{"id":285,"date":"2009-02-20T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blogWORDPRESS\/2009\/02\/20\/odays-travel-woes-23-the-color-that-fell-off-the-videotape\/"},"modified":"2009-02-20T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-20T08:05:00","slug":"odays-travel-woes-23-the-color-that-fell-off-the-videotape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/odays-travel-woes-23-the-color-that-fell-off-the-videotape\/","title":{"rendered":"O&#8217;DAY&#8217;S TRAVEL WOES #23: The Color That Fell Off The Videotape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">September, 1994 <\/span><span>(continued)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">: <\/span><\/p>\n<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_JygV9WxRKKc\/SZz4LNxuJrI\/AAAAAAAAAcU\/6Lw414SLaL4\/s1600-h\/AlsterRadio.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 99px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_JygV9WxRKKc\/SZz4LNxuJrI\/AAAAAAAAAcU\/6Lw414SLaL4\/s400\/AlsterRadio.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304387332696057522\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n<p>In Hamburg I conducted my <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">AIR PERSONALITY PLUS+<\/span> seminar for <span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">AlsterRadio<\/span>. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ulrich Bunsmann<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Werner Rawe<\/span> were kind enough to meet me at the airport. As usual, all I saw of the city was during the rides to and from the hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Hamburg looked quite beautiful; the word that came to mind was \u201csparkling\u201d (although Germans are quick to add, \u201cYes, but it always rains there\u201d).<\/p>\n<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_JygV9WxRKKc\/SZz491FMs2I\/AAAAAAAAAcs\/TTdLLrm8IXI\/s1600-h\/SteigenbergerHamburg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_JygV9WxRKKc\/SZz491FMs2I\/AAAAAAAAAcs\/TTdLLrm8IXI\/s200\/SteigenbergerHamburg.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304388202240193378\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n<p> And the <span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">Hotel Steigenberger<\/span> \u2014 yes, the same company that owned the great restaurant at the Frankfurt airport <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(see my September 13 posting)<\/span> \u2014 was exceptionally nice&#8230;except for the lack of customer service attitude of some of its employees.<\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">One example:<\/span> In setting up for our seminar, I cued up a videotape I used (this was 1994, remember)&#8230;but could only get it to appear in black &amp; white.<\/p>\n<p>I had seminar videos in all VHS formats \u2014 PAL, for Europe \u2014 so it wasn\u2019t an incompatibility problem.The hotel\u2019s A\/V guy sniffed, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u201cIt\u2019s not the equipment. It must be your tape.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I explained that I had played this tape many times before with no trouble. He insisted the problem was with the tape.<\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u201cOh, I see,\u201d<\/span> I replied.<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> \u201cI must\u2019ve accidentally brought the cheap videotape \u2014 you know, the kind that only plays black &amp; white. Or maybe the color fell off when I went through airport security.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The A\/V guy very reluctantly examined the equipment again and discovered that one of the settings was incorrect. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Voila!<\/span> \u2014 we had color. I waited for him to say something to me \u2014 perhaps a simple, \u201cSorry\u201d \u2014 but he turned and wordlessly began to leave.<\/p>\n<p>I know I should have resisted, but I couldn\u2019t help it. I loudly exclaimed, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u201cHallelujah! It\u2019s a miracle! God has restored color to my back &amp; white videotape!\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>I saw the guy\u2019s shoulders stiffen, but he never said a word. My hosts, however, seemed to enjoy the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September, 1994 (continued): In Hamburg I conducted my AIR PERSONALITY PLUS+ seminar for AlsterRadio. Ulrich Bunsmann and Werner Rawe were kind enough to meet me at the airport. As usual, all I saw of the city was during the rides to and from the hotel. 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