ebay and paypal

I bought a Canon lens on ebay. But I can't seem to pay for it. I paid for another item with paypal just fine.

I click on the "pay now" link for the item in ebay
This takes me to a form in which I choose my method of payment. The two options are paypal and chech/money order. since check/money order is a pain in the ass, I choose paypal. I have a paypal account, this should be no problem.
This takes me to a form asking me to verify my shipping address, in order to do so, I must add a credit card to my paypal account. I fill out the form, but it tells me that my address can't be verified, I have to do some garbage to activate it (paypal charges the card $1.95 and adds a 4 digit number to the transaction description which will appear on my statement. I must enter this 4 digit number in my paypal account to activate the card). I did all that.
Now I go to the "pay now" link, select paypal, and it takes me to the same add a credit card form. I enter the info and it gives me the error "this card is already added" and gives me the form again. Piece of junk.

How to ride a Roller Coaster

This post is dedicated to Kevin because he said that he does not care for rollercoasters and I think that's a shame.

Many people believe that enjoyment of a roller coaster has to do with being scared to death. This is not true. The thrill of a coaster is the speed, the sense of flying, the upside down loop - looking out at the people on the ground. If you are scared to death, you will not be paying attention, you will not really enjoy yourself.

A coaster should be experienced with a sense of total calm. You are perfectly safe - safer on the coaster than in the car on the way to the amusement park. The biggest danger, by far, is related to heart failure on account of being frightened. Don't be frightened.

Keep your eyes open, you don't want to miss anything. When the big loops come up, don't worry about being upside down - just look out at the other rides, people on the ground, or anything but the back of your eyelids. You also can't allow panic to make you loose focus.

When you can experience a coaster with utter calm, keep your eyes open, and pay attention, it will be a whole lot of fun. People riding for the scare will say "I already rode that one" and avoid riding multiple times. Those fully experiencing the ride will want to ride over and over.

Of course some rides still provoke a bit of a scary rush, it becomes a challenge to maintain calm - and the scare is fun too.

Last time I was at Cedar Point, the other guys I was with did not think it was worth riding the Top Thrill Dragster a second time - they were a bunch of losers and I need to go with some real coaster fans. I may have been the only person on the ride with my arms up.