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How to pack light, some tips
"Chris Blunt" kirjoitti om... never have been able to afford to go to before. When they get there they can do their work from a laptop on a beach instead of pushing paperwork around stuck behind a desk in some office on the other side of the world. I thought the clerk was on holiday......... Moreover, sand would damage the computer in no time. |
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sharx35 wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote in message ... Chris Blunt wrote: On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:26:47 GMT, "sharx35" wrote: "Chris Blunt" wrote in message ... On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:58:18 +0300, Markku Grönroos wrote: "Spehro Pefhany" kirjoitti om... I carry a small bottle of shampoo, because I don't like the free stuff. Maybe 200ml, which could last for several weeks. Not having a mobile phone seems silly. Why? When travelling on holiday, you need a phone. I don't need one. I find a phone to keep in touch with people even more useful when I'm traveling than it is at home. It also serves as a camera, an alarm clock, a GPS, and a way to check my emails. Something so compact that does all that and only weighs around 100g easily justifies being taken along on any trips I make. Chris They take lousy quality pictures. In fact I think the 5 megapixel camera on my Nokia N95 takes better pictures than my Canon IXUS which I bought only a couple of years ago. It may not be a professional quality camera, I don't think anyone would describe the quality as lousy. No, you do NOT need GPS unless you are, perhaps, on safari and surely the OPERATORS of the safari will take care of THAT need. No, I certainly don't *need* GPS, but its was very nice to have while driving around Thailand a few weeks ago. On several occasions it made finding locations we were visiting a lot easier. E-mails can be checked at any one of the MILLIONS of cyber cafes in the world. Of course, and that's probably what I'd do if I wanted to do any serious work online. The advantage for me is being able to check instantly from anywhere whether there's any email that needs attending to in the first place, without even having to go near an internet cafe. Personally I've never gotten an email that _needed_ checking. If someone really wants to get hold of me they can call and if they want to get hold of me when I'm on vacation they can bloody well leave a message and wait until I get home. The cell phone is for _my_ convenience, not for the convenience of others. While I always carry it, unless I'm using it or expecting a call from someone I want to talk to, it's turned off. Well, if I ever DO get one, that will be my attitude, too. It will usually be turned OFF, unless I am calling out or expecting an urgent call. Oh, now I get it, you're afraid of the unfamiliar. If you've had one and decided that it didn't fit your needs that's one thing, but until you've actually got some first hand experience you shouldn't go around hurling insults at people who have found them to be useful. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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sharx35 wrote:
"William Black" wrote in message ... "sharx35" wrote in message news:HAvyi.174$bO6.161@edtnps89... . No, you do NOT need GPS unless you are, perhaps, on safari Or on a walking holiday somewhere... E-mails can be checked at any one of the MILLIONS of cyber cafes in the world. Cyber cafes are disappearing fast in Europe. Everyone has a computer, wireless access is available in many town centres, and even in some rural areas. I don't think there's a cyber cafe within forty miles of where I live these days, there used to be half a dozen, but I can get free wireless access down at my local pub.. Yet ANOTHER reason for dropping in at the pub, eh? Note what he said, "free wireless access". Not an open computer or terminal. That means that he needs something that can connect to that access point. So which would you rather lug around, a few ounces of cell phone or a few pounds of computer? -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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In article FMAyi.93$Pd4.67@edtnps82, "sharx35"
wrote: Well, if I ever DO get one, that will be my attitude, too. It will usually be turned OFF, unless I am calling out or expecting an urgent call. I have one I use for travel inside the US that actually has voice mail, but I turn it on so seldom that I've found months-old messages when I've done so 8-) -- Mary, biblioholic bib-li-o-hol-ism : the habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire, and consume books in excess. http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo |
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"J. Clarke" wrote: Copies at home aren't free either and if you're using an inkjet all-in-one they run when they get wet too. plastic cover? umbrella? As to the weight, that depends on how much of the book you need. If you're going to one town for a few days maybe. If you're going to one town you can read up ahead of time and get detailed info when you get there, too. -- Mary, biblioholic bib-li-o-hol-ism : the habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire, and consume books in excess. http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo |
