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Tussock Creek moleskins

My old pair of moleskin trousers from R.M. Williams of Adelaide, South Australia, finally gave up the ghost in summer ’05 after 15 years. Not being able to find a quality pair in the U.S., I checked the Internet and ran across a website where a woman had written how good moleskins were from the company Tussock Creek Apparel, Ltd. (P.O. Box 76, Gladstone Rd., Mosgiel, Otago, South Island, New Zealand; e-mail sales@tussockcreek.co.nz or visit www.tussockcreek.com).

I e-mailed the company and got information on prices and colors, then ordered a pair....

In response to Dean Ab-Hugh’s query in his letter titled “Paperwork on Flash Drive. Good Idea?” (July ’06, pg. 88), yes, my wife and I have traveled with flash drives containing scans of our passports and files containing our itineraries, important phone numbers, etc. It’s a great way to have everything at hand in something easily concealable and unlikely to be stolen.

For a measure of security, however, I would recommend securing your files in some way. There are many possibilities.

For example, you can encrypt plain-text files (like those that Windows Notepad uses) with...

I became handicapped (I am a limited walker) in 1967, at the age of 41. Rather than spending the next 39 or 40 years in a nursing home, wallowing in self-pity and bemoaning my fate, I have — with my indefatigable wife — traveled to China, done Elderhostels with homestays in Mexico and France, spent eight months roaming around Europe at will and taken innumerable cruises.

Cruises are superb. You don’t have to pack and unpack as you move from hotel to hotel to hotel; the hotel does the moving while you remain conveniently located in the same quarters all the time.

Crews aboard...