Another Day...Another Opportunity

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Follow-up:
For those who like to fly Google Earth, the coordinates of the plant in UZ are:
40 degrees, 39' 20" N
72 degrees 14' E

If you'd like to see pictures, go to Google Maps, type in Asaka, Uzbekistan.  You will see a picture of the plant.  If you click on Images, you can see a number of pictures including some of the plant's products.

New Business:
I am trading emails with a guy I know who just returned from UZ.  He described it more bleakly than my UZ boss, which seemed bleak enough.  Dreaming in Russian takes a toll on the restfulness of my sleep.  The two together had me moving very slowly today.  The phone rang so I sprang to life.  It was an IT guy trying to close a help ticket I had opened on New Years Eve.  I had been advised that I needed to be connected to the GM network to do what I was trying to do.  As a result, on New Years Day, I took my sisters to the plant.  We were on our way to Bruster's for a hot fudge sundae (Chocolate Raspberry Truffle YUM!!!).  Since the lobby was literally sealed up (asbestos abatement), I sat on the front porch to get a wireless connection and solved the problem myself.  I agreed to close the help ticket.  He then asked if there was anything else he could do for me.  He seemed to regret his question when my answer wasn't no.  I hosted a remote session with him and he fixed me up.  The computer is now more useful.  Yesterday I could not use Rosetta Stone or blog when connected through GM.  Today I can.

While on the phone with the IT guy, my boss called from Ingersoll Ontario.  She has a team of people doing the same thing there I am going to GMUZ to do.  She asked me if I would make a trip there, on my way to Uzbekistan.  I told her I would try to work it out.  Since my passport is still in Washington DC, I can't even go to Canada.  As soon as I get it back, I may make a two or three day side trip to Ontario.

My fingers are crossed hoping for the illusive telex number tomorrow....