Comments(0) BBC NEWS | Technology | Severed cables disrupt internet
Internet services have been disrupted in large parts of the Middle East and India following damage to two undersea cables in the Mediterranean.
This is part of the trouble living in the Middle East. The Internet isn’t so quick here!
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This was in the newspaper today about the accident along with a small photo (I could have sent them mine, but I’m not sure if I’m such a voyeur.) Typical reporting on the many accidents.
Car flips over
A 40-year old woman was injured after her car filled over after colliding with another car in Adan. the lady was rushed to the hospital while the other driver escaped unscathed.
Well in fact, she wasn’t so rushed considering we spent over 15 minutes in the traffic jam just to get past the accident scene and meanwhile ambulances passed by going the other way. And of course if the ambulances were coming our direction nobody moves aside for them as they pack the road driving even on the shoulder to get by.
People are always driving terribly here. And of course you know what it leads to:
We were on the way to Savitri’s piano lesson in the afternoon and were delayed by this recent accident. Yes that is a victim laying on the road. It isn’t like the west here, it takes a long time for the ambulance to arrive. Cars don’t make way for them. And of course the other problem is that trucks and busses are always driving with their lights flashing, and the police do this also so it is pretty hard to tell what a real emergency is. I saw that in India too.
And the people here do not wear seatbelts and you often see a women in full veils driving which is I hear illegal. No peripheral vision. And also there are very often kids in dad’s lap with perhaps dad on the cell phone and smoking a cigarette. For sure the mobile phone is standard equipment for drivers. You know just how bad that is.
Comments(0) I’m in the final packing now. Not too much to take. I plan to augment my wardrobe with some shopping in Los Angeles.
The surgery is scheduled for the early morning on January 9, 2008. The surgeon is Jose N. Fayad, M.D. of House Ear Institute (Wikpedia link) and the surgery will be done under a local anesthetic at the St. Vincent Medical Center across the street from the House Institute.
Stay tuned for updates on the surgery and results as soon as I can post them.
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A Czech art group hacked the TV stations site so that a fake nuclear explosion was broadcast. They won a prize and are now being prosecuted!
Comments(0) Interesting story. She certainly had dedication to the task.
Comments(0) I may get one if there is time and depending on what happens tomorrow (stay tuned)
On the web there are a number of different phone numbers etc.
Kuwait Automobile and Touring Club (KATC)
Airport Road, Khaldiyah
PO Box 2100 Safat
13021 KUWAIT
Tel: (965) 483 2388 - 483 2192 - 483 2406
Fax: (965) 484 1433
Non-refundable charge for breakdown and towing service.
Breakdown Service: 483 2388
Kuwait Automobile and Touring Club (KATC)
Airport Road
Khaldiyah
13021 Kuwait
(965) 483 24 06
(965) 483 23 88
Services Offered:
Emergency Road Service
Fee-based, AAA member discounts may apply
Breakdown Service
Towing Service
Phone: 483 23 88
Maps and Travel Publications
Fee-based, AAA member discounts may apply
General Touring Information and Assistance
Branch office located in the following cities:
Fahaheel, Jahra
Comments(1) It’s my turn in 8 days, the right ear though, and I don’t know if they’ll video it. Stay tuned. And here’s a prior post I did way back on my otosclerosis.
