Not a Hopeless Day

Spring has sprung
The grass ain't ris'
Its frozen !!

There is light in the sky but 19 F on the back deck - can't fool me , its cold out there
Not hopeless , there is some feeling out there , the cold doesn't bite like before
The air looks warm from in here
We will go out to - day. We sign for our taxes.
Grab a bite
And maybe , visit the Apple Store
I contacted the CarPhone Warehouse , a giant chain of electronic specialists. Best deals on all things mobile and electronic in England.
Their website is phenomenal. You can look up the specifications of your cell phone. And then ask questions via e mail.
The email you send , tells them what you looked at on their site.
Then they reply based on that information.
I was questioning ' if my i Phone 4s ( Apple ) would work in the UK. Their answer  ' YES ' if the phone is unlocked < for out of country > meaning Canada.

Later , surfing the Google - verse , I found an article on ' the i Phone 4s travelling in the UK ' The author was from PC World or a similar publication.
Here is a brief sum up. 
    The Apple i Phone 4s was created as a ' world phone ' as in take it anywhere. The 4s can operate on the 2 systems of mobile signals.
Yes , take the 4s to England and substitute the SIM card and pay. You will get service. This is the meaning of unlocked.
However , isn't there always , one of those.
Come home , to the U.S. and.......
Discover that - there are 4 versions of the i Phone4s World Phone... Apple store bought / Verizon bought  / ATT bought and T mobile bought.
When you purchase the Apple 4s version , your phone will accept a SIM from round the world. It may not be the fastest b/c different systems different speeds.
The other 3 versions are unlocked for the most of the world. Use these phones in England , China ---- slip in the appropriate SIM and you're good to go. Except ............ you got it , HOME. The 4s you bought from Verizon is just that a Verizon 4s , nope , no other U.S.carrier.
Now , I'm sure , its the same in Canada , we have only 2 giant carriers and one smaller so , its them , most likely for us.
Our trip to Apple store would be to verify this info.
BTW - the author received this information from a manager for a Midwest local carrier for one the Big 3. He tried to get someone from Apple to talk to him but no one was available to answer.

CONFESSIONAL
About a week or so ago , the movie ' the Hobbit , An Unexpected Journey ' was on TV. I recorded the whole show.
Since , I have watched the 3 hr program , yepper 3 !!. about 3 times
Not at one sitting but in snippets.
The first viewing was the most amazing b/c I kept saying ' I don't remember seeing this , I must have been in the washroom '
It turns out , that I must have been in that washroom approximately
20 minutes spread over the first 3 / 4 of the ' hobbit '.
Crikey ! alright its been 3 yrs since I saw the screening at the theatre but.... gimme a break.
Must have been those 3D glasses that they give you
And the most amazing - est , yet , the TV company , probably ,cut 20 minutes for commercials
Holey kamoley , Batman !
I have ' old timers ' disease