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   From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
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   Your Name   wrote:   
   >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.   
   >   
      
   They generally *stop* the ferris wheel while people get on and off..   
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