| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 322.1 | Semper Paratus | NY1MM::BOWERS | Dave Bowers | Tue Feb 10 1987 16:01 | 3 |
| I have no idea how Digital started this usage. The Coast Guard
Auxiliary refers to members' vessels that are used for official
functions as "facilities".
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| 322.2 | WC is just one kind... | REGENT::POWERS | | Wed Feb 11 1987 09:20 | 11 |
| "Facilities" seems to be a relatively common word to describe
places of business. "Office" and "plant" would tend to limit the
idea of what facet of the business was being practiced, and "site"
might be interpreted as just a place where facilities might someday be built.
Basically, however, this is an instance where the euphemistic use
of the term "facilities" (for "toilet" or "washroom") has corrupted
its application against more general meaning.
- tom]
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| 322.3 | go to the toilet and wash up | VIDEO::OSMAN | and silos to fill before I feep, and silos to fill before I feep | Wed Feb 11 1987 15:45 | 6 |
| Our office kitchen has a sign that says something like:
"Please throw only liquid down the sink, as anything else
will clog the pump. If pump breaks again, Facilities will
remove the kitchen."
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| 322.4 | A Coke | DSSDEV::DENNERLEIN | | Wed Apr 22 1987 22:09 | 10 |
| When I first started here I asked Why is this a Facility and not
a Plant? The Answer was:
At a Plant, When you go to get a Coke you get it in a Paper Cup
And at a Facility, You get a Coke in a Can and that is the real
difference!
Riplies Believe it or Knot.
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| 322.5 | | BEING::POSTPISCHIL | Always mount a scratch monkey. | Wed Apr 22 1987 22:39 | 11 |
| Re .4:
> And at a Facility, You get a Coke in a Can and that is the real
> difference!
You really have not clarified matters, since one is naturally getting
Coke in a can when one gets Coke in a facility, both in the sense of
.0.
-- edp
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| 322.6 | Huh? | DSSDEV::DENNERLEIN | | Thu Apr 23 1987 12:15 | 2 |
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| 322.7 | | ERASER::KALLIS | Hallowe'en should be legal holiday | Thu Apr 23 1987 12:37 | 12 |
| Re .first_few:
A "facility" is generally a term more generic than "plant" or "office,"
and is often thus used when one wishes to include sales, service,
manufacturing, administrative, and engineering operations together,
as in "Digital has more than 60 facilities in the United States."
Re .5, .6:
I suppose it matters what you mean by "can." :-)
Steve Kallis, Jr
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| 322.8 | it's been a slow week | DEBIT::RANDALL | Bonnie Randall Schutzman | Thu Apr 23 1987 14:17 | 5 |
| re .5:
best laugh I've had in days!
--bonnie
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