What was with the 1900 obsession with pneumatic tubes anyway?
They knew the internet was coming.
Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
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.
amych - Apr 17, 2007 10:22:59 am PDT #3047 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
tommyrot - Apr 17, 2007 10:25:06 am PDT #3048 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.
Huh. The article predicted television and "wireless telephones." I think that's the earliest prediction I've seen for either.
Theodosia - Apr 17, 2007 10:27:00 am PDT #3049 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"
Seriously, it was the Internet of its age. There were pneumatic tube delivery systems in many major businesses. Up until a few years ago, Shreve Crump & Lowe's Boston store still had tubes from the registers to the stockroom, and when you ordered something, the saleswoman would fill out a slip and send it off.
Think Brazil with all the tubes over the place....
Stephanie - Apr 17, 2007 10:28:01 am PDT #3050 of 10001
Trust my rage
(Today, it was some sort of support thing that goes around your waist to relieve some of the strain of holding the baby? )
I've only seen this in a sort of (white person) flesh tone, but it doens normally go under everything else, I think.
Sue - Apr 17, 2007 10:28:42 am PDT #3051 of 10001
hip deep in pie
My dream home has pneumatic tubes.
tommyrot - Apr 17, 2007 10:28:50 am PDT #3052 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.
Think Brazil with all the tubes over the place....
I loved that part of Brazil. I would have loved to work in an office with pneumatic tube delivery of interoffice mail....
Connie Neil - Apr 17, 2007 10:29:33 am PDT #3053 of 10001
brillig
Our local hospital has pneumatic tubes even in the newer sections.
tommyrot - Apr 17, 2007 10:29:58 am PDT #3054 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.
My dream home has pneumatic tubes.
I want cake and pie delivered from the fridge to the couch in my living room via pneumatic tubes.
flea - Apr 17, 2007 10:30:55 am PDT #3055 of 10001
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Buffista diversity: some of us want a cabana boy; others, pneumatic tubes.
Jesse - Apr 17, 2007 10:31:17 am PDT #3056 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That article was awesome -- and really, so right in so many ways. I'm sad we don't eat GIGANTIC PRODUCE, though.