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.

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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.

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

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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.

Here's a good one. MSNBC is running with it. Perfect music, too.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/2008/04/21/080421_elevators

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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.

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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?

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Not bad, Mistress!

It is definately the basis for a short story!

Tom W

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I just switched Elevator companies for the maintenance contract on my building.

The company I had had been bought and the service had deteriorated until I almost felt I knew more about the elevator than the guys they sent out to fix it. The last month and a half of their service the elevator went down about 20 times. I was so unhappy.

So I signed up with a new company Amco, and am hoping for the best.

As luck would have it the old company kept doing repairs up til the last day, even coming back a few days after their contract expired to put on some parts that had not come in in time and......

The elevator has been trouble free for a month.

They got lucky and fixed it after two months of having a crew drive up from Indianapolis every other day to guess at the problem.

I'll keep you posted on the new company.

BTW, my elevator was put in in 1951 and it is still mostly all original except for replacing wear parts. Although it has been down many times in the last eight years folks only have been stuck in it twice and then only for short periods of time. It has never fallen and I feel totally safe riding it up and down.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

You been reading Cavafy again?

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

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

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

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles