Engineered dreams -- anyone else?
Had a slightly weird dream last night.
I found myself riding on top of a very small elevator about 3' square. I knew I was not supposed to be up there but wanted to get to the top level for some reason, so there I was.
As I approached the top, I could see some re-bar steel mesh closing off the opening. As I got closer I could see that it was a gate that would swing up and let the elevator partially pass through and stop at the landing level. I guess I heaved a little sigh of relief at that rather than getting passed though a 4" x4" sieve.
As I got almost to the mesh, I could see an interlock that would detect the rising elevator so decided to push that thinking it would open the gate and I could jump free. Unfortunately, unbeknown to me, there was a second interlock that also detected the elevator, plus, a pressure switch on the gate.
Because the first interlock was tripped by hand, the second never got tripped so my, by now, hunched up body pressing against the re-bar gate triggered the gate-switch. The elevator stopped instantly and an alarm went off. Cops came and let me out then I woke up.
Should I be troubled by my obsession with things Engineering? LOL :D :D