Elevator lore
 

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/04/21/080421fa_fact_paumgarten?currentPage=all

Yet another reason to be thankful I don't live in a big city ... elevators.

B

Bot,,, you come up with the neatest $hit. :D

Thanks, Pete. I read it and then thought that lots of folks here would enjoy it, too.

B

Thanks Bot -

For me, that was interesting.

I hate the things, they scare me way too much...

the video is up on youtube.

Goddamn deathtraps. When I worked in the City I was trapped in one for 20 LONG MINUTES after a power spike blew a breaker or something.

Than GOD I just had 4 shots of Drambuie or I would have had one f*cked up massive anxiety attack.

Gosh, I never even thought of something like THAT happening. Thanks a lot, Bot! Now I have one MORE thing to worry about. Actually, I have thought about getting stuck in one recently. Fortunately, I have very little occassion to be in very tall buildings.

I thought this was going to be a story about love blooming in an elevator. About a man and a woman going to work each day at the same time in the same car a chance meeting I think not. Day in and day out they would drink in with all five senses this other person they were riding with. Never a word was spoken as it became clearer with each encounter one day something would happen and it did thanks to a grid glitch in the power supply. They were in the elevator by themselves, just the tow of them this day when there was a jolt, and the car stopped, lights flickered on then off again.
Not sure what to do, they introduced themselves getting closer to each other as if to use each other to quell their fear and panic. They embrassed and kissed the longest kiss ever......the car started up again a sigh could be felt and as the doors opened they parted company.

Not bad for just making that up eigh?

You been reading Cavafy again?

If I inserted anything Cavafyesque in there it would be banned.

Well, it WAS very poetic, whatever inspired it. You have a way with words . . .

Nice one Mistress…

I was thinking of some blood filled story where someone left a gust-lock on or something…..

Not funny. Remember the Beech that augered-in at Hobby a few years back? A friend's uncle was in the back seat...what happened? Amongst many other stupid moves, the pilot left the control lock in place on the yoke.

"Sigh . . . " Another elevator thread that has degenerated into yet another aviation discussion . . . .