Minnesota Sprinkler

Basically a snow blower. Minnesota children can be found playing in the blown snow during the winter. Much as children from warmer climates can be found playing in a sprinkler on a summer day elsewhere.

I was using the Minnesota Sprinkler to clear the front walk, and the kids had a blast in the blow out.

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Sandbag

V. In roller coaster operation:
To delay the dispatch of a train for as long as possible without causing a cascade effect. Usually done after adding and empty train after it has been at rest.

A fresh train will not move as fast because the wheels are cold and need to move to generate the friction required for maximum speed. For this reason the "hot" fully loaded train behind it may catch up to it during the ride. different types of Coasters require some trains to be sandbagged more than once to allow for the preceding unit to achieve maximum velocity.

The new kid forgot to sandbag the train on main, now it's stuck in safety 1, and the lead has to supervise adding the fifth train for EVERYONE.

Thunder Mountain only requires a train to be sandbagged once, while Space Mountain may require a "rocket" to be sandbagged up to three times.

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