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On 01/02/16 16:06, charles wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher
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On 01/02/16 15:48, Chris French wrote:
Huge Wrote in message:
On 2016-02-01, newshound wrote:
On 31/01/2016 22:59, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
John Rumm writes:
I forgot that last time I used it, the zip on the weedy bag it was
in broke, and I had been organized enough to order a better bag for
it!

Another variation... Flying off somewhere and remember at the last
minute that your check-in bag was broken and you need a new one.
Whizz out and get it, pack and off to the airport. Once you've
landed you arrive at the luggage carousel only to think, "What the
hell did that new bag I just bought look like?"


I was once at a conference in the USA and I hitched a ride somewhere
with the (very experienced) Brit who had organised it. In the back
window of his hire car he had a particularly absurd and brightly
coloured cuddly toy. When I asked him about it, he said he *always*
got one for his hire cars abroad. There's nothing worse than being in
a shopping mall car park with about a hundred other identical cars.

What a brilliant idea. I went into a mall in Rochester, NY, came out
of a different door to the one I went in and couldn't find my hire
car. I didn't even know what make, model or colour it was.

Nowadays, I take a photo of the car (with reg plate).

yebbut I keep my camera in the car..

use your phone!

My phone makes p0hine calls. Thats all it does.

More fool you. Its also handy to take a
quick photo instead of taking notes etc.

Also handy to be able to do a quick voice
recording in the phone too instead of
taking notes when a photo wont work.

And to take a note into the phone when neither will do.