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Mark9

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  1. Mark9 replied to Phill's topic in Nonsense
    THREAD DERAILED!
  2. Mark9 replied to Marc's topic in The Real World
    I don't know what I want to be in the future really. At the moment I'm just a food service customer assistant at Waitrose and really enjoy the role. Its very target based and everything has to be done to the letter. I find that kind of work very stimulating, shifts go by so quickly and at the end of a shift you do feel like you've achieved a lot.
  3. Mark9 replied to Theme Park bloke's topic in The Real World
    I don't think it really counts as much of a closed season if every week you visit somewhere with rides though imo.As for me this closed season couldn't come sooner; I'm loving it.
  4. Mark9 replied to Phill's topic in Nonsense
    Certainly explains Marcs road rage then...
  5. No offence Outfit but you're hardly the most reliable considering last closed season you told us Runaway Trains rocks had been refurbished and that the Black Buccaneer boat had been completely replaced with a new boat.
  6. Mark9 replied to Phill's topic in Nonsense
  7. I have no doubt that if Chessington advertised it in the right way they could have a fantastic winter event in the park with selected rides open. Afterall, Paultons event is incredibly popular because it targets the right people. And I mean, its popular despite no one actually knowing where Romsey is.
  8. Chessington doesn't even really need to be open all the time between April - October anyway as whenever the schools are in, the park is dead. For the park to be open in February and November, would be like literally throwing money into the sea. Just a waste.
  9. Schoolboy error.
  10. Mark9 replied to MikeyT's topic in TPM 2010 Meets
    You all suck. Caterham has no buses, no trains, no planes, no boats, no cars, only people wandering aimlessly to Tescos.
  11. Mark9 replied to MikeyT's topic in TPM 2010 Meets
    I have a theory that when people say Russia is properly prepared, what they really mean is 'Moscow' is properly prepared. I doubt the whole of Russia has snowplough after snowplough on every street, highway, side road because its such a large country. England is a densely populated country and unfortunately the snow we get every year just isn't often enough and constant enough to justify large amounts of funds going into diggers. The trains I do sort of wish were running better because it would mean I don't have to walk 2 hours to get to work on Saturday. But the thing is if the trains breakdown and then the recovery trains breakdown. And then the gritter trains break down.. I mean.. there is nothing that can be done and I'd rather just go "oh well" and get over it then moan on and on.
  12. Mark9 replied to MikeyT's topic in TPM 2010 Meets
    I don't actually think its a joke. What is a joke is peoples over-reaction to this whole snow thing. Things aren't running, deal with it. Caterham is cut off from the outside world, I was supposed to be in Brighton watching the Scissor Sisters. Instead I'm here listening to people moan about either the World Cup 2018 result or how snow ruins their lives. But it's cool, I'm dealing with it.Would you rather the train ran, it derails, killing everyone on board instead...
  13. If you want to be completely true to life, some of Chessington's rides such as Rameses, Buccaneer, Toytown, Fury and Rattlesnake are dressed up fairground rides (Or can be fairground models for all the pedantics out there)...
  14. I wonder, if Merlin purchased Caterham would I then get a brand new sea life centre, 4D experiences, my own Dungeons and maybe even a bit of Octopus Gardens.It would no longer be called caterham on the hill. It would be.. Caterham on the Eye. I love it.
  15. Mark9 replied to Phill's topic in Nonsense
    I've seen funnier and more interesting corpses frankly...
  16. Mark9 replied to a post in a topic in The Future
    I just have to add that Blue Fire isn't a fantastic rollercoaster because it goes upside down. It's a good rollercoaster because it pulls so many different elements together into one ride and they all work. The theme, the launch, the speed, the inversions, the fun of it.
  17. The broken one or the working one?
  18. Mark9 replied to Marc's topic in The Real World
    Cause Merlin are nuts..
  19. My boyfriend has been there. He says he loved it more then life itself. So there we go
  20. Mark9 replied to Kevin's topic in The Real World
    I've met God...well I say I've met God, hes all around us so really I see him quite regularly.
  21. If anyone could come up with some decent, high-throughput flat rides that would not only be relevant today but relevant in 20 years time then be my guest. Because at the moment, as antiquated as Enterprise, Blade and Ripsaw are, they do still do the buisiness because they are such theme park staples.Whereas the only flat ride at Thorpe which continually interests people is Rush. Vortex may as well be dead, Samurai's popularity will be non-existant come 2012 and Slammer lost all recognition the moment Rush opened.People are very quick to say Alton need flat rides but when asked what ones they think Alton should get, the conversation seems to just dry up. Jump 2's are occasionally mentioned, as are S&S Screaming Swings. But nothing that says to me, yes that would absolutly fit at Alton Towers and compliment the excellent rollercoaster line up.People also forget that back in the 80's, Alton had an incredibly large selection of flat rides. 10,000 nights, Magic Carpets, Gravitrons, Dynamo, Boneshaker. And now we're down to four. Flat rides just don't seem to meet the standard or have the capacity for a park like Alton.So go with the flat rides, I would be intrigued what people come up with.
  22. Mark9 replied to Phill's topic in Nonsense
    Cheryl Cole makes this GIF. Stupid bint.
  23. Mark9 replied to Phill's topic in Nonsense
  24. Calm down dear. I meant Twynersh.. woops.WHAT IN THE BLUE HELL, MARK9 MADE A MISTAKE!

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