Submitted by chimesplayer t3_yee7qe in springfieldMO
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pile_of_holes t1_itxkdf1 wrote
First there was that fire at the pork rinds place. Now the doggone train derailed?
This can only mean one thing.
The darn Baldknobbers are coming for your trousers!
Railcharger t1_itxkk78 wrote
The special effects are getting out of hand.
MartonianJ t1_itxkx95 wrote
“This here’s a stick up” holds a stick up
r1verbend t1_itxlms9 wrote
I’m just glad they never gave me a new bellybutton!
DefundThePolitician t1_itxm5nw wrote
FRA inbound
VisualBeggar t1_itxm6us wrote
Imagine you’re a kid, afraid to ride the rollercoasters so you hop on the chillest ride there, the train. Then this happens
Cold417 t1_itxojwc wrote
>seems like they are going a tad downhill since I was a kid.
Nah, it's better than ever...especially with the new "furniture store" and "onsite employee housing" attractions coming down the pipe.
sirwillow77 t1_itxq3lt wrote
The mechanic was killed because of their own negligent actions (they didn't lock out when they were in a safety secured area like they were supposed to). That has nothing to do with the train.
If you know anything about the train then you have a clue about how meticulous those engineers and workers are with it
Maybe find out what happened first before making broad judgements?
Numerous-Mix-9775 t1_itxq80v wrote
KY3 said they only needed to transport four to the hospital, none with serious injuries. Not bad for having 100-150 people on it.
Edit: SDC press release says six guests and one employee.
mutantxproud t1_itxrbh6 wrote
Sharks.
StageStraight9288 t1_itxtws0 wrote
Damn
WheresYourTegridy t1_itxw87n wrote
Here’s what I do know: those engineers get paid minimum wage to service those engines.
WheresYourTegridy t1_itxx62s wrote
Ichabod must’ve have some lead in his foot today.
SleeplessInMisery t1_itxxbq3 wrote
Try the newest ride at Silver Dollar City! It’s totally off the rails!!!
wellaware12 t1_itxy26b wrote
I was on the train…they just started telling the story when it tipped!
TriggyDiggy15 t1_ity2r1z wrote
Why the fuck mario helping out?
sgf-guy t1_ity314l wrote
I’m in my 40s so I welcome the idea of having the past be more glamorous due to being a kid…
But SDC is now basically rides, shopping, and overpriced food. Very random opportunities to find a great deal to visit. I have seen some good concerts front row because I bought the park admission and the special bracelet. But as a normal person…to me it’s not worth a day admission or even a season pass more than about every 5 years or so. I see glances of SDC glad to build new rides but barely supporting older things.
Wikipedia says there are 5 engines in service at SDC…engine didn’t tip…the cars look newer in construction and if they have 5 engines they prob have some passenger cars available.
Branson is in this weird period of transition…but it will never be a viable economy for the local worker there until they figure out a true year round model. Housing in Stone/Taney is WAY overpriced because of retirement homes with cheap money but workers work 8months a year on average.
smith_winston_1984 t1_ity43sn wrote
Did Ichabod get in the moonshine again and take that corner at a blazing 8 miles an hour?
smith_winston_1984 t1_ity45us wrote
And the maintenance guy that died...
sirwillow77 t1_ity4t3c wrote
Guess you don't know much then. No, they don't. Know them all personally and they get paid more than that. Their wages aren't any of your business, but they get paid decent enough.
And they love their work and those engines.
sirwillow77 t1_ity7lmf wrote
And just to clarify: the engineers are all considered mechanics and are paid as such, which is a very different, and higher, pay scale than the ones operating rides and registers in the park.
And most of those also get paid better than minimum wage, especially in the last couple of years with the rise in wages everywhere.
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pimms_pup1993 t1_itybqay wrote
OMG- Fire in the Hole was my first and favorite rollercoaster as a kid and then I grew up and thought about it years later and was like “people were wearing sheets with hoods and burning people’s houses down and I once rode that thing 13 times in a row because I could.”
I’ve since done more research on the Baldknobbers and it’s fascinating, but for a minute I was concerned about what my fuzzy kid-brained memories had witnessed repeatedly.
I grew up going to Dogpatch, USA as well, so you never know. 😂
WaywardDeadite t1_itybzd3 wrote
I can never remember their names and always think " Hobknockers?"
WheresYourTegridy t1_itygge7 wrote
I guess the engineer I talked to servicing an engine a few years back outside the depot was lying to me then.
