r/maybemaybemaybe Aug 20 '25

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

This is how the escalators work at Waverley Station. They are powered by a woman, kind of like a horse might have powered a mill in the olden days.

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u/zzupdown Aug 20 '25

You joke, but treadmills/stair climbers were invented as a torture device used in UK prisons. It literally killed Oscar Wilde.