>>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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