Nostalgia - Or, the I'm this old, thread

[SoonerP226]

I don't remember belt operated systems, but I do remember the air operated ones. What I wouldn't be able to figure out was that if there was more than one cashier's station on the sales floor, how would they know which "transport device" to accept back with the change?

I saw a video a few months back where they went into the terminus room for a pneumatic tube messaging system, and they had rows of tubes, so they apparently had individual tubes running to each station that all ran back to that common room. If I can remember what it was, I'll see if I can dig up a link to it.

The only place I've actually seen those tubes in use (aside from drive-up bank teller windows) was either at Norman Municipal (now Norman Regional) or Children's Hospital, but that would've been over 40 years ago. I didn't even see any remnants of the tube system at Norman Regional the last time I was there, but it has been remodeled and expanded several times since I would've seen the tubes in use.

 

[Profreedomokie]

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My Mom used those to keep wrinkles out of my stepdad's work pants. Used to save her from ironing them.

 

[Chuckie]

I saw a video a few months back where they went into the terminus room for a pneumatic tube messaging system, and they had rows of tubes, so they apparently had individual tubes running to each station that all ran back to that common room. If I can remember what it was, I'll see if I can dig up a link to it.

The only place I've actually seen those tubes in use (aside from drive-up bank teller windows) was either at Norman Municipal (now Norman Regional) or Children's Hospital, but that would've been over 40 years ago. I didn't even see any remnants of the tube system at Norman Regional the last time I was there, but it has been remodeled and expanded several times since I would've seen the tubes in use.

You mean something like this?

When I worked as a cashier for Home Depot as late as 2003, they were still using pneumatic cash moving systems

 

[SoonerP226]

You mean something like this?

Something like that, yeah. I wish I could remember where I saw it; I remember they were talking about the engineering of it, and how they had to take the size of the capsule and the radius of the curves into consideration.

Now that I think about it, it might’ve been in Destin’s Smarter Every Day video where he was talking to the engineer who worked on the control systems for the Saturn V rocket…

 

[Snattlerake]

Something like that, yeah. I wish I could remember where I saw it; I remember they were talking about the engineering of it, and how they had to take the size of the capsule and the radius of the curves into consideration.

Now that I think about it, it might’ve been in Destin’s Smarter Every Day video where he was talking to the engineer who worked on the control systems for the Saturn V rocket…

Like I said I worked on those. Not a really hard concept. All timers and blowers.

 

[Raido Free America]

????? GEEZE , this thread started pretty good....can't figure out how I got it STOPPED ???......Oh Well , Che Sara.....
Here's 1 that should bring a smile & perhaps resurect this thread.....Enjoy.....

Just goes to show, we old farts know what we are doing even if no one else does?

 

[Snattlerake]

Anyone?

Who am I?

 

[Chuckie]

Anyone?

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Who am I?

Why that's a Nauga. Had some car seats and several pieces of furniture over the years covered with it's hyde

 

[Gadsden]

Remember when the teacher wheeled these into the classroom

 

[Snattlerake]

Remember these?

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