Subj : Re: PING Question To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Dec 03 2019 20:07:16 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 27-Nov-2019 09:41 <=- 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 is NB>> done out in the public, and not tucked away in a private anteroom... :) BM> Yes, walking down the sidewalk/aisle..... And walking into light poles and trees, etc... ;) 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... :) BM> Right, and makes sense: women aren't the only ones with that BM> responsibility. Exactly. 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.... BM> Yes...... We had an idiot cannon-ball on to one of the display BM> beds at the bedding department of the store. Was just a mattress on a BM> plywood frame; frame was smashed. I was arguing the guy should pay BM> for the replacement as willful destruction but management wimped out. They probably didn't want to deal with his protestations about how would he have known that it wasn't a full bed instead of just a mockup... maybe that's the way he tests the beds at a furniture store.... 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 on NB>> my own machine (with a bit of Linux available in the background, have NB>> to switch into that when wanted)... Most of my knowledge is from NB>> observing others and from the Wizard's talk.... BM> I keep forgetting others (even around here) don't get into it as deep BM> as I do. Computers and TV.... The computer part can record Ch. 26 and BM> you can watch it on the TV (monitor) but the TV (tuner) usually can't BM> receive Ch. 26. Two separate systems using a common display. Guess BM> would be easier to understand if there was a TV over here and a monitor BM> over there. Actually makes sufficient sense to me.... for a long while, our "TV" was a computer monitor linked to a VCR that had a tuner incorporated... that was before everything went digital... 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... BM> Yes -- some of the old taglines bring back memories. ...DDR2 for the BM> nerdy. Ok... ;) ttyl neb .... UNNAMED LAW: If it happens, it must be possible. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .