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[owlectomy]

Last month, when I started working here, we had computers called Internet 1, Internet 2, PC 1, PC 2 (among others). This confused a lot of people, and they would try to get on Internet 1 when their reservation was for PC 1. I spent half my time straightening this out.

Thus, to alleviate the confusion, my boss renamed PC 1 and PC 2 to 1-A and 2-A.

Now, instead of spending my time sorting out the difference between 1 and 1, I spend half my time sorting out the difference between 1 and 1-A.

I am not sure if I can have them renamed to A and B, or 10 and 11, or something. But it might help.

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Research, part 2: I thought I had a Konjaku Monogatari, but when I found my Kojiki and couldn't find a Konjaku Monogatari I guessed that maybe I'd never bought it at all. Finally I found it in the box I had neglected for two years in my parents' garage (along with my anime sheet music).

For some reason I can no longer remember, I didn't buy the modern translation, but the version I did buy is reasonably well-footnoted and surprisingly readable*. My volume, however, only has the stories from India and China, so no Abe no Seimei for me. For now.

*It was written in the 12th century, so 'surprisingly readable' isn't in fact saying all that much.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Would naming them 1, 2, 3, and 4 be too confusing? I know it's a small-town library, but they've got to have some concept of the order of numbers.

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Y, I am quite sure my patrons can at least count to ten; we already have computers #3-#9.