Comments on: Kindness in Wellington http://www.truk.com/ramble/2005/12/07/kindness-in-wellington/ truk tends to ramble on and on about stuff Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:41:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jeff http://www.truk.com/ramble/2005/12/07/kindness-in-wellington/#comment-12 Jeff Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:30:06 +0000 http://www.truk.com/ramble/?p=17#comment-12 Your electrical plug story reminds me of a similar incident Katy and I had in Ireland. Our digital camera has a rechargeable battery and we also brought the wrong adaptor. So upon arrival in Dublin we spent entirely too much time seeking out a new one. When we finally found one and got back to our hostel we realized that due to the design of the adaptor plug (there was a thick, raised plastic lip around the socket) our camera battery charger would not fit. Crap. A couple of days later we started a new adaptor search in Dingle. We found a “hardware store” (quotes explained in a moment…) but when we walked in we found that the place was actually half hardware store and half pub. One side of the room had a full Irish bar, complete with an inebriated Irish couple (I should mention it was 11am), the other side of the room had racks of hardware and electrical supplies. It was bizarre. After determining we came in for hardware rather than a pint, the barman came out from behind the bar and showed us his selection of adaptors. However, they all had they same raised lip around the plug. I explained the problem and he said, “My man will take care of it” and disappeared into the back room. A few minutes later he came back with the plug sans the raised lip. His man had sawed off the offending piece of plastic with a hacksaw. Digital camera resurrected! Enjoying the blog, jp Your electrical plug story reminds me of a similar incident Katy and I had in Ireland. Our digital camera has a rechargeable battery and we also brought the wrong adaptor. So upon arrival in Dublin we spent entirely too much time seeking out a new one. When we finally found one and got back to our hostel we realized that due to the design of the adaptor plug (there was a thick, raised plastic lip around the socket) our camera battery charger would not fit. Crap.

A couple of days later we started a new adaptor search in Dingle. We found a “hardware store” (quotes explained in a moment…) but when we walked in we found that the place was actually half hardware store and half pub. One side of the room had a full Irish bar, complete with an inebriated Irish couple (I should mention it was 11am), the other side of the room had racks of hardware and electrical supplies. It was bizarre.

After determining we came in for hardware rather than a pint, the barman came out from behind the bar and showed us his selection of adaptors. However, they all had they same raised lip around the plug. I explained the problem and he said, “My man will take care of it” and disappeared into the back room. A few minutes later he came back with the plug sans the raised lip. His man had sawed off the offending piece of plastic with a hacksaw. Digital camera resurrected!

Enjoying the blog,
jp

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