Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 04-20-20 07:02 <=-

Every time. Every time!

And one is reduced to merely nodding one's head... and maybe an unintelligble mumble.... ;)

I asked a waitress I knew at this one place who said, with a smile,
it was so the customer wouldn't ask for anything having her make
another trip, or to complain about something.
She then added it was a trick the old timers taught them early. :)
Makes sense to me.

Besides, if there were a true problem, probably the customer would be
flagging them down, anyway.... I will stop eating until the waitress or
waiter returns, if something needs to be addressed... they won't catch
me with food in my mouth then... ;)

20 years ago, some classes/degrees were mostly online already... Library Science, which was morphing into Information Services at the time,
could be done online almost entirely, should one wish to...

Marshall has lots of their special collections online.
Someone wanting an obscure book, paper, photo, etc now has it at
their fingertips.
They started out scanning all the old yearbooks, then moved to this
and that.

A lot of places are doing that now... :)

A lot of public documents at the court house are online. Some
counties in the state offer it free, others charge a fee.
I recall seeing a video several years ago where a machine would scan
a page, turn it, scan another over and over and a thick book could be
done in short order.

I've actually seen that in action, once anyway.... St Lawrence County
(NY) has put a lot of their old deed books into the computer, and all
the new deeds are input directly into the computer now... dunno if those
are actually available online, but I've used the computer at the
courthouse to do my land record research.... :)

I enjoy visiting archive.org every now and then for some free out of
print book then read on my tablet.
I understand the new (well, around 1998) library on campus is mostly
all digital now. A lot of stuff is available with just the student ID,
as if they were physically checking the book out.
The local public library does the same, using ones library card.
The e-book is not downloaded, but accessed "live".
The trouble I've had with checking out books is being able to finish reading within the check out time without having to renew.
With an e-book I have that off line I can take as long as I want to
read it since I "own" it. And store it on a CD.

Things have gone way beyond what I'm used to, for sure.... ;)

Marshall has free (well, paid for somewhere in fees I'm sure)
tablets for all students,

If what they are doing is trying to standardize what the kids are
using, that does make sense... In times past, the student would have
to purchase it,

Marshall has a semi-annual yard sale where all sorts of things are
sold that have been replaced. (My heavy computer desk with hutch as bought there for like $15 from some office, I have a old student desk
from a dorm, a swing lamp for another office, etc).

Nice finds... :)

They will also offer used electronics for sale, which are generally worthless since been worked to death.
One year they had boxes of new Ipads that were never used for some
reason. Still sealed from the factory. They were to be given to students. I didn't buy one, since I already had a tablet.

Probably were obsolete already.... ;)

The items are on display in a warehouse with a silent auction.
One time I bid and won a laptop. There is no way to check to see if
the electronic items even work. Mine had some problem that was more costly to repair then the $45 I paid for it and cost to repair would be equal to buying a new one. That was a door sto

(door stop?) Unless there was a way to make sure it worked, I don't
think I'd be bidding on much if at all....

Even back when I was in college, certain exams were always open book

I never recall any open book tests.
Not saying there weren't anyway, but after nearly 50 years I may not recall everything from those days. Some of that time is lost in a
drunken haze. LOL

He admits it, eh.... ;) Admittedly, I probably don't remember
everything from my college days, but I do remember a fair bit... :)
Since I quickly found out that I detested beer, it would have been hard
to have spent much if any time in a drunken haze.... ;) Wine and the
hard stuff cost too much and weren't nearly as available.... :)

ttyl neb

... Of COURSE I talk to myself. I LOVE intelligent conversation!

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