WheresYourTegridy t1_itygqmk wrote
Is this before or after they tell you the train has no brakes? I can’t remember. Better question: did the derailment occur before or after they informed you the train had no brakes?
Edit: can’t fucking type
malevolentk t1_itygx6o wrote
I still have a badge from one of those shows!
WheresYourTegridy t1_ityhseo wrote
Wrong. They are my business if I want to know, not illegal pal.
Pokenerd17 t1_itykuyw wrote
I work there. Can confirm
Guitarstringman t1_itz0qvl wrote
Looks like it was BushWhacked
garcia_later t1_itz1x1b wrote
People’s wages are everyone’s business. That secrecy favors the corporate owners. Stand up for workers.
drug_war_reenactor t1_itz2d9x wrote
Ghost Pirates. or maybe Pirate Ghosts. idk
Ask_me_4_a_story t1_itz4stf wrote
I ain’t got no more pants! The dern bald knobbers stole em all!
RealNotFake t1_itzcs4p wrote
I think the pork rinds are completely gone now, that area where they used to be has been completely leveled and blocked off behind a construction fence. :(
RealNotFake t1_itzcvzv wrote
Knobgobblers.
RealNotFake t1_itzd2r8 wrote
I was just at SDC a couple weeks ago and it it's very much still a great experience. A few too many construction walls right now but it will be back to full steam soon enough. The new shed/building they constructed is HUUUUGEE.
Mysteroo t1_itzjlrk wrote
That's ralphy bowlin' to you
Mysteroo t1_itzjzzd wrote
Revealing private info about a person's wages is not "standing up for workers." Giving them the freedom to decide whether or not to disclose that information is
The dude you're responding to has worked with those engineers for years. He'd know the facts of the matter a lot better than you might
Mysteroo t1_itzkj3n wrote
There's a difference between something being illegal and something being an invasion of privacy.
It's not illegal, but it isn't your business. If they want to share how much they make, that's their choice
Mysteroo t1_itzktkt wrote
In what world is SDC's food mediocre though
It's GOURMET compared to other amusement parks. They've repeatedly won awards for their food
kcintrovert t1_itzlc4z wrote
I think that's going to be the Fire in the Hole replacement?
wellaware12 t1_itzmvme wrote
It happened after no brakes…just as they started talking about the drunk conductor derailing the train.
littlecello024 t1_itzp5ax wrote
I just figured they let Ichabod drive the train again after his moonshine. Sorry...I know that spiel by heart. I couldn't help myself. Glad nobody was seriously hurt!
CetiCeltic t1_itzvjqb wrote
I had heard that there was a tiger that escaped the sanctuary down the way and was laying on the tracks. Conductor slammed the breaks and the train popped off the rails.
the_honeyman t1_itzx03x wrote
That's fucking lame.
MyKungFuIsBest_2020 t1_itzywct wrote
They better never replace fire in the hole
kcintrovert t1_itzzbkt wrote
This is the last season for the current one sadly
MyKungFuIsBest_2020 t1_itzzfti wrote
What?! Well that ruined my day. That is literally my favorite ride.
Maxwyfe t1_iu003nw wrote
I hope you are alright and not providing details from the hospital.
kcintrovert t1_iu011cr wrote
I know. We haven't been to SDC in a few years and thankfully planned to go this year and I'm glad we did after reading that news. My sister is bummed because my niece is still too little to ride and now she'll never be able to. My thought is it must be too expensive to maintain anymore because at this point it's such an institution. It would be like taking out the flooded mine.
MyKungFuIsBest_2020 t1_iu01a9e wrote
FITH and the flooded mine are like SDCs version of E ticket rides. They are classics. I’m definitely going later this month.
Beautiful-Election28 t1_iu03hpi wrote
Them damn robbers finally gone and done it..
Substantial_Steak928 t1_iu03tcg wrote
This one would have been the Alf Bolin Gang
robzilla71173 t1_iu053hy wrote
I remember back when Wayne Milnes, aka Sammy B. Goode, was one of those characters. He was fun. I believe he was the mortician who would pop out of a coffin hiding place and measure people as they walked past.
Every been to Casa Bonita in Denver? It's like that with performers. Constant chases and gunfights through the restaurant.
r1verbend t1_iu05jm8 wrote
Seriously?! This breaks my heart..
