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Category: Travel

This subject covers items related to travel.

  • Gate ‘U’

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    The flight time between Toronto and Gaithersburg Maryland is less than one and a half hours but on Tuesday the total travel time between leaving the office and when I reached the hotel was nearly eight hours. As we were flying into Ronald Reagan Airport extra security measures were in place. This included a physical…

  • Chicago

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    Chicago

    I was in Chicago Monday and Tuesday this week. I stayed at the Intercontinental on Michigan Ave. The conference was just around the block at the Gleacher Center which is part of the University of Chicago. For this part of the city, I don’t think you can say too many positive things. I took a…

  • Recovery of the Lost Pictures

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    Recovery of the Lost Pictures

    Today I received the replacement for my digital camera. The original ceased to function near the end of our recent vacation to Maine, on May 24th specifically. Today, when I returned home, I plugged in the memory card I had retrieved from the old camera and there were the three pictures I had thought I…

  • Return from Finland

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    Return from Finland

    Carolyn returned from Tampere Finland today. She was competing in the World Championships for Aesthetic Gymnastics. It’s an annual event run by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics; last year we joined her in Denmark. First reports: food was bad; things were expensive; there were some organizational challenges; and the sun is up most…

  • Day 11/12: Wednesday/Thursday May 24/25 2006

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    Day 11/12: Wednesday/Thursday May 24/25 2006

    1: Stowe Vermont2: Tupper Lake, New York3: Thornhill, Ontario My digital camera stopped functioning the morning of May 24th. Fortunately there were only 3 pictures lost as I had uploaded the contents the night before. It just would not power on. It screamed a terrifying beeping sound when I tried to turn it on. I…