0647, Wed, 111313. Rocklin, CA.
We had another quiet day around our place with some reading, some computing, and some TV. Our evening is filled with Nova programs. We got past all the aliens on other planets and have graduated to the engineering of Gothic churches throughout Europe (this is one I really enjoyed) and elevators. The elevator made it possible for buildings to become tall, making it easy for the people to get to the high floors but now buildings are so tall we are reaching the limits of the technology. The newest idea is to use magnetic motors, like what we see propelling roller coasters and trains, to propel the magic boxes. Although they dispel the myth of having the elevator drop twenty floors to the bottom of the building they did show some poor guy stuck for an entire weekend inside an elevator. Ugh!.....more later..
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