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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2020-04-13 18:45:57 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:   
   > On 4/13/2020 12:19 AM, 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.   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift   
   >   
   > Oh yeah, that is an accident waiting to happen.  The escalator is   
   > somewhat safer.   
      
   It's not really any different to a ferris wheel at a carnival.   
      
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