asciilifeform: ... lima.
BingoBoingo: Interesting route. Weather?
asciilifeform: clear
asciilifeform: bbl
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: lima : shithole of nearly la laz caliber
BingoBoingo: Interesting
asciilifeform: ~0 to eat that resembles food
asciilifeform: can get alpaca tho, stuffed, made from actual alpaca...
asciilifeform: nfi if the ~city~ is sad, maybe only airport
BingoBoingo: From what I've heard the city part of the city is some distance from the airport. The camelids though, some of the most delicious critters in existence.
asciilifeform: on return leg may attempt coming out/in, as will have almost 6h
asciilifeform bbl
asciilifeform: ... finally uy.
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo_: hotel is piece of shit. no lifts (!) and apparently no room till 1100hrs
asciilifeform: despite reserved 6wks ago
asciilifeform: and ~no~ lifts. not 'sad, small lift', simply none at all.
asciilifeform already carrying 30+kg , and naively thought would get to fucking sleep, got outta bed >24h ago and 0 sleep
asciilifeform: 1st time in fucking life i show up at a so-called hotel at 0530 hrs and told to ~sit~ for 6 moar
asciilifeform: aand there's maybe ~dozen rooms , total, in this 'hotel'
asciilifeform: fucking africa.
asciilifeform: this gets 'better' : 2 visibly empty rooms; monkey still 'no puede' because 'they reserved'. for 12th!
asciilifeform: offered him a benjie for 'fucking room now' -- apparently incorruptible , wouldn't take...
asciilifeform: the correct biz to run in uy, BingoBoingo, would be a soap and lampshade factory.
asciilifeform: update: 'hotel' owner shows up, gives 'room'. where 0 window or other ventilation; the tap takes whole minute to secrete 1 glass's of water; toilet washes floor instead of flushing...
asciilifeform goes, finally, to the bed, will be almost disappointed if it aint fulla fleas. there is, i shit thee not, ~straw-filled~ pillow.
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo_: when i get up will move. dun even fucking care where to, this is a record-setting shithole.
adlai: asciilifeform: you exaggerated ever-so-slightly my humble military adventures
adlai: although i wasn't exactly a model soldier, my infractions were much more boring than driving a tank under the influence of lsd
adlai: including driving vehicles despite never receiving training to do so. it sounds trivial, but the regulations in my unit at the time almost all centered around the baroque requirements of what licenses are necessary for which vehicles, and how many pedestrian observers must be at which perspectives to ensure no collisions, etc
adlai: on paper i was only allowed to talk on radio and stand in turret, in practice i had to know ~all the different roles
BingoBoingo_: asciilifeform: Aite, let me know where you end up. Probably closer.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Short list of alternatives in no particular order, high price outliers excluded, selected for having elevator and not mandatory staircase. Also for not being - 27 suites, Ermitage, Regency Way, Hotel After, Palm Beach Plaza, and Ye Olde Punta Trouville.
BingoBoingo: If you want to keep to the side of the city where you already are, there's the more expensive Holliday Inn and the Raddison.
BingoBoingo: https://i.redd.it/pwko5h637e441.jpg asciilifeform You also arrived on Graff Spee day
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BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Also spanish class canceled, Susan's available to help move if necessary.
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asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: already ordered punta trouville, about to get cab to move self + crate outta shithole and to it
asciilifeform: will ping you when this feat achieved.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Aite, going to run a couple quick errands. Should be 1 to 1.5 hours
BingoBoingo: Will ping when back
BingoBoingo: back
asciilifeform: finally in white man hotel.
BingoBoingo: How does it feel knowing what the accomdations targeted to Argentines and locals are like?
asciilifeform: 'the miser pays twice'
BingoBoingo: Anyways, bottled water acquired. Ready to load these beasts up on the hand truck or do you need a higher caliber of sleep?
asciilifeform: waiting for repair d00d to return w / batteries for the locker thing ( ancient batts were wedged so thoroughly , fella struggled, finally i plucked'em out w/ own knife )
BingoBoingo: Ah
asciilifeform: what i'd like asap is.. sugar
asciilifeform: will go to BingoBoingo's flat shortly
BingoBoingo: I can run across the street and pick up some alfajores
asciilifeform: nah want proper coffee w/ du. de le. ideally
BingoBoingo: Ah, will get a jar of dulce de leche then.
BingoBoingo: Like the microwave, still haven't yet made it to getting a Mokapot
asciilifeform: dun buy, we'll find decent table cafe
asciilifeform: aboutta set out
BingoBoingo: Aite
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asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: i'm outside, in trad orc garb.