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"Germans now need to complete special training before being able to enter the old-fashioned elevators called paternosters. Those elevators are unusual — they d
by beamatronic 11y ago
"Germans now need to complete special training before being able to enter the old-fashioned elevators called paternosters.
Those elevators are unusual — they do not have doors and do not stop at any floor. Instead, they operate continuously, and users need to jump in and out of the moving cabins."
It sounds fun if you're a young or able-bodied person.
- gcb0 11y agoi'd take the stairs. with able legs or a wheelchair... no way i'd get on those things.
- dalke 11y agoA previous HN thread on paternosters from two months ago, with 72 comments, at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9284672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9284672 .
- kazinator 11y ago> It sounds fun if you're a young or able-bodied person. Also, if you like wearing a hat and overalls, cultivating a mustache, and your name is Mario or Luigi.