{"id":80064,"date":"2016-11-22T05:06:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T12:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=80064"},"modified":"2020-04-14T15:33:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T19:33:13","slug":"on-vending-machines-and-credit-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=80064","title":{"rendered":"Vending machines, credit cards, and fish"},"content":{"rendered":"

The “fast to cure jetlag” seems to be working… I am sleeping at my regular times, waking up at regular times, and hungry whenever I’m usually hungry. Perhaps fasting truly is the cure for jetlag.<\/p>\n

As such, the morning started with watching the sunrise over Mount Vesuvius.<\/p>\n

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There’s not a lot in the way of excitement in an IT workday; every boring grey office in an unknown, unattractive, warehouse district looks the same regardless of what country you’re in. Food to the office is either delivered or comes from a vending machine. <\/p>\n

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One of the hazards of frequent travel hit just before heading out for the evening. While in Italy, I was apparently also in Las Vegas buying car parts and eating at the House of Pancakes. It happened fast and CC security works equally fast. <\/p>\n

My card number gets stolen about once every 6-months. I don’t know how the bank can differentiate between my random and bizarre travel spends and someone else’s equally bizarre purchases but it’s amazingly accurate. I have had bank developers explain the algorithm to me; it’s been honed after years of credit card fraud.<\/p>\n

The rest of the evening was like a Visa commercial: me dining and laughing with co-workers without worry while Visa worked to issue me an emergency card to my hotel. <\/p>\n

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Finally, photo(s) of pesche… <\/p>\n

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\nThe “fast to cure jetlag” seems to be working… I am sleeping…\n<\/div>\n
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