Re: If the looks could kill....

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 19:37:59 GMT, "Phil Nelson"
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>Yah, I have brought a couple of radios along as carry-on items, but I would
>be very scared of shipping them as luggage, no matter how well packed. As
>Jeff mentions, there are too many items such as 100-lb steel tool chests
>rocketing down the conveyors!
>

One time a long time ago I was visiting relatives in Connecticut and
acquired a fairly nice G500 TO at a "tag sale" while I was there. 

Due to circumstances I had no way to pack it in a box or take it as a
carry-on on the flight home, so I checked it as luggage just as it
was.

I had all sorts of images in my mind of arriving and seeing a bare
chassis and splinters on the conveyer belt, but amazingly, It survived
completely unscathed from Kennedy Airport in New York to Portland
international in Oregon. A guy on the same flight had his Gibson Les
Paul Custom mangled, so it wasn't anybody's dainty hands that spared
the TO from damage-It was pure luck.

I do not recommend this, nor would I do it again.

-Scott


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