Carry-On Rules

[livingdeb]

The airline I'm using to get to Denver this weekend allows one carry-on and one personal item.

"Your carry-on bag's dimensions can't exceed a total of 49 linear inches (9.5" height + 15.5" width + 24" length)." Mine is 9" x 14.5" x 22". Ha!

In the olden days, I brought a knapsack as my "personal item." These days just my purse counts or just my camera or just a computer bag or just a "reasonable amount of reading material," all of which I used to fit into my backpack.

It costs $15 to check a bag.

Fortunately, it's only a four-day trip. Because I'm feeling awfully stubborn.

Quote of the Day - Today's quote comes from today's Alamo Drafthouse newsletter.

THINGS I LEARNED AT LAST WEEKS PIRATE PARTY:
A short essay by Caitlin Stevens

I know it totally sucks to hear about fun things you missed a week after they happen, but there are some things that you just HAVE to share with the rest of the world. I successfully followed my golden rule of "drink slowly" and my other rule of "even though those rum drinks are OH SO DELICIOUS, stick with the Tecate" so I remember all the shenanigans that took place. First, it is super fun to yell and wave plastic swords and cutlasses at the people trying to peacefully watch the bats on the S. Congress bridge. Second, when you are actually on a boat, you do not get tired of singing "I'M ON A BOAT! I'M ON A BOAT!" especially when that song is remixed by Car Stereo (Wars). Third, it is wonderfully empowering to push Creative Director Henri Mazza off the upper deck of said boat in a mutiny. And finally, above all things, I learned to never, ever, under any circumstance, leap from the pedestrian bridge onto a boat NO MATTER HOW AWESOME IT LOOKS! Yes, there was someone who attempted that, and now he has broken legs and probably a hatred for pirates.

Comments

[fraeuleinchen.livejournal.com]

Have a great weekend! I'm sad that means that I won't see you at the P-recital party. But I'll want to hear about your CO experience, as I'm heading there next month myself.

[alethiography.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

Yeah, unfortunately all of the airlines other than Southwest are (as far as I know) charging for checked baggage these days. It's annoying.

However, you ARE flying on my favorite airline!

[pamwheatfree.livejournal.com]

Thank you for actually having a carry on that fits under the seat. I cannot tell you how many times I have really wanted to kill someone who got on a plane with oversized carry on bags that wouldn't fit anywhere on the plane so they had to go into cargo. Usually these people do not want to let their luggage out of their sight so they wait until it becomes obvious to even the pilot before they will relinquish it.