My dad's boss, Chuck, went in one and was at work telling my dad about it. My dad at the time was an engineer for Chuck. And my dad is quite the funny man. He reminds me of Alan Alda in looks and sense of humor.
My dad started asking Chuck "So how do those things work? To go up higher you toss the sand bags (which are on a rope) over the side, and to go down you pull them back inside with you?"
Chuck just shook his head and walked away mumbling , " And I got this guy designing heaters for the space shuttle"???

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OK, I'm over it. Where's the beer?
