tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post7960112244490764780..comments2024-03-28T18:37:40.680+11:00Comments on From the High Rise: What floor are you on?Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-41427679263602321562023-03-11T08:54:48.116+11:002023-03-11T08:54:48.116+11:00Oh dear Jackie. That complicates things. We have a...Oh dear Jackie. That complicates things. We have a 13th floor but no apartments in ending in four, an unlucky number for some Asian people. There was a time when our lifts did not display the fourth floor, even though there is one.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-26332895432647198862023-03-11T03:58:08.741+11:002023-03-11T03:58:08.741+11:00LOLLOLDarla M Sandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212760625717298992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-42045821012106262292023-03-11T00:17:19.333+11:002023-03-11T00:17:19.333+11:0027th as the lobby is the first floor, however, we ...27th as the lobby is the first floor, however, we usually don't have a 13th floor in most buildings.Jackie McGuinnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15946085131678256211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-37988086829989641372023-03-10T20:19:37.315+11:002023-03-10T20:19:37.315+11:00Well, I didn't know that Rachel and having vis...Well, I didn't know that Rachel and having visited a few times, I should have noticed. 0 floor further confuses the issue. Who would have thought floor numbering could cause such confusion. This is one of my last minute dashed off posts and is proving to be rather interesting. Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-43506461904091476002023-03-10T19:59:49.399+11:002023-03-10T19:59:49.399+11:00I find lifts here in England confusing because th...I find lifts here in England confusing because they call the ground floor 0 and I am always caught thinking do I really want 0. Every time my brain can't quite cope with it. No lift ever says Ground floor. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-87272754411586005542023-03-10T19:32:43.687+11:002023-03-10T19:32:43.687+11:00Kirk, as Sandra mentioned above. Sometimes you hav...Kirk, as Sandra mentioned above. Sometimes you have a ground floor. Going up wouldn't be a problem but I can see the instinct to press 1 rather than ground. Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-61243256487468322632023-03-10T19:30:59.931+11:002023-03-10T19:30:59.931+11:00Cathy, ground should be street level at the main e...Cathy, ground should be street level at the main entrance. I like B1, B2 etc for anything lower than ground. Try UC at the QV shopping centre. Undercroft, a posh word for basement. Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-9558887076916659922023-03-10T18:55:34.167+11:002023-03-10T18:55:34.167+11:00A stone house must be very old.A stone house must be very old.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-48486916547867487322023-03-10T18:55:01.021+11:002023-03-10T18:55:01.021+11:00All three of you comments went to spam River. I...All three of you comments went to spam River. I'll leave you second comment as it has more information.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-84222747748805674302023-03-10T18:53:50.414+11:002023-03-10T18:53:50.414+11:00Your reasoning is quite sound River. Interesting t...Your reasoning is quite sound River. Interesting to learn about the original house.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-32641080555701571732023-03-10T18:52:36.782+11:002023-03-10T18:52:36.782+11:00Hels, it is one of those attention breaking words ...Hels, it is one of those attention breaking words for us when we are reading. Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-83307320272809632552023-03-10T18:44:51.806+11:002023-03-10T18:44:51.806+11:00That's interesting to learn Sandra. I assume y...That's interesting to learn Sandra. I assume you mean in your country. In theory it should not cause a problem as the lift buttons accurately have the floor numbers. Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-53681382085523461762023-03-10T18:43:09.744+11:002023-03-10T18:43:09.744+11:00You are correct Strayer, you haven't floored m...You are correct Strayer, you haven't floored me with your comment. Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-29540637134609571832023-03-10T18:42:20.240+11:002023-03-10T18:42:20.240+11:00Nicely put Roentare. I may use that phrase.Nicely put Roentare. I may use that phrase.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-89652315163146557162023-03-10T18:41:52.040+11:002023-03-10T18:41:52.040+11:00I didn't see that story Caro. NYE about 2004 s...I didn't see that story Caro. NYE about 2004 someone vomited above and it landed on our balcony. Hung over on NYD, R asked me to clean it up. It did. A boarder whose window is a metre away from our balcony vomited out his window and down the wall. The stain remained for years.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-76510641327948105992023-03-10T18:38:30.872+11:002023-03-10T18:38:30.872+11:00Yes Pat, as I remember, the same as the US.Yes Pat, as I remember, the same as the US.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-8471838218172124442023-03-10T18:38:01.097+11:002023-03-10T18:38:01.097+11:00Jaycee, as I kind of knew but thanks for the confi...Jaycee, as I kind of knew but thanks for the confirmation.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788740115264422305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-49815648872210164122023-03-10T17:38:31.214+11:002023-03-10T17:38:31.214+11:00Most of the time here in America it's as you s... Most of the time here in America it's as you said, "ground" and "floor" are one and the same, but every so often I'll get into an elevator going down where there is such a distinction, and if I don't catch it right away, I'll end up higher up than I want to be.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-75659320915343361922023-03-10T16:05:03.772+11:002023-03-10T16:05:03.772+11:00Try getting into a lift that has LG - G - UG…….the...Try getting into a lift that has LG - G - UG…….then finding out they are all visible to each other through a huge arena. Each ‘floor’ separated from each other by small set of stairs but with no disabled access - hence the lift.<br />LG is at street level!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09487589871746402154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-21493442021339113502023-03-10T14:34:33.724+11:002023-03-10T14:34:33.724+11:00Perhaps I forgot to click on "publish". ...Perhaps I forgot to click on "publish". Anyway, I said I don't agree with you. The ground floor is the one level with the ground and shouldn't be called a first floor. I live on the ground floor and upstairs is the first floor and that's all there is here, nothing higher than two storeys in the whole complex and the original old stone house with a lovely veranda is single storey divided into four flats. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-23744901280014428132023-03-10T14:31:31.785+11:002023-03-10T14:31:31.785+11:00Where did my comment go? Usually it pops up right ...Where did my comment go? Usually it pops up right away. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-43446879018502361372023-03-10T14:28:50.436+11:002023-03-10T14:28:50.436+11:00I don't agree, a ground floor is the one level...I don't agree, a ground floor is the one level with the ground and shouldn't be called a first floor. I live on the ground floor and upstairs is the first floor and that's all there is where I live, nothing more than two storeys in the whole complex and the original old house is a single storey divided into four flats. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-39700063302796622862023-03-10T12:27:34.975+11:002023-03-10T12:27:34.975+11:00Worse still, the Americans write "story"...Worse still, the Americans write "story" instead of "storey" and it takes me a while to understand the sentence.helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792877540911251690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-33039253645860269672023-03-10T11:58:22.098+11:002023-03-10T11:58:22.098+11:00I've been in several elevators that start with...I've been in several elevators that start with G and I find them very confusing;) Good post, Andrew:)Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143171429071782872.post-64983041073499293082023-03-10T11:07:01.202+11:002023-03-10T11:07:01.202+11:00Being from the US, you don't need my input, as...Being from the US, you don't need my input, as you already know how it goes here. Right now for instance I am sitting in a chair on the ground floor, first floor main floor, one and only floor of this house. However, if I were really on the floor, I wouldn't be sitting on this chair would I.Strayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124298302997708537noreply@blogger.com