XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 12/10/2025 12:04 am, Chris wrote:   
   > JJ  wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:40:02 +0100, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >>> On 2025/10/10 0:34:47, JJ wrote:   
   >>>> On Wed, 8 Oct 2025 11:48:06 +0100, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2025/10/8 9:35:15, Anton Shepelev wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Throw it out from the second or higher floor.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Is that a UK second or a US second?>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Wait, what? Aren't both the same?   
   >>>   
   >>> Not when it comes to floors (storeys)! In British English, the ground   
   >>> floor is called the ground floor, and the first floor is upstairs (with   
   >>> the second floor, if there is one, above that, and so on); in American   
   >>> English, the ground floor is the first floor, upstairs is the second   
   >>> floor, and so on.   
   >>   
   >> Didn't know that, since I'm in Asia. So, thanks.   
   >>   
   >> Which one or do both still superstitious on having 13th floor?   
   >   
   > Both. It's a common western phobia.   
   >   
   > I've not seen it in buildings - in the UK buildings with more than 13   
   > floors aren't that common - but many airlines don't have a row 13.   
   >   
   I can't say I've ever noticed it but I have heard that some tall   
   buildings don't actually have a 13th Floor .... they just have a gap ...   
   to allow the Wind to blow THROUGH rather than causing the building to   
   sway from side to side.   
      
   Hmm! One of my Brothers-in-Law is/was an Architect ... prehaps I should   
   discuss this with him. ;-)   
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   Daniel70   
      
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