Posted in General on Aug 13th, 2009
The Sun Journal recently explored the verb “escalate,” which is derived from the industry word “escalator.” According to the Lewiston, Maine-based newspaper, the verb was coined in the early 1900s to describe the action of riding “up an escalator.” By the 1930s, “escalator” was being used to describe the clause in labor contracts referring to [...]
Posted in General on Jul 1st, 2009
My wife and I recently had some friends over for dinner, and at some point, the conversation turned to elevators. I was asked several questions about equipment and the industry in general (”What country has the most elevators?”). I talked about the differences between traction and hydraulic elevators, safety codes and how much smaller most [...]
As the ELEVATOR WORLD editor who is responsible for online news, among many other responsibilities, I spend a large portion of my workday searching the Internet. There are numerous sites I visit daily, including CNN and other generic news outlets, plus industry-related sites (I also check Tom Sybert’s Elevator Radio Show on Wednesdays). In addition, [...]
Looking for a fun, elevator-related activity for the family this summer? You might want to try the new Pilgrims Plunge at Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana. (How can you not have fun in Santa Claus, Indiana?)
Described as the “world’s tallest water ride” at a height of 165 feet, what makes [...]
Posted in Travel on Apr 7th, 2009
Anyone reading my recent blog about the NAEC Spring Educational Conference in Bermuda might get the impression that this island possession of the United Kingdom is not an ideal vacation destination. As along as you remember that Bermuda is not a tropical island, nothing could be further from the truth.
In my opinion, the best thing [...]
Posted in Travel on Mar 31st, 2009
NAEC Takes Bermuda by Storm
When friends learned I would be headed to Bermuda for the National Association of Elevator Contractors’ Spring Educational Conference, they immediately told me how lucky I was to be headed for a tropical destination. Blame it on the Beach Boys song “Kokomo,” but everybody associates Bermuda with the Bahamas and other islands [...]