Things are different here...
Brian Densmore
DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com
Fri Apr 11 14:22:31 CDT 2003
I didn't notice any of that when I was in London in November.
Maybe it's just the area you're in.
When I wanted a shower I just turned on the faucet.
And the keyboard in the cafes all looked normal to me except
for the British pound sign replacing the $ sign. But maybe
I'm not observant enough. There are plenty of primitive places
in the US too.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Hutchins [mailto:hutchins at tarcanfel.org]
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 7:29 AM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Things are different here...
>
>
> Things are different in England.
>
> For one thing, there's the keyboard. Left shift key is too
> short, and has the
> pipe/backslash right next to it. @ is with single-quote,
> down by L, along
> with ~#. Right-alt doesn't usually work.
>
> The plumbing is different too. We're not in one of those
> quaint cottages
> where the drains run down the outside wall, but it still
> seems primitive. The
> toilets have these great deep bowls, and when you flush it
> feels like you're
> pumping the water up a well. To take a shower, first you
> pull the ceiling
> chain next to the stall to turn on the heater. Then you turn
> the dial on the
> heater counter-clockwise to open the valve, and further
> counter-clockwise is
> cooler, back towards off is warmer.
>
> Need to track down the local interest groups and see what's
> what over her.
> --
> Live from Andover, England
> Jonathan
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