Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk wrote:
> No. Typical house sizes here in the UK mean that all of us UK members have
> it. I imagine many of the US crowd have the same problem, too. In
> continental Europe, typical house sizes are larger, but most people live in
> apartments, so goodness knows what they do!
Hey, all of the BBC shows I see on Public Broadcasting over here in the States
show these huge houses with broad sweeping staircases (which would be great for
stacking a whole lot of desktop-style systems). Am I being deceived by the
media? Do some Brits live in extended closets like we have here in the U.S.?
Actually, I'm one of the lucky ones. My fiancee permits me a whole 8" by 10"
room in the basement for my laboratory. Not much room to actually _move
around_, since three sides are heavy-duty storage shelves, but at least I can
get at half a dozen keyboards and screens from the one chair, an old wooden
"back chair". Of course, I can't have that many systems powered at a time
anyway until I run some more electricity into the room.
--
Ward Griffiths
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails
of the last priest." [Denis Diderot, "Dithyrambe sur la fete de rois"]
Received on Sun Oct 19 1997 - 12:49:52 BST