RobCali509 t1_iu06p91 wrote
I remember as a kid being afraid to ride Fire in the Hole after it accidentally went down a service track and decapitated someone.
Maxwyfe t1_iu08pq4 wrote
I heard his Momma was on that train....
sirwillow77 t1_iu0bea9 wrote
I'll accept that when you post your wages and income taxes on your social media and link it here for everyone to see...
I have a feeling that none of the people liking your comment are putting their income levels out there for everyone either.
pimms_pup1993 t1_iu0colu wrote
Fortunately I read about that happened WAY after the fact or nobody would’ve ever talked me into riding it in the first place.
Infinite-Variation31 t1_iu0jbqv wrote
Upon hearing the news my husband said “god damn, those robbers finally got it”
garcia_later t1_iu0qxb1 wrote
Wages aren’t private information. Knowledge is power. Owners and bosses have conditioned us to think our low wage is a result of our low value.
garcia_later t1_iu0r0ka wrote
I make $15.85 an hour.
Numerous_Brief t1_iu0sdip wrote
Jesse and Frank James must have BLEW THE TRAIN UP after ROBBING IT 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Numerous_Brief t1_iu0srvj wrote
Cockgobblers. (Wild Turkey) 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
VictoryTheScreech t1_iu0vgku wrote
Thats a relief. I work in the Cox ER and we heard about it almost immediately after it happened. We figured we’d get a flood of traumas because of this. I’m glad mostly everyone was okay. I’d been on standby in case they needed more hands on deck
lifepuzzler t1_iu0wflm wrote
#THE DANG BALDKNOBBERS ARE AT IT AGEEYUN!
Automatic-Gain6227 t1_iu14eal wrote
Put a penny on the track, and it just gets squished flat.
Put a silver dollar on the track...
Pokegeek117 t1_iu17ac0 wrote
I know you
jerslan t1_iu1bnh2 wrote
Flooded mine/cave or the shoot-em-up ride through the flooded prison?
Both were awesome.
MyKungFuIsBest_2020 t1_iu1cq8y wrote
The cave is cool, but I was talking about the flossed mine shooting ride.
jerslan t1_iu1des6 wrote
Is it a flooded mine? Or a flooded prison? It's been a looong time since I've been, but I seem to remember that ride having something of a prison break theme to it.
MyKungFuIsBest_2020 t1_iu1dln5 wrote
It’s a flooded prison mine and the prisoners are trying to escape.
jerslan t1_iu1dou9 wrote
Ah, so both :) Like I said, it's been a while :P
Mysteroo t1_iu1qkcn wrote
Stop abusing the injustice of underpaid workers to justify your own grubby need to know everyone's personal info. Maybe you don't care about privacy but some of us still do.
I'll happily tell anyone what I make and there's no shame in that - but NO ONE has the right to know that information without my consent.
Knowledge IS power. And that's exactly why corporations are trading and selling personal data more than any other commodity. Maybe don't enable them
dropnad_tosspin t1_iu1rl2c wrote
One more guy standing on top, and they can probably get it back on the rails.
rhiannononon t1_iu1rx9a wrote
that was real??? i thought my sisters just said that to scare me oh my god
RobCali509 t1_iu1wrwx wrote
It's real, I remember when it happened. Everyone was freaking out about it.
emmerl t1_iu23hi6 wrote
WHAT. I moved to Texas and haven’t been back to SDC in years. I’m a little heartbroken.
garcia_later t1_iu26a3j wrote
Wow Have fun being mad
I don’t have any need or desire to know what everyone makes. What I’m saying is the culture of secrecy around pay in general is a problem and keeps wages artificially low because coworkers don’t talk about it. And that’s what owners want. Have a great life.
redbean-mooncake t1_iu2aedd wrote
damn bruh missouri has been going through it
Xyvir t1_iu2btyz wrote
NOOOOOOOO SAY IT AINT SO
Mysteroo t1_iu3wxbs wrote
Admittedly I was a tad upset when I typed that- but I feel like that's understandable given the context
You're 100% right about the fact that we shouldn't act like our wages are private in the same way that our underwear size is. And culture does indeed empower corporations in that way. No disagreement there
Let's just not pretend like that makes it OUR business to know what OTHER people make. It's better to empower people to share that info themselves than to try and make that choice for them.
r1verbend t1_itxk2z9 wrote
Woa! What in the world?! I sure hope everyone is okay. I’m curious as to what happened. I hope the train is back in action soon. That’s always been one of my favorite attractions.