ok then... that's the sort of response I was expecting but every so often you do get an actual useful suggestion over here.
I take it nobody knows what to call the interchangeable head of a travel power cord? On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > Replace his Zenbook with Folgers Crystals while he isn't looking and > see if he notices the difference? > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > well ok here's the full ridiculousness of this, ok? > > > > The man really doesn't want to order it online. I'd rather not know the > > guy's credit card number so I can't just do it for him (tho we may need > to > > go there if plan B doesn't work). Meanwhile, Fry's sells the laptop but > not > > the power cord as a separate item. This is not a universal power cord -- > > it's for a Zenbook. The ASUS e-store won't sell it will-call even though > > they are right up the street, and in any event they are currently out of > > stock on this item. > > > > Plan b -- the travel power cord he has now into which he can clip > assorted > > interfaces for various countries. Right now he is using one for Asia, > with > > an adapter on *that* so he can plug into a US socket. If I could get him > > one of those for the US that would work, but when I tried to ask Fry's > this > > question on the phone I basically got no habla ingles. Planning to go > over > > there later and get in someone's face about this, unless one of you has a > > bright idea.... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355556 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm