[10:51] <rick_h> Morning
[13:05] <cmaloney> morning
[13:05] <cmaloney> rick_h: How was the trek to Cedar Point?
[13:06] <rick_h> cmaloney: it was good. Got the boy on three roller coasters so mission accomplished
[13:06] <rick_h> cmaloney: but then he wore out around 4pm and melted down on the log flume ride and we got tossed off it
[13:06] <rick_h> "Sir, I can't make him go on the ride if he doesn't want do"
[13:07] <rick_h> So it ended with a bang, but everyone agrees it should become an annual trip from now on so woot
[13:07] <cmaloney> rick_h: I can completely understand his reluctance on the lig flume
[13:07] <cmaloney> s/lig/log/
[13:07] <rick_h> well it the downhill looks scarier because of the running water I think
[13:07] <rick_h> "it's so steep!"
[13:07] <cmaloney> Nothing but those stupid handrails
[13:08] <rick_h> but it's not as steep as the other coasters he'd already done
[13:08] <cmaloney> Yeah, but on those coasters you have the cage and what-not
[13:08] <rick_h> yea, fair enough
[13:08] <cmaloney> not "two handrails and the dude behind you"
[13:08] <rick_h> he was tired, fell asleep in the truck before we got off the little cedar point island section
[13:09] <rick_h> so I'm going to call it a success even though it ended with a bit of a bang
[13:09] <cmaloney> cool deal
[13:10] <cmaloney> which coasters did he go on?
[13:13] <shakes808> morning
[13:14] <shakes808> rick_h: that sounds like a good time.  I just asked my son this past week if he wanted to go to cedar point, and he said he was afraid haha.  we'll see.   How old is your boy?  Mine is 11.
[13:14] <rick_h> shakes808: 7
[13:14] <rick_h> shakes808: we're doing disney after thanksgiving so we're working on getting him used to some rides before we go there
[13:14] <cmaloney> Hey, nothing wrong with being afraid of falling. That's just good thinking
[13:15] <rick_h> shakes808: heh, I was carried onto my first roller coaster around 12 I think? So trying to help him not be like his old man
[13:15] <cmaloney> rick_h: Space Mountain is scarier than it seems
[13:15] <rick_h> hah
[13:15] <cmaloney> it's not that steep, but it gives you the illusion that it's worse than it is
[13:15] <rick_h> he's 50" so he can go on about half the stuff at cedar point so it was good.
[13:16] <shakes808> rick_h: HAHA.  I went on the X-Flight at some smaller venue because my grandfather was going on it and called me a puss for not going on it.  I think i was 13ish.
[13:16] <cmaloney> Yeah, I liked the spinning rides much better
[13:16] <shakes808> cmaloney: where's the adventure?!
[13:16] <cmaloney> shakes808: Terra Firma, Earth
[13:16] <rick_h> cmaloney: yea, I think his favorite was the scrambler where he got to squish mom
[13:17] <cmaloney> heh
[13:17] <rick_h> shakes808: well, of course after getting carried on I decided coasters were ok, but upside down was a no go
[13:17] <rick_h> shakes808: then in high school went with friends and the old peer pressure did me in and now I'll go on anything
[13:17] <cmaloney> My first coaster was the corkscrew-coaster at Bob-Li
[13:17] <cmaloney> Bob-lo
[13:17] <cmaloney> (whatever it's called)
[13:18] <cmaloney> Then I graduated to the *Streak coaster at BobLo
[13:18] <cmaloney> (Mean Streak?)
[13:18] <cmaloney> the one with the lap belt that makes it scarier than any coaster at Cedar point
[13:18] <cmaloney> as your butt leaves the seat
[13:19] <shakes808> just being at BobLo was scary.  haha
[13:19] <cmaloney> Nah, bobLo was awesome
[13:20] <cmaloney> even if it was trending toward shithole
[13:21] <shakes808> when i went there it was at its' end of life
[13:21] <shakes808> i heard they reopened it though and kicked all the bums off the island haha
[13:21] <shakes808> i want to go back.  supposedly has a nice aquarium
[13:22] <cmaloney> There's foks living on the island
[13:22] <cmaloney> I think you're thinking of Belle Isle though
[13:22] <cmaloney> iirc BobLo is now all private land
[13:24] <shakes808> hmmm maybe
[13:25] <shakes808> very well could be :)
[17:27] <shakes808> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-vr-one-backpack-desktop-intel-core-i7-7820hk-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1070-512gb-solid-state-drive-black/5853622.p?skuId=5853622
[17:27] <shakes808> :)
[18:08] <cmaloney> shakes808: So when you lose your balance playing your VR game you can take out over $3K of computer equipment as well?
[18:08] <cmaloney> Bargain
[18:12] <shakes808> cmaloney: HAHA, right!!!!
[18:33] <shakes808> something non-tech related: https://www.highstreettv.com/squat-magic.html
[18:33] <shakes808> Shake Weight move over :)