On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 16:21:50 -0800 (PST), Bruce
<
ascottis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 6:17:50 PM UTC-6,
jwk...@bjc.org wrote:
>> On Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 5:46:33 PM UTC-6, Sqwertz wrote:
>> ...
>> > Bah, he just paid $20 in personal property taxes for Baby II a few
>> > weeks ago. And he's gonna need that since his Leaf battery is about
>> > shot and it costs $4K-$6K to replace. That's an expensive tank of
>> > gas.
>> >
>> > -sw
>> Nope! My Leaf's battery is just fine! 70 miles per charge still!
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>In the first decade of the twentieth century, the new entertainment medium of motion pictures exploded in the tastebuds of
>an eager public, a visual gelato for a nickel an hour to take them away from the pressures of their lives.
>
>The first cinemas were little more than converted storefronts; a screen or a sheet tacked to the wall at one end and
>a projector at the other, with scattered seats in between and no toilets.
>
>There were reports that some patrons became so transfixed by the projected images that they remained in their seats
> and relieved themselves on the floor, rather than go out to a public toilet.
>
>Often there was only one exit, which exacerbated another potential health hazard. 35 MM film was made of cellulose nitrate, which
>was highly inflammable. If the film jammed in the projector gate, the heat from the projector’s beam could cause it to catch
> fire within seconds and burn for hours. In 1897 a nitrate fire at a Paris venue killed 140 patrons.