At one point in the late 70's, there were still over 100 telephone companies operating in California. Most served only a small local area, taking the name of the town they were in, and offered messenger service to folks not on the wire, for a fee. That's when you called your local operator and asked for messenger service for (insert name of town here), Your local operator then connected to the distant operator and passed the info of who called and who they wanted to speak with. Then some poor soul at the distant end would travel to that person's house to tell them they had a call. That person would then travel to the switchboard location and their operator would do the final connection.
My grandfather worked in the canneries in San Jose, CA from the early 20's until retirement as plant supervisor in the late 60's. He would never eat ketchup because he saw the dropped tomatoes swept up and used to make it. I sure hope by the time I was old enough to eat ketchup, the health dept. has implemented rules about that sort of thing. But you never know.
What a crock! Since the price of tickets goes up every year, there will always be a new winner in the $$$ wars. But the only true way to measure success is by the number of tickets sold or the ratio of cost to profit. In the tickets sold category, GWTW from 1939 still reigns supreme. At 10 cents a ticket.
I shudder every time I see someone in a moving vehicle recline their seat> A friend of mine was in the front passenger seat, reclined and napping, while her husband drove them home from a family visit. When they were cut off by another driver, he slammed on the brakes, but they went off the road. She slid right out of her seat belt and seat. Died. Stay upright folks.
Well, PP certainly puts a lot of perfection into their watch, so the price reflects that. But who really needs that much perfection in a wristwatch. It's just a vanity object.