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The article doesn't touch on this but the machine's name, Bertha, is almost certainly a reference to the 80s UK TV show about a factory machine that could seemi
by jnty 7y ago
The article doesn't touch on this but the machine's name, Bertha, is almost certainly a reference to the 80s UK TV show about a factory machine that could seemingly make anything. Quite apt!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_(TV_series)
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoOr it's just the biggest/heaviest machine in the immediate vicinity. Machines get named Bertha all the time though some play on "thicc" seems to be gaining a bit of market share as the younger generations enter the workforce.
- bookofjoe 7y agoThis is interesting indeed. Never heard of the show, being from the U.S. Perhaps time to bring it back?
- joncrocks 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha