RE: OT: What to by on my first trip to the US ?

["Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)" <haweste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew,=20

Not particularly techie, but I've brought back 6 rolls of gardening soaker
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hose over my last two trips. UK price =3D =A330 for 25m, US price =3D $12
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or 1/2"x100ft (30m) & $11 for 5/8"x75ft (23m). Although the
hose is quite b=
ulky it's not that heavy. I could fit 4 rolls into a large suitcase with
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clothes packed around them. As far as I can tell the hose is exactly the s=
ame as the UK stuff.

Rotozip bits are not a huge bargain versus UK eBay, but they are readily
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ailable in Home Depot etc. and don't take up much room.

If you can get to a Radio Shack they have a neat tool for screwing
"F" conn=
ectors onto coax cable. Basically a "T" shaped handle, you screw
the "F" pl=
ug onto the handle, then use the handle to screw the plug onto the cable.
S=
aves your fingers if you're doing a lot of them and it was only a few
bucks=
IIRC.

Best Buy is worth a look around if you can find one, as is Frys Electrical
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recommended by previous reply.

HTH,

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew
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> I know this question does the rounds.
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> I've off to Vegas next week (Vmworld in case anyone here is=20
> into this thing mail me offlist if you wish to chat)
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> Seems the thing to do is buy a gadget / console or two on the way back
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> Any suggestions on both what to buy and or where to buy.
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> At the mo, I'm thinking the normal things like mp3,divx=20
> player. Possible GPS/ipaq type device.