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IloveEgypt save yourself paying excess baggage and forget just about everything above bar the electric blanket and good underwear. You will find all these items at sensible prices in the hypermarkets like Carrefour just on the outskirts of Cairo. Yes Egypt has modern hypermarkets as well! So bring your clothes, bring yourself and have some fun shopping you really do not need to load up with all this stuff.
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I guess that's what I'm trying to figure out. What stuff are worth bringing because I don't want to spend all my money on way over-piced items if I have it here already.
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measuring spoons, baking trays and sheets, tampons, thick cream, whipping cream, single cream, sour cream, double cream, powdered creams, all available in Cairo. Powdered or real vanilla pods also available but no liquid. Wooden spoons from streetside sellers to supermarkets. These are everywhere?? Plates of every concievable type and price. All electrical appliances are available in Abdel Azziz St or hypermarkets, even cafetieres.
You need bring nothing except an electric blanket, good shoes, books. Posts: 586 | From: Styx | Registered: Dec 2006
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I mean a coffee maker but (non electric) ,and they say sometimes Moka , ,so if you like this kind try to bring the pot with you , cause here is too rare to find it
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quote:Originally posted by iloveEgypt: I guess that's what I'm trying to figure out. What stuff are worth bringing because I don't want to spend all my money on way over-piced items if I have it here already.
If I would only take one thing with me, it's this thermal underwear for the winter.
I am scared of electric blankets! How do you guys manage to fall asleep with a sheet of hot wires on top of you? And it dries the skin big time! What's wrong with a good old bottle of hot water?!
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quote:Originally posted by MK the Most Interlectual: I am scared of electric blankets! How do you guys manage to fall asleep with a sheet of hot wires on top of you? And it dries the skin big time! What's wrong with a good old bottle of hot water?!
An electric blanket (in the UK anyway) is something that you put under the bottom sheet. You turn it on for about an hour before you go to bed, and then turn off when you get in. It does the same job as a hot water bottle, but warms most of the bed instead of you having to decide which part of you you want to have warm when you get in. Posts: 4576 | From: Cairo | Registered: Jun 2002
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We have both here. But the ones on top used as a blanket are called electric blankets.
I would like to know how many people actually turn them off though. Most around here don't. They get it hot, then turn it down when they crawl in. That always bothered me.
I grew up with people that put them on thier kids beds. I always thought, "omg, what if they wet the bed?"
I don't like electric blankets either. I love a lot of quilts. But I'm a real idiot....I'll leave that little electric heater on all night long.
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quote:Originally posted by MK the Most Interlectual: I am scared of electric blankets! How do you guys manage to fall asleep with a sheet of hot wires on top of you? And it dries the skin big time! What's wrong with a good old bottle of hot water?!
An electric blanket (in the UK anyway) is something that you put under the bottom sheet. You turn it on for about an hour before you go to bed, and then turn off when you get in. It does the same job as a hot water bottle, but warms most of the bed instead of you having to decide which part of you you want to have warm when you get in.
I've never seen one that you put under the bottom sheet, just the ones that go over you! But never used one! Posts: 836 | From: UK | Registered: Jun 2006
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quote:Originally posted by newcomer: An electric blanket (in the UK anyway) is something that you put under the bottom sheet. You turn it on for about an hour before you go to bed, and then turn off when you get in. It does the same job as a hot water bottle, but warms most of the bed instead of you having to decide which part of you you want to have warm when you get in.
I believe they come in two versions. I once bought one out of curiosity and I couldn't sleep out of fear.
It's like I was falling asleep in an electric chair!
Anyway, one bottle for the feet and one for the heart do it for me.
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And yes I'm married but I don't use my hubby as as source of energy. I have my own bedroom and I like the feeling that I can sleep like a Vitruvian Man.
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I've never seen an electric blanket, period.
Sounds like a good idea, though, although I would be scared to sleep on it, too. The pre-warming the bed then turning it off sounds great.
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ok, Heinz does not make real mayo so that doesnt count. Just because they make white sauce and call it mayonaise does not mean that it is mayonaise. And the other brands are very expensive.
Pantene Pro V is available in Egypt, true, but only the 2 in1 is made locally and cheap!! Toronto girl said she likes the conditioner which is imported and costs over 10$ for a small bottle, while is only 3-4$ in Canada for the gigantic bottle.
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quote:Originally posted by Snoozin No More: I've never seen an electric blanket, period.
Sounds like a good idea, though, although I would be scared to sleep on it, too. The pre-warming the bed then turning it off sounds great.
OMG...I had one of these when I was about 12/13. My parents used to remind me to switch it off but that is hard to do, when all cosy and being toasted gently to sleep. One night, I woke up to see that the end of my bed was on fire. Luckily, only the bed was damaged. Since then, I've never used or wanted one. I believe they are very much safer now but frying is not for me.
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I was doing a search for a thread and found this and thought of Oldbag. Might be a bit late but who knows!
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