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Well, kids. The Sears Tower has a new thingy to play with on its 103rd floor. It's a fishbowl glass box that extends from the building that you can step into.

Would you do it? Personally, I dunno. I hate heights. I wouldn't call it a phobia, because I used to rappel off high places during EMS training and can easily look out of windows in tall buildings. Pep will remember me at the top of the Stratosphere a few years ago. Once I get over the initial spinning head, nausea, and feeling of impending doom, I'm fine. But, I'd feel a whole lot better if there was more than an inch of glass between my feet and certain death.

Mark wrote:Pep will remember me at the top of the Stratosphere a few years ago.

But did you ride the roller coaster? Just standing up there is pretty tame...

I want to go on that new ride, Insanity, that goes out over the edge...

Oh, HELL, no....I'm a coward.

Sign me up

I was recently at the top of Blackpool Tower, where they have a glass floor 380' up, and a group of young women were stood at the edge blocking everybody elses access to the 'Walk of Faith'. On asking them to step aside so that other people could walk on the glass I commented that they should be more worried about the 110 year old, fire damaged pile of rust they were already stood on, causing at least one of the women to have a severe panic attack (for the UK members, they were Essex girls ). The staff didn't see the funny side and asked me to leave. Spoil-sports

I think I need to hear the story of Mark and Pep together at the top of a sky-scraper. Sounds intriguing

Boris wrote:

Mark wrote:Pep will remember me at the top of the Stratosphere a few years ago.

But did you ride the roller coaster? Just standing up there is pretty tame...

I want to go on that new ride, Insanity, that goes out over the edge...

IIRC, the rides were not operating when I was there.

Boris wrote:

Mark wrote:Pep will remember me at the top of the Stratosphere a few years ago.

But did you ride the roller coaster? Just standing up there is pretty tame...

I want to go on that new ride, Insanity, that goes out over the edge...

Yes, I vividly remember the Strat. And Boris, there's a snowball's chance in hell I'd get on a ride at the top of the Strat. Lame it may be, and if that's the what it is, then I'm a lame SOB.

I would have to be dead, I mean really dead, to go out on the "Ledge". Someone would have to carry my carcass out onto that thing cause there's no way, drunk or sober, I'm going out there.

I have been up to the Sears Tower Skydeck. I did not get near the glass. Further I remember the Strat having glass panels in the floor. I carefully, and purposely, avoided those damn things.

Not me ladies and gents. You people with a syntax error in your hard-drive go ahead and tempt fate, I'll be happy to wait downstairs in the bar.

A Man Has To Know His Limitations (Dirty Harry) and I damn sure know mine.

ANCFlyer wrote:Yes, I vividly remember the Strat. And Boris, there's a snowball's chance in hell I'd get on a ride at the top of the Strat. Lame it may be, and if that's the what it is, then I'm a lame SOB.

I would have to be dead, I mean really dead, to go out on the "Ledge". Someone would have to carry my carcass out onto that thing cause there's no way, drunk or sober, I'm going out there.

I have been up to the Sears Tower Skydeck. I did not get near the glass. Further I remember the Strat having glass panels in the floor. I carefully, and purposely, avoided those damn things.

Not me ladies and gents. You people with a syntax error in your hard-drive go ahead and tempt fate, I'll be happy to wait downstairs in the bar.

A Man Has To Know His Limitations (Dirty Harry) and I damn sure know mine.

I said TAME with a T Pep... I have no problem if somebody doesn't like it, I just love wild roller coasters...

Honestly, there's one at Buffalo Bill's about 20 miles south of Vegas that was scarier than the one on top of the Strat... You get on in the casino and it takes you right up through the roof...

Boris wrote:I said TAME with a T Pep... I have no problem if somebody doesn't like it, I just love wild roller coasters...

Honestly, there's one at Buffalo Bill's about 20 miles south of Vegas that was scarier than the one on top of the Strat... You get on in the casino and it takes you right up through the roof...

Either way, tame, lame, I ain't going.

Boris wrote:But did you ride the roller coaster? Just standing up there is pretty tame...

Ah yes, the roller coaster on top of the Stratosphere, still remember that one :D . Bit scary, but what a view. Now, that carousel that hangs out from the tower, no thank you. Or (don't know if they still have it) that see-saw thing on which you slowly drive away from the tower and that thing just drops down and goes back up a few times. Just standing there and watching it was enough to scare me.

As for "The Ledge", well, I believe in the stability of glass, but still, looking down and being able to see the ground hundreds of feet below, I'd say thanks but no thanks.

There's money to be made here.

*rushes off to register searstowerupskirts.com*

Sign me up, the view ought to be something like this:

Mark wrote:I'd feel a whole lot better if there was more than an inch of glass between my feet and certain death.

It's amazing what they can do with the stuff these days...

I'd do it. Easy. Went out on the Calgary Tower's thing.

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The windows at Sears Tower, yes.....that window ledge, no. I don't wish to give my cardiologist any more reasons to see me than she's already got

Mark wrote:Would you do it?

Not just no. but HELL no.

Oddly enough thou, I did a couple of the rides at the 'Strat. Those were cool.

can't wait to get back and do it.

Well, this isn't the Sears Tower, but it's a mine shaft deeper than the Tower is tall. There is reebar over the shaft that enables you to crawl out and look down. It's big enough to easily swallow a semi. VERY cool experience!!!