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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:57 PM Original message |
Otis Elevator Co. estimates 15 percent of its elevators around the world omit the 13th-floor button |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder if the real estimate is 13% |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's what I was wondering (nt) |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well, that's stupid. How does anybody get to the thirteenth floor? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Ain't no thirteenth floor in a lot of buildings I have noticed |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Just because the elevator doesn't stop there doesn't mean there isn't a thirteenth floor |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Exactly! |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. You guys joshing with me? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I don't think there's anybody named Josh here but I'll ask around |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Many older buildings do not have a 13th floor. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It's a scam! Th'baker gives ya an extry donut but th'construction company stiffs ya a whole floor |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. Nothing to do with 13 but they renumbered room # 666 here. |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. I am pretty sure it is Masonic. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
13. IIRC the planes I fly on... |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. Funny |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
15. Hmm, I wonder how much of that 15% are in buildings no higher than 12 stories. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. The Prudential building in Boston has a 13th floor ... |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I was always told |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. Anchorage Hilton has no 13th floor. |
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riverdale (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
18. I just stayed at the 14th floor of MGM in Vegas |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
19. There are a lot of housing developments that leave off house number 13 |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
20. Next time I'm in China, I'll have to see if they do it as well... |
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