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Topic: Tomorrow I leave for south carolina!
Maradon!
posted 12-29-2002 10:33:06 PM
...again!

New years party ahoy!

So tell me, do you think they'll let me bring my dektop tower in my checked luggage, or will they bust me thinking it's a bomb?

Falaanla Marr
I AM HOT CHIX
posted 12-29-2002 10:46:33 PM
Weight limit will hit ya hard most likely. Most desktops weigh in the 50ish pound range, if I'm not mistaken.

You might have some problems getting it through.

Cetona
Pancake
posted 12-29-2002 10:46:47 PM
What city are you going to be in? I live in the Greenville/Simpsonville area.
Naota Nandaba
Don't ask me about any goddamned bannings!
posted 12-29-2002 10:47:06 PM
quote:
Falaanla Marr stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
Most desktops weigh in the 50ish pound range, if I'm not mistaken.

...Uh... No?

[ 12-29-2002: Message edited by: Kegwen. ]

Nothing amazing happens here.
Only the ordinary.
Suddar
posted 12-29-2002 10:48:38 PM
quote:
Kegwen. wrote this stupid crap:
...Uh... No?

Mine is 35ish.

My dad's old one was even heavier.

Naota Nandaba
Don't ask me about any goddamned bannings!
posted 12-29-2002 10:50:35 PM
quote:
Suddar's fortune cookie read:
Mine is 35ish.

My dad's old one was even heavier.


Full towers I can imagine being ~50 lbs, but uh... =/

Nothing amazing happens here.
Only the ordinary.
Suddar
posted 12-29-2002 10:52:04 PM
quote:
So quoth Kegwen.:
Full towers I can imagine being ~50 lbs, but uh... =/

That's what he's talking about taking?

What the hell are you trying to get at?

Maradon!
posted 12-29-2002 10:54:17 PM
Mine's a full tower, but I really doubt it's 50 pounds.

What would the weight limit on checked luggage be anyway?

If the weight limit is less than 50lbs how do people transport things that are more than 50lbs?

Can I disassemble it and take some in my carry-on?

Suddar
posted 12-29-2002 10:57:37 PM
The weight limit isn't very high really. If somebody wants to bring a lot of heavy stuff they need to hire some folks to move it by ground.

I don't know how heavy your tower is, but I know that mine is weighs a frickin' ton. It's mostly steel, with little plastic casings and whatnot. Really, you should be fine taking it on the plane, but don't expect it to be a carryon. If you are going to bring it by plane be sure you package it well. I'd hate to see what kind of effect a rough landing would have on it without lots of padding.

Falaanla Marr
I AM HOT CHIX
posted 12-29-2002 11:09:22 PM
Yeah, my full tower weighs quite a bit

And carryon max i believe is 75 pounds.

Maradon!
posted 12-29-2002 11:12:24 PM
Ok the tower simply won't fit in my carry-on, so it's definatly going in checked luggage.

Whaddya think the weight limit on that is? The PIA website doesn't list...

Falaanla Marr
I AM HOT CHIX
posted 12-29-2002 11:17:02 PM
quote:
Maradon XP wrote this stupid crap:
Ok the tower simply won't fit in my carry-on, so it's definatly going in checked luggage.

Whaddya think the weight limit on that is? The PIA website doesn't list...


Dunno if there is a limit...though you better pad the everlovin hell out of that system

Also, may wanna get a little bit of electrical tape and such to tape over the cards just incase. evne with screws they may find a way to come loose and break in flight.

[ 12-29-2002: Message edited by: Falaanla Marr ]

Maradon!
posted 12-29-2002 11:19:09 PM
quote:
We were all impressed when Falaanla Marr wrote:
...though you better pad the everlovin hell out of that system

Cards are going in the carry-on, and I'm way ahead of you with the padding.

*continues balling up socks*

One thing's for sure, I won't run out of socks down there!

Niklas
hay guys whats going on in this title?
posted 12-29-2002 11:23:57 PM
quote:
Maradon XP had this to say about Punky Brewster:
Cards are going in the carry-on, and I'm way ahead of you with the padding.

