST #14956 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Right after I posted I really did climb a ladder to hang a light and some publicity dude was shooting video of me. I hope he gets stuff more interesting than that.
Jesse - Dec 18, 2013 4:29:41 pm PST #14957 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
One problem with buying presents online is when they arrive and look small and stupid. @@
Cass - Dec 18, 2013 4:46:49 pm PST #14958 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Munroe's lurking again. [link]
That is awesome.
Lee - Dec 18, 2013 5:43:22 pm PST #14959 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
One of the meanest things I ever saw my father do took place on the catwalk of the big observatory at Palomar. [link]
We were walking around it with some visitors, and one of the women mentioned she was afraid of heights, and kind of freaking out about the catwalk, which at the time was unpainted metal grating.
My father's response was to lean down and pick up a piece of the grating to show that it wasn't bolted down.
SuziQ - Dec 18, 2013 5:59:30 pm PST #14960 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'm planning on taking CJ to the Grand Canyon after Spring Training in March. Now I'm looking at hitting the skywalk on the western side instead of just joing to the south rim.
Consuela - Dec 18, 2013 6:03:28 pm PST #14961 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Lee, your father is clearly evil.
I was going to make snickerdoodles tonight, but I might just lounge around. I'm so lazy.