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NAAFA's Airline Tips for Fat People
"Gregory Morrow" vented
spleen or mostly mumbled... Miguel Cruz wrote: The escalator is an egregious example because (A) it's overwhelmingly used by, and put in place for, people who are perfectly healthy, and (B) it often replaces rather than supplements stairs, making life less pleasant for the rest of us who don't have the inclination to stand around when we could be walking. I'll use the stairs instead of the escalator at most any Metro station in DC, but NOT at Dupont Circle! For several years, I passed thru the Dupont Circle "Gateway to Hades" crater several times a year. For USAians, exposed to narrow stairs and confined subsway spaces, this giant volcanic crater with an escalator is something. TMO |
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NAAFA's Airline Tips for Fat People
TMOliver wrote: "Gregory Morrow" vented spleen or mostly mumbled... Miguel Cruz wrote: The escalator is an egregious example because (A) it's overwhelmingly used by, and put in place for, people who are perfectly healthy, and (B) it often replaces rather than supplements stairs, making life less pleasant for the rest of us who don't have the inclination to stand around when we could be walking. I'll use the stairs instead of the escalator at most any Metro station in DC, but NOT at Dupont Circle! For several years, I passed thru the Dupont Circle "Gateway to Hades" crater several times a year. For USAians, exposed to narrow stairs and confined subsway spaces, this giant volcanic crater with an escalator is something. Yep, and there is an even longer escalator up a bit north, I believe (Shady Grove?). That one is the second longest subway escalator in the world (the first is in Moscow).... I'm usually not afraid of heights, but that Dupont escalator gives me the willies going either way.... -- Best Greg |
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NAAFA's Airline Tips for Fat People
Gregory Morrow writes:
I'm usually not afraid of heights, but that Dupont escalator gives me the willies going either way.... Wait until you're on it when someone at the bottom end gets stuck and people start to hit her from behind. I saw that on a (level) moving sidewalk once, and it wasn't pretty. It's a wonder the lady lived. Ever since I maintain some space on escalators, and I watch for those stop buttons. An escalator that big probably has a 50,000-hp motor, too. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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