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.
Mal: How drunk was I last night? Jayne: Well I dunno. I passed out.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
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"
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.
JohnSweden - Feb 23, 2007 8:49:13 am PST #3191 of 10001
I can't even.
§ ita § - Feb 23, 2007 8:52:07 am PST #3192 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just called my cell voicemail and got one half of a phone conversation. And not one half of a recorded phone conversation--I never got my voicemail prompts at all. Just listening to this woman talk about a job she didn't want while kids wail in the background. I'm kinda scared to try again.