We had a downtown dept store in my hometown that used pneumatic tubes for their cash system. None of the salespeople had cash registers but pnuematic tubes that they would send the money to the main office and they would send the change back through the tubes. It was open until the 1990s, believe it or not.
I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.
Simon ,'Safe'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
Sue - Feb 08, 2013 10:43:19 am PST #10433 of 30001
hip deep in pie
sarameg - Feb 08, 2013 10:47:19 am PST #10434 of 30001
I think it was the Service Merchandise in the mall built in the 1980s that has pneumatic tubes as well. I can't remember if it was for cash or the order slips.
le nubian - Feb 08, 2013 10:57:07 am PST #10435 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I was cleaning out my wallet and can I say what a pain in the ass it is when stores put your name (or worse your whole CC #) on the receipt?
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2013 11:07:46 am PST #10436 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.
Tom Scola - Feb 08, 2013 11:09:28 am PST #10437 of 30001
hwæt
snowpocalypse
Gothamist is calling this one "Snowtorious B.I.G."
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2013 11:09:50 am PST #10438 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.
Gothamist is calling this one "Snowtorious B.I.G."
Hee!
Theodosia - Feb 08, 2013 11:10:09 am PST #10439 of 30001
'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"
Up until Shreve, Crump & Lowe (old-time fabulous Boston jewelry store) moved out of its original building in the early 2000's they still had a pneumatic message system that the salepeople would use to send orders to the stock room, and a runner would come up with the merchandise.
Liese S. - Feb 08, 2013 11:11:45 am PST #10440 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
We actually have left a space in the master bathroom for a potential future composting toilet. Turns out those suckers are expensive!
Liese S. - Feb 08, 2013 11:15:21 am PST #10441 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The hotel I stayed at in DC had the mail chute thingies. It wasn't pneumatic, though, you just dropped your postcard in the slot by the elevator shaft and it fell all the way to the box on the ground floor.
Atropa - Feb 08, 2013 11:16:47 am PST #10442 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Mine too. Plus I want a dumbwaiter. And a bookshelf that's a doorway to a secret compartment. And a dragon living under the stairs.
YES, THESE ALSO. And a turret. Possibly two, because I assume Pete would want his curmudgeonly artist refuge in one.