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How to pack light, some tips
"Markku Grönroos" wrote in message ti.fi... I have arranged my travels so that there is little need to be instantly available. When I want to be in touch to outside world I lease a computer for a moment to send and receive mail. Sometimes it can be beneficial to book for mass transportation in advance by phone but I leave this to the hotel personnel. That's why they are there in the first place (typically the language barrier hinders me to contact the agent anyways). Why do you restrict yourself to environments where you don't need a phone. Mine is mainly used as an alarm clock when I'm on holiday, and a means of contacting my wife if we separated somewhere we're unfamiliar with. -- 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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How to pack light, some tips
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:01:58 GMT, "sharx35"
wrote: "Markku Grönroos" wrote in message ti.fi... "Chris Blunt" kirjoitti om... 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. True. I find GPS gadget typically very practical too. Did you have a roadmap of Thailand installed to the phone? Gawd, it makes one wonder how everyone survived WITHOUT GPS for all those centuries of exploration. The Vikings STILL discovered America WITHOUT GPS. The Vikings discovering America was like a drunk discovering the dunny out the back of a pub; instead of turning left to **** on the wall he turned right and found the toilet. Similarly, they probably went off to visit Aunt Helga in West Greenland and got lost. Maybe if Ericson and Columbus had had GPS they would not have got lost, Ericson would have found Aunt Helga and Columbus would have found Calcutta and the Americas would still be Indian. Cheers, Alan, Australia |
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How to pack light, some tips
William Black wrote:
"Markku Grönroos" wrote in message i.fi... "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. Some people go to places where a mobile phone will work and there aren't any public phones. I makes a certain amount of sense to carry a PAYG mobile with a few pounds credit on it just in case you have a nasty experience. And a phone is very slim and light nowadays. The charger is a bit more of a pain to carry in fact, especially as I have to take an adapter for it. Some UK chargers have a removable UK plug, which exposes euro or us etc. adaptors. -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient." Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007 |
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"sharx35" wrote in message news:qKyyi.86$Pd4.56@edtnps82... "Markku Grönroos" wrote in message i.fi... "Chris Blunt" kirjoitti om... No, I certainly don't *need* GPS, but its was very nice to have while driving around Thailand a few weeks ago. On several occasions it made finding locations we were visiting a lot easier. True. I find GPS gadget typically very practical too. Did you have a roadmap of Thailand installed to the phone? Gawd, it makes one wonder how everyone survived WITHOUT GPS for all those centuries of exploration. The Vikings STILL discovered America WITHOUT GPS. I wonder how many died trying... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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"sharx35" wrote in message news:fLyyi.87$Pd4.76@edtnps82... Those guys who are saddled with "high maintenance" wives, take note. Define 'high maintenance' in this case please. -- 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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sharx35 wrote:
"Markku Grönroos" wrote in message i.fi... "Chris Blunt" kirjoitti om... 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. True. I find GPS gadget typically very practical too. Did you have a roadmap of Thailand installed to the phone? Gawd, it makes one wonder how everyone survived WITHOUT GPS for all those centuries of exploration. The Vikings STILL discovered America WITHOUT GPS. 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. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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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. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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Markku Grönroos wrote:
"Chris Blunt" kirjoitti om... 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. Fortunately I don't have to be available for other people at work by phone. Actually I seldom carry a phone when I am out of home. When I am back I just check the calls. If wandering in wilderness, a phone may be a good piece in security terms, but on the other hand I have never went deep in to wild vistas all my own. If you're going "deep in to wild vistas" the cell phone usually won't work anyway. Taking a day hike in Connecticut it's nice to have in case you slip and break your leg, but coverage when you're away from areas of high population density starts to get spotty. Even driving the Trans-Labrador Highway you won't have cell coverage--for one segment of if the Canadian government will loan you a 911-only satphone at no charge. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:25:03 GMT, the renowned "sharx35"
wrote: "Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:58:18 +0300, the renowned Markku Grönroos wrote: "Spehro Pefhany" kirjoitti viestissä:nl3jc3pki22123egcss1f7vrbitem9vb0v@4a x.com... 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. You never visit anyone when you're on holiday? You don't have anyone depending on you back home? You don't need to make reservations at a restaurant when you're travelling? You don't ever trip a credit card security flag and have to call? Any single one of those makes carrying a modern GSM phone well worth it, assuming you're mostly travelling where they will work. Of course if your holiday consists of travelling to a set location or two and staying in a fixed hotel, a cell phone may be a needless luxury, particularly if you don't have a demanding job, but in that case, the extra weight is of little consequence. Demanding job, does your ****ING contract STATE that you have to be ALWAYS in touch? Me? It's to my own benefit, financially and for peace of mind, to stay in touch. Usually it's not required, but sometimes it comes in very handy, especially over a period of weeks. When you are aware of potential problems or have an ailing friend or relative, the phone not ringing is a very nice thing. Every motel or hotel or resort that I have EVER stayed in has TELEPHONES. aka "profit centers". I have bad memories of the old days when we had to make a late night trek to some foreign Post Office in a strange city in order not be taken to the cleaners. I simply make any calls I need to do every morning or evening from the hotel I am in.I leave employers, family, friends, etc a copy of my itinerary, including WHERE I will be each day and the phone numbers of my hotels. Only for short business trips or mini-holidays do I ever know that stuff in advance and in that level of detail. But then packing light isn't an issue, and the WiFi notebook, mouse, MP3 player with big headphones etc. usually make the trip too. That is a LOT cheaper than getting a cell phone and carting it around. Cheaper, perhaps, although money isn't always paramount. Hotels can (and do) charge exorbidant rates for long distance and international calls. With an unlocked GSM cell phone, in most places except Japan and Korea, you can pop in a local SIM card and get a local phone number and prepaid long distance for very reasonable price. In fact, I'm seriously thinking of bringing *two* cell phones (and chargers) the next time I go to Asia for an extended period of time. Now, taking the DSLR or not is less of a no-brainer, and I don't even have all the lenses I want yet. Thousands of dollars worth of stuff, bulky, fragile, easily stolen, but it delivers a tangible benefit in terms of potential quality of photos compared to a tiny point-and-shoot camera. Snapshot vs. the kind of photos that can be blown up, mounted, and put on the wall. Notebook computers likewise, though the last family mini vacation we went one we brought two notebooks so there was no waiting. ;-) Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
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How to pack light, some tips
"William Black" wrote:
"sharx35" wrote: Those guys who are saddled with "high maintenance" wives, take note. Define 'high maintenance' in this case please. Try lugging a 50lb. pullman up three flights of narrow stairs in a B&B in Bath, and you might have an idea of what it means, in this case. The phrase "heavy luggage" wife doesn't sound as classy. As much as I hate to admit it, Magda's comment about potential hernias hit close to home. :-/ |
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