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Location: Tampa, FL | Flying from Columbus, OH to Tampa, FL yesterday, connecting through Philly. My luggage got lost enroute. So while I'm filing a lost luggage claim they have me look at a list of pictures in order to provide a 'standardized' description of my luggage. The picture list comes from the IATA (International Airline Transport Association). Under the category musical instruments they show a tiny picture of two instruments. A saxophone and ...
an O Legend.
So...imagine you're a Martinista, traveling with your Big Baby (cause, lord knows, you won't leave the house with your 'real' guitar), and it gets lost. Here's the dilemma. Do you point at the Legend and say "My guitar looks like that" or do you just walk away sobbing at the loss cause there's nothing in the list that looks like your guitar. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Ha!!! :D
BTW... I don't think this is "off topic" at all. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Your big mistake was traveling through Philly... the black hole for luggage. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I'm surprised they featured a saxaphone but I understand why there isn't a violin.
There's way too much sax and violins in the world today.
I agree with the Bradster on the topic. Oh, the humanity... |
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Location: Tampa, FL | Jeepers, I thought OT meant Official Thread. ;)
When I started typing I was thinking lost luggage. In retrospect, I have to agree with the thread police. This thread is probably not OT. In labeling it so I may have lured, under false pretenses, some lurkers who have come here to read the non-O content exclusively. In this case I must apologize. In the future I promise to come out of the closet and present my O content in a forthright fashion trying not to rely on subterfuge to gain readership.
MWoody, Slipkid, et.al., is there a penalty associated with an infraction of this magnitude (or is that minitude).
On a side note, you could tell that the picture of the O was a stock photo. It could not have been from an actual lost piece cause the case was pristine. You could tell it had never been 'handled' by an airline baggager. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by ChatMan:
MWoody, Slipkid, et.al., is there a penalty associated with an infraction of this magnitude (or is that minitude). ...only if you promise to stay in the closet.
Originally posted by ChatMan:
On a side note, you could tell that the picture of the O was a stock photo. It could not have been from an actual lost piece cause the case was pristine. You could tell it had never been 'handled' by an airline baggager. Of course it was a stock photo. To take a picture of lost luggage they would have to find it first. That's not likely to happen. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Avoid non-stop flights. I want mine to end up somewhere. |
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Location: NJ | "Okay, . . let's get on the plane . ."
"F@ckYou, I'm getting IN the plane!!! . ."
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Location: Illinois | Originally posted by ChatMan:
...So...imagine you're a Martinista, traveling with your Big Baby (cause, lord knows, you won't leave the house with your 'real' guitar), and it gets lost. Here's the dilemma. Do you point at the Legend and say "My guitar looks like that" or do you just walk away sobbing at the loss cause there's nothing in the list that looks like your guitar. If the 'Martinista' you refer to is the owner of a C.F.Martin guit tar, then being the owner of a C.F.Martin guit tar he has no need to point out a generic picture supplied by the airline. The said Martin owner has a picture of his C.F.Martin in his wallet! Just in front of the pic of his wife and right behind the top pic, his 'real' guit tar... A Gibson!
:D ¡bubinga! :p :cool:
yeah, that'll get me banned. :( |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Woody, go to your room and take the meds..... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | :( Ok Unca Bill.
Actually, I have been stuck in my cubicle dealing with other peoples issues. The things we do for the dollar, I tell ya.
Rick, I hope they find your stuff. Actually, I hope they write you a check for some better stuff! |
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Location: Tampa, FL | Sadly my stuff got returned last night.
As noted earlier, Philly is the black hole of luggage. I'd guess 15% of my flight and about the same on the succeeding flight were in the claim line. Pretty unbelievable. I'm guessing they do a random shuffle in Philly. Either that or they select for reading imparied individuals in their baggage department. |
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OT: Obscure O sighting
