Subj : PING Question To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Dec 11 2019 10:03:00 Hi Nancy! Still snowing out there! 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.) NB> Did he ever come back to shop at the store....? And had he NB> bought any bedding when he was there...? ;) No idea on the return. AFAIK he didn't buy anything and not sure he even intended to buy anything. (Not to be interpreted as intending to cannonball something and leave -- people can just browse.) 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!! NB> Another household with an non-conventional setup.... Well a TV is nothing but a monitor and sound system in a box. (Maybe I just answered the tagline "why is it called a 'TV set'?"!) I've been toying with the idea of using a monitor and probably sound bar to replace the next TV - - would have to check if less expensive and how to control the sound remotely. Watching live TV can be done through MythTV. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... If it isn't on fire, it's a software problem. --- 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) .