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Gosh, so sorry to hear about that James. I know what it is like to have that shock to the system for the first time of someone close to you having cancer. I s'pose the only thing you can really do is look at the bright side that it's been found early and that there is that hope. :/Sorry to diverge, but I really need to get this of my chest.Today is my granddad's birthday. Well, it would have been. After losing him to cancer last year, this is the first birthday without him. Goes without saying that my nan is incredibly upset. But did the family come round to see how she was doing? Don't be silly. We had my youngest uncle phone at about 8 in the morning to see how she was. He knows as well as anyone that she's barely awake at that time. Hasn't phoned back. His children (some don't live with him, some do, looong story) haven't bothered getting in contact. My aunt came to visit, which ended up in her bragging about her holiday to Spain (a place my granddad wanted to visit) and showing all the nice photos they took. Other uncles haven't done a thing - wouldn't surprise me if they didn't even know it was his birthday. Just really pees me off how inconsiderate they've been. Also, quick rant at myself after reading through some of my old posts - I was such a d!ck. Sorry.

Couple of my finds:2012 coaster - no greater than 50m.2015 coaster - no greater than 40m.Coasters will be no no greater than 850m in length In perspective, that would be Colossus' length. Each coaster will have no more than 9 'Vertical loops'.2 elements/loops will be above 30m.The above 30m points have been carefully thought out and are not changeable. The track layout will have to fit around that.2 more maximum 30m coasters after this MTDP.Static height of all flats will not exceed 25m; in motion will not exceed 30m. And on a nice note...3000 new trees are to be planted each winter (closed season).

Undescribable!Just a shame I can't have a good look till this evening.

Wow. Some people.I do not know the full story, but it appears some friends have had a massive fight and are now bitching over each other over tumblr. It really is quite shocking, considering it is ending up as about 4 against 1. As said, I don't know the full story so don't know whether to help ask the '1' side what is happening or what.Eurgm. :/

I think it might be. Would make sense for it to be kept up as well.

By the looks of it, it wasn't only the breakfasts keeping them going... Tis interesting - thanks for that. But it is a pretty standard thing to do really. I still doubt this will affect how long OG has left though..

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/video/video.php?v=136314033061035&ref=mfNice new video.Much better and much more tasteful than the 'Roller coaster Porn' video from last year..

For some slower computers, or when there's slow internet connection, that scrolling message can be a nightmare! Also, looking at the box was much quicker. Also, if no rides are down, surely the box could easily be removed and a link to somewhere else could replace? That isn't too hard is it? (I'm not trying to be sarcastic there; I'm actually asking ). I agree with what Dan is saying, about if a ride is down for a few days then it should be in a box on the website. In my eyes, it's common sense Wow, when'd that happen? That must have been such a big step..

The Conservatives are to blame for yesterday's loss. They were the ones who cut the Defence Budget after all..

I personally see having a 'Rides Unavailable' section as common sense. We all know that these rides aren't easy and can go down at any point. And the park themselves always say in the small print how rides are "subject to availability" or whatever. So why not just update it? It's not hard and is very simplistic - I think a heck of a lot more of the GP would prefer it rather than be against it..

That's one thing I wish could be heard so much more. A real shame.

Again, perfectly true and something I fully think is silly.

More like the morgue. XDIronic thing is, people 'love their country' no matter what, they when they lose, they go right against them. Funny huh?

Another rant..Referring to the German team, German supporters and any anti-English comments as being Nazi-related. I mean, come on, grow up.

To be honest, you don't know how reassuring that is to me. Thanks

Yeah, random I know, but I'd just like to say that that's the one thing I actually admire about you. It takes a lot of guts to be honest and straight to the point, and you're one of about 3 people I actually know who's like that. :)Anyways, my rant..Well, it was my prom last night. As said somewhere else, it was a bit of a fail really. The actual 'prom' event of it (so basically, excluded the awards ceremony) was only decent because they had a mini casino there, which was epicly fun. I decided not to go to an after party, as I do not drink any sort of alcohol for personal reasons which I prefer not to go into. All the after parties seemed to involve people just getting wasted for fun, and I didn't really like the idea of being around loads of people being wasted, nor having people try and spike my drinks. So I didn't go to any. Everyone seemed to be getting on my back about it and asked why I weren't going to any and persuading me to go to there's. Even after I said no they do not stop and it's just peed me off. So yeah, just a bit annoyed really.

Glad you had a good time! :(Our one was a bit of a fail. The hall looked like an explosion of Poundland. The DJ took no requests and played music most people didn't like. The food was bad. :DThe only good thing about it was the roulette table, where I spent at least 2 hours there (just a shame it weren't real money! )

You know you're a fanperson when...You keep Ride Counts.You take photos of ride in the light.You break the rules theme parks set.You go to theme parks to buy sunglasses and not to go on any rides (like I did today).

Here's a pic from Tuesday:Notice something? The 2 empty seats? The 2 empty seats that at this very time last year would have been filled due to Single Riders? Personally, I think SR needs to come back. It worked very well last year and would obviously make the ride seem more full, and please quite a few of people - not necessarily just fans.

Yeah, never really thought about it that way. :DAh well. Apparently, the school looks lime Poundland exploded, so it's going to be good fun of course...

100% agree. Funny that. At my school, we see 'Ball' as American / Australian and 'Prom' as English..

It was used as an excuse about Eurovision. "Sure, you can win a singing contest, but we can win world wars."Honestly.

I thought they were £13?

Wow, great find James! :)Never knew that MBE were the manufacturers. That photo must've been from it's first couple of years, quite surreal looking at that pic actually..

Quantum running fine. Zodiac still down; no engineers in site.Slammer was down, though did start testing at 4-ish.