a water filled balloon in the chamber and to their surprise, nothing happens. Water does not have the same expansion properties of a gas and the skin of the balloon exerts enough pressure
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The Haunted House - awaiting the wreckers, as are the Funhouse and the roller coaster - is as eerie in its emptiness as it was in its heyday of ghouls and witches. ''I'm very sad,'' said Margaret O'Brien, who is 84 years old and has lived across the street from Playland for 45 years.