Subj : Re: PING Question To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Dec 10 2019 19:10:18 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 04-Dec-2019 09:02 <=- 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..... NB>> And walking into light poles and trees, etc... ;) BM> People, into manholes, traffic..... Yup, those, too.... 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. NB>> They probably didn't want to deal with his protestations about how'd NB>> he have known that it wasn't a full bed instead of just a mockup... NB>> maybe that's the way he tests the beds at a furniture store.... BM> Maybe. As I recall it was something about customer relations, blah- BM> blah-blah. I countered with we don't need that kind of destructive BM> customer. (The 'customer' was long gone.) Did he ever come back to shop at the store....? And had he bought any bedding when he was there...? ;) 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. NB>> Actually makes sufficient sense to me.... for a long while, our "TV" NB>> was a computer monitor linked to a VCR that had a tuner incorporated.. NB>> that was before everything went digital... BM> Yea! Someone gets it!! Another household with an non-conventional setup.... ttyl neb .... Birds of a feather flock to a newly washed car. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .