In .com (rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors), twomuttheads wrote:


Phil Nelson wrote:
I just got email from a guy who checked a 90+ pound military
boatanchor as a
piece of LUGGAGE on a flight from the UK to the US. This was some
time ago,
so apparently he wasn't charged for the extra weight.

I'm amazed that it survived, even if packed in a box. Can you
imagine the
bang when that thing came rocketing down the conveyors?!

:-)

Phil Nelson



I watched the Airtran folks load luggage onto planes when we were
waiting around Atlanta airport Saturday. They were tossing bags with no
concern about the contents.

S'Ok. If I ship an EK-07 or an FRR-59, they won't be tossing it.
They'll be heaving, and then finding loops of gut poking through
suddenly-expanded holes in their abdominal walls. Maybe an R-390 or
an R-1051 as "bag two of two", just for chucks.

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