Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 19:41:12 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Studded <Studded@gorean.org>, Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall/help XF86.hlp hardware.hlp Message-ID: <4.1.19981107194015.00ab85f0@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <3644E7C7.A79DF27@gorean.org> References: <21797.910393984@gjp.erols.com>
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At 04:37 PM 11/7/98 -0800, Studded wrote: >Gary Palmer wrote: > >> 1) Why a shop called `7-11' is open 24 hours a day > > Because when the chain first started here in Southern California, they >were open from 7am to 11pm. Actually it's a textbook case of how >important it is to choose a good name for your company. :) They >actually did try to change the names of the stores here in San Diego for >a while, it was a huge disaster. > >> 2) Why a shop that is open 24x7 has locks on the door. > > Some of them actually do close, but as mentioned previously when the >clerk is alone in the store late at night they lock the door so that >they can go answer nature's call. :) > >Doug We have Big Apple stores here, as well as Christy's (Which were 7-11 until New England's 7-11's were bought out. Aparantely we get our 7-11's back soon instead). I had a friend whos replacement didn't come in, so he locked up the store and left. Sure he got fired, but that'd be a reason to have locks on the doors :) --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us My Latest Kernel: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT (ONEEX) #14: Mon Oct 19 22:36:58 EDT 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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