This section of my web site contains a complete list of the embarrasingly large number of roller coasters I've been on. Clicking through to individual rides will bring you to photographs and in most cases trip reports, diaries which give my impressions of individual parks and rides. Some of the rides and parks featured here are no longer operational. Powered rides that are similar to proper coasters are listed for reference only at the end of the page. I do not include so-called powered coasters in the above list. However, I have ridden 179 of the 528 known powered coasters. I have also chosen not to count alpine coasters. However, I have ridden 26 such rides if you wish to compare. Big Surge for Military in Trump Budget, Big Cuts Elsewhere President Donald Trump is proposing a huge $54 billion surge in U.S. military spending for new aircraft, ships and fighters in his first federal budget while slashing big chunks from domestic programs and foreign aid to make the government "do more with less."
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