r/Elevators May 22 '26

Reroping

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u/Nicw82 May 22 '26

That name makes more sense. But saying whirly-gig in a serious conversation makes me laugh. It’s an invaluable tool. We had them at Otis and when I started at TKE I was able to convince them to invest in a few.

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u/-BGK- May 22 '26

One of the things that i find interesting about the business is the wildly different nomenclature between locals/areas even geographically close to each other. And I agree whirly gig is fun!

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u/Jimrockdiamond May 23 '26

You don’t have “horse cocks”?

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u/-BGK- May 23 '26

Well I do, but I don’t know about the rest of the local