Re: OT - Checked Luggage Info

[Peter Jordan]

I can testify to the use of having a different looking bag. I had a bright 
red pull along case and recently, I looked out of the aircraft window as the 
plane was loading to see a baggage handler wheeling my bag away from the 
plane.

Grabbing the nearest stewardess (not literally) resulted in my bag getting 
put back onto the flight. It wouldn't have been noticed if it were plain 
black.

Peter


- Original Message - 
From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "pentax list" 
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 8:39 AM
Subject: OT - Checked Luggage Info


> On another list I belong to, there's a discussion about computer bags
> and cases, and I introduced cameras and lenses into the equation, saying
> that I have a problem hauling my photo gear and my laptop together when
> using a Pelican 1510. Someone suggested a Pelican 1660, but I replied
> that that was too big for carry-on, because I never check photo gear.
>
> An interesting post was this:
>
>
> ---
> Some advice based on my wife's comments. She's a baggage claims
> supervisor for a major airline.
>
> Make your bag look different. Stupid different. Paint the wheels purple.
> Wrap the handle with a barber pole pattern of yellow and blue tape.
> Whatever.
>
> The biggest reason for truly missing bags, both checked and carry-on, is
> that they all look alike. Make sure yours doesn't look like the rest and
> that you can easily spot it. They tends to prevent accidental pickups by
> others and allows you to see someone "walking off" with it. Either at a
> baggage claims area or in the security checkpoints.
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>
>
> -- 
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> Cheers,
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Re: OT - Checked Luggage Info

[P. J. Alling]

Hum, something tells me you'll be having a bit of tea and conversation 
with security...

Cotty wrote:

>On 17/9/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>  
>
>>To make my Pelican 1550 stand out from the crowd I've painted a
>>picture on one side of Osama bin Laden, and on the other of Mullah
>>Omar.
>>
>>
>
>Cute. I thought of this:
>
>
>
>  
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Re: OT - Checked Luggage Info

[David J Brooks]

I wondering if sticking a few fake fingers out of the bag would keep  
would be bandits at bay.:-). It would make a neat call to bagage  
claim." Yes its a blue bag, with a finger stuck in the zipper."




Dave

Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> On 17/9/06, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>> It works.  My black rolling bag is festooned with big
>> white W's on every side.  It went missing on a flight
>> to California in July, but was found within two hours.
>> The baggage agent said the Ws did it--it stood out
>> from the hundreds of other black rolling bags.  Nobody
>> has ever picked it off a carousel by mistake, either.
>
> Thanks for that Rick.
>
> I'll bet you're favourite film is 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World',
> especially the scene where the dying Jimmy Durante says "the money's
> buried under the big W, I tell ya, the bg W!!" and then literally kicks
> a bucket.
>
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Re: OT - Checked Luggage Info

[Cotty]

On 17/9/06, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:

>It works.  My black rolling bag is festooned with big
>white W's on every side.  It went missing on a flight
>to California in July, but was found within two hours.
> The baggage agent said the Ws did it--it stood out
>from the hundreds of other black rolling bags.  Nobody
>has ever picked it off a carousel by mistake, either.

Thanks for that Rick.

I'll bet you're favourite film is 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World',
especially the scene where the dying Jimmy Durante says "the money's
buried under the big W, I tell ya, the bg W!!" and then literally kicks
a bucket.

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Re: OT - Checked Luggage Info

[Rick Womer]

It works.  My black rolling bag is festooned with big
white W's on every side.  It went missing on a flight
to California in July, but was found within two hours.
 The baggage agent said the Ws did it--it stood out
from the hundreds of other black rolling bags.  Nobody
has ever picked it off a carousel by mistake, either.

