I'm surprised by how many matches results from googling escalator death.
You're right. He's evil. But you should see him naked. I mean really!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Feb 23, 2007 8:23:01 am PST #3181 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Connie Neil - Feb 23, 2007 8:25:18 am PST #3182 of 10001
brillig
Often they have some insipid story that somehow ties in to whatever hit tv show was on that night
Especially those "Ripped from the headlines!" stories. I have more respect from my local news when they aren't taking cues from the PR department at NBC etc.
I don't watch Fox News. It's moral thing.
Theodosia - Feb 23, 2007 8:26:51 am PST #3183 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Do they still have the ancient wooden escalators in Boston?
Alas, no. I remember the one that was right near Filene's and Jordan Marsh. It had to have been one of the first escalators in the country -- probably it originally ran on steampower.
Kathy A - Feb 23, 2007 8:29:45 am PST #3184 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I have such a fear of down escalators that, if I got on an ancient one, I'd be screaming to get off of it again.
sarameg - Feb 23, 2007 8:34:16 am PST #3185 of 10001
Never ride the subway escalators in Moscow, Kathy. Or at least the ones they had in '91. Fast, steep and really, really long.
Kathy A - Feb 23, 2007 8:37:41 am PST #3186 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm fine once I get on them (although I can get dizzy looking down long steep ones, like the one at the San Diego ballpark--I still get vertigo from remembering that one!), it's just the getting on them part that gives me palpitations.
shrift - Feb 23, 2007 8:37:49 am PST #3187 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Oh, ha ha ha.
Ha ha.
A customer just went over my head claiming I denied her access and made her jump through hoops, when all I told her was that she needed to login and hit submit.
I love people, really.
JZ - Feb 23, 2007 8:42:21 am PST #3188 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
A customer just went over my head claiming I denied her access and made her jump through hoops, when all I told her was that she needed to login and hit submit.
That's just beautiful. What did the over-your-head person say, after s/he stopped rolling on the floor crying with laughter?
Gudanov - Feb 23, 2007 8:46:45 am PST #3189 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
shrift - Feb 23, 2007 8:46:48 am PST #3190 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
What did the over-your-head person say, after s/he stopped rolling on the floor crying with laughter?
I left a voicemail with her and then called the customer (wow, was she not a pleasant person), and now I'm waiting for my supervisor to get back from lunch so we can craft an appropriate, uh, "response" to reassure all parties cc:ed that everything is hunky dory.