At my annual medicare assessment (in 2020 they discovered that they
could do these interviews by phone, to the great convenience of all concerned) the nurse asked whether I had a walk-in shower, then a few
hours later I checked into Facebook to be confronted by an
advertisement for an amazingly-cheap "walk-in shower" that could be
installed in only one day.
I've never seen a shower that wasn't walk in. What are these folks on
about?
At my annual medicare assessment (in 2020 they discovered that they
could do these interviews by phone, to the great convenience of all >concerned) the nurse asked whether I had a walk-in shower, then a few
hours later I checked into Facebook to be confronted by an
advertisement for an amazingly-cheap "walk-in shower" that could be
installed in only one day.
I've never seen a shower that wasn't walk in. What are these folks on
about?
At my annual medicare assessment (in 2020 they discovered that they
could do these interviews by phone, to the great convenience of all >concerned) the nurse asked whether I had a walk-in shower, then a few
hours later I checked into Facebook to be confronted by an
advertisement for an amazingly-cheap "walk-in shower" that could be
installed in only one day.
I've never seen a shower that wasn't walk in. What are these folks on
about?
In article <265qni5up9v4fc2vpdasu90no2g1t01vlh@4ax.com>,
Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
At my annual medicare assessment (in 2020 they discovered that they
could do these interviews by phone, to the great convenience of all
concerned) the nurse asked whether I had a walk-in shower, then a few
hours later I checked into Facebook to be confronted by an
advertisement for an amazingly-cheap "walk-in shower" that could be
installed in only one day.
I've never seen a shower that wasn't walk in. What are these folks on
about?
[Hal Heydt]
I'd be more concerned about HIPAA violations. How did whoever
call you know you didn't have one, right after discussing the
issue with a health care provider?
As for what it is... They may mean one with no lip at entry.
I've seen such things in hotels where a room is specified for
wheelchair accessibility.
As I understand it, a quarter-bath has a toilet but nothing else, a
half-bath a toilet and a sink, and a three-quarter bath a toilet, a
sink, and a shower stall. My parents' house, built in the 1950s, had
a three-quarter bath off the master bedroom, and it was by no means
an upscale house. (They paid $17,500 in 1964; adjusted for inflation
that would be $168,089 in 2023.)
In article <5fd4c2cd-0046-4e89-916a-1184c100a914n@googlegroups.com>, evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com () wrote:
As I understand it, a quarter-bath has a toilet but nothing else, a half-bath a toilet and a sink, and a three-quarter bath a toilet, a
sink, and a shower stall. My parents' house, built in the 1950s, had
a three-quarter bath off the master bedroom, and it was by no means
an upscale house. (They paid $17,500 in 1964; adjusted for inflation
that would be $168,089 in 2023.)
And then there is the thing that in the UK (and equivalent in other
European countries) a bathroom is a room with a bath in it, but not necessarily a toilet. Indeed, a house my family lived in from the
sixties had two toilets, one upstairs, one downstairs, but no bath in
either. There was a separate room with a bath and a washbasin. (And eventually, my parents added a shower to the bath.)
Lynne Murphy in The Prodigal Tongue, an examination of the differences between British and American English, tells of seeing a guide at a museum
in London refusing to answer the question from an American tourist,
"Where is the bathroom?" until they actually asked for the toilet. And
when I was trying to learn German on Duolingo, an American complained it wouldn't take Badzimmer as a translation of toilet.
Zimmer badly framed?
In article <20231222120319.1f2cb9d04a10ecfc9cacf83d@127.0.0.1>, admin@127.0.0.1 (Kerr-Mudd, John) wrote:
Zimmer badly framed?
Sorry, missed a letter - Badezimmer.
Lynne Murphy in The Prodigal Tongue, an examination of the differences between British and American English, tells of seeing a guide at a museum
in London refusing to answer the question from an American tourist,
"Where is the bathroom?" until they actually asked for the toilet. And
when I was trying to learn German on Duolingo, an American complained it wouldn't take Badzimmer as a translation of toilet.
I tried Duolingo for a few hours before deciding it sucks. My
favorite language-learning site these days is Lingolia.
As for Badezimmer, I think of it as a bathroom in a house. A toilet
in a public facility would be "Klo" or "Toilette."
I plateaued fairly quickly on German and could not have a conversation in
it. My point was that there seems to be something of a stigma in the US
of referring to a room with a toilet in it being called a toilet. And as
I said, it's not uncommon in the UK to have a room with just a toilet
bowl in it.
My parents' house, built in the 1950s, had a three-quarter bath off
the master bedroom, and it was by no means an upscale house. (They
paid $17,500 in 1964; adjusted for inflation that would be $168,089
in 2023.)
I tried Duolingo for a few hours before deciding it sucks.
My favorite language-learning site these days is Lingolia.
Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
I've never seen a shower that wasn't walk in. What are these folks
on about?
They may mean one with no lip at entry. I've seen such things in
hotels where a room is specified for wheelchair accessibility.
On Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 11:53:31 AM UTC-5, Jay E. Morris wrote:
On 12/20/2023 11:25 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article <265qni5up9v4fc2vp...@4ax.com>,Our new house has both tub and walk-in shower. Having both or just a
Joy Beeson <jbe...@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
At my annual medicare assessment (in 2020 they discovered that they
could do these interviews by phone, to the great convenience of all
concerned) the nurse asked whether I had a walk-in shower, then a few
hours later I checked into Facebook to be confronted by an
advertisement for an amazingly-cheap "walk-in shower" that could be
installed in only one day.
