tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post5482884648148241985..comments2023-08-24T17:19:21.183+03:00Comments on Cousin Lucy's Spoon: One Continuous Trip, Last LegSavtaDottyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101071675505516473noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-49602079238995757882007-07-08T00:51:00.000+03:002007-07-08T00:51:00.000+03:00AH, yes....the joys of traveling with a laptop and...AH, yes....the joys of traveling with a laptop and trying to connect to the rest of the world.<BR/>But it sounds like you had a lovely time away with family.<BR/>I once started a small fire in an Inn in Doncaster, England....with my curling iron! I exaggerate a tad....there were flames coming from it, which we quickly extinguished. I had the wrong adapter!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-58367920569861939172007-07-04T18:56:00.000+03:002007-07-04T18:56:00.000+03:00Samirah - I had no idea that Spain and France were...Samirah - I had no idea that Spain and France were not compatible, electrically speaking. So glad you survived electrocultion!<BR/><BR/>Sir Barrett - I recommend the article by James Fallows on China in the July issue of The Atlantic Monthly.SavtaDottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01101071675505516473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-63683194903082501282007-07-04T18:39:00.000+03:002007-07-04T18:39:00.000+03:00Re: train ticket sales being outsourced to Florida...Re: train ticket sales being outsourced to Florida. I am fascinated by outsourcing and other globalization ideas covered in the book "The World is Flat". It gives an example of how some McDonald's drive thru's in the US are outsourcing the ones who take the calls so while cars travel from the speaker to the window their picture is snapped, matched with their order which travels to another state sirbarretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363339954053528997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-92131722641560877252007-07-02T03:28:00.000+03:002007-07-02T03:28:00.000+03:00i went to spain once and electrocuited myself usin...i went to spain once and electrocuited myself using a plug adapter thingy made for france. i hated spain because of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-61351415739393518822007-07-02T00:02:00.000+03:002007-07-02T00:02:00.000+03:00Claude, you are so wise to vacation in the same co...Claude, you are so wise to vacation in the same country as the one you live in the rest of the year, so your laptop is likely to recognize the electric outlets.SavtaDottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01101071675505516473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-89890721422330493322007-07-01T19:56:00.000+03:002007-07-01T19:56:00.000+03:00Ah the pleasures of technology! So your back and w...Ah the pleasures of technology! So your back and well and had a good time. Glad to know that.<BR/>I'll soon be off to Normandy for part of the summer. WITH my laptop ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com