Kat, I'm so sorry about your friend.
Damn, today has (mostly) sucked, hasn't it?
Tomorrow damned well better be...better. Or else.
Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strix - Apr 20, 2011 7:02:35 pm PDT #4449 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
sarameg - Apr 20, 2011 7:08:06 pm PDT #4450 of 30001
They'll remember him, through you. My middle name came from a woman who died before my memory took hold. But I know Marguerite, a fab LWV woman whose ERA blankies and onesies and crocheted sweaters and mitts are all in a cedar chest and I knew where they came from, long after I wore then. Cause of my parents.
It rather sucks, but also is a gift, those [friend]parents who don't live through our lives. Best can be is that the living parents gift the kids with the awesomeness that was, and how it happened when they were too wee to recall.
meara - Apr 20, 2011 7:16:42 pm PDT #4451 of 30001
I really need to figure out what do with with my smartphone before I head to London. Not that Hec's ass ever calls.
dunno about your brand, but if you put it in airplane mode and then turn on wifi, you'll be fine (if you're not planning to make calls). That's what I've done every time I leave the country. I figure if I NEED to I can turn on the phone, but generally I just leave it in airplane (so I can use non-internet apps) and then hook up to wifi as needed.
shrift - Apr 20, 2011 7:50:08 pm PDT #4452 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
if you put it in airplane mode and then turn on wifi, you'll be fine (if you're not planning to make calls).
I was doing some research earlier that gave me the same advice! I'm thinking about doing that, and perhaps buying an unlocked GSM phone and a local prepaid SIM card for to talk to people.
meara - Apr 20, 2011 7:52:23 pm PDT #4453 of 30001
The bonus is, in airplane mode, the battery lasts forever!
But seriously, I spent two weeks in Europe, a week in Peru, and a week in Mexico in the past few months, with that strategy, and it worked out fine, no extra charges.
Typo Boy - Apr 20, 2011 8:07:48 pm PDT #4454 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Kat so sorry about your friend.
beth b - Apr 20, 2011 8:16:26 pm PDT #4455 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I'm sorry , Kat
Liese S. - Apr 20, 2011 8:47:59 pm PDT #4456 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Condolences, Kat. And sarmeg is absolutely right. There was a woman who was a dear friend of my parents when they were your age, who died young. But she is absolutely vivid in my memory, golden and singing and generous of heart, because of their stories. Your friend can be that to the twins; you can keep him alive in your stories.
Calli - Apr 21, 2011 2:17:42 am PDT #4457 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Congratulations, msbelle!
I'm sorry about your friend, Kat.
Sue - Apr 21, 2011 2:44:32 am PDT #4458 of 30001
hip deep in pie
double post...sorry.