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Chris Blunt wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:46:22 -0400, "J. Clarke" wrote: Chris Blunt wrote: On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:26:47 GMT, "sharx35" wrote: "Chris Blunt" wrote in message ... On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:58:18 +0300, Markku Grönroos wrote: "Spehro Pefhany" kirjoitti om... I carry a small bottle of shampoo, because I don't like the free stuff. Maybe 200ml, which could last for several weeks. Not having a mobile phone seems silly. Why? When travelling on holiday, you need a phone. I don't need one. I find a phone to keep in touch with people even more useful when I'm traveling than it is at home. It also serves as a camera, an alarm clock, a GPS, and a way to check my emails. Something so compact that does all that and only weighs around 100g easily justifies being taken along on any trips I make. Chris They take lousy quality pictures. In fact I think the 5 megapixel camera on my Nokia N95 takes better pictures than my Canon IXUS which I bought only a couple of years ago. It may not be a professional quality camera, I don't think anyone would describe the quality as lousy. No, you do NOT need GPS unless you are, perhaps, on safari and surely the OPERATORS of the safari will take care of THAT need. No, I certainly don't *need* GPS, but its was very nice to have while driving around Thailand a few weeks ago. On several occasions it made finding locations we were visiting a lot easier. E-mails can be checked at any one of the MILLIONS of cyber cafes in the world. Of course, and that's probably what I'd do if I wanted to do any serious work online. The advantage for me is being able to check instantly from anywhere whether there's any email that needs attending to in the first place, without even having to go near an internet cafe. Personally I've never gotten an email that _needed_ checking. If someone really wants to get hold of me they can call and if they want to get hold of me when I'm on vacation they can bloody well leave a message and wait until I get home. In that case you would have absolutely no need for such a function on a mobile phone. Not everyone is in the lucky position of being so independent of email. Actually I find the email function quite useful. Before I go grocery shopping I email my shopping list to my cell phone. But I seldom get email from others that has any urgency. The cell phone is for _my_ convenience, not for the convenience of others. While I always carry it, unless I'm using it or expecting a call from someone I want to talk to, it's turned off. I don't travel in order to place myself in some kind of self-imposed isolation, and I usually have friends in places I travel to. Turning off one's cell phone does not result in "self-imposed isolation". Travellers had no trouble meeting their friends before cell phones were invented. But when I'm with one of those friends then I don't want the phone to interrupt the conversation. A mobile is invaluable for keeping in contact with them, arranging meetings, dealing with last minute changes of plan etc. Which comes under the heading of "my convenience". Unimportant phone calls on a mobile can be a nuisance so I normally use text messaging rather than making voice calls because I find it far less intrusive. That's nice, but I don't usually call myself, and others don't have your courtesy. If other people find writing letters to friend in advance, making use of carrier pigeons, or leaving messages at hotel reception desks a convenient way to achieve the same thing, then good for them. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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In article EHvyi.176$bO6.169@edtnps89,
"sharx35" wrote: "Magda" wrote in message ... On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:24:56 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, "Rog'" arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: ... Any ideas (for my wife) on how to pack for these limits: ... US-Europe... 23kg (50lbs) ea. (2 allowed); ... Inside Europe... a total of 20 kg (44 lbs); and ... Inside Greece... a total of 15lkg. (33lbs.).... ... plus a carry-on. ... I said, pack for the least weight allowed, which went ... over like a lead-balloon. =R= Let her pack as much as she wants and cope *all alone* with the consequences (carry the load herself, pay the penalties from her pocket, etc.). It will teach her a lesson in common sense. You don't understand: for MOST of us married people, our finances are COMBINED...when we married we COMBINED our fortunes, as it were. So it makes NO difference whose wallet the overweight fees comes out of...the source is the same. Make her carry whatever she takes. I'm 73 and do it--a real "pack light" teacher. -- Mary, biblioholic bib-li-o-hol-ism : the habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire, and consume books in excess. http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo |
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Markku Grönroos wrote:
"Chris Blunt" kirjoitti om... never have been able to afford to go to before. When they get there they can do their work from a laptop on a beach instead of pushing paperwork around stuck behind a desk in some office on the other side of the world. I thought the clerk was on holiday......... Moreover, sand would damage the computer in no time. Priceless exchange on one of the fora on Compuserve many years ago--guy's having trouble with his laptop, he's corresponding with a female tech at I think it was Digital Research. Turns out that he's online from the bar at the Royal Hawaiian. After a while they agree that he's going to fly her to Hawaii for the purpose of fixing his computer. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:28:28 -0400, "J. Clarke"
wrote: Discovering America is easy--if you sail west from Europe it's pretty hard to miss. Discovering Aunt Millie's new place when Aunt Millie is one of those can't give comprehensible directions is another story. Easy instructions for a total stranger. Go past Jones pasture, then turn right where the old school used to be, then left two miles before you get to the Peterson place. Millie's place is the one with the red back door. Cheers, Alan, Australia |
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"sharx35" wrote in message news:7KAyi.91$Pd4.28@edtnps82... "William Black" wrote in message ... "sharx35" wrote in message news:fLyyi.87$Pd4.76@edtnps82... Those guys who are saddled with "high maintenance" wives, take note. Define 'high maintenance' in this case please. In a nutshell? Demanding entitlement bitches who think that their butt is made out of gold. Well the words seem to be in English but they don't make any sense. Does anyone know what this means? -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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