Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Soldered connections. Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 17:53:15 +0200 Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <108aefl$1n7i9$9@dont-email.me> <108hddu$3bl64$2@dont-email.me> <108leod$b9i7$1@dont-email.me> <108mli5$k17h$1@dont-email.me> <108moro$ktk8$1@dont-email.me> <108muat$m6bo$1@dont-email.me> <6P6cndY_yqfjxS31nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@giganews.com> <1093t2g$3ophr$6@dont-email.me> <1096g3f$djbq$2@dont-email.me> <1096m5n$frbq$1@dont-email.me> <1096una$i22a$1@dont-email.me> <7i4oolxn0r.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <109bpk6$1l8kp$19@dont-email.me> <109c155$1otol$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 0eTYFhXoOxNzAK7DQ1tiDQl5y4pOz1jPHmBOf6aqZuR1QRFb5O X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:JY2MaUL/qx02/LpicYIiHc/bGXY= sha256:ZIa6nffng7PWEJsu36i6H1BRDJrL2ZiILt65b5Nlyk0= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <109c155$1otol$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:73381 alt.comp.os.windows-11:23801 On 2025-09-04 14:36, Daniel70 wrote: > On 4/09/2025 8:28 pm, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 04/09/2025 11:00, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>> On 2025-09-04 05:28, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >>>> On 2025-09-03, c186282 wrote: >>>>> On 9/2/25 10:24 AM, Graham J wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Daniel70 wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> [snip] >>>>>> >>>>>>> When I walk in from the Street Footpath through the Front Door of a >>>>>>> House, I'm still (possibly) AT GROUND LEVEL, so I MUST be on THE >>>>>>> *GROUND* *FLOOR* level, surely!! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If I then go up a set of stairs, that puts me at the *FIRST* *FLOOR* >>>>>>> *ABOVE* Ground level, surely!! >>>>>> >>>>>> This is indeed the English convention.  I suspect the same is true in >>>>>> France: "premier etage".  So probably Europe-wide. >>>>>> >>>>>> The Americans can achieve the same result by numbering their ground >>>>>> floor as zero. >>>>> >>>>>     Nope, almost ALWAYS level ONE. >>>>> >>>>>     Far too late to change. >>>> >>>> Too bad.  To this day, many people can't handle the concept of zero. >>>> >>>>>     There is no zero. Basement levels start >>>>>     at "B1". >>>> >>>> Or "P1" in buildings with underground parking. >>> >>> Some buildings use this in the elevator (translating from Spanish): >>> >>>   4 >>>   3 >>>   2 >>>   1 >>>   G (or 0)  (ground) >>>   U (underground) >>>   P1 >>>   P2 (Parking) >>>   P3 >>> >>> >> In the UK B rather than U for Basement > > So does that mean you have a level of Office/Shop/Housing space BELOW > ground level on top of several Parking levels?? The example above corresponds to a big department stores building near me, from El Corte Inglés. They have the supermarket (food etc) at the underground. All the floors are shopping space. One level for men, other for women, other for youth... More or less. -- Cheers, Carlos.