I once would ride just about anything. It probably started when I put that first quarter in a kiddie ride. It bucked and I held on. The phrase, “tall enough to ride rides,” was my license to carnivals and amusement parks, which meant Ferris wheels, rollercoasters and then, loop-the-loops.
But a pair of different joyrides tested both my equilibrium and judgment, and were done multiple times. I say t…
