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Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] free fr> wrote:
> Le 10/10/2012 19:59, Warp nous fit lire :
> > Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> Seriously. You realise I'm never more than 17 feet from a computer,
> >> right? What do I need a phone for?
> >
> > Some people have friends who are not always 17 feet from a computer.
> >
> Two shocking ideas:
> * people have friends
> * 17 feet from a computer is already too much away.
a true poet
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:14:03 -0400, Warp wrote:
> I have heard rumors that there are neighborhoods in the US where there
> are no sidewalks at all, only streets. You are *supposed* to *always*
> drive a car there and, in fact, if you were to walk there, people would
> look at you suspiciously (because they would think you might be some
> kind of thief scouting the premises or something.) I don't know if this
> is true. (Sounds rather impractical to me.)
IME, having grown up in an area that had streets with no curbs (much less
sidewalks), that's bogus.
Jim
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:22:46 -0400, Warp wrote:
> I have heard that there are many shops there where the parking space in
> front of them is actually owned by the shops, and it's forbidden to have
> your car parked in front of a shop while you are visiting a different
> one.
That, however, is sometimes true. Parking spaces are generally part of
the shop property, and some business owners are a real pain the ass about
it, even hiring towing companies who camp out to tow or boot cars of non-
customers.
In our neighborhood, we've got a shop like that in an area where space is
restricted - and they're *never* busy (they're a beauty supply store, and
rarely do they have more than a couple of customers at any given time).
They could probably pay their bills by letting people use their lot and
charging for parking, and provide validations for their own customers.
Instead, they prefer to have the entire neigborhood hate them.
Jim
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:41:17 +0100, scott wrote:
> Funnily enough that exact shopping mall advertised some kind of
> walking/jogging event inside the mall before the shops opened (it's the
> first time I had ever heard of such events and it still seems strange to
> me).
Indeed, when I was in high school, I worked in a mall and it was very
common, especially with the older population, for them to even organize
walks before the stores opened.
Jim
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:24:49 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>> (Personally, I always use a backpack.)
>
> That would have been much wiser in my case. :-)
Some stores really look down on people bringing in backpacks, though.
Jim
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:09:11 -0400, Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> There are places that can be true, particularly in the colder climes.
>> I remember days growing up where it was -70F outside (with the wind
>> chill)
>> - you wouldn't WANT to go outdoors in that if you could avoid it. ;)
>
> -70F sounds refreshing.
Until your nose falls off from exposure. Frostbite sets in very quickly
at temperatures like that.
(I would, however, note that at least in the US how wind chill is
calculated changed, and using the 'modern' calculation it wasn't as
severe sounding as it was when I was a kid, but it still was damned cold).
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
>
> Some stores really look down on people bringing in backpacks, though.
In Finland we have this thing called competition. If one store looks
down on you, just choose the next one.
> Jim
-Aero
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On 22/10/2012 1:10 AM, Darren New wrote:
> On 10/21/2012 1:10, Stephen wrote:
>> But how did you learn that Brits don’t go outdoors?
>
> It was a joke
I knew that, the smiley was a bit of a give-away. ;-)
> because Andrew commented
This raises questions about your "reasoning" if you consider Andrew to
be a typical Briton.
> that the place two blocks away was almost close enough to walk.
>
To be fair, Milton Keynes is a "new town" and the blocks are much larger
than a traditional British city block.
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:56:34 +0300, Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>
>> Some stores really look down on people bringing in backpacks, though.
>
> In Finland we have this thing called competition. If one store looks
> down on you, just choose the next one.
In the US we have that thing as well, but we also have this thing called
"shoplifting", which stores wish to prevent, which is why many will not
let you bring a backpack into the store (or will ask you to leave your
bag with someone at the front of the store).
Jim
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:46:22 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> > because Andrew commented
>
> This raises questions about your "reasoning" if you consider Andrew to
> be a typical Briton.
LOL!
Jim
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