ncsuapex SpaceForRent 37776 Posts user info edit post |
Just another example of the state trying to get rid of poor people 10/25/2013 7:59:20 AM |
BigMan157 no u 103353 Posts user info edit post |
but seriously, that's awful
10/25/2013 8:19:57 AM |
bmel l3md 11149 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "In 2002, a midway worker was thrown from a platform of a ride and killed when he was struck by the legs of a passenger on the ride." |
That's the ride I was on. Doesn't seem like it was 11 years ago. Luckily only one was injured and 1 died instantly. Hope everyone comes out of this alive. 10/25/2013 8:33:04 AM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
I've considered it, and I'm pretty sure I woulda been able to hold on.
10/25/2013 8:49:14 AM |
Bullet All American 28265 Posts user info edit post |
The last ride-accident at the state fair was in 2002. Considering the # of people who have ridden a ride since then (100s of 1000s?), that's not a bad safety record for a fair ride. But yeah, that's scary. I rode and upside-down ride for the first time in 10+ years during my visit this year. 10/25/2013 9:00:29 AM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
i thought there was a ride accident last year 10/25/2013 9:08:00 AM |
dharney All American 4445 Posts user info edit post |
whoa. I rode that ride last thursday 10/25/2013 9:43:02 AM |
synapse play so hard 60929 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | ""The ride had stopped, and they were fixing to offload when the ride started off again, but that is preliminary," Harrison said. "It is going to take quite a while to talk to all these people."" |
10/25/2013 9:46:06 AM |
justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27743 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "that's not a bad safety record for a fair ride. " |
i know right? have you ever actually looked at those things? they're basically held together with giant safety pins.10/25/2013 9:46:37 AM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41752 Posts user info edit post |
10/25/2013 10:22:50 AM |
H8R wear sumthin tight 60155 Posts user info edit post |
10/25/2013 10:34:51 AM |
amac884 All American 25609 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | ""It could be operator error. We don't know," Harrison said. "We aren't going to speculate."" |
or are you???10/25/2013 10:48:44 AM |
Bullet All American 28265 Posts user info edit post |
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/25/21128865-five-injured-in-ride-accident-at-north-carolina-state-fair
Quote : | "NBC News reported in July that at least 17 states don't regulate amusement park rides. North Carolina does, however, and Dolores Quesenberry, a spokeswoman for the state Labor Department, said the Vortex is inspected for safety three times a day during the annual fair." |
10/25/2013 10:49:51 AM |
Smath74 All American 93277 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | ""The ride had stopped, and they were fixing to offload when the ride started off again, but that is preliminary," Harrison said. "It is going to take quite a while to talk to all these people."" |
I'm not sure what's wrong with this statement (or the bolded part)...10/25/2013 10:51:02 AM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
^this guy teaches our children 10/25/2013 10:52:56 AM |
SSS All American 3646 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I'm not sure what's wrong with this statement (or the bolded part)..." |
Seriously?
10/25/2013 10:57:08 AM |
dmspack oh we back 25420 Posts user info edit post |
I say "fixing to" multiple times a day 10/25/2013 10:58:01 AM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148230 Posts user info edit post |
southern vernacular is the cause of this accident 10/25/2013 10:59:08 AM |
Smath74 All American 93277 Posts user info edit post |
it's a very common southern expression.
damn yankees 10/25/2013 11:01:32 AM |
DoeoJ has 7062 Posts user info edit post |
^^ 10/25/2013 11:02:51 AM |
Skack All American 31140 Posts user info edit post |
Quantum Leap did it.
10/25/2013 11:04:46 AM |
gunzz IS NÚMERO UNO 68205 Posts user info edit post |
Yes, damn those people who expect elected officials to use proper grammar while being interviewed by a news outlet 10/25/2013 11:15:32 AM |
0EPII1 All American 42535 Posts user info edit post |
Fixing to do something == itching to do something ? 10/25/2013 11:19:22 AM |
Bullet All American 28265 Posts user info edit post |
Donnie Harrison actually speaks pretty eloquently for a good ol' boy. 10/25/2013 11:19:26 AM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
^^^I don't think "fixing to" is improper grammar. And, even if it was, people like the folksy stuff.
I think he shoulda gone all the way and started fittin ta do all kinds of shit. 10/25/2013 11:22:24 AM |
Smath74 All American 93277 Posts user info edit post |
"fixing to do" something is perfectly acceptable in the local (and broader southern regional) dialect. 10/25/2013 11:24:18 AM |
synapse play so hard 60929 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I don't think "fixing to" is improper grammar." |
Yup, it's proper usage according to Merriam-Webster. Good enough for me. - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fix
http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/03/fixing-to.html10/25/2013 11:27:06 AM |
Bullet All American 28265 Posts user info edit post |
^^that's relative.
i mean, i don't care if the sheriff uses common southern vernacular
but it's not proper grammar and shouldn't be acceptable in an educational setting.
