Subj : Tall buildings (was: Re: Liver And More)
To   : DARYL STOUT
From : JOE MACKEY
Date : Mon Oct 05 2020 06:15:40

  Daryl wrote --

>   Reminds me of the pantomime that the late Red Skelton did...the couple 
> wanted to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower. The thing is...the old man 
> wanted to take the elevator, but his wife wanted to take the stairs. :P

  When I was in the Navy in Norfolk, VA (50+ years ago) there was a USO bus
tour of DC.  You rode up on the bus, it traveled around with a guide
pointing out this and that place.  Usually by the time you crossed the aisle to
look out the other side you were p
  One stop was the Washington Monument and I raced a shipmate to the top on
the stairs.  He was huffing and puffing the whole way and I hadn't broken a
sweat not any shortness of breath.
  The stairs are closed now and you have to use the elevator.
  One place I did take the elevator was the Empire State Building a few
months later.  :)
  Joe
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