Look at this magnificent mechanical monstrosity
you know how people say "if toilets were invented today they'd need electricity and have to be replaced every two years"? this is... this is the opposite of that
As someone with dyscalculia who used to work registers... this would have made my life so much better for that time period.
I REMEMBER THOSE!!
omg I was so delighted as a kid every time a coin would roll down the little chute, I so rarely got to see it
Where is this? I want to see whatever exhibit this machine is a part of
It's on display at Howe Caverns in upstate New York, about an hour from Albany
(the main attraction is a cave tour, but I got there early so had some time to pick through the tchotchkes in the upstairs area)
(the cave is very cool too and they built an elevator down to it, bless them)
I can totally imagine going to this with my partners and just staying upstairs while they do the cave
Note the memory’s coming back. The grocery store my mom used to go to when I was 4 or 5 has one of these. It was fascinating to watch.
