There was a hail storm here yesterday afternoon. Interesting to watch it from 4 floors up after being on the ground floor for so many years.
Before we left the US I ordered an "all regions" DVD player from a company in Chicago that was owned by someone who sounded like they were from either India or the Middle East who assured me that I would love it and be glad that I purchased it. Well, HE WAS RIGHT! For the uninitiated ALL DVD players and televisions in the EU work using a PAL signal path whereas the DVD players and TVs in the US work using the NTSC signal path not to mention that EU electronics are all 220 volts as opposed to 110 for the US. I'd never even unpacked the DVD player until our personal shipment arrived last Monday and Wednesday night I hooked it up to the 36 inch Sony LCD TV in our apartment and it worked flawlessly with the DVDs we had shipped from home. Cassie and I watched "Raising Arizona" and were very pleased to be able to watch one of our favorite movies ever without having to replace all of them in a new format or wait for it to turn up on French TV overdubbed.
Ahh, the little things that make one feel right huh? Still getting the twins ready for college to start. I have to print some forms and have them sign them and then scan them and email them to Strayer University which is the online college they'll attend while here. Hopefully it'll go better than our experience in Lynchburg at Central Virginia Community College which is a hostile environment for folks who exist within the Autism Spectrum. So far everyone at Strayer has been very accommodating and for what they charge they should be.
It's another day heading to the store after lunch and perhaps me and my bride will have a date tonight somewhere in Paris.
For the time being, no more Saudi dance numbers on the TV. Life is good indeed.......*
Love to all everywhere.....
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