Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english,alt.english.usage Subject: Re: Floppies Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:38:09 +0200 Lines: 129 Message-ID: References: <9fjemlxbio.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <4cnjplxbgm.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <101fck52laaigefq5tubi6i7b0qpccmuic@4ax.com> <9DOdncYo-vBzE1r1nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> <10a8mbc$1q6g1$8@dont-email.me> <10afh2l$3hcc0$1@dont-email.me> <10ag0tf$3l3a7$1@dont-email.me> <10agpn4$3qpp8$2@dont-email.me> <10ah9i6$3v8gp$1@dont-email.me> <10ai0bj$599f$1@dont-email.me> <7ZYzQ.83$Qzga.44@fx10.ams1> <10asnre$2mkn6$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 nhoWZRPFREFbDKL0/GdNLgcQub2Lx9TcLj2xukXQD/+dGN94fI X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:ErAJ7Pw7uRbmlmkftUmzZOp6eq8= sha256:uc4Z0di6+MboTlPM42c4bSUVPU1njRbn1AAKMFkmCQQ= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75020 alt.usage.english:1128793 On 2025-09-23 22:15, Sam Plusnet wrote: > On 23/09/2025 00:58, Jeff Barnett wrote: >> On 9/22/2025 1:48 PM, Sam Plusnet wrote: >>> On 21/09/2025 21:33, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>> On 2025-09-21 22:10, Sam Plusnet wrote: >>>>> On 20/09/2025 23:07, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>>>> On 2025-09-20 21:44, Sam Plusnet wrote: >>>>>>> On 19/09/2025 21:55, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>>>>>> On 2025-09-19 07:11, c186282 wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 9/19/25 00:38, rbowman wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:16:18 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>     Of course I am low rent.  I worked at low-paying jobs >>>>>>>>>>> with all >>>>>>>>>> sorts >>>>>>>>>>>     and >>>>>>>>>>> shades of skin color. Not being able to work full time or >>>>>>>>>>> part time did >>>>>>>>>>> not pay any better but I did the best I could and was raised >>>>>>>>>>> to be >>>>>>>>>>> rather thrifty.  A tight-wad and a penny-pincher wth >>>>>>>>>>> expensive taste for >>>>>>>>>>> my economic class. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I'm a college educated redneck but never developed expensive >>>>>>>>>> tastes >>>>>>>>>> thankfully and have a minimalist life style. That led to >>>>>>>>>> little anomalies >>>>>>>>>> like buying a relatively expensive computer while sleeping on >>>>>>>>>> a mattress >>>>>>>>>> on the floor. The computer was a business expense anyway. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I got the AARP mag today with the glossy photos of high end >>>>>>>>>> retirement >>>>>>>>>> communities, scenic cruises, and vacations to exotic places >>>>>>>>>> for a glimpse >>>>>>>>>> into another world. I'd rather mow the lawn and scratch the >>>>>>>>>> cat's ears >>>>>>>>>> when she comes back from whatever exotic place she visits when >>>>>>>>>> I fire up >>>>>>>>>> the lawnmower. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I read 'Walden' at a formative age I guess. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>    Heh ... I'm kind of in a similar groove. Don't need or >>>>>>>>>    want the 'elegant lifestyle' bullshit or to hob-knob >>>>>>>>>    with the 'elites' or project 'image'. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>    It's WAY cheaper - keeps you in the black and well >>>>>>>>>    away from the red. Also just FAR less BS. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>    Cruises ... well, if you crave a dose of norovirus  :-) >>>>>>>>>    Besides, people might want to talk at you about >>>>>>>>>    Stupid Stuff ... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Some people say that it is cheaper to live on a long cruise than >>>>>>>> paying the rent back home. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Who in their right mind would pay that kind of rent? >>>>>> >>>>>> When there is no alternative... >>>>>> >>>>> There are always alternatives. >>>>> They could move the South Wales. >>>>> (Rents are pretty cheap - for good & sufficient reasons.) >>>> >>>> Well... not everybody wants to emigrate. >>> >>> But they are prepared to 'leave home' and live aboard a cruise ship >>> far from anything they have known?[1]> >>>> For instance, there are many jobs in the island of Mallorca, >>>> specially in summer. But there is no affordable houses or rooms to >>>> be had. So the workers sleep in tents or cars instead. They are not >>>> poor, they have good salaries. But housing prices skyrocketed. >>>> >>>> Youths that managed to register to their dream university have to >>>> abandon their studies because they don't get anywhere affordable to >>>> live while they study. >>> >>> I'm sure you didn't invent the phrase, but "dream university" sounds >>> weird to me.  If there was ever a time for rational thinking, >>> choosing a university would be it. >>> >>> [1] A thought occurs.  What happens to someone who is living on a >>> cruise ship when their passport expires?  Do they become stateless? >>> Doomed to forever roam the waves without ever being able to visit dry >>> land? >>> Presumably, the ship would be unable to evict them.> >> The modern version of the Flying Dutchman! > > There was a man who was stuck for years air-side at an airport, unable > to enter that country nor fly anywhere else. > I'm sure someone here would remember the details. And a movie was made of it. Maybe two? We don't need to remember, we ask chatgpt :-D I did: Yes, you're remembering correctly — there were two main films: The Terminal (2004, Hollywood, fictionalized) Lost in Transit (1993, French, closer to real events) Real inspiration: Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who lived in Paris CDG's Terminal 1 for ~18 years. Confirmation: Mehran Karimi Nasseri (Persian: مهران کریمی ناصری, pronounced [mehˈrɒn kæriˈmi nɒseˈri]; 1945 – 12 November 2022), also known as Sir, Alfred Mehran,[2] was an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 26 August 1988 until July 2006, when he was hospitalized. His autobiography was published as a book, The Terminal Man, in 2004. Nasseri's story inspired the 1993 film Lost in Transit and the 2004 film The Terminal. He returned to living at the airport in September 2022, and died there of a heart attack in November 2022. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;