"Dr Ivan D. Reid" wrote in message . ..
On 19 Aug 2004 14:01:39 -0700, Henry Nebrensky
wrote in :

I've also discovered an evil contraption that I don't think I've seen
reported before, at Geneva Airport: the raised travelator. It's the
usual moving walkway, but gratuitously raised 40-50 cm above the
floor, apart from the very ends that form steep moving ramps.

My usual "flying leap" boarding technique failed as when you step on
to the thing you land on the up slope and most of your body loses
momentum, apart from the feet which helpfully gain some, nearly
resulting in a back flip. And as for getting off...

We've got to get you travelling to CERN more often Henry.

I think you mean
We've got to get you travelling to CERN *with a proper airline* more
often...

After
a couple of dozen trips you don't even notice them any more. :-)

You walk round them? Those things are vicious - I'm sure they're only
there to ensure a steady stream of patients so that the casualty
departments keep their hand in outside the skiing season.

Henry