Re: American War a dystopic novel

On 12 Sep 2024 13:08:17 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:

We toured the Canada plant just last summer - super interesting.

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I have to admit that I was disappointed in the tour.  When I was a kid I
visited the plant on the American side and they let you walk down on the
actual floor and see operating equipment... they had one generator torn
down and you could see how the brushes were honeycombed to reduce skin
effect. (at 60 Hz!)  It was very, very cool.  Forty years later the
American side was totally locked down and the Canadian plant had a tour
where you could look through a window and talk to someone who couldn't
answer any questions.

"But the kids are much less likely to run into the equipment and get
hurt."

Just one possible excuse for the change.

"Makes sabotage harder" would be another.

Ah! The 50's!

Jungle Gymns, aka "monkey bars"! Over cement!
Wading pools with no special mod to the drains!
Risks everywhere a kid turned!

And most of us made it out of the 50's just fine.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"