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Re: Unified UK Lego community idea
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 18:37:28 GMT
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James Brown wrote:
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> In lugnet.loc.uk, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > I was going the other way. And I think the weight thing is mostly
> > > airline imposed, it may vary from line to line, or even by class of
> > > service, and may be waived by the counter agent if you're polite and
> > > lucky. And I am always polite to counter agents, it pays very very well
> >
> > I went on a cycling holiday during the summer. I'm over 6 feet so my mtn bike
> > is on the big side. This, along with fully loaded panniers put me way over
> > the weight limit. I called the airline before I few and was told that billing
> > me was more hassle than it was worth. I was told that if I said nothing, the
> > agent would do the same. This turned out to be true. The extra baggage rate
> > is 2% of the most expensive seat per kg (~1% per pound).
My dad once checked some balloon instrumentation packages which were way
over the limit. His secret? Checking them at the curb with a $20 tip to
the person collecting bags.
> > If you take you bike on a plane, remember to deflate the tires!
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> If you really want to have fun with airlines, try taking a sword home with
> you. :/
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> We only held one plane up trying to sort it out, and while my Dutch is
> atrocious, the MP seemed very nice.
One of my caver friends once caused a stir. As he was going through
security, for some reason they asked him about explosives, and he
remembered the baby bottle full of calcium carbide he had in his pack.
They dutifully took it and put his name on it so he could collect it
when he returned home. When he returned, they couldn't find it, and went
into a frenzy because there was an explosive missing at the airport. He
declined to wait (not feeling one badly abused baby bottle and less than
a dollars worth of calcium carbide was worth hassling over).
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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