Archive | January, 2008

27 January 2008 ~ 3 Comments

Flight to Ushuaia

I bought my plane ticket to Ushuaia today and will be flying on Thursday the 31st. LAN, which is a well run Chilean company and the best option for flying here, offered fewer flights and were booked solid until the middle of February. LADE specializes mainly in cargo flights, but also provides limited passenger service [...]

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27 January 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Craigslist

My cousin-in-law Jeff is a Craigslist fanatic. I haven’t used it nearly as much as he, but it has been extremely useful for selling things I would otherwise have no way of getting rid of, short of giving them away. The Buenos Aires version of Craigslist is thriving due to the large population of foreigners [...]

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25 January 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Good News Bad News

“The bigger they are the harder they fall” has been an adage that has rung true for me as long as I can remember. Wednesday afternoon I made a trip back to the Nikon repair center and found out I had fallen even harder than previously thought. Not only did I break a piece inside [...]

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18 January 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Camera Delay

If only every place had service like I’ve received for my laptop at Mac Station. They replaced my screen when it went haywire and put in a new battery when the computer started shutting off while still showing a charge. All this was done under warranty, at no cost to me, and with professional service. [...]

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17 January 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Happy 50th Mom!

Ten years ago we threw a surprise 40th birthday party for my Mom at Park Christian School. We “happened” to drive by the school and we scared her half to death by having Officer Bergquist place his police car outside the school with the lights flashing. Thinking something tragic had happened, she rushed inside, only [...]

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