Rick

--- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On another list I belong to, there's a discussion
> about computer bags
> and cases, and I introduced cameras and lenses into
> the equation, saying
> that I have a problem hauling my photo gear and my
> laptop together when
> using a Pelican 1510. Someone suggested a Pelican
> 1660, but I replied
> that that was too big for carry-on, because I never
> check photo gear.
> 
> An interesting post was this:
> 
> 
> ---
> Some advice based on my wife's comments. She's a
> baggage claims 
> supervisor for a major airline.
> 
> Make your bag look different. Stupid different.
> Paint the wheels purple. 
> Wrap the handle with a barber pole pattern of yellow
> and blue tape. 
> Whatever.
> 
> The biggest reason for truly missing bags, both
> checked and carry-on, is 
> that they all look alike. Make sure yours doesn't
> look like the rest and 
> that you can easily spot it. They tends to prevent
> accidental pickups by 
> others and allows you to see someone "walking off"
> with it. Either at a 
> baggage claims area or in the security checkpoints.
> -
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
>   Cotty
> 
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Re: OT - Checked Luggage Info

[Digital Image Studio]

On 17/09/06, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Yup, that would probably  too.

Probably counter to the cause but what the heck it would keep me away :-)

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RE: OT - Checked Luggage Info

[Bob W]

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Cotty
> Sent: 17 September 2006 09:21
> To: pentax list
> Subject: Re: OT - Checked Luggage Info
> 
> On 17/9/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
> >To make my Pelican 1550 stand out from the crowd I've painted a
> >picture on one side of Osama bin Laden, and on the other of Mullah
> >Omar.
> 
> Cute. I thought of this:
> 
> <http://tinyurl.com/r4dn4>
> 
> -- 
> 

Yup, that would probably  too.

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Re: OT - Checked Luggage Info

[Cotty]

On 17/9/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:

>To make my Pelican 1550 stand out from the crowd I've painted a
>picture on one side of Osama bin Laden, and on the other of Mullah
>Omar.

Cute. I thought of this:



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RE: OT - Checked Luggage Info

[Bob W]

Yes, I've heard that. 

To make my Pelican 1550 stand out from the crowd I've painted a
picture on one side of Osama bin Laden, and on the other of Mullah
Omar.

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> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Cotty
> Sent: 17 September 2006 08:39
> To: pentax list
> Subject: OT - Checked Luggage Info
> 
> On another list I belong to, there's a discussion about computer
bags
> and cases, and I introduced cameras and lenses into the 
> equation, saying
> that I have a problem hauling my photo gear and my laptop 
> together when
> using a Pelican 1510. Someone suggested a Pelican 1660, but I
replied
> that that was too big for carry-on, because I never check photo
gear.
> 
> An interesting post was this:
> 
> 
> ---
> Some advice based on my wife's comments. She's a baggage claims 
> supervisor for a major airline.
> 
> Make your bag look different. Stupid different. Paint the 
> wheels purple. 
> Wrap the handle with a barber pole pattern of yellow and blue tape. 
> Whatever.
> 
> The biggest reason for truly missing bags, both checked and 
> carry-on, is 
> that they all look alike. Make sure yours doesn't look like 
> the rest and 
> that you can easily spot it. They tends to prevent accidental 
> pickups by 
> others and allows you to see someone "walking off" with it. 
> Either at a 
> baggage claims area or in the security checkpoints.
> -
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
>   Cotty
> 
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OT - Checked Luggage Info

[Cotty]

On another list I belong to, there's a discussion about computer bags
and cases, and I introduced cameras and lenses into the equation, saying
that I have a problem hauling my photo gear and my laptop together when
using a Pelican 1510. Someone suggested a Pelican 1660, but I replied
that that was too big for carry-on, because I never check photo gear.

An interesting post was this:


---
Some advice based on my wife's comments. She's a baggage claims 
supervisor for a major airline.

Make your bag look different. Stupid different. Paint the wheels purple. 
Wrap the handle with a barber pole pattern of yellow and blue tape. 
Whatever.

The biggest reason for truly missing bags, both checked and carry-on, is 
that they all look alike. Make sure yours doesn't look like the rest and 
that you can easily spot it. They tends to prevent accidental pickups by 
others and allows you to see someone "walking off" with it. Either at a 
baggage claims area or in the security checkpoints.
-



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