"Elevator People"
Nov 16th 2006, 9:42 pm
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by andrewrb143
Ahh you can tell its nearly friday. Toffee packers and germans, fantastic stuff.
Nov 16th 2006, 11:14 pm
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by Morwenna
something to do with "The Omen" I think ?? :scared:
My sister-in-law is terrified of lifts, thinking that she would fall to her death if the cable broke. It was in 1857 that Mr. Otis demonstrated a design that wouldn't fall if the cable broke. He had to tour the US showing people these things were safe. Times haven't changed, have they?
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Nov 16th 2006, 11:16 pm
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by iaink
Could more appropriately be "Escalator People"
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Nov 16th 2006, 11:19 pm
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by kt0157
You mean The Omen II (considerably less scary but a lot more gory).
My sister-in-law is terrified of lifts, thinking that she would fall to her death if the cable broke. It was in 1857 that Mr. Otis demonstrated a design that wouldn't fall if the cable broke. He had to tour the US showing people these things were safe. Times haven't changed, have they?
K.
My sister-in-law is terrified of lifts, thinking that she would fall to her death if the cable broke. It was in 1857 that Mr. Otis demonstrated a design that wouldn't fall if the cable broke. He had to tour the US showing people these things were safe. Times haven't changed, have they?
K.
I think I must have been of a delicate age whan I saw it.
Nov 16th 2006, 11:59 pm
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by Morwenna
Was it The Omen II? The only bit I remember was the lift scene! And it wasn't the fall that killed the character, it was the cable cutting him in half ..... that's why I keep near the sides!
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Nov 17th 2006, 3:38 am
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by andrewrb143
Ahh you can tell its nearly friday. Toffee packers and germans, fantastic stuff.
Nov 17th 2006, 9:09 am
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by rae
just don't mention the war.
Nov 17th 2006, 1:22 pm
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by kt0157
You mean The Omen II (considerably less scary but a lot more gory).
My sister-in-law is terrified of lifts, thinking that she would fall to her death if the cable broke. It was in 1857 that Mr. Otis demonstrated a design that wouldn't fall if the cable broke. He had to tour the US showing people these things were safe. Times haven't changed, have they?
K.
My sister-in-law is terrified of lifts, thinking that she would fall to her death if the cable broke. It was in 1857 that Mr. Otis demonstrated a design that wouldn't fall if the cable broke. He had to tour the US showing people these things were safe. Times haven't changed, have they?
K.
"The four survivors — two each from adjacent elevators — were in elevators that plunged and were stopped by the emergency brakes 6 to 10 feet above the lobby floor. About 40 people died in those two elevators."
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Nov 17th 2006, 4:20 pm
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by iaink
Tell that to the many people who plumeted to their death in the WTC elevators when the cables were sheared.
"The four survivors — two each from adjacent elevators — were in elevators that plunged and were stopped by the emergency brakes 6 to 10 feet above the lobby floor. About 40 people died in those two elevators."
"The four survivors — two each from adjacent elevators — were in elevators that plunged and were stopped by the emergency brakes 6 to 10 feet above the lobby floor. About 40 people died in those two elevators."
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Nov 17th 2006, 4:30 pm
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by iaink
Anyone else run into this phrase?
I thought it was hilarously appropriate...once it was explained to me.
Is this just a canadian thing, or is it even more local than that?
I thought it was hilarously appropriate...once it was explained to me.
Is this just a canadian thing, or is it even more local than that?
Cant be just a canadian thing, Ive never heard it before you mentioned it.
Nov 17th 2006, 4:32 pm
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by willmore
Cant be just a canadian thing, Ive never heard it before you mentioned it.
Nov 17th 2006, 4:33 pm
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by dingbat
I heard someone use it when I was in TO last week, but not over this end of the world so far.
I guess like everything else, we're always the last to know....!
Nov 17th 2006, 4:42 pm
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by willmore
I guess like everything else, we're always the last to know....!
Nov 17th 2006, 8:29 pm
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by Hangman
Well as Rich says BC is not a place it's a state of mind, and if your mind wanders every now and again it's not our fault you're the last to know.
Its the second hand smoke from the folks smoking pot!
Nov 17th 2006, 8:31 pm
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Re: "Elevator People"
Originally Posted by willmore
Its the second hand smoke from the folks smoking pot!