| Author | Message | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Intermediate Member Username: Peters Post Number: 1364 Registered: 1-2003 |
I was pretty suprised a few months ago when I went up in a Steerman that a buddy of mine owns. I was doing several rolls, loops, spins, hammerheads, etc. and it hit me pretty good. At that time, I never thought I would have a problem with park rides. | ||
| James Lee (Aventino)
Junior Member Username: Aventino Post Number: 59 Registered: 6-2003 |
If you have a fatty meal beforehand like bacon and eggs it gives the stomach a lining and the acids something to work with. So I have been told, anyway, it seems to work for me for aircraft aerobatics. | ||
| David P. Smith (Dave330gtc)
Junior Member Username: Dave330gtc Post Number: 155 Registered: 3-2002 |
Mark, you make an interesting point. I have noticed the same thing at the racetrack. If I ride with someone I can hardly wait to get out of the car and I can feel my stomach all over the place. If I am behind the wheel controlling the motion I feel fine. | ||
| rich stephens (Dino2400)
Member Username: Dino2400 Post Number: 541 Registered: 10-2001 |
Good one Peter! Lol! -Rich | ||
| IamA (Ski_bum)
Junior Member Username: Ski_bum Post Number: 151 Registered: 12-2002 |
Maybe as we get older we see/face our mortality? Used to love roller coasters, after injuring my neck skiing....oh well  btw, did anyone see the story last week about the r/c maintenance guy who got his hair stuck in the wheels, dragged up 40 feet into the air, then fell to his death? Ouch! http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/08/17/roller.coaster.death.ap/index.html | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Intermediate Member Username: Peters Post Number: 1358 Registered: 1-2003 |
Thomas...'Go ahead...Make my coaster' ! | ||
| Mark (Study)
Member Username: Study Post Number: 705 Registered: 10-2001 |
I wonder if its weight gain? G-force is harder on a bigger body. People tend to gain 10 pounds for every 10years they age. I have a trick I use on the new super fast coasters. I use to get scared. But then I tried moving my feet like I was pressing on the gas and moving my hands like I was steering. All of the sudden the coaster wasn't fast enough. It realy makes a huge differance. | ||
| Thomas I (Wax)
Junior Member Username: Wax Post Number: 143 Registered: 7-2003 |
"A man's got to know his limitations." Dirty Harry Callahan - Magnum Force My back is my achilles heel. Wait, I- | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Intermediate Member Username: Peters Post Number: 1353 Registered: 1-2003 |
Rich..That tickle is your nuts laughing at the ones that are watching that are just about to get crunched!  | ||
| rich stephens (Dino2400)
Member Username: Dino2400 Post Number: 540 Registered: 10-2001 |
My stomach is fine but I've noticed that I get this odd ticklie feeling below my balls in any kind of scary situation. Even watching guys bail off their dirt bikes in mid-air on tv I'll get it in that moment where you are thinking "oh, this is not going to be good". What the hell is that all about? Maybe this is normal and is why we as younger surfer/skaters used to say that "you just have to put your balls in your back pocket and go for it", ha! But it's a new one to me. | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Intermediate Member Username: Peters Post Number: 1352 Registered: 1-2003 |
Is 'Old Fartism' kicking in? | ||
| Thomas I (Wax)
Junior Member Username: Wax Post Number: 141 Registered: 7-2003 |
At near-f-f-f-f-forty-three, the only rides I could handle anymore are the Spine Stretcher, The Back Popper and her and her and her... Anything else'd probably be just as ruinous to my system as it appears to have been for PeterS. | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Intermediate Member Username: Peters Post Number: 1351 Registered: 1-2003 |
Tillman / Ed...Nope, it's the exact same rides at the same park I went on 10-12 years ago and never hit me like they did yesterday. | ||
| Tillman Strahan (Tillman)
Member Username: Tillman Post Number: 895 Registered: 11-2001 |
The rides today are simply faster, higher, better than the ones 10 years ago. | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member Username: Doody Post Number: 1593 Registered: 11-2001 |
statistically speaking, i'm sure the average amusement park ride is WAY less dangerous than driving at the speeds we do in these stupid cars on highways and tracks. doody. | ||
| Ed Christophersen (Dr_c)
Junior Member Username: Dr_c Post Number: 67 Registered: 12-2002 |
Don't you think that it's related to the fact that you, like most of us, probably have ten times as much responsibility as you did 10 years ago? Get hurt now and you're really screwed -- the entire family depends on you. It's a thought. | ||
| Jerry W. (Tork1966)
Member Username: Tork1966 Post Number: 917 Registered: 7-2001 |
This is not a problem, it's an opportunity! Let your wife take the kids on the ride whilst you scope the pretty young tangs passing by while sipping cold suds. | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member Username: Doody Post Number: 1590 Registered: 11-2001 |
this is an excellent question that i've always wondered about. i too am less tolerant of these sorts of things with age. i can deal with roller coasters still, but anything that SPINS makes me want to lose my lunch really quickly. my 3 year old will let me spin him for hours on end (or so it would seem). does something medically change in our inner ear as we grow older? or something like that? doody. | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Intermediate Member Username: Peters Post Number: 1349 Registered: 1-2003 |
I am 44. I spent the day at Great America yesterday. Just wondering why my stomach does not do so well with the fast rides like it did ten years ago. Anyone else have this problem? |