again, Dollywood won't run Thunderhead under 40, and despite it being in a colder climate, I'd say the ride operates 80% of the time in December

Really?

Then I'm sure you wouldn't mind paying Dollywood's electric bill for November and December. Or their staff which starts putting up the lights in September (and likely takes just as long to take them down)

I'm baking my first apple pie tomorrow, I hope it turns out well. Its the first time I will have cooked for Thanksgiving (albeit a day late..) so I'm pretty excited

god knows valleying during testing isn't a common thing or anything either

It's a really good odd that new rides will valley as they play with the settings (lift speed, wheels, brakes etc), though for it to valley pretty late in the game is a bit odd

Sodomy laws were all overturned by the Supreme Court about five or six years ago. Any laws regarding such "crimes" are now abolished.. you can legally blow now :-)

Funny! I was the same way. I actually voted yes to a state amendment to ban gay marriage in 2004, when I was 18 and participating in my first election. To me it was immoral and marriage should be a man and woman. Mind you I live in a state where oral sex was illegal until very recently.

Today? I wish I could have my vote back, not that it mattered as my state passed the bill at a more than 2-1 margin. In hindsight, I'm actually quite saddened that gay marriage was such a big talking point in that election. I'm not exactly pro-gay these days, more or less passive on the subject. It doesn't bother me, and who am I to even worry about that

Who gives a fuck about "social norms"? Why is everyone so hell bent on being "normal" and not accepting of their uniqueness?


Disregarding their position on gay marriage, as I really don't care about it and my feelings on the group go deeper than the issue, I have no problem with anyone calling the Westboro Baptist Church retarded. They should all burn in hell.

I agree that two men or two women should have no trouble raising a child. I guarantee that child will grow up to be more accepting of others' differences and will be a better person because of it.

Dollywood has no problem operating a fine Christmas event even though Thunderhead needs to close once the temps get below 40, and it gets below 40 in the smokies during December a lot more than it does in Williamsburg

Normal is a funny word

honestly, it depends on what you are looking at as normal.

Social acceptance is becoming more and more the "norm". Sure, you can cry foul on gay marriage bans, but 30 years ago, no one really came out. It wasn't accepted at all, gays were grouped with the gypsies in Hitler's Europe. The fact that gay marriage was a key issue in the 2004 presidential election (despite my personal objections to debating such an issue with a war going on) just shows how far this nation has come to even make it an argument. At least nowadays you can be fairly comfortable "out". Its more "normal" these days.

Physically? I'd have to say that homosexuality is abnormal. Loving a person who shares your gender isn't abnormal, but that's more emotional... I believe sexual relations between homosexuals are abnormal. Simple anatomy - men can't reproduce with other men and the same holds true with women.

Why not the B&Ms? They run just fine in cold weather.

^.. and how many people end up in careers that have nothing to do with your majors..

Thanks though, I was curious!

I know a lot of schools with majors like that, still not sure how one would apply that to a career though, unless its just a precursor to some grad work. The same can be said about a lot of majors - including my own.

I'm strait and don't see a problem with this thread.

HAHA

Northerners speak far better than southerners (in the UK that is )

Go Cavaliers!!

not necessarily true, with real estate being under valued, the dollar being week against many foreign currencies, and some companies are still doing ok, the parks are prime for purchase by a foreign company.

Sound familiar?

I'm sure that being a CEO and all, he knows darn well that we have absurd corporate taxes, and that they will just be going up come 2009.

^ Don't worry, most young guys touch themselves at night. Its normal!

LOL!!! Chateau Elan, home of Panoz

Weather man tellin us it aint gon rain
So now we sittin in a droptop, soaking wet
In a silk suit, tryin not to sweat

thats cool, I mean its not much different than Bud, and its often cheaper, and its still an indie despite being really big - good call ;-)

Amen! Support the micro breweries!

No but apparently the Democrats want to bring back limits on free speech. Remember I'm a libertarian I want more freedom than either the Democrats or Republicans would ever dream of giving the citizens on this nation.

I totally believe the government is capable of such acts. However I also totally believe that this argument has been going on for years and is simply played-out.

Arguing about 9/11 conspiracy theories should be against the law. Any moron with an imagination and windows movie maker can come up with conspiracies and be convincing.

I'll probably go to Dollywood and Universal Orlando for HHN. Other than that, probably nothing. I'm just not interested anymore.

I really shouldn't have slipped away from the isle of Islay for this, but c'mon, yes there was resistance, but ask the average Iraqi and I'm sure they are happier today than they were 6 years ago with Saddam in charge. Look at how its going today.. eventually the resistance died off (it helps when they are killing themselves). The fact that some of the fighters were coming in from other nations didn't help the transition. These people were taught that the western world is evil. They had one of the ten largest armies in the world. You can't tell me that if the US wasn't invaded, that there wouldn't be resistance, that some people, no matter how bad this nation may get, would fight to the death.

For the most part, we were greeted as liberators. Whether or not you think we should have gone in, the fact is that a terrible regime with a history of genocide is gone. The Husseins are dead. Most people I know, even liberals, agree thats a good thing.