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....the adventure BEGINS ANEW! ...2015...... Remember that life is not measured in the breaths you take, but rather in the moments that take your breath away.
In this case, yes! It was a scissor lift mechanism with rollers on the cross bar. When the roller gave up the ghost, it made a very distinctive KA-BLOOEY sound.
Ya shudda known better than to try & out technoid me! Didn't the mayor learn you better-n that?