Hello everyone!
Thank you for your patience whilst I’ve been flying.
I packed my massive flight case late on Friday evening after a day of filming at the Symbian headquarters in London (more on that soon). I got to Heathrow and then had to empty some of the contents of the flight case. Here’s a picture of it:
It was brilliant to put all the camera gear and tech inside. Everything was packed away nicely. Unfortunately I had to stand there like a plumb emptying stuff and then weighing the case until I got it down to under 32kg in total.
I ended up having to squeeze my laptop and the two terabyte drives into my other suitcase. The whole point behind having a flippin’ massive sexy flight case is so that you don’t have to do this.
However a helpful chappy at the check-in desk explained that ‘the baggage guys won’t lift anything over 32kg off the belt’. I shall keep that in mind for the other five flights I’ve got this month.
Thank you to everyone who’s been demanding to know where the newsletter is. I actually wrote it on the Nokia Booklet 3G on the flight over. I just need to transcribe it into the newsletter system and send. Given the timezone difference I’m thinking of holding that ’til Friday so that you don’t end up getting two newsletters this week.
If you’re in New York and would like to meet, I’m here until Thursday and I’m at the ‘W New York – The Court’ at 130 East 39th Street. Come and have a drink?
ARGH! The infamous “32Kg” rule. God that is the one thing about flying that I hate. Yes I tend to always have flights that are on time, no lost luggage, good service and and all round nice flight. But this “32Kg” thing is something that has been known to drive me up the bloody wall!! I understand it, don't get me wrong, 32Kg is a lot to be lifting in one small, compact bit, on your own, fast. But I still don't like it.
Hope your other suitcase was as well padded, if you stuck your HDD in there. What brings you to NY btw?