Godspeed, little coaster.

[fancycwabs]

Sometimes you can get great deals at auctions. For instance, Elvis's favorite coaster, the Zippin' Pippin, sold on the auction block for $2500 yesterday.

I could have bought the damn thing for $2500. I don't know where I'd have put it, but still.¹

Sad, really. The Pippin was a tooth-rattlingly good ride.



¹Actually, I do know exactly where I'd put it. Grandma has a Pippin-shaped backyard that once housed vegetables, but now lies fallow. It's a quarter-mile from Mobile Bay, and was underwater during Katrina, so maybe that's not a great idea. But at least it would fit.

Comments

[spatch]

Any word on the buyer and their plans for the ride? Sadly, with a purchase price of $2500, I'm pretty sure the plans involve a chainsaw and lots of piles of wood.

Grandma's house?

[(Anonymous)]

The Scream Machine is over a lake. Grandma's house would do fine, and make her some money besides. Maybe she could have some carnie-games, too. We'd all visit her more often, and not just for her fried chicken.