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Post by 235guy on Jul 1, 2018 16:27:37 GMT -5
I guess about that time of year for most to start having them. Anybody have any that they go to or nearby? I always went to the State Fair of West Virginia. Its really awesome. Has tons of rides, carnival games, lots of places to eat at with good greasy food, concerts at night, fireworks some nights. lots of attractive women walking around.... my favorite game to play there: Fat Albert's: yes they use live white mice for the game...
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Jul 1, 2018 17:00:37 GMT -5
^ What is the object of the game?
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Post by 235guy on Jul 1, 2018 17:03:20 GMT -5
^ What is the object of the game? oh the wheel that the mouse is in spins while the guy rings a small bell, and each color has a hole. if you put down money on a color(usually just a quarter 25cents) and the mouse runs into the hole with of your color you get a token to cash in for prizes like stuffed animals, bb guns, shirts, etc..
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Post by snatch on Jul 1, 2018 17:06:25 GMT -5
Oh man there’s a ton of them here in Boston and surrounding areas. I like to go to them. I usually go to the ones that have moto and or a demolition. I’ll go on a few rides and drink a few beers. It’s a good time. Although when I lived in Orlando I had park passes to Universal/islands of Adventure and Wet n Wild. Nothing even comes close to that, not even Six Flags.
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Post by 235guy on Jul 1, 2018 17:07:56 GMT -5
Oh man there’s a ton of them here in Boston and surrounding areas. I like to go to them. I usually go to the ones that have moto and or a demolition. I’ll go on a few rides and drink a few beers. It’s a good time. Although when I lived in Orlando I had park passes to Universal/islands of Adventure and Wet n Wild. Nothing even comes close to that, not even Six Flags. wow, the State Fair of WV is a dry place always. no alcohol ever...
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Post by snatch on Jul 1, 2018 17:11:19 GMT -5
Oh man there’s a ton of them here in Boston and surrounding areas. I like to go to them. I usually go to the ones that have moto and or a demolition. I’ll go on a few rides and drink a few beers. It’s a good time. Although when I lived in Orlando I had park passes to Universal/islands of Adventure and Wet n Wild. Nothing even comes close to that, not even Six Flags. wow, the State Fair of WV is a dry place always. no alcohol ever... Really?! Damn that sucks! **** even Disney sells beer 😂
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2018 17:52:53 GMT -5
I always go to the Ohio State Fair.
I love walking around and looking at all the booths both outside and inside.
Always get the deep fried grilled cheese.
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Post by c-scope on Jul 1, 2018 19:53:07 GMT -5
We have a fair here every year but it kinda sucks. I went last year with a friend and the year before with some family cause we were all bored one night but I haven’t gone to go to the fair (basically there were other reasons for me being there) since I was like 10. Now it’s free to get in but it’s 35 bucks for a wristband to ride the rides.
But there’s an amusement park called silverwood like 2 1/2 hours away that I normally go to every year (didn’t last year though) and they have more rides (obviously cause it never moves) better rides and it’s only $50. Much better deal. Plus most of the carnies at my local fair are the biggest pricks on the planet
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Post by IRS on Jul 1, 2018 22:39:43 GMT -5
Never made it to the state fair, but my family went to the Barbour County Fair in Elkins, WV a few times when we would go on vacation there.
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Post by finnbalor1 on Jul 2, 2018 1:26:04 GMT -5
I always go to the country fairs around my area. I dont usually ride the rides they are pretty run down but I just enjoy walking around with friends and go to the events they have its nothing like a big carnival or a theme park but its still fun. Every year I always go to Kings Dominion at least twice once around this time and for Fear Fest I love to ride the roller coasters.
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Post by LuisTX on Jul 3, 2018 10:50:27 GMT -5
I live in Texas, and the only "State Fair" I've been to is the one that apparently happens every year somewhere in Dallas, but I only went when MVP was with WWE to get him to sign something for me. Other than that, I don't go to any, or carnivals. The closest thing I get to anything like that is my city puts on a 2-week "fair" every year, but I haven't gone to that in years. If I want to go to something like that, I go to Six Flags in Arlington or Fiesta Texas in San Antonio.
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Post by vampiroporvida on Jul 3, 2018 16:43:05 GMT -5
I used to do the small carnival and the Six Flags stuff. Carnies saw a sucker walk in and I left empty almost all the time. Fun while it lasted though. And rides....the scrambler and its variations are the best
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Jul 4, 2018 19:31:12 GMT -5
There's a handful of agricultural fairs up this way that I quite like. It's a little heavy on the redneck side of New England's personality, but if you can get out on a day that isn't too hot, there's something irreplaceable about tromping around Deerfield or Hopkinton, eating junk food, looking at things you never have to look at living the city slicker life, and smelling cow sh*t for miles on end.
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on Jul 5, 2018 8:31:13 GMT -5
I know the DE State Fair is coming up soon. I used to go every year, when the unlimited ride day was limited to one day during the 10 day span, and gate admission was free for school-aged kids, so up to 18 counted as school-aged. I haven't been since 2003. Might consider taking the wife and kids this year. Something small, relatively cheap, and the kids will get on those rides. Full-size amusement parks, they won't even try many rides at all. So those are kinda a waste of money to take the kids there. Now if it were just my wife and I, that's a different story. We'll do every ride there.
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Post by figurecollector on Jul 5, 2018 8:51:49 GMT -5
We have a state fair every year, but it is several hours away. Locally, church festivals are a big thing. From about May 1 to Labor Day there is at least one going on somewhere in town.
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Post by Jackass Pacific on Jul 7, 2018 14:00:07 GMT -5
we've got The Big E(or Eastern States Exposition) here in western mass every september. i love and hate it at the same time. last year it was damn near impossible to walk around for too long because it was unseasonably hot. so i ended up just sitting at the various beer tents for a chunk of it
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