Thread 149852142

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Anonymous 8/13/2025, 10:11:46 PM No.149852142 >>149852494

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I find myself doing this more and more.

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 10:22:42 PM No.149852267 >>149852546 >>149852733 >>149855783

I didn't know there were wooden escalators.

Also, I've been telling pointless stories like this since I was a kid.

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 10:31:34 PM No.149852410 >>149852592 >>149852681 >>149852694

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I wanna hear about the wooden escalators :(

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 10:37:57 PM No.149852494 >>149853515 >>149854142

>>149852142 (OP)
Jesus christ, I have only ever read the french version of Calvin and Hobbes and they completely changed the punchline, basically stripping it of any joke.Why?

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 10:41:37 PM No.149852546

>>149852267
The London Underground had a bunch and some caught fire from friction.

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 10:45:44 PM No.149852592 >>149852672

>>149852410
You just want to hear what happened to the ladies

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 10:52:34 PM No.149852672 >>149852751

>>149852592
Not necessarily
It sounds interesting and I like learning about these things
Any potential ENF is just a bonus

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 10:53:10 PM No.149852681

>>149852410
You're the autistic son Calvin's dad always wanted, Anon. I guess I am too, I used to genuinely enjoy listening to my grandpa's rambling stories about the old days.

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 10:54:33 PM No.149852694

>>149852410
funky king was too underutilized.

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 10:58:13 PM No.149852733

>>149852267
>Also, I've been telling pointless stories like this since I was a kid.
Honestly, I feel like children tell significantly more pointless stories than anyone else.

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 10:59:25 PM No.149852751 >>149852824 >>149852967

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>>149852672
Your curiosity got me curious.
34th street Macy's New York. possibly briefly on screen for 'Its a wonderful life'. More interesting than I had anticipated, complete with a no heels sign. here you go Scalatorbro.
https://thegatewithbriancohen.com/wooden-escalators-a-miracle-on-34th-street/

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 11:04:45 PM No.149852824

>>149852751
>Otis "L-type" escalators with distinctive wood treads have operated in the store since 1927.
Damn, that thing is nearly a century old now.

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 11:15:04 PM No.149852967 >>149853391

>>149852751
Was it on like a track? How did it move? Did they have motors?

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 11:48:46 PM No.149853391 >>149853622

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>>149852967
They basically function a bit like a massive bike chain.
They would have had electric motors, which had become widely adopted at the time.

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 11:57:19 PM No.149853515

>>149852494
Because the French ruin everything

Anonymous 8/14/2025, 12:04:36 AM No.149853622

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>>149853391
>g.a. wheeler patented the escalator
>theres a big ass wheel inside

Anonymous 8/14/2025, 12:40:17 AM No.149854142

>es/co/lators

>>149852494
Well aren't you going to tell us what they changed it to?

Anonymous 8/14/2025, 2:23:48 AM No.149855783

>>149852267
Back when I was in college, the old Hechingers department store in downtown Cleveland had wooden escalators just like Calvin's dad described.

Been a long time gone.