Subj : PING Question To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Nov 27 2019 09:41:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>> Right: everything (OK, 'everything') is figured in cost per square BM>>> foot, and so the anteroom is a hundred or so square feet not making BM>>> money and not a requirement like stock storage, etc. NB>>> And probably not as useful/used anymore as it was at one time.... BM>> Probably not. The article stated ladies wrote letters in there/some BM>> of the anterooms (would suppose partially depends on the furnishings). NB>> It was a different sort of society then, too... :) BM> True, though now could sort of see the anteroom being used by a group BM> hunched over their cell phones texting/getting caught up on messages. NB> Somewhat the modern equivalent... :) Except that that generally NB> is done out in the public, and not tucked away in a private NB> anteroom... :) Yes, walking down the sidewalk/aisle..... NB>> Nowadays, there will be a fold-up changing station in one of the NB>> larger stalls, often a handicap-access one, or on the wall... and NB>> often not just in the women's but also in the men's, as they might NB>> be using it for changing their infant's diaper as well... BM> Right: we had a changing area originally in the handicapped stall of BM> the men's rest room. They did a remodel of the rest rooms (years after BM> the store's major remodel; rest rooms were essentially gutted and BM> redone) and the changing table was moved outside the stall. Prior to BM> the gutting there wasn't sufficient room outside so why inside the BM> stall. Have seen changing stations in lots of men's rooms. NB> It's become common now... :) Right, and makes sense: women aren't the only ones with that responsibility. BM>> At one time there was a rocking chair in there: was a display chair BM>> from Infant Furniture. Recall somehow someone managed to damage and we BM>> had to remove. NB>> That's a shame.... That would have nice for a nursing mother... or NB>> even just to calm a fractious baby... :) BM> Yes, we were 'rather annoyed' the chair had been broken. I don't BM> recall how it got broken; LIS was a floor display and it saw some BM> rougher use than necessary on the salesfloor. NB> I've seen some rather rambunctious kids (and even some adults) NB> "trying out" display rockers and such.... Yes...... We had an idiot cannon-ball on to one of the display beds at the bedding department of the store. Was just a mattress on a plywood frame; frame was smashed. I was argueing the guy should pay for the replacement as willful destruction but management wimped out. BM>>> upgraded/changed. ...Years later the register system did change: BM>>> recognized a modified Ubuntu boot screen with the five dots on it. NB>>> Obviously in the meantime, someone got educated... ;) BM>> IMO yes. Not just because I'm a fan of Ubuntu but did verify (to me BM>> and a few other semi-computer literate types) Ubuntu was a lot faster BM>> on the same hardware compared to whatever Windows was installed. (And BM>> not to be taken as a slam to Windows. Well, maybe a tiny one. ) NB>> Just an observation of reality... Windows IS slower... and NB>> takes up more computer space.... :) BM> Yes. I've been out of using Windows as a primary system for some time BM> and so not keeping up. The BBS and X10 (home automation) is on this BM> Virtual XP -- the virtual operating system has numerous slow-downs BM> just because it is a virtual system (running under/by/through/something BM> Ubuntu/Linux). Need to update - But First! NB> I'm not really keeping up, either... you know I'm only using DOS NB> on my own machine (with a bit of Linux available in the NB> background, have to switch into that when wanted)... Most of my NB> knowledge is from observing others and from the Wizard's talk.... I keep forgetting others (even around here) don't get into it as deep as I do. Computers and TV.... The computer part can record Ch. 26 and you can watch it on the TV (monitor) but the TV (tuner) usually can't receive Ch. 26. Two separate systems using a common display. Guess would be easier to understand if there was a TV over here and a monitor over there. NB>> ... 586, 32Mb 40ns RAM, 4Gb 2ms HD. Now Windows will beat DOS! BM> I think the smallest capacity HDD I have around here is a BM> 40 GB, maybe a 20. ...Think I have a 512 MB thumbdrive! :) NB> Clearly that is an ancient tagline now.... but it just seemed NB> appropriate... Yes -- some of the old taglines bring back memories. ...DDR2 for the nerdy. BM> ... C:\DOS C:\WINDOWS C:\DOS\RUN\AWAY\SCREAMING NB> C:\WINDOWS\CRASH ;) Reboot! (Aw, kick it twice for the frustration!) ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent and reboot. Order shall return. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .