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   From: notonyourlife@no.no.no.no   
      
   On 2020-04-14 3:27 p.m., Your Name wrote:   
   > On 2020-04-13 23:22:37 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:   
   >> On 4/13/2020 5:40 PM, 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.   
   >>   
   >> The Ferris wheel stops to let you get on or off.   
   >   
   > Yes, most do, especially the ones at carnivals because they're built to   
   > go relatively fast. The tourist trap versions, like the London Eye,   
   > rotate slower and do not stop at all.   
   >   
   > It's also basically the same idea as ski lifts, which also do not stop.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Which is why all the modern lifts now use chairs that are disconnected   
   from the carrying cable and which can therefore move very slowly until   
   they are accelerated up to speed to rejoin the carrying cable.   
      
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