Susan decided that Leo did not have enough plates in his rental house near the UCal campus in Berkeley and we had some inexpensive dinner plates packed away in Suwanee after our move from Lilburn. Susan figured we would give them to Leo. Newt wondered why would we send them all the way to California when we can buy cheap plates out there. Newt knew he had to pick his battles and was comforted knowing they plates were on a one-way trip. He would never have to move them again.
Tracy, complements of Delta Air, smuggled the first three plates in her carry-on bag on an earlier trip. She’s a trooper. Then it became a bit more complicated when Susan and Newt planned their trip to Berkeley in late February. Susan packs the remaining plates with her clothes in a large check-in bag. Newt realizes the evening before they were to leave that the bag was probably over the 40-pound limit. He also figures that the dishes were going to arrive in bits and pieces.
So out came the scales and Newt lugs the bag up and down the stairs. Whoops, the bag wont fit on the scale. OK, Newt weighs himself, then him and the bag, subtract and he gets 48 pounds. Over the limit! Later Newt rereads the Delta instructions and discovers there is only a 50-pound limit meaning it could have been the end of the story right there.
How much does each plate weigh? 1.5 pounds. We shift plates and clothes between Susan’s bag and Newt’s bag. Newt’s not packing them very carefully since he still knows they’re going to arrive in bits and pieces anyway. Susan’s bag still weighs 48 pounds but now we know its OK.
Delta, here we come.End of story except for two comments. One, the Delta baggage check-in agent was amazed we could get so close to the weight allowance. Two, all the dishes arrived intact.
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