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    From Richard Bannister@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 15 12:46:50 2021
    As some of you know already I did a big US trip this summer. I've been writing it up on my website.

    The first twelve days (as far as August 16) are live now:

    https://www.bannister.org/coasters/trips/2021/

    I hope to catch up on the rest over the next two or three months.

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    www.superiorsolitaire.com

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  • From Heather Kendrick@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 15 16:15:42 2021
    On Nov 15, 2021, Richard Bannister wrote
    (in article<f6725d0c-2b95-4041-a567-a20e5a5da455n@googlegroups.com>):

    As some of you know already I did a big US trip this summer. I've been writing it up on my website.

    The first twelve days (as far as August 16) are live now:

    https://www.bannister.org/coasters/trips/2021/

    I hope to catch up on the rest over the next two or three months.

    -
    www.superiorsolitaire.com

    I am shocked to read of your misadventure being turned away from Thunderbolt
    as a single rider. As you note, this has never been the practice in the past. Rather, they would generally offer to let someone waiting ride twice if they would ride with the single rider. I have even seen a ride op get on when they could not find someone in the station willing. My last visit to Kennywood was in 2019 and at that time I was with a group of three, so my singleton friend got paired up with a woman in the station who volunteered to take an extra
    with him. It´s just never been an issue that I´ve seen in the past. I
    hope this change is transient.

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    Heather, the Carousel Rabbit

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  • From Surf Dance Chris@21:1/5 to Heather Kendrick on Mon Nov 15 16:05:44 2021
    On Monday, November 15, 2021 at 4:15:45 PM UTC-5, Heather Kendrick wrote:
    On Nov 15, 2021, Richard Bannister wrote
    (in article<f6725d0c-2b95-4041...@googlegroups.com>):
    As some of you know already I did a big US trip this summer. I've been writing it up on my website.

    The first twelve days (as far as August 16) are live now:

    https://www.bannister.org/coasters/trips/2021/

    I hope to catch up on the rest over the next two or three months.

    -
    www.superiorsolitaire.com
    I am shocked to read of your misadventure being turned away from Thunderbolt as a single rider. As you note, this has never been the practice in the past.
    Rather, they would generally offer to let someone waiting ride twice if they would ride with the single rider. I have even seen a ride op get on when they
    could not find someone in the station willing. My last visit to Kennywood was
    in 2019 and at that time I was with a group of three, so my singleton friend got paired up with a woman in the station who volunteered to take an extra with him. It´s just never been an issue that I´ve seen in the past. I
    hope this change is transient.

    --
    Heather, the Carousel Rabbit

    Maybe due to COVID, they can’t allow it, since you’re sitting so close to a stranger then? Just a thought?

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  • From Heather Kendrick@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 15 22:31:53 2021
    On Nov 15, 2021, Surf Dance Chris wrote
    (in article<9201f6a2-5036-483d-968c-783a28df60b2n@googlegroups.com>):

    Maybe due to COVID, they can´t allow it, since you´re sitting so close
    to
    a stranger then? Just a thought?

    I wondered if that might be it. Again, hopefully it´s not a permanent
    change.

    --
    Heather, the Carousel Rabbit

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  • From Richard Bannister@21:1/5 to surfd...@aol.com on Tue Nov 16 01:15:24 2021
    On Tuesday, 16 November 2021 at 00:05:45 UTC, surfd...@aol.com wrote:

    Maybe due to COVID, they can’t allow it, since you’re sitting so close to a stranger then? Just a thought?

    That was my assumption. I'd probably have included that in the write up if I'd been less irritated at all the other closures.

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