The demise of Radio Shack created a problem for me last week.
I needed a USB cable that attached to a mini (not micro) USB plug so my camera and laptop could communicate. In the not too recent past, that would have meant a trip to a friendly, neighborhood Radio Shack to get the appropriate cable.
No longer.
It meant that when I was in San Diego, instead of walking or taking the bus to the Radio Shack in Hillcrest, I had to trek to Fry's Electronics to get the cable, and I was glad I was consolodating the task of getting a Six Dollar Cable with three other errands and had a time constraint the justified my trekking around San Diego in a BMW X1 thanks to Zipcar.
Are you listening Hillcrest Ace Hardware?
Anyway, the camera is ready, willing and able to trek on the Grand Heritage tour with me in October. What was on the memory card is now on a travelogue and I have room for 1,200 pictures for my Heritage Trip.
Now, if only I can get my bank on board.
Showing posts with label Zipcar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zipcar. Show all posts
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Sunday, August 2, 2015
The Switch is On.
As part of my move to San Diego, I cannot take my City Car Share membership with me as they do not serve the area. So I set myself up with Zipcar.
So far, it has worked out well. I have been able to mitigate the higher cost of using Zipcar by getting prepaid cards at my friendly, neighborhood Costco. I also like the wider variety of vehicles available (even though they are a little larger and harder to park -a major consideration in San Francisco.)
Zipcar also has a feature that would drive Rick nuts if he were still around. The phone app does double duty as a key fob, which means it serves as the remote for the car. It happens to be my favorite feature!
And speaking of phones, I still have a land line. The phone attached to it does little more than make a phone call (and that is difficult to find!) Rick always rolled the eyes in the back of his head when I used some kind of app on my phone, and say, "I am taking care of x over the phone." He was expecting some sort of conversation rather than taps of a screen.
That said, he did appreciate it when I could show him pictures of last year's Castro Street Fair which he could not attend due to his recovering from a stroke.
So it's on to finishing going through everything.
So far, it has worked out well. I have been able to mitigate the higher cost of using Zipcar by getting prepaid cards at my friendly, neighborhood Costco. I also like the wider variety of vehicles available (even though they are a little larger and harder to park -a major consideration in San Francisco.)
Zipcar also has a feature that would drive Rick nuts if he were still around. The phone app does double duty as a key fob, which means it serves as the remote for the car. It happens to be my favorite feature!
And speaking of phones, I still have a land line. The phone attached to it does little more than make a phone call (and that is difficult to find!) Rick always rolled the eyes in the back of his head when I used some kind of app on my phone, and say, "I am taking care of x over the phone." He was expecting some sort of conversation rather than taps of a screen.
That said, he did appreciate it when I could show him pictures of last year's Castro Street Fair which he could not attend due to his recovering from a stroke.
So it's on to finishing going through everything.
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