Weekly Roundup Friday 26 August 2011
Good morning I was catching up with some articles on Frommers.com and came across one on the subject of tipping hotel chambermaids. Arthur Frommer says ‘A tip of $20 seems to me a minimum for […]
2011
How to Plan a Trip to Australia
I wrote – and occasionally add to – a series about planning a trip to New Zealand a while ago. I’m now embarked upon the process of a matching set of pages of information about
Weekly Roundup Friday 19 August 2011
Good morning. Birthday wishes this week to a device that truly revolutionized our lives way beyond anyone’s dreams. It is almost exactly 30 years since the first IBM PC appeared. The first PC (amongst other
Travel Insider Group Training at Front Sight, Nevada – Nov 2011
Following on from the great success of our two previous Travel Insider groups taking four-day defensive handgun courses at Front Sight, we are repeating the experience this November. Here’s what you need to know. What
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How to Replace your iPhone 3G/3GS Battery
Apple doesn’t make it possible for you to replace your iPhone 3G/3GS battery yourself. Instead, you have to send the phone back to Apple, then pay them $79 (plus another $6.95 shipping and then tax
Weekly Roundup Friday 11 August 2011
Good morning A couple of weeks ago we were celebrating the 50th birthday of the IBM Selectric typewriter. There’s another 50th birthday this week, this time for the Jaguar E-Type. Although only 70,000 cars were
Airline Staff Must Be Made Accountable For Their Lies and False Accusations
We need to make airline staff accountable for their actions when they falsely accuse passengers of various imaginary crimes. By all means, if a passenger is behaving outrageously, the full force of the law should
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Weekly Roundup Friday 4 August 2011
Good morning To my surprise, my mentioning of the IBM Selectric typewriter’s 50th anniversary last week evoked a lot of comments and memories from readers. It is amazing how a plain piece of technology has
Stylish Abrigo Coat Bag a Great Ladies Travel Accessory and Gift
Here’s something that we men never even knew our womenfolk needed; and I’ll wager that more than a few women didn’t know such a useful item exists, either. But – warning – now that the
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Weekly Roundup Friday 29 July 2011
Good morning Happy birthday this week to the IBM Selectric typewriter (pictured, left). First released (obviously enough) in 1961 (on 23 July), the ‘golfball’ typewriter with dual pitch and a correcting ribbon was an enormous
Warning – Jetblue Panties Police on Patrol
JetBlue’s Panties Police launched a sudden raid on a flight departing La Guardia last week, and demanded to see what a woman was wearing underneath a long baggy blue t-shirt that went down well below
Airlines Expose their Hypocrisy (Are You Shocked?)
So, as we now know, on Friday last week an FAA authorization expired, due to political wrangling between the parties in Congress. This has caused the FAA to discontinue some services, and it has also
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