Here’s a great band you may enjoy:
Soapgirls
Insurance
I used to visit the USA a lot, and other places. I found that it was worth it for me to buy an annual travel insurance. After two journeys, it was basically paid for.
You really have to have some travel insurance. You never know what might happen.
But I have an existing medical condition that is not life threatening but needs medication (pills). So, when I apply for insurance, I tell them what I have. It’s never been a problem for me, at home or away.
Because I have a condition, my insurance goes up. A lot.
And this seems very unfair. I know what I have, it’s being treated, it’s under control, it’s not a problem. A person who has something they don’t know about will get cheaper insurance. Just because you don’t know (and therefore don’t say) doesn’t mean you don’t have it, and you could possibly succumb while you are away.
So, the people who have medical problems and get them under control get penalised, and others with problems do not. Ignorance is bliss, they say.
Mobile phone
The first ever mobile phone I had was this one:
It’s the Sony CM-R111 analogue phone.
I got it for free when I bought a bulk order of floppy disks. Of course, the contract, which was with Securicor (now included in O2) was not free.
It was a very small phone with no display, as you can see, ten number memory (I think) and a good battery life.
But, on the way home one day I had a phone call. Did you call so-and-so plumbers?, I was asked. No, said I. No, we thought not. Your phone has been hacked and you need to move over to digital. Which I did.
It was a super little phone, not much bigger that a box of matches.