[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

I understand the power adapters too. I have a travel bag too. Don't forget the car chargers.

I don't own a car, so I can forget them. (I live in Manhattan, and I tell folks the only people who own and drive cars there are either getting paid for it or are nuts. Anything I need on a day to day basis is literally within a couple of blocks walk. For longer trips, there are buses, subways and taxis. For out of city travel there are buses, trains, and planes. I neither need nor want a car.)

Now funny thing on cords is I once bought a used Garmin. It came with the correct car charger and a Motorola phone charger. It actually needed a different cord to connect to the computer for updates. It takes the micro to charge and the mini to transfer data. (Garmin sent me the correct cord free.)

A friend has a Garmin GPS for her car, and I lent a little tech support in getting the Gamin software successfully updated on her new laptop. A cord for power and a different one for data is fairly standard, and what you describe is a common arrangement.

At one place my husband worked, an employee had a bad habit of throwing away cords. Luckily my husband always took out the trash. Then when they went to sell the device or show someone the device no cord could be found.
She was broke of that habit when my husband told her, he would get her the cord but it was going to cost her Best Buy price to replace it.
She never threw another cord away.

Just don't tell her that if you leave them alone in a dark place they breed...

And yes, I have way more cords and power adapters than actual devices.

So do we. It comes with the territory.
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Dennis