SNIPPETZ WEEKLY MAGAZINE ®
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THE TALE OF TWO OPERATIONAL STAIRCASES By Nick Yanez
Imagine for a moment you are a small child. Your parents have just taken you out for a pretty neat pizza dinner and you’re sitting in the back seat, headed home. Your birthday is tomorrow. You’re really excited, but disappointed that you weren’t allowed to have a party with your friends this year. Instead, family is in town and you’re all going to go to the Go-Kart track. This sounds awesome, but you still wish you were going to have the traditional party with your classmates. You pull up in your driveway wondering what you’ll do tonight. The excitement for tomorrow is quite overwhelming, so anything tonight will likely be a letdown. You walk into the house behind your Mother. When coming in the door you wonder - why are the lights off? Suddenly the room lights up and what looks like a sea of thousands of people jump from behind every corner and yell “surprise!”. Wasn’t that the best? Don’t you wish you could recapture those glorious moments of utter shock you had as a child? It gets hard to do these days. Not only are we older and less susceptible to foolery, but we also have learned that anything is possible. In a day and age when any new piece of technology is conceivable, we sometimes forget the simple element of getting caught off guard. I’ve personally written about several strange stories and new inventions that have the potential to shock you. But in all likelihood, you just raise an eyebrow, read through, and say something along the lines of - eh, doesn’t surprise me anymore. Which is
why this week, I’m trying the opposite approach. I’m going to take you to a place where advanced technologies are nothing but imaginary props for science fiction. The place is Wyoming. Weird fact of the week - did you know that there are only two escalators in the entire state of Wyoming? Surprise! It’s true. The same escalators that we see everyday; we have four in Chapel Hill Mall alone. Through all of the strange stories I’ve reported here, I think this one baffled me the most. How is this even possible. What’s better is a story recently written on the matter by a reporter (The world’s most notable escalator reporter, actually). Here’s an excerpt of her fascination with the moving stairs in Wyoming: “The shiny silver steps appear, seemingly from nowhere, and take the traveler to the building’s second level. Then, after the traveler has completed his or her second floor business, the escalator delivers the traveler safely back on the first floor.” -Megan Lee She also importantly noted the escalators being a wonderful and popular attraction for children. They and their parents can ride the escalator during business hours of the First National Bank and/or Hilltop National Bank, both located in Casper. Convenient how all two of the futuristic moving staircases are located in government buildings. Talk about spending tax dollars on useless silly technology gimmicks. While this week’s story may seem irrelevant to the big picture (of your life) it speaks volumes about how much we take for granted. So the next time I tell you about a new aquatic submarine that also serves as an ice cream truck, show a little enthusiasm. Some of us, even here in America, are not spoiled with such flashy electronics. You’d be surprised by how much we don’t appreciate. Feel free to send Nick an email anytime about his weekly column, or any leads you have for underreported stories he could write about, to NickSnipsMail@ Gmail.com
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