Re: Lost Packages (or luggage) (NZC)

[Jeremy Mixer <zepmeist@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Brad Schauer wrote:

> At 07:44 PM 11/13/97 -0500, Brett McElheny wrote:
> >A quick question to all the tape trader's on the list: Have you ever had
> >a package lost in the mail? I have sent many packages and recieved many,
> >but never had one lost in the mail.  I've had some take awhile, but they
> >always showed up.  I am just wondering because I think a situation is
> >developing in a current trade, where I sent tapes over a week ago.
> 
> I've never had a package lost, but occasionally one will take much longer
> than usual.  I once received a package that had taken quite a journey thanks
> to the USPS.  It was covered in stamps, the mailer was torn, and it had
> taken over a month to get to me.  But to be fair, trades within the same
> country, with 1st class postage, usually don't take more than a week.

About 2 years ago my dad and I finally got to go on our first
vacation...due to reasons beyond our control we didn't travel at all
before that, we simply couldn;t......so we spent a week in Florida and the
Bahamas.....well on the wayt back, we were flying from Orlando to
LaGuardia in NYC, and from there to Portland.....but the Portland Airport
was fogged in so they thought the only way to get us to Portland was to
send us to Albany where a plane was going to leave for Portland in a few
hours....so off we went to Albany...when we got there we were told that
there was no way the plane could take us to Portland so they stuck us in a
hotel for the night. The next morning we got up and caught the first plane
to Portland and got home, when we flew into Portland we couldn;t find our
luggage.....they trold us it was currently in Washington DC and it would
be flown to Portland by a certyain time later that night and to go get it
then.

Well anyway, we went to pick up our luggage, and looked at the tracking
route on itm, and for some reason, they put it on a plane to
LONDON.....then it flew fro0m there to Washington DC, where they flew it
back to portland......

sorry for the lack of zep content but I thought this was a little amusingh
anyway.

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