My only night in Rio de Janeiro I got on a little electric trolly car and 
rode off to fame and fortune.  After a while I noticed that something was 
wrong by the way the driver was montioning to the conductor.  Turns out that 
he was getting a shock from the g'o slow' control.  It was fun watching 
their gestures, as i had no idea of what they were saying.  Then after the 
conductor got shocked him self, they stopped the trolley and every one got 
off.  Having no idea of where I was, just started walking and pass a bar 
where, as most bars, there were tables on the sidewalk.  There were some US 
peace corp. people having a drink and I joined them.  Later they took me to 
a mountain top hotel to have a drink and afterwards delivered me to my ship 
at the dock.  Someone does look after fools.

Bill


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Winter" <HDRW@H2Org.demon.co.uk>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] LA Visit


> James,
>
> On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:22:45 -0700, James Humes wrote:
>
>> That happened to me in Shanghai once..    I found it less fun that time:)
>> At 4AM when your taxi driver A) won't accept your directions B) you've 
>> left
>> the city of Shanghai and C) won't slow down enough to let you out things
>> begin to take a different color:)  In the end I think he was just 
>> joyriding
>> me around for a higher cab fare.
>
> You got Shanghaied?  :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Howard Winter
> St.Albans, England
>
>
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