Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/23

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Subject: [Leica] About ready to give it up...
From: n.wajsman at chello.nl (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri Jul 23 21:20:54 2004
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Many airports in Europe do have a left-luggage facility but your luggage 
is scanned before you can leave it, in other words, it is treated the 
same as if it were going on a plane. Same thing with the lockers at 
places like the Atocha train station in Madrid.

Nathan

Tina Manley wrote:

> At 07:53 PM 7/23/2004, you wrote:
> 
> 
> There are no lockers today, Ted. They've done away with lockers at every 
> airport I've been in since 9/11.  There is no place to check luggage or 
> leave it overnight if your flight happens to be delayed or canceled.  
> This has happened to me several times.  If you miss your connections 
> because your connecting flight got in late and the next flight doesn't 
> leave until the next day, you have to claim your luggage, remove it from 
> the airport (to whatever "luxury" hotel they have comped for you), and 
> then recheck it the next day.  It's no fun to travel anymore!!  I'm 
> waiting for tele-transportation - like "I Dream of Jeannie" -  I want to 
> wiggle my nose and be there!  Are some of you computer guys working on 
> that?  Be sure to include cameras and film in the nose-wiggle 
> transportation.
> 
> Tina
> 
> 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
> 
> 
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