US Airways used to let you straight-up buy elite quaifying miles or segments. With the Dividend Miles program there was frequently no need to ‘mileage run’ or take extra flights just for the miles in order to reach status, it was usually cheaper just to have them charge your credit card. In fact, you could […]
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Starwood Preferred Guest’s terms and conditions announce changes going into effect in two weeks, This version of the terms and conditions for the SPG Program will become effective on October 15, 2014 The change to Starwood terms and conditions is mostly a clean-up of language, some clarifications on what third party rates won’t earn points […]
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You can't say I didn't warn you.
This is quite possibly the most amazing thing I've ever seen. I don't know if I mean that in a good way or bad way. I'm still trying to decide. And that's after playing this video on repeat nonstop for the past 24 hours (with Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" in the mix at least once an hour, just to maintain my sanity).
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The Magic Forest is a small fun fair in upstate New York that is a gold mine of unique Americana from a bygone era including the world's largest Uncle Sam figure and the nation's only remaining diving horse.
Created in 1963, the Magic Forest amusement park has not changed a great deal since then. The park is one of the final surviving example of the kind of simple, kid-friendly rural amusement park that were once ubiquitous in the heyday of Route 66. There are all the classic rickety carnival rides that shake, spin, and generally work hard to make riders nauseous, alongside the quaint fairytale-themed attractions based on nursery rhymes that seem almost aching quaint. However the park features a number of more one-of-a-kind attractions that set it apart from its quickly disappearing counterparts.
In addition to all of the standard fun fare, the Magic Forest is dotted with large fiberglass figures known as "muffler men," due to their former homes as mascots for auto repair shops. Towering over these already over-sized figures is a nearly 40-foot tall statue of Uncle Sam which claims to be the largest in the world. While there has been no official research or comparison to truly establish this fact, its validity is unknown, although its safe to assume that it is true. Would Uncle Sam lie to you?
The true star of the park though is Lightning, the Diving Horse. This chestnut gelding is the only remaining performer of a type of show the president of the Humane Society of the United States once called, "... a colossally stupid idea," in which the horse jumps muzzle first into a pool of water. During the height of the popularity of diving horses the poor beasts were often shoved and prodded off of high dives that would make a human being balk, but Lightning's show has been maximized for his health and happiness with a much shorter fall, high class boarding and a light performing schedule that is only in effect for two months out of the year. Which is all to say that the show can be enjoyed free of most ethical qualms that ruin so much fun in this world.
