# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 447
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8924 "2023-12-27T03:47:09Z")
I went out on the observation deck of the Empire State Building. No windows to press my face against. But I did lean over the parapet to look down. My bf at the time wouldn’t even approach the edge. But years later he did ride on the roller coaster on top of one of tall buildings in Las Vegas to exorcise his acrophobia. He survived – mentally and physically! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8925 "2023-12-27T04:06:46Z")
I used to work on the 29th floor of Century Park North Tower in West Los Angeles, which is 44 storeys tall. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8926 "2023-12-27T14:08:53Z")
I also went to the observation deck in the Empire State Building, but my father had to lift me up to see. This was part of our family trip to the New York World’s Fair in 1964. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8927 "2023-12-27T14:15:36Z")
The tallest building I’ve been in was the old world trade center. And i was there on business, and didn’t have time to go to the top. But I’ve been to the highest tourist accessible part of every other large building I’ve been in, some of which mostly exist to create a view. (including the Empire State building, Boston’s Prudential center, the Eiffel Tower, Seattle’s space needle…) I enjoy the view from towers. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8928 "2023-12-27T14:47:44Z")
I’ve been to the ~~Sears~~ Willis Tower. The building is 110 floors, but the tourist deck is only on the 103rd floor, so I couldn’t max out the poll. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8929 "2023-12-27T15:13:37Z")
If all goes as planned, next week I’ll go up to the observation deck of the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai. That’ll be the highest I’ve ever been, by far. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8930 "2023-12-27T16:25:47Z")
Cool! You probably know that it was featured in one of the _Mission: Impossible_ movies: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDa-VvZGzcU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDa-VvZGzcU) I’ve been on the observation levels of both the Empire State Building and Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), and vaguely remember visiting but not dining at the Windows on the World restaurant at the WTC back in the day, in the North Tower, floors 106 and 107. My sister’s then-boyfriend worked there; he didn’t still on 9-11, fortunately: [Windows on the World - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_on_the_World) I feel a touch of vertigo when I’m up in very tall buildings like that, but I can get past it. My wife, however, absolutely hates being that high up. > [@DCnDC](#): > > Highest floor I’ve been to would be whatever level the observation deck was at the original WTC. I don’t know which tower. Circa 1990. Looks like that was the South Tower’s 107th floor (see about two-thirds of the way down here): [https://www.911memorial.org/learn/resources/digital-exhibitions/world-trade-center-history/world-trade-center-facts-and-figures](https://www.911memorial.org/learn/resources/digital-exhibitions/world-trade-center-history/world-trade-center-facts-and-figures) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8931 "2023-12-27T17:11:31Z")
Building sway - a pool sloshing on the 70th floor of a Melbourne tower on a windy day: > ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8932 "2023-12-27T22:31:48Z")
Yeah. I was about to warn **suranyi** to take some sea-sickness pills or something before he goes up there. “The building wocked and wocked…first to one side, then to the other, back, and forth, back, and forth…” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8933 "2023-12-27T23:19:18Z")
:: turns green and rushes for the bathroom :: ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8934 "2023-12-27T23:25:31Z")
Have fun! It’s very strange to look down on the other buildings, kind of like the view from an airplane takeoff. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8935 "2023-12-27T23:34:15Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > If all goes as planned, next week I’ll go up to the observation deck of the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai. That’ll be the highest I’ve ever been, by far. That’s so awesome for you. For me, just imagining being that high up gives me vertigo. I was wondering if anyone had been there. Looks like you and @Maserschmidt will share that experience. Let us know what you thought of it. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8936 "2023-12-28T04:39:03Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Highest floor I’ve been to would be whatever level the observation deck was at the original WTC. I don’t know which tower. Circa 1990. The highest floor I’ve ever been on is the floor just below the observation deck was at the original World Trade Center: it was too windy to go up to the deck, though some of my classmates wanted to see if they could talk someone into letting us go up. I’m also unsure which tower. Senior class trip, spring 1995. It was kind of interesting to look out onto NYC, but at 17 & 18, none of knew more about the building than it was one of the tallest in the world, and had something to do with finance. Fast forward 6 and a half years… ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8937 "2023-12-28T19:50:53Z")
I’ve decided to lighten up about polls with no questions, but the last one with all the random words left me completely clueless. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8938 "2023-12-28T20:17:42Z")
They were all captains. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8939 "2023-12-28T21:08:25Z")
TIL about Captain Carrot… ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8940 "2023-12-28T22:20:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > TIL about Captain Carrot… The rabbit or the Discworlder? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8941 "2023-12-29T01:14:36Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > They were all captains Oh. Thanks. I guess that’s a little obvious now that you point it out. And what’s the question, again? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8942 "2023-12-29T01:44:34Z")
I would like to have the credits in alpha order by character name, because what I’m most interested in finding out the actor who played a particular part. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8943 "2023-12-29T01:51:05Z")
I tend to forget names almost immediately, so having character names in order of appearance works a little better for me, but it doesn’t matter a lot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=446) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=448)