Actually, I was fascinated by escalators as a small child because they were totally foreign to my little suburban life, so it was a big novelty to go anywhere they were -- ditto for elevators!
Mal: So we run. Nandi: I understand, Captain Reynolds. You have your people to think of, same as me. And this ain't your fight. Mal: Don't believe you do understand, Nandi. I said 'we run'. We.
'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
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 - Sep 17, 2007 5:35:38 pm PDT #1229 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"
sarameg - Sep 17, 2007 5:35:44 pm PDT #1230 of 10001
Oh & what's the best method of cleaning copper and brass together? I'm soaking them in vinegar for now. Soda?
(A czech coin I'm gonna give to my neighbor girl.She's fascinated that I've travelled at all, and I kinda want to give her a purty talisman to pin things on. I know my grandparents' shiny kroner from sweden made me wish a lot.)
§ ita § - Sep 17, 2007 5:43:45 pm PDT #1231 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
God bless LA. Will Smith is just down the street from where the Masai was. I knew I moved here for a reason.
sarameg - Sep 17, 2007 5:46:41 pm PDT #1232 of 10001
Heh. Hey, I have a question. Years and years ago, I was shopping with my cousin, and we bought a drinkable orange yogurt thing that I loved. I figured it was a Minneapolis japanese community thing and didn't bother to search it out. With the proliferation of yogurt drinks, I've been looking for it again. No luck at my stores. Anyone else familiar with it?
lori - Sep 17, 2007 5:46:47 pm PDT #1233 of 10001
Aww, Jason Bateman! Jeremy Piven! And yes, Jen is smokin' hot, with gold stilletos. She is so sweet - happily waving at the fans. Love her.
lori - Sep 17, 2007 5:46:50 pm PDT #1234 of 10001
meara - Sep 17, 2007 5:58:27 pm PDT #1235 of 10001
They have scary teeth! They move inexplicably and in ways different from human locomotion! They have eerie green lights coming from below where clearly monsters unknown to humans live, waiting to eat the masticated bits of people sucked through the escalator teeth!
I saw a kid get his foot caught in the escalator a month or so ago. It was freaky. His mom screamed a lot. Even after she wrestled his foot out. (It was caught between the side of the stairs and the shiny silver wall, as they were going down, for about 5-10 feet)
Liese S. - Sep 17, 2007 5:58:47 pm PDT #1236 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Liese, it may be a result of not having escalators.
Yeah, almost definitely. We didn't really even have stairs in any of my childhood houses, so when I was wee I wasn't altogether good at those, either. Escalators were pretty rare in my little town.
drinkable orange yogurt thing that I loved. I figured it was a Minneapolis japanese community thing
sarameg - Sep 17, 2007 6:05:40 pm PDT #1237 of 10001
Gnarg. It may have been that. It's probably been 15 years. I should go to the huge asian market south of me. I adored that stuff, and don't really like all the berry and/or peach variety. Hell, I can't even find orange yogurt these days, and I KNOW we used to get it in the Lucerne brand when I was wee.
I saw an illuminated blimp. That was freaky.
§ ita § - Sep 17, 2007 6:20:28 pm PDT #1238 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's an Orange Julius? Could be that.