{"id":2790,"date":"2007-08-26T03:46:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-26T08:46:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-03-27T21:28:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T02:28:36","slug":"packing-by-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/2007\/08\/26\/packing-by-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Packing by the Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_F_I2jb9dIrA\/RtDqqxVA7pI\/AAAAAAAAAG8\/fLZwlwxtgbE\/s1600-h\/IMG_0843.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/IMG_0843.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102836398327656082\" \/><\/a>We fly out in less than two days, and we&#8217;re packing. \u00a0The problem is that the numbers don&#8217;t work out. \u00a0Ignore the vacuum cleaner. \u00a0We&#8217;re not taking that. \u00a0But see that big black lens case? \u00a0It&#8217;s about four inches too long for United Airlines and two kilograms too heavy for South African Airlines. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>That&#8217;s if it goes as carry-on. \u00a0The problem with checking it is that we&#8217;re flying through Johannesburg, and stories say checked baggage there has a problem with pilferage. \u00a0Airline guidelines say all valuables such as cameras and laptops should be carry-on. \u00a0That black bag is my computer case. \u00a0Flying economy on SAA means one carry-on item.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mary Ann&#8217;s luggage is being worked on at the moment. \u00a0There doesn&#8217;t seem to be any combination of bags that can carry her camera gear and her laptop in one bag and get under the SAA weight limit. \u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But the night is young.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We fly out in less than two days, and we&#8217;re packing. \u00a0The problem is that the numbers don&#8217;t work out. \u00a0Ignore the vacuum cleaner. \u00a0We&#8217;re not taking that. \u00a0But see that big black lens case? \u00a0It&#8217;s about four inches too long for United Airlines and two kilograms too heavy for South African Airlines. \u00a0 That&#8217;s&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/2007\/08\/26\/packing-by-numbers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Packing by the Numbers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/IMG_0843.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4t90x-J0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2792,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790\/revisions\/2792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}