*continues balling up socks*

One thing's for sure, I won't run out of socks down there!


Oh no! That tower is going to smell by the time you get back if you need to use those socks fo padding again

{edit: and the smell being spread around by the computer fan... }

[ 12-29-2002: Message edited by: Niklas ]

CBTao
Pancake
posted 12-30-2002 05:01:49 AM
Maradon: if you can, go over to adam's and try to get the cards off him...all of em, so I can be sure the rest of my beloved black deck is restored, also try to find my amp, I know its largely a hopeless endevour, but Dream Theater screams for proper boom in my car...

He'll be in Columbia, SC, although if any of you live in SC, I may be tempted to make a roadtrip...tempt me.

Falaanla Marr
I AM HOT CHIX
posted 12-30-2002 05:20:22 AM
quote:
CBTao's fortune cookie read:
Maradon: if you can, go over to adam's and try to get the cards off him...all of em, so I can be sure the rest of my beloved black deck is restored, also try to find my amp, I know its largely a hopeless endevour, but Dream Theater screams for proper boom in my car...

He'll be in Columbia, SC, although if any of you live in SC, I may be tempted to make a roadtrip...tempt me.


I'm tossing around the idea of a potential trip down, myself.

CBTao
Pancake
posted 12-30-2002 08:14:12 AM
quote:
Check out the big brain on Falaanla Marr!
I'm tossing around the idea of a potential trip down, myself.

If a third party can provide accomodations then yes, other than that, Mara stays with me by the grace that he's been adopted by my parents, and that they literally whine that I won't share him with them.

Its sorta sad really...

Other then that, I'm more than happy to travel anwhere within SC to chill with some ECers

Maradon!
posted 12-30-2002 11:20:12 AM
I'm afraid the cards and amp may not happen, as I'm leaving in about four hours, haven't finished packing, and I completely forgot about them until now >_<
Gydyon
Yes, I am a lawyer. No you can't sue them for that. Shut up, or I'll have your legs broken.
posted 12-30-2002 11:46:04 AM
quote:
Maradon XP enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
Cards are going in the carry-on, and I'm way ahead of you with the padding.

They definitely won't think you have a bomb then......

Gydyon
Evercrest Lawyer

Thinking about your posts
(and billing you for it) since 2001

Maradon!
posted 12-30-2002 11:48:23 AM
quote:
Judge Gydyon stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
They definitely won't think you have a bomb then......

Does a video card really resemble a bomb?

PIA guide to carryons

Suddar
posted 12-30-2002 11:59:34 AM
Wait...what about nail clippers without nail files attached?
Liam
Swims in Erotic Circles
posted 12-30-2002 12:02:27 PM
quote:
The logic train ran off the tracks when Maradon XP said:
Does a video card really resemble a bomb?

PIA guide to carryons


Damnit. I was going to start a terrorist movement with my bow and arrow set.

SHIT.

Gydyon
Yes, I am a lawyer. No you can't sue them for that. Shut up, or I'll have your legs broken.
posted 12-30-2002 12:04:27 PM
quote:
Maradon XP had this to say about John Romero:
Does a video card really resemble a bomb?

PIA guide to carryons


Eh, just don't be surprised when they search you thoroughly. The guys and gals in PIA are nice, but very very cautious.

Oh -- wear sneakers if you can -- most shoes have metal in them now and it really delays your time in the line if you have to wait for them to X-ray your shoes....

Gydyon
Evercrest Lawyer

Thinking about your posts
(and billing you for it) since 2001

Maradon!
posted 12-30-2002 12:05:42 PM
...my high tops have very small metal bits holding the laces on...and I have no other shoes >_<
Bloodsage
Heart Attack
posted 12-30-2002 04:09:48 PM
US weight limit on checked baggage is two pieces at 70lb.

In Europe, it's 20kg.

Excess baggage fees will eat your lunch if you go over. I recently had to pay $22/kg for excess baggage on a trip.

To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.

