Now, the cables are starting to shoulder a new load: providing electrical power in a small but growing number of businesses.
But since the arrival of BBC drama Peaky Blinders, the flat cap has started to rub shoulders with wearers of snapbacks, bucket hats and Carhartt beanies as the must-have item to cover up your terrible haircut.
Early in the third, though, Kyrgios started to grab his shoulder, wincing — the latest in a string of injuries that has bothered him all summer.
"In the future, this idea of cross-training will turn out to be really important as robots start to work shoulder-to-shoulder with us," he said.
I started to feel my shoulders come down from around my ears and settle back where they belong.
A couple of the women looked longingly at me and one started to massage my shoulders as I knocked back a celebratory vodka soda.
I started to look over her shoulder for a six-foot rabbit but opted instead to ask if she would name three people who best encapsulate her personal style, right now.
He suddenly stopped being so suspicious of infidelity, and things that previously annoyed him started to roll off his shoulder.
At a voice command, they started to flex their dominant shoulder at a comfortable speed while their elbow remained fully extended and with their forearm and wrist in neutral position (thumb facing upward).
Her shoulders started to shake.
