Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> Kathleen > wrote:
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>
>>Mort Adella wrote:
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>>>I've heard many stories of shipped goodies never arriving. I'd trust the
>>>baggage handlers before the foreign postal services.
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>
>>Or the baggage handlers who broke both bottles of coconut rum we were
>>bringing back from the Bahamas.
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>
> :-( To me, the rum breakage is the result of poor packing. I could be
> wrong. I brought five bottles of olive oil in my suitcase from Italy
> and Rob brought a couple bottles of wine in his. I went over there with
> bubble wrap and plastic bags and all was well. They were well cushioned
> by various bits of clothing -- roll the bottles into the clothing. I
> always put a note on top saying what's in there and would they please be
> careful if they open the suitcase.

Yeah. The rum was well wrapped in bubble wrap, taped, and cushioned by
multiple layers of clothing. I'd have sworn a gorilla could have
jumped up and down on the case without causing a problem. At least the
packaging kept the shards of glass contained.

And the theft of the dive knives was simply infuriating. Can't lock
your bags so any bozo can simply help himself to anything that strikes
his fancy...