[Edited on October 25, 2013 at 11:27 AM. Reason : ^interesting] 10/25/2013 11:27:13 AM |
synapse play so hard 60929 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "but it's not proper grammar" |
I didn't think that it was either, but it appears to be.10/25/2013 11:28:14 AM |
slappy1 All American 2303 Posts user info edit post |
hello, update? 10/25/2013 11:33:25 AM |
wolfdawg4 All American 5866 Posts user info edit post |
Still investigating. No names or current conditions have been released. We do know that 2 people have been released from the hospital. 10/25/2013 11:34:43 AM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah, some of y'all don't know how words work. Sorry, guys. 10/25/2013 11:36:28 AM |
Bullet All American 28265 Posts user info edit post |
In another 5 years I wouldn't be surprised if "LOL" and "OMG" are in Webster's (if they aren't already), and kids coming out of college will start using them in professional settings and documents.
The further decline of America and its educational system. 10/25/2013 12:00:10 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148230 Posts user info edit post |
The two yoots were released from the hostpital 10/25/2013 12:04:19 PM |
ncsuapex SpaceForRent 37776 Posts user info edit post |
The two yuuuuths 10/25/2013 12:34:21 PM |
mildew Drunk yet Orderly 14177 Posts user info edit post |
Switch on fair ride failed days before accident
Quote : | "On Monday... a switch that locks riders in their seats failed on the ride, and it was shut down. After the operators repaired the switch, state inspectors examined it and found it to be working fine, so the ride resumed operation.
Chambers said it's too early to tell if something similar occurred Thursday or if the ride had a different malfunction." |
http://www.wral.com/switch-on-fair-ride-failed-days-before-accident/13037091/10/25/2013 12:39:57 PM |
optmusprimer All American 30318 Posts user info edit post |
[Edited on October 25, 2013 at 12:49 PM. Reason : weird, completely different thread]
10/25/2013 12:46:40 PM |
puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " Little deese ?@LilDeeseabeast 7m
My sisters bf is a paramedic and hes in the ambulance where a 14 year old boy might die that fell of the vortex" |
He might die because he's busy texting updates.10/25/2013 4:49:26 PM |
HCH All American 3895 Posts user info edit post |
I might die trying to understand that tweet. 10/25/2013 5:32:42 PM |
dmspack oh we back 25420 Posts user info edit post |
What part of that tweet is hard to understand? 10/25/2013 6:57:21 PM |
swoakley All American 1725 Posts user info edit post |
[Edited on October 25, 2013 at 7:34 PM. Reason : .]10/25/2013 7:34:26 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52765 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Yup, it's proper usage according to Merriam-Webster. " |
The same dictionary that says that "literally" can also mean "figuratively"?10/25/2013 9:05:34 PM |
A All American 1428 Posts user info edit post |
i mean it's literally used daily like that... if language was a set in stone set of rules we would all be speaking old engish (OE) right now. 10/25/2013 10:41:40 PM |
puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
You're doing it wrong. You're supposed to drink it. 10/25/2013 11:00:08 PM |
arghx Deucefest '04 7584 Posts user info edit post |
^ I see what you did there. 10/26/2013 8:17:58 AM |
red baron 22 All American 2166 Posts user info edit post |
"Ya man, Ill lock those safety restraints in place as soon as Im done main lining this heroin" 10/26/2013 7:02:20 PM |
eyewall41 All American 2259 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.wral.com/authorities-expected-to-give-update-on-investigation-into-state-fair-ride-accident/13041734/
Raleigh, N.C. — A Georgia man is facing charges after a ride accident at the NC State Fair that injured five people, according to officials.
Timothy Dwayne Tutterrow, 46, of Quitman, Ga., has been charged with three felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury, Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison announced at a news conference Saturday.
Five people were injured in the accident, which involved the Vortex on the lower midway behind the Expo Center. Witness accounts indicated the ride had stopped and people were off loading when the ride restarted, according to officials.
The victims were taken to WakeMed Hospital. Two have been released and three remain hospitalized. They are Anthony Gorham, 29; Kisha Gorham, 39; and a 14-year-old juvenile.
“After inspection of the ride, we determined that it had been tampered with and critical safety devices were compromised,” Harrison said. 10/26/2013 8:36:14 PM |
Hiro All American 4673 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "14-year-old juvenile." |
As opposed to a 14-year-old adult?10/26/2013 8:38:13 PM |
aaronburro Sup, B 52880 Posts user info edit post |
how the fuck is that felony assault with a deadly weapon?
I was not aware that a fucking fair ride was considered a "deadly weapon"
[Edited on October 26, 2013 at 8:40 PM. Reason : ] 10/26/2013 8:39:55 PM |
eyewall41 All American 2259 Posts user info edit post |
^ I don't know I guess it is when you tamper with it and make it your "weapon" to inflict injury on those on board. 10/26/2013 8:43:37 PM |