--Satan, quoted by John Milton

King Parcelan
Chicken of the Sea
posted 12-30-2002 04:20:18 PM
Why are Cork Screws permitted but Corkscrews prohibited?
Bloodcookie
Pancake
posted 12-30-2002 05:18:54 PM
quote:
Don Parcelan was listening to Cher while typing:
Why are Cork Screws permitted but Corkscrews prohibited?

Cork screws are obviously screws made out of cork, and therefore harmless.


""...destructive analysis of the familiar is the only method of approach to an understanding of fundamentally different modes of expression." -Edward Sapir, Language
Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 12-30-2002 05:41:59 PM
Have fun! Hopefully, we'll see you on the other side of a massive hangover.
That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



Beer.

Maradon!
posted 12-30-2002 11:49:00 PM
quote:
Karnaj had this to say about the Spice Girls:
Have fun! Hopefully, we'll see you on the other side of a massive hangover.

Well here's what happened.

I get to the airport, and get through security fine. They make me take off my shoes and run them through the x-ray machine, oddly, but fine nonetheless.

I get on my plane. Scheduled departure time: 5:35

A cute black woman with an accent sits next to me, and I realize I'd confused the seat numbers and that I was sitting in her seat, but she assured me it was fine and she didn't care. Her husband shortly sits down next to her. Perfectly normal tourist types.

Takeoff time arrives, but we're not leaving. A guy walks onto the plane with a notepad, and they announce that "Will Soandso please press thier call flight attendant button?", the lady next to me does.

The man with the notepad comes back to her and asks her to deplane with her carryons, for questioning. Her husband comes with her.

About twenty minutes later, I'm waiting to leave. My transfer in Philidelphia leaves at 8:00 and it's a 45 minute flight, and it's almost 7:00.

Two people who are not the people who stepped off the plane twenty minutes ago board the plane and sit in the seats the former couple was previously sitting in.

I ask the two people now sitting next to me what the hell is going on. Apparently the couple who left the plane are being questioned by a swarm of DEA agents and county marshalls, and thier luggage is being removed from the plane. The pilot underlines this sentiment with an announcement that we'll be leaving once the couple's checked bags are found.

So we do.

We're taxiing out toward the runway finally.

Pilot makes an announcement that air traffic control wants them to stay on the ground another ten minutes. It's 7:10 already.

At 7:20 the pilot makes an announcement that they have a mechanical problem and are returning to hangar.

At almost 8 they tell us to get off the plane. I hit the ticket desk to be rescheduled.

Next flight to Phili? Overbooked. Next flights from anywhere to Columbia? Overbooked.

So I was booked for tomorrow at 1:00pm. At least it's express, and arrives at 2:40pm

[ 12-30-2002: Message edited by: Maradon XP ]

Niklas
hay guys whats going on in this title?
posted 12-30-2002 11:52:12 PM
Heh, I wonder what that couple were doing o_O

Very strange occurances..

Palador ChibiDragon
Dismembered
posted 12-30-2002 11:53:32 PM
quote:
Maradon XP had this to say about Tron:
So I was booked for tomorrow at 1:00pm. At least it's express, and arrives at 2:40pm

Be there early, of course. It would suck if you were picked at random for extra security check stuff, and missed your flight.

And, that sucks. Good luck next time.

I believe in the existance of magic, not because I have seen proof of its existance, but because I refuse to live in a world where it does not exist.
Maradon!
posted 12-30-2002 11:55:01 PM
I always show up at least an hour early for flights.

Also as a side note security rocked. They were thorough but incredibly efficient. I got through a very long line in around five minutes.

Gydyon
Yes, I am a lawyer. No you can't sue them for that. Shut up, or I'll have your legs broken.
posted 12-31-2002 12:07:02 AM
quote:
And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Maradon XP was all like:
I always show up at least an hour early for flights.

Also as a side note security rocked. They were thorough but incredibly efficient. I got through a very long line in around five minutes.


This time, take your shoes oof yourself and put them through. They really appreciate it and it saves time.

I have to do it every time I travel on business, because my dress shoes have metal in them...

Gydyon
Evercrest Lawyer

Thinking about your posts
(and billing you for it) since 2001

Maradon!
posted 12-31-2002 12:08:17 AM
I suspected I would have to so I didn't tie the laces
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