The stalls in US office blocks always astounded me. There’s a 12” gap between the floor and the stall wall/divider.
I’ve been in serious business meetings getting my head taken off by some SVP or EVP, we’ve taken a break to cool down, 10 minutes later I’ve gone to take a leak and I can see the same guy with his pants and under jocks around his ankles heaving away in the stall. Good to know Mother Nature forced him stoop to doing stuff like the rest of us.
In the Netherlands, there is no gap between floor and stall wall/divider. You could have a party in there and the next guy wouldn’t know.
Like you, I never used the stalls at school, and only once or twice at work in an emergency. There’s a time and a place for everything.
There is a reason for that.
By law, I was told. In order to see what's going on, the feet should be visible.
Bertrand Russell was an only child and brought up at home with tutors. When he went to Cambridge he couldn't find a bathroom and was too shy to ask anyone, so walked to the train station every morning to use the washroom.
No reports on what he might have read there.
Right now I’m on the pot with my iPad. Posting this.
Years ago it was the parts express catalog. That’s gone the way of the dinosaur. I also used to bring in my six inch thick National Semiconductor Linear Data book - until it fell apart. Those have also gone the way of the dinosaur.
The iPad is ok, but I’m not really actively looking up circuit ideas or designing speakers on the pot anymore.
Years ago it was the parts express catalog. That’s gone the way of the dinosaur. I also used to bring in my six inch thick National Semiconductor Linear Data book - until it fell apart. Those have also gone the way of the dinosaur.
The iPad is ok, but I’m not really actively looking up circuit ideas or designing speakers on the pot anymore.
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DIYA is my morning laxative.
I just chucked out a boat load of old semiconductor catalogues, Nat Semi, BB, TI....
Well, all the devices are almost obsolete, and who really needs a datasheet for a 741 anyway?
That being said, I'll still print out a datasheet, staple and store it, so I can read off screen.
DIYA is my morning laxative.
I just chucked out a boat load of old semiconductor catalogues, Nat Semi, BB, TI....
Well, all the devices are almost obsolete, and who really needs a datasheet for a 741 anyway?
That being said, I'll still print out a datasheet, staple and store it, so I can read off screen.
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This is brilliant, if a little peculiar.
I dont understand how someone can be toilet shy at school, and yet be happy with his and hers toilets!
I certainly wouldn't want to sit there next to my misses!
(I'd be in and out in 5 mins, and she'll be the all day)
There's a really interesting movie which you can view on Prime: "Obit" -- about the obituary writers at the New York Times.
The Times sports writing absolutely sucks, their biz writing is awful and editorials make you cringe, but you learn a lot about human history of the last 100 years via their obits: Review: ‘Obit’ Follows the Team That Writes Death Notices for The Times - The New York Times
A sister sends me the interesting obits from the Times of London and UK Mail.
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