Comments on: The Ledge http://www.stinque.com/2009/07/01/the-ledge/ If it smells, we're on it. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:27:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: flippin eck http://www.stinque.com/2009/07/01/the-ledge/#comment-40027 flippin eck Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:13:19 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=10202#comment-40027 Maybe I was just indoctrinated early. My parents took us on the Mackinaw Bridge <a href="http://www.danasresort.com/images/summer02/20020902_Dcp_0041_Mackinac_Bridge.jpg" rel="nofollow">Walk</a> on Labor Day several times when I was little. I loved the grid section, where you could see down past your feet to the water. Maybe I was just indoctrinated early. My parents took us on the Mackinaw Bridge Walk on Labor Day several times when I was little. I loved the grid section, where you could see down past your feet to the water.

]]> By: blogenfreude http://www.stinque.com/2009/07/01/the-ledge/#comment-40024 blogenfreude Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:04:45 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=10202#comment-40024 @<a href="#comment-40019" rel="nofollow">Mistress Cynica</a>: I had no trouble working on the 51st flr of Chrysler. OTOH - Chesapeake Bay Bridge and <a href="http://www.panynj.gov/commutingtravel/bridges/html/goethals.html" rel="nofollow">Goethels Bridge (narrow)</a> freak me out a bit. @Mistress Cynica: I had no trouble working on the 51st flr of Chrysler. OTOH – Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Goethels Bridge (narrow) freak me out a bit.

]]> By: Mistress Cynica http://www.stinque.com/2009/07/01/the-ledge/#comment-40019 Mistress Cynica Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:47:10 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=10202#comment-40019 @<a href="#comment-40015" rel="nofollow">blogenfreude</a>: Thanks for that. Have I mentioned my irrational fear of bridges and freeway ramps that curve way the hell up over nothing? Driving in large cities is a nightmare for me, and requires planning routes that minimize the number of bridges and freeway junctions I have to negotiate. When I'm driving across those things, I say Hail Marys constantly until I reach the other side just to keep from having a full-on panic attack in the middle of traffic. @blogenfreude: Thanks for that. Have I mentioned my irrational fear of bridges and freeway ramps that curve way the hell up over nothing? Driving in large cities is a nightmare for me, and requires planning routes that minimize the number of bridges and freeway junctions I have to negotiate. When I’m driving across those things, I say Hail Marys constantly until I reach the other side just to keep from having a full-on panic attack in the middle of traffic.

]]> By: blogenfreude http://www.stinque.com/2009/07/01/the-ledge/#comment-40015 blogenfreude Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:23:29 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=10202#comment-40015 @<a href="#comment-40013" rel="nofollow">flippin eck</a>: I got your modern engineering <a href="http://images.google.com/images?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS293&q=minnesota+bridge+collapse&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=w9BMSoGuJoHaNpb-9OUD&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4" rel="nofollow">right here</a>. @flippin eck: I got your modern engineering right here.

]]> By: flippin eck http://www.stinque.com/2009/07/01/the-ledge/#comment-40013 flippin eck Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:52:07 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=10202#comment-40013 @<a href="#comment-40005" rel="nofollow">chicago bureau</a>: I've been using the Signature Room trick with anyone who's come to visit me since I moved here. Sucky drinks but an incredible (and free) view--especially from the women's bathroom, where the wall opposite the stalls is nothing but floor-to-ceiling windows. However, I might be tempted back to the Sears *ehem* Willis Tower for this. It looks awesome! I have no fear of heights as long as I'm behind thick glass and tempered steel. I have teh trust in modern engineering, I guess. Mellbell, you come visit and we'll go! @chicago bureau: I’ve been using the Signature Room trick with anyone who’s come to visit me since I moved here. Sucky drinks but an incredible (and free) view–especially from the women’s bathroom, where the wall opposite the stalls is nothing but floor-to-ceiling windows.

However, I might be tempted back to the Sears *ehem* Willis Tower for this. It looks awesome! I have no fear of heights as long as I’m behind thick glass and tempered steel. I have teh trust in modern engineering, I guess. Mellbell, you come visit and we’ll go!

]]> By: ManchuCandidate http://www.stinque.com/2009/07/01/the-ledge/#comment-40012 ManchuCandidate Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:38:55 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=10202#comment-40012 I hate heights and if my parents took me to see that when I was a kid then you would have to pry my fingers from the elevator doors. Nothing compared to the CN Tower for sheer terror. I hate heights and if my parents took me to see that when I was a kid then you would have to pry my fingers from the elevator doors.

Nothing compared to the CN Tower for sheer terror.

]]> By: mellbell http://www.stinque.com/2009/07/01/the-ledge/#comment-40011 mellbell Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:25:54 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=10202#comment-40011 Looks like fun! Looks like fun!

]]> By: blogenfreude http://www.stinque.com/2009/07/01/the-ledge/#comment-40009 blogenfreude Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:06:16 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=10202#comment-40009 @<a href="#comment-40006" rel="nofollow">SanFranLefty</a>: My VT was mostly T ... I recall asking them to pump up the volume. The date was also a disappoinment. @SanFranLefty: My VT was mostly T … I recall asking them to pump up the volume. The date was also a disappoinment.

]]> By: chicago bureau http://www.stinque.com/2009/07/01/the-ledge/#comment-40008 chicago bureau Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:05:35 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=10202#comment-40008 <a href="#comment-40006" rel="nofollow">SanFranLefty</a>: See, they always seem to do Manhattans well. (N.B.: I've been there twice in six years.) Unless you put an iceberg in the glass, it is fairly hard to screw up whiskey. SanFranLefty: See, they always seem to do Manhattans well. (N.B.: I’ve been there twice in six years.) Unless you put an iceberg in the glass, it is fairly hard to screw up whiskey.

]]> By: SanFranLefty http://www.stinque.com/2009/07/01/the-ledge/#comment-40006 SanFranLefty Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:02:19 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=10202#comment-40006 @<a href="#comment-40005" rel="nofollow">chicago bureau</a>: I had a crappy martini once at the Signature Room - they killed the drink with too much sweet vermouth. Still have the plastic olive spear with the Hancock Building on it. @chicago bureau: I had a crappy martini once at the Signature Room – they killed the drink with too much sweet vermouth. Still have the plastic olive spear with the Hancock Building on it.

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