I've never seen a shower that wasn't walk in. What are these folks on
about?
[Hal Heydt]
I'd be more concerned about HIPAA violations. How did whoever
call you know you didn't have one, right after discussing the
issue with a health care provider?
As for what it is... They may mean one with no lip at entry.
I've seen such things in hotels where a room is specified for
wheelchair accessibility.
walk-in shower in the master[1] bedroom in new homes has been pretty
common around here (southwest Texas) for probably a decade, outside of
starter homes.
[1]excuse me, en-suite.
As I understand it, a quarter-bath has a toilet but nothing else, a half-bath a toilet
and a sink, and a three-quarter bath a toilet, a sink, and a shower stall. My
parents' house, built in the 1950s, had a three-quarter bath off the master bedroom,
and it was by no means an upscale house. (They paid $17,500 in 1964; adjusted for
inflation that would be $168,089 in 2023.)
--
Evelyn C. Leeper
At my annual medicare assessment (in 2020 they discovered that they
could do these interviews by phone, to the great convenience of all concerned) the nurse asked whether I had a walk-in shower, then a few
hours later I checked into Facebook to be confronted by an
advertisement for an amazingly-cheap "walk-in shower" that could be
installed in only one day.
I've never seen a shower that wasn't walk in. What are these folks on
about?
eleeper@optonline.net <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
My parents' house, built in the 1950s, had a three-quarter bath off
the master bedroom, and it was by no means an upscale house. (They
paid $17,500 in 1964; adjusted for inflation that would be $168,089
in 2023.)
Presumably it's actually worth far more than $168,089 today, meaning
that the official inflation rate is an enormous underestimate.
There was an article in today's Washington Post pointing out that
rates of homelessness are way up, and that homeless people are no
longer majority mentally ill or addicted. Most of them were just
squeezed out by rents increasing much faster than wages.
Keith F. Lynch <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
There was an article in today's Washington Post pointing out that
rates of homelessness are way up, and that homeless people are no
longer majority mentally ill or addicted. Most of them were just
squeezed out by rents increasing much faster than wages.
A lot of this is because rental houses that used to be owned by independent landlords are now being bought up by real estate investment trusts which basically optimize everything for maximum return. There are many apartment buildings in NYC which are completely empty because the reit that runs them can't rent them out at market rate, and if they rented them below market it would reduce the value of their other properties.
The rental problem is less the consequence of the housing shortage as a consequence of direct market manipulation.
Keith F. Lynch <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
Presumably it's actually worth far more than $168,089 today,
meaning that the official inflation rate is an enormous
underestimate.
This may be true, although the price for a small three-bedroom
house in this town isn't much more than that these days.
However, although the price for housing has increased far faster
than inflation, the price for food has not increased anywhere near
as much as inflation. In the fifties, food was often the largest
expense in a family budget, whereas today it is usually housing
(or medical expenses).
A lot of this is because rental houses that used to be owned by
independent landlords are now being bought up by real estate
investment trusts which basically optimize everything for maximum
return. There are many apartment buildings in NYC which are
completely empty because the reit that runs them can't rent them
out at market rate, and if they rented them below market it would
reduce the value of their other properties.
The rental problem is less the consequence of the housing shortage
as a consequence of direct market manipulation.
Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
Keith F. Lynch <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
Presumably it's actually worth far more than $168,089 today,
meaning that the official inflation rate is an enormous
underestimate.
This may be true, although the price for a small three-bedroom
house in this town isn't much more than that these days.
What town is that?
However, although the price for housing has increased far faster
than inflation, the price for food has not increased anywhere near
as much as inflation. In the fifties, food was often the largest
expense in a family budget, whereas today it is usually housing
(or medical expenses).
Food inflation may be relatively small averaged over all the decades
since the 1950s, but I think it's relatively high over the past decade
or two. I'm spending about twice as much on food as I did at the turn
of the century, and I'm certainly not eating twice as much, nor am I
eating a higher grade of food.
A lot of this is because rental houses that used to be owned by
independent landlords are now being bought up by real estate
investment trusts which basically optimize everything for maximum
return. There are many apartment buildings in NYC which are
completely empty because the reit that runs them can't rent them
out at market rate, and if they rented them below market it would
reduce the value of their other properties.
Maybe in NYC, but around here there are few vacant houses or
apartments. I also don't see how the price-demand curves can be such
that vacancies benefit landlords.
The rental problem is less the consequence of the housing shortage
as a consequence of direct market manipulation.
I'm hoping that this will be mitigated by the replacement of surplus
office buildings with apartments, now that more people are working
from home. For instance the office building I was falsely convicted
of burglarizing nearly half a century ago was demolished this year,
to use the land for apartments.
But inflation isn't just concentrated on housing and medical care.
Schooling (from infant day care through university), legal services
(a good felony defense costs more than a house), construction (the
new Yankee Stadium cost a thousand times the old one, and seats fewer >spectators) and maintenance are also increasingly unaffordable.
The DC Metrorail system is once again demanding higher fares and
higher subsidies, and once again threatening to cut service to the
bone if they don't get everything they want. I wish someone would
call their bluff. Fire them all and start over with people who are
more competent and less greedy.
I will say that they are actually trying to fix the system, but what
they are dealing with is a system that has not been getting proper maintenance for many decades.
Hal Heydt wrote:
Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
I've never seen a shower that wasn't walk in. What are these folks
on about?
They may mean one with no lip at entry. I've seen such things in
hotels where a room is specified for wheelchair accessibility.
Wouldn't that be a roll-in shower?
Are wheelchairs typically waterproof?
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