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Jun 21st, 2005 at 2:50pm

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*sigh*...  Well, I had thought Fathers Day was supposed to be about dad and what HE wanted, but I guess not.  Wink  The wifey knows I dislike amusement parks, but she insisted that we go last sunday, because my brother got some cheap tickets.  Personally, since it was SUPPOSED to be my day, I would have rather sat home and played FS all day long while the wife fed me Coronas all day long (see last pic!). 

But no.  We had to go do this 'family' thing where you pay way too much money to get in, walk around in the heat all day then you wait for an hour to get on one ride.  After which you pay $3.30 for a watered down diet coke, and $3.99 for some freakin cotton candy for the brother's step-kid who YOU got stuck babysitting while everyone else went on another ride...

But then we got to the waterpark, where I got stuck with the step-kids again (they all like me because I'm the cool uncle) and spent half my time babysitting them, and the other half looking for my wife...

It's a funny thing though.  Watching all the people in the park as I sat on a bench, I noticed that NOBODY was smiling.  Dozens, maybe hundreds of people walked by and not one person seemed to be enjoying themselves.  Even the kids looked depressed...

The munchkins had a blast though...
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Did I mention there were a lot of people there?
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This is about 1/4 of the park from the top of a ride.
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And the water park...
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Well, at least the day wasn't a total loss.  There was some nice scenery to look at...  Wink
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Reply #1 - Jun 21st, 2005 at 3:04pm

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mmmm yellow. oh yeah great day, glad you had. yellow Shocked Grin
 
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Reply #2 - Jun 21st, 2005 at 3:11pm

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I love Corona  Grin
 
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Reply #3 - Jun 21st, 2005 at 3:15pm

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Kevin if you wanted to make a packet of money pop that place in the post over here, here swimming in a lake is considered exciting Roll Eyes
 
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Reply #4 - Jun 21st, 2005 at 4:22pm

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I'll have two Coronas please... *drool* Grin

What park is that, it looks 100% like Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, though you are from Chicago, right?
 
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Reply #5 - Jun 21st, 2005 at 4:34pm

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Six Flags Great America.  Gurnee, Illinois...
 
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Reply #6 - Jun 21st, 2005 at 4:53pm

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I like that last shot. Beautiful. Methinks it's time I had a walk along the seafront. Cheesy

PS. I reckon I would be slapped round the face or arrested if I tried to take one like that. Shocked
 
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I like that last shot. Beautiful. Methinks it's time I had a walk along the seafront. Cheesy

PS. I reckon I would be slapped round the face or arrested if I tried to take one like that. Shocked

Zoom, my friend. Zoooooom. And be sure to loudly say something like: "Damn seagulls won't sit still!"...

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Reply #8 - Jun 21st, 2005 at 5:40pm

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I was trying to be very surreptitious about the thing.  Though the beer bottles were the subject at hand, I did end up cropping the pic a bit.  I don't think anyone saw me take the pic...  Wink
 
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Reply #9 - Jun 21st, 2005 at 5:47pm
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I'd prefer a day at the lake over any amusement park.
 
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Reply #10 - Jun 21st, 2005 at 5:48pm

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It's OK for you younger chaps. Wait till you get to my age. Roll Eyes They don't even like me looking nowadays but they can't very well stop me. Wink

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Reply #11 - Jun 21st, 2005 at 5:51pm

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Don't kid yourself. I reckon she's peeking. Tongue Cheesy

i couldn't tell i havent quite gotten that far yet Lips Sealed Grin
 
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Reply #12 - Jun 21st, 2005 at 6:06pm

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Well! At least the day wasn't totally wasted.. Wink
 
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Reply #13 - Jun 21st, 2005 at 8:11pm
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Oh man consider yourself lucky! This is like the first year in about 5 years where I'm not going to Great America. Sad
I've been there about 6 times in my life, great place. 8)

EDIT: Oh yeah, whenever we go my dad always says his favorite ride is "The Bench" Wink
 
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Reply #14 - Jun 21st, 2005 at 8:30pm

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Nice scenery Wink  Grin
 
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