European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes wednesday june 4, 1986 columns & comments a pain in the neck that ascends Brandy Rooney l Laval hrs arc a pain in the neck. If 1 weren t so Kiry i d never Lake an elevator again. My office now is on inc seventh floor. I suppose 1 go up and a town something like 30 limes a week rec Chi hat Cleval irs lift you quickly 10 where you re going with no Effort on your firt there s Almum nothing Good to be said Boul idiom it there is no regular occasion in which Lime passes As slowly .11 when you re we icing. For in elevator. A two minute Mil Tor an Clevadoris worse Thun a five minute wait for a bus. Someone ought to invent a game elevator us ifs to i uld play. O a Levi liars lire bad Tot morale. If you re headed for the seventh floor and frequently get in a car with a person Olio always Pels off at the third floor you develop it dislike for Tom person. It does t make sense but he or she is always taking you Lime by stopping the elevator on a floor thai does i interest you. Pm valor conversations arc among the most inane of any that Lake place in inc civilized world. There you arc if Appod in a confined space with one or Mare strangers. You Are sanding closer to the Inan would be polite to stand under Ether circumstances you have nothing what Soever to say but you arc vaguely uneasy about the proximity of your body to theirs so you find yourself talking to relieve the tension. Hoi enough for you a say. If you re waiting for in elevator and a second person conies along tint Pinon invariably pauses for a second and then Steps Forward and pushes the Button. Does this person think you re so stupid that you were standing there waiting Tor the elevator without pushing the Button your self there Are some elevator riders who think the car comes quicker if they push the Button harder or More than once this did t even work when there were elevator of Crayon. There arc also people who stand on say the fifth floor who want logo Down. They push both the up and inc own Button thinking this pets them an elevator faster. Alt it does is Slop he Elc valor on i tic Way up and waste everyone s Lime because it Wil Stop it that same floor again on the Way Down the fastest elevators in the world Are would t you know it in a 60-Story building in Tokyo. They Ravet Al about 22 mics an Naur. The average cd Cavior travels Piess than 5. Elevator engineers say that in a tall building anything faster than 1u mites an hour causes the riders cars to pop. One of the most persistent nightmares have during my waking hours is being caught in a crowded elevator that beaks Down. Several years ago Jan rather got caught fur 45 minute i in the very elevator ride. It was lunch hour and there were nine other people on Board just about capacity Dan is gracious and polite almost to a fault but people on Board Wilh him thai Day say he did make a few unkind remarks about the building manage ment. Like escalators As much As 1 dislike elevators. There s something magical about a moving stairway. It s fascinating to be lifted Gentey to another floor on Steps that fold up and disappear at the top. You can look around Al Trie door you re leaving As the Steps Start up and As i hey near tic top you can Sec what s on that door. I remember being taken to Macy i when t was about s. I haled to go shopping but being allowed cd ride up and Down the escalators alone made it All worthwhile. Some people Are very tentative about gelling on an escalator. They Don t quite dare s not look if i go now i la graduate when i m 39 you la be the oldest student to no i won t. I know a lol of Guys who will be older. You remember Henry Landwirth. The Guy who played in the band 1 managed after 1 gave up Burger King he s Only a Sophomore and he s 45." did he find himself he says he was never Tost. He claims he just needed a break after High school before he started College Why is he going to school now he decided thai without a College diploma you Are nobody. With a sheepskin he feels he can charge twice As much to play gigs on new year s what do you wan to Siudy i Don t know dad. I figure i la go to College and something will turn me you re telling me you wait to go Back to school and you Don t know what you want la be i m not one to go Kocait Csc just to get a Good Job. It must be a More meaningful experience to cherish for Good Point. But you d be so far ahead of the game if at age 35, you knew what you wanted to if you won t give me he Money it work my Way through was a wonderful idea ii will give you moral Bui if i have to work i la be cheated out of what everyone says should be the happiest Days of my if you could just give me same hint about your goals i might reconsider your request give me a break. Dad. Just because i found myself does t mean i have any idea of what i want to do. To pm Croft it to not today s Cross pro by Eugene Sheffer 33 "fynmc1 down1 Canary s cousin2 Gray or mwan3 Small water fall 4 Nakaso 3 9 yeast10 enemy agent 12 contemptuous auth n of ales in Tea for 19 sum. 20 chinese dynasty21 Bailey 22 conned Hubert Verv saw Losife Nom find ita0501.utelv, i
