In'eresting: The Jobs Of Yesteryear: Obsolete Occupations
My Dad was both a pinsetter and a river driver when he was a teenager. He was also a soda jerk and bragged about his subtle and complex soda mixes (I think the Lemon Coke best.)
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Mar 08, 2010 11:23:34 am PST #14805 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - Mar 08, 2010 11:26:44 am PST #14806 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 08, 2010 11:28:41 am PST #14807 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
One of my mom's jobs was working in an accounting office at a department store. Then the clerk made the sale, she put the sales slip and the money or charge card or whatever in a pneumatic tube, and it want to the accounting office, who recorded it and sent it back down!
DavidS - Mar 08, 2010 11:30:51 am PST #14808 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't really need a jet pack to be happy, just pneumatic tube systems and zeppelins.
Steph L. - Mar 08, 2010 11:32:13 am PST #14809 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
You know what's wrong with this "modern" world? Not enough pneumatic tube systems.
tommyrot - Mar 08, 2010 11:32:13 am PST #14810 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't really need a jet pack to be happy, just pneumatic tube systems and zeppelins.
Hec, are you watching Caprica?
§ ita § - Mar 08, 2010 11:33:20 am PST #14811 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You know what's wrong with this "modern" world? Not enough pneumatic tube systems.
You should get more hospitals in your life then. UCLA's flashy new hospital (the one where MJ got brought to) uses them. They're still au courant.
amych - Mar 08, 2010 11:34:55 am PST #14812 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
but when it comes to wearing swords they must be stopped.
Hrrmph. Just fucking try it.
msbelle - Mar 08, 2010 11:40:11 am PST #14813 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Word on the house is that in 3-4 days the money should be cleared and then it is just title search and paperwork preparation for the closing. Oh and the seller has to have the work done and let us inspect again. Closing should proceed on the 30th.
Sue - Mar 08, 2010 11:57:49 am PST #14814 of 30001
hip deep in pie
My Costco has pneumatic tubes between the cash and the office.
My town had a old timey dept store that has a tube system like Sophia's mom worked at. I loved it. Unfortunately it closed in the 90s.