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From: Ben Newsam on 16 Nov 2006 04:19 On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:46:24 -0800, Don Bowey <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote: >Hillman Minx? I can't remember, but I don't think it was a Minx, because I know what those are like. I knew someone who had a nice convertible Minx, with white-walled tyres too. When he moved to the US, he took it with him (to Arkansas), where it causes much amusement (they think it's a model of one of their own 1950s monsters). >My personal loss was an MG taxi (closed rear, open front) that got sold to a >chap in the UK and shipped there while I was making up my mind about $6000. >I still want that car. I once had a job driving one of those. Probably the most uncomfortable vehicle to drive ever. The driver's cab is tiny. The back of the seat is almost vertical, and the pedals kind of go straight forwards into the vertical bulkhead to the engine compartment. The steering wheel was almost in my chest. No wonder you never saw fat taxi drivers in the old days. The steering itself was pretty scary, because it didn't self-centre; if you let go of the wheel, the car would keep going round whatever curve it was on. It had those yellow mechanical semaphore direction indicators that made that wonderful "clonk" as they opened or shut, too. Top speed was *maybe* 30 mph with a bit of luck and a big build up. Against that, the passenger compartment was huge, with shiny brown leather seat, and enough leg room that you could slouch down, stretch out your legs and still not touch anything. Americans would say "Hey! This is *some* *car*!", but all the same would grip tightly on to the side straps provided for nervous passengers.
From: JoeBloe on 16 Nov 2006 05:52 On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:17:18 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >JoeBloe wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> >Well, Eeyore, this would belie the assertion that she lives too far from a >> >> >population center to get decent DSL. >> >> >> >> I live in a town. There is no DSL line strung. >> >> You people are starting to get really annoying. >> > >> >DSL comes down an ordinary telephone line ! >> > >> >Graham >> >> Wrong. >> >> ADSL REQUIRES a minimum of an ISDN switched POTS line. >> That means that the customer's first switch has to be ISDN for his >> area to be an ASDL capable area. THEN his Plain Old Telephone Service >> line will do DSL. > >Most lines in the UK go direct to the exchange. Whoopie doo. > A POTS line does indeed carry >ADSL. No, they do not. Digital switchgear is required at the first switch. Not all POTS segments here have that in place, and they are NOT ADSL available areas. >BT actually have to *remove* any previous ISDN bits and pieces to ADSL enable a >line. They probably had some UK slightly different version of ISDN switchgear, just like you have a different version of television. That doesn't change the fact that ADSL is not functional on non-digitally switched service segments.
From: JoeBloe on 16 Nov 2006 05:55 On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:25:54 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: >How big does a room *need* to be ? I've no family to worry about. If that is the case then what would you even need seven rooms for? If I was alone, and had 1000 sq ft of space, I certainly wouldn't hack away my space into seven rooms when 5 would do fine. Living Dining Kitchen Bath Bedroom I guess you've got laundry and library?
From: JoeBloe on 16 Nov 2006 05:59 On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:27:00 -0800, Don Bowey <dbowey(a)comcast.net> Gave us: >On 11/15/06 7:28 PM, in article limnl2114gmfvlaar0okbtbic645gcbuoc(a)4ax.com, >"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:28:04 +0000, Eeyore >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: >> >>> >>> >>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well, Eeyore, this would belie the assertion that she lives too far from a >>>>> population center to get decent DSL. >>>> >>>> I live in a town. There is no DSL line strung. >>>> You people are starting to get really annoying. >>> >>> DSL comes down an ordinary telephone line ! >>> >>> Graham >> >> Wrong. >> >> ADSL REQUIRES a minimum of an ISDN switched POTS line. >> That means that the customer's first switch has to be ISDN for his >> area to be an ASDL capable area. THEN his Plain Old Telephone Service >> line will do DSL. > >Wrong. > >An ISDN DSL is only two 64 kbit/s Bearer Channels and the 18 kbit/s Data >Channel which is used for signaling, etc. An ADSL does not require ISDN. What an ISDN switch house provides is the digital part. If there is no digital switch in the first leg of the system, the area is not capable of providing ADSL service.
From: unsettled on 16 Nov 2006 07:18
Michael A. Terrell wrote: > unsettled wrote: > >>Happy if you stop reading and/or responding. Your >>"contribution" has been negative thus far. > > > > Keep it up, idiot. I am 100% disabled from health problems, and can > no longer work for money. I stated that before, but you snipped it, > several times to cover your lies. PLONK > > That disability isn't mental, is it? |