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fromone end of the island to the other quickest. Next, I get free medication. Health care here is free to every-

one, but we have to pay for drugs prescribed outside hospitals.At 60, it&#x2019;s all free, as are glasses and dentistry. Finally, every year the government gives me about $600 to pay my winter heating bills; with global warming, this is virtually a free gift. Oh, the other thing is that I got a new mobile phone. I got

my first one about 20 years ago, when you had to press buttons and you could talk to people from about three places in Britain. The calls cost about the same as the national debt of a medium- sized country. The latest version has a touch screen. I get about a year&#x2019;s

worth of free calls and texts each month, and I do not understand about 95%of its functionality. Iwould like to askmy daughter how it works, but I couldn&#x2019;t stand the pitying look. Many old codgers like me believe that education standards

are falling with a belief that things were better in the old days, when we had an empire and children were flogged for being left- handed. This perspective was given some credence recently when contractors erected advance notice signs in Edinburgh saying that parking would be suspended for road works on Feb. 30.

Peter Guest is PT&#x2019;s correspondent on all things European and Middle East. He can be reached at peterguestparking@hotmail.co.uk.

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ACS, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 AIMS(EDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Alpha Industries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Alpha Technologies, LTD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Amano McGann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Atlantic Business Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Automated Valet Parking Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Boss Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Carpenter Bus Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 CashCode Company Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Consulting Engineers Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Cryotech Deicing Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Daktronics, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 DESMAN Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 DESMAN Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Digital Payment Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Digital Printing Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Doorking, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 ElDorado National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Enovar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 ePark Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 EZ Tag Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Federal APD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Genetec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Hayes Software Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Hectronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 IntegraPark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Intelligent Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 International Parking Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 IPS Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 ISIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Kimley-Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Magnetic Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Metric Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Modern Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Next Parking, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Parc Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Parkex/Traffex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 ParkTrak, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Par-Kut International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Ring Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Scheidt & Bachmann USA Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 SD2K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 SKIDATA, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Southland Printing Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Southland Printing Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 StreetSmart Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Tagmaster

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Talk-A-Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 TCS International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 The Parking Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Toledo Ticket Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 TransCore, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Walker Parking Consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Weldon, Williams & Lick, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Zeag USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

FOCUS ADS

Columbia Equipment Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Cycle Safe, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Doorking, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Talk-A-Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

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