tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347001099303112010.post2211348935664673863..comments2023-10-30T05:11:32.596-07:00Comments on Eurotrash or Eurotreasure?: Prison Break: How to Leave a Country Pt. 1King Pigeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05238714984256215719noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347001099303112010.post-67109000567326218772009-12-04T20:33:30.274-08:002009-12-04T20:33:30.274-08:00I'm a dope; not half a gig; half a terabyte. :...I'm a dope; not half a gig; half a terabyte. :-BKing Pigeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05238714984256215719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347001099303112010.post-6449678311009586052009-12-04T08:04:20.855-08:002009-12-04T08:04:20.855-08:00Thanks. Yes, the cell phone with SIM card is very ...Thanks. Yes, the cell phone with SIM card is very likely going to be what I do.<br /><br />I will definitely talk with Andrew about online storage. Bottom line is, can I store half a gig online more affordably than if I bought a portable drive? The concept is good, but money will be the determining factor.King Pigeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05238714984256215719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347001099303112010.post-3283281379561098072009-12-03T09:42:15.724-08:002009-12-03T09:42:15.724-08:00I think all these concerns would be keeping me up ...I think all these concerns would be keeping me up at night too. When we travel for longer periods, we just have someone start our car every now and then. But we've only gone away for 6 weeks max at a time. I think just having someone drive it around the block every now and then would be good. And I think people could renew their tag online. I figure most states have online renewal--CA does anyway. At least I think you're talking about tag renewal here. <br /><br />Regarding your phone, could you get a pre-paid SIM card and pop it? Maybe since you're probably planning to go to a lot of different places, that might not be best. In that case, I think Skype is best like you said. <br /><br />You might want to see if you can take out a valuable personal property insurance plan on your laptop (and make sure you can have that coverage if you're not in the US). Whoever handles your renter's insurance should be able to make one separately from your renter's policy that you'll be canceling. Of course this won't cover what's on your laptop but the cost of the computer itself, which would be nice to have reimbursed if anything happened to it. We just opened a policy on a camera (about the cost of a nice laptop) and the annual payment is just $42. Not bad. Also, if you haven't already, I'd take measures to label your computer somehow too, which might sound silly, but if you did loose it and a nice person found it and wanted to return it (in an ideal world), they'd need a way to reach you. A small label underneath with your email address might be good. <br /><br />Regarding an external hard drive, Andrew has some good suggestions / alternatives that you might want to talk to him about. He thinks it might be better for you to store it with an online service. That way, you could access it anywhere and it wouldn't be a physical thing to worry about (I'm not sure if you were planning to take the external hard drive with you or leave it with a friend--either way, one less thing). He had some other suggestions as well.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00215779983063891863noreply@blogger.com