He was tall with limbs of steel, definitely the strong, silent type. And when he lifted her up in his arms her heart pounded with excitement.Linda Ducharme knew her parents would never approve of her latest boyfriend - it was a 40ft tall ferris wheel after all, but then they say love knows no bounds.   Mrs Ducharme first encountered the Skydiver ride, which she named Bruce, in 1982. She was instantly smitten and ran away to join the carnival just so she could be with him.Their relationship has certainly had it's ups and downs. Mrs Ducharme, 55, who has also fallen in love with a airplane and a train, lost contact with Bruce in 1986 before tracking him down to a Kansas scrapyard years later and nursing him back to health.The couple were married by a non-denominational preacher last year in Florida -  a state which prohibits same sex marriage - and this year they renewed their vows.Mrs Ducharme, who kept her maiden name, is one of a small number of people who consider objects lovers, a condition known as objectum sexuality.She recalls how the first time she got on the ride, she was left breathless. She told the New York Daily News: 'I got this weird feeling I can’t explain.'My heart was pounding as we went up the platform and got on the ride. I felt like I was being taken by this ride.'My goal is to spend the rest of my life and grow old with him.'Mrs Ducharme's previous relationship with a train had ended when she was caught locked in an intimate embrace with it and fired from her job as a conductor.Speaking on Logo TV's What!?: Animism show she recalled: 'I was seen in a romantic embrace with a train and subsequently, I was fired.'Mrs Ducharme said her parents were strobngly against her relationships.'My mother’s reaction was completely off the wall; she was a very religious person,' Ducharme explained. 'To her, I was an abomination to God and she wanted to change that … she really thought I was demon possessed.'Tragedy struck in 1986 when Bruce was damaged by a storm and sent to Kansas for repairs.The couple lost contact and Mrs Ducharme spiralled into depression.'I was completely alone,' she said. 'I felt that I was dying from the inside. I was very, very lonely.'But 25 years later a friend tracked Bruce down to a scrap yard on the other side of the country 3,000 miles away.Mrs Ducharme immediately set off to track down her lost love.She recalled: 'I was carrying pizza to him — Bruce smells pizza and there’s the love of his life returning to him.'It felt like I never left him.'Bruce has now been restored and Mrs Ducharme hopes to get him operational again soon.At their renewal ceremony in Florida last year, small group of friends gathered round as the preacher said: 'I tie you, flesh to steel.'Mrs Ducharme added: ''My goal is to spend the rest of my life and grow old with him and eventually get a piece of land where we can just be all by ourselves.'(dailymail.co.uk)ANN.Az