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From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 12:07 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > >That's not how people at McDonald's give change. That's not how anybody > >gives change any more, they just give over the amount of money the cash > >register tells them to. If the bill is 5.35, and you give them a 10, the > >register will tell them to give you 4.65 in change, and they do. No special > >skills necessary or learned. > > You are wrong. It takes learning to know which coins are which > value. It takes learning to know what 1 and 5 and 10 and 20 > mean on the paper bills. Ohhh ...... puh-leeze.......... !! > There are people who do not know this stuff. If kids have > never handled money, have never been taught what money is, > how will they know that a dime is $.10? Ohhh ...... puh-leeze.......... !! Graham
From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 12:09 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > > >> Why should I waste good CPU cycles for things I don't want? > > > >Maybe these days they're just so cheap and fast it just doesn't matter ? > > But it's not cheap. Just because the gear's purchase price is > lower then before, doesn't not mean using it is cheap. What on earth do you mean ? Afraid of learning anything new ? Graham
From: Don Bowey on 16 Nov 2006 12:10 On 11/16/06 1:19 AM, in article qiaol2d6q9q7q9fvahr4r45huo3vhlv27o(a)4ax.com, "Ben Newsam" <ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote: > 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. Sounds perfect. I'm surprised at the top speed. It had the same engine and tranny of the 50TD. I still have the chauffeur's cap in case I ever get another opportunity like that.
From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 12:11 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> |||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk wrote: > >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> > >> >You could use some good advice on modern PC hardware. Buffered serial > >> >cards are dirt cheap - and almost obsolete since internal modems work > >> >so reliably now. > >> > >> I don't want an internal modem. I want one with lights that flash > >> for every I/O. > > > >They don't help that much you know. > > What? Lights? Yes they help a lot. I've stopped infestations What infestations ? A firewall will stop that kind of thing. I don't know of one for Windows 3.1 though ! > because > my lights were flashing when I had not given them permission to > flash. I am not ever interested in rebuilding this computer system. > EVER!!!! I wouldn't suggest you rebuild *that* one ! > >> > In fact as everyone else is on DSL & throwing out > >> >dialup modems you should be able to cadge one for nothing... > >> > >> And they all plug into a USB slot. > > > >No they don't. A nice 56k modem will plug into a COM port. > > I don't have a com port. On a 486 ? You normally have 2. What does your modem connect to ? That would be astonishingly unusual ! Where does the mouse go ? Graham
From: Don Bowey on 16 Nov 2006 12:13
On 11/16/06 2:52 AM, in article 5ggol2pi93f1fdrleu76teu2isfi5obm58(a)4ax.com, "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: > 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. There is some proprietary gear available, but the UK, in general, uses equipment which conforms to the ITU Standards. You are totally off-base in your assumptions. |