>Betty Jean Piech wrote:
>>
>> Dear Conch-Lers -  I leave in three days for a collecting trip to Margarita
>> Island off the coast of Venezuela and I suddenly remembered I need some
>> information I don't have.  Do they have 110 current (I hope, if not I will
>> need to take a converter)?  And do their plug-ins look like ours or do I
>> need an adapter and if so what does it look like?  And even if everything
>> is just like the US, I still need to know that so I can stop thinking of
>> what I will look like if I have to spend 11 days in the water without a
>> hair-dryer.  I know we have some members in Venezuela, hopefully one of you
>> will come to my rescue.
>>
>> Betty Jean, The Tall One =20
>>
>> Betty Jean Piech=A0=A0=A0=A0
>> Hockessin DE,USA
>> ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~=20
>> _@/-The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.-\@_
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>
>Dear Betty Jean:
>
>Isla Marguerita and the rest of Venezuela is a lovely place; you will
>have a good time.  Their electricity connections are the same as in the
>United States.
>
>Of course, most of us don't have to worry about a hair dryer.  What
>would you look like without a hair dryer? Why a shell collector of
>course.  Besides, just stand in back of anyone else on the trip when
>photographs are taken and you have nothing to worry about.
>
>Have an enjoyable journey.  Buena suerte y via con dios, mi amiga.
>
>Alan Gettleman
>Merritt Island, FL
 
Alan,
Vaya con Dios, "Go with God", not "Via con dios"  "the way with God?"
        Too bad I also teach Spanish at the local college.  Would you like
to enroll?
 
        Dan
 
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