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   From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
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   David Duffy   wrote:   
   >>Metropolis   
   >>       Did not realize there was a book.  The movie was good for the   
   >>       era, but I recall it as preachy.   
   >   
   >Yeah, I read the English paperback version as a ten year old - the only   
   >thing I remember is the Paternoster machine (which I think was a bit   
   >like a rosary, but for the 8 hour shift). One of the books my father   
   >thought were a bad influence ;)   
   >   
   >Cheers, David Duffy.   
      
   I don't know the context, but "Paternoster" is a real thing.  I worked   
   for a week or so in a building in Germany that had one.  I remember thinking   
   OSHA's head would explode.  I was young enough that riding it didn't worry   
   me then.   
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