We have two big crazy Labradors who we love to death, and who we take to the dog park every Saturday so they can run around and swim with other big crazy dogs until they pass out from exhaustion. Saturday morning at the dog park is the best part of the week! We chose Red Bud Isle dog park for our engagement pictures because it's one of our favorite places in Austin and because it is absolutely gorgeous.
Look how pretty it is!But then came the predicament:
- Do we include our dogs in the pictures? "Awww they'd be so cute"
- Can we go to the dog park and not take our dogs? "That just doesn't seem fair to the dogs"
- Will they sit still for cute pictures with them? "Nope, they've got wiggly puppy energy"
- Will they jump up on us when we're trying to take pictures without them? "You betcha"
Our photographer was game for seeing how it went with the dogs, and just leaving them out if they weren't sitting peacefully for the camera. About 30 seconds after we got there, BOOM the dogs were in the water...
Smells like wet dog.Since we had some drenched puppies on our hands, we decided it would be better to leave the dogs out of the pictures. Somehow the dogs didn't get that memo.
"Oh I'm sorry, were you trying to take a picture?"After the pups had been for their morning swim, they decided we weren't paying enough attention to them. Well, we were trying to focus more on the nice lady taking our pictures.
"Play with me! Play with me!"Thanks to the wet paws, jumping, and clamoring for our attention, most of our pictures have two features: wet jeans and dirty jeans.
Our lovely (and patient!) photographer also commented that she was constantly playing "where's the puppy butt", trying to keep the dogs out of the pictures. If you look carefully, you'll see some mysterious white lumps in the backgrounds.
Even with all the dog chaos, I think our engagement photos turned out beautiful BECAUSE we brought the pups with us. Most of the best pictures are of us laughing about the dogs' antics. They made us relax and natural in front of the camera because they make us happy ... and because we were more focused on preventing them from jumping on the photographer than on putting on a stiff smile for the camera. Looking at our engagement pictures reminds me of what our regular life looks like every day at home.
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West Edmonton Mall, Fantasyland indoor amusement park. (Now named Galaxyland.)
On the evening of June 14, 1986, after the yellow train (train #1) completed the second inverted loop, it encountered one of three areas of uplift before the third and final loop. Missing bolts on the left inside wheel assembly of the last car of the four car train caused the bogey assembly to disengage the track with a full load of riders. This caused the final car to fishtail wildly, disengaging the lap bars as it collided with support structures, thereby throwing off passengers and losing speed. The train entered the third and final inverted loop, but did not have the speed to complete the loop. The train stalled at the top, then slid backwards, crashing into a concrete pillar. Three people, David Sager, 24, Tony Mandrusiak, 24, and Cindy Simms, 21, were killed during the accident and a fourth man was severely injured and nearly killed.
At the time of the accident the park was packed with people who were attending a concert. The ride had shut down twice, as the operator had heard a metallic noise from the train prior to the accident. Despite running the trains empty, the source of the problem could not be located by the maintenance staff, and the regular operation of the ride resumed until the accident occurred. With the stage located atop the jumping fountains, many had a horrific view as the band played and the coaster derailed. The Mindbender was immediately closed. An investigation and inquiry was launched that revealed that there were problems in the translation from German to English of operational and maintenance information from Schwarzkopf, the German coaster manufacturer. Additional issues with quality control were found as a result of the manufacturer going bankrupt during delivery of the ride, and portions of the ride being finished by the receiver of the firm.
When the Mindbender reopened seven months later, the trains were redesigned. Existing four car trains were converted to 3 car trains, each have four bogeys on two axles (front and rear). Anti-roll back "dogs" were added to prevent the train from rolling backwards during the initial lift. Seating capacity was reduced from 16 to 12 per train. The lap bar restraint was retained, but seat belts and a shoulder headrest were added for redundancy. The design of the vertical axle was changed so that the axle became a fixed part of the bogey, and the retaining bolt was moved to the top of the axle, where it is easily inspected. Finally, maintenance checks and scheduled maintenance downtimes were significantly increased. In the twenty-three years since the accident, the Mindbender has had an excellent safety record.
Prior to the accident, the Mindbender had two yellow, two red, and two blue trains. After the accident, the original trains were sent to Germany for rebuild into the trains in use today. However they returned only in red and blue colors, to ease the public perception of yellow trains which were featured in the media post-crash. Recently, the trains were repainted, and yellow color has returned.
After the government inquiry, the damaged yellow train #1 was returned to the mall, along with other materials seized during the inquiry. The first three cars of train #1 were stored in the basement of the mall until later disposed of. The fourth car which derailed, was cut up by welders torch into small burned unrecognizable bits and disposed of. Train #1 was not reused, but occasionally scratches in the paint of the current vehicles, might reveal the identity of train #2, the second original yellow train.
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