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On Technology
It is amazing how much technology we travel with, a change of the times, and a real test of baggage weight limits. We carefully itemized the clothing we allowed ourselves to last at least six months on the road, but apparently not the technology. It’s a bit like being careful about how much you spend on groceries at the supermarket, but then not giving a moment’s hesitation to buying several cases of wine. It’s about priorities. Totted up, I think we have a computer, mouse, charger and Skype headset, pens drives, USB cables for every imaginable purpose, connecting cables, I Pod, chargers and speakers, two mobile phones, both the same make, but each having a different type of charger, clock radio and camera with cards and cables, power adaptors of every shape, size, creed and colour, a 4 plug multi-box (I’s no use having all this technology if you can’t use it), hairdryer, haircutter and personal groomer with an attachment for every possible beauty crisis, from rampant nostril growth to out-of-control pubic hairs. I think that’s the lot; and all of this for a low-key relaxed sort of holiday.