Attn: Paul Jones

[TAL]

Remember two years ago when we talked about escalators? And I said I was gonna film the longest one in Sweden, well I did but then forgot about it.

And now two years later, here it is:

Enjoy! (www.multi.fi/~tal/oj/goingup.html)

[paul jones]

you're my scandinavian hero!(y)

[P of R]

Awesome. (y)

[yeahwho]

Best. Video. Ever.

[enree erzweglle]

You know when you're in the first seat of a roller coaster and you're on a slow but exhilarating near-vertical climb and just as you're summiting, there's a point when it's all still for a millisecond & then the front cars get pulled over the crest while the back cars are still climbing and then you freefall and do Gs down the other side? That's what I thought was going to happen at the very very end of that video. :)

[jabumbo]

^ yeah, tal should have dropped the camera on the ground for a thrill factor

[Lindsey_1535]

That was a good time.(y) (y)

[alexandra]

hah, pretty neat.

[Laver1969]

Nice TAL! There is a pretty long escalator in Washington D.C. also.

Here it is! (http://transit.schuminweb.com/rail/washington/photo-display.asp?key=1509)

[b-grrrlie]

Remember two years ago when we talked about escalators? And I said I was gonna film the longest one in Sweden, well I did but then forgot about it.

And now two years later, here it is:

Enjoy! (www.multi.fi/~tal/oj/goingup.html)
Västra Skogen!
I lived there my first summer in Stockholm!
Weeeee!!!!

Once on my way to work I rode the handlebar down and fell off, my legs and bum were covered in multiple scars from the escalator steps...

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[TAL]

I had a feeling you would be the one to say the name first.

[TAL]

All the talk about elevator(s) made me want to bump this thread. WEEEEE

[b i o n i c]

id rather take the escalator so long as some tard doesnt decide to stand in the middle (y)

[paul jones]

I was in HMV the other day and was tempted to slide down the side of the escalator they have there but I didn't as I was holding some DVD's and didn't want to drop them

[Helvete]

I never did film that really long one in London, sorry TAL.

[paul jones]

I never did film that really long one in London, sorry TAL.

which one's that?

[NicRN77]

I never did film that really long one in London, sorry TAL.

Ya, I seem to remember a few long escalator rides on the London Underground

[paul jones]

Ya, I seem to remember a few long escalator rides on the London Underground

there's a few yeah but I can't think of which and where

[Helvete]

Angel station I think.

[paul jones]

Angel station I think.

could be yeah.Next time I'm down there I'll have a look

[ericlee]

I wonder how many people fell down that thing.

[Bob]

there's a 143 foot escalator at porter square in cambridge, ma that's pretty badass. and after that you have to take a second escalator to get to the service (which, as escalators go, is also pretty long but it feels like nothing after the first one)

[TAL]

143 feet long or high?

The one in my movie is 216 feet long and 108 feet high.




Porter Square kills people!
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/03/02/man_is_strangled_after_clothing_snags_in_mbta_esca lator/
Ah, it says there that it is 143 feet long. So "mine" wins.

[Bob]

well mine has bronze gloves up and down the railings

[trailerprincess]

The HK escalators are the best - running down in the mornings, and then they switch them over after the rush, so they travel upwards. I lived about 3/4 of the way up so it was pretty handy. Apart from the locals never really get the etiquette of standing on the right side. Hmmmm.

Escalators (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8441626.stm)

[Bob]

Apart from the locals never really get the etiquette of standing on the right side. Hmmmm.

i'm pretty sure this is an issue everywhere in the universe

or at least america as well

[Planetary]

i'm pretty sure this is an issue everywhere in the universe

or at least america as well

wait, america isn't the whole universe?

[b-grrrlie]

Apart from the locals never really get the etiquette of standing on the right side. Hmmmm.


i'm pretty sure this is an issue everywhere in the universe

or at least america as well
In Stockholm you always know when people from the country come to town...

[Helvete]

Yeah, it's the screaming and pointing at vehicles that gives it away.