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What happens to all the stuff when you fly back? |
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Well, obviously I was assuming that ones valet
would do the packing. But, more to the point, do
you take the items back home with you? If so,
what do you do with all the extra suitcases,
clothing, toiletries and so forth that will
accumulate after a spate of foreign trips? |
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One could, of course, simply give the items to the
poor. But surely even the poor, these days, will
not be willing to wear second-hand underpants,
shirts or spats? |
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[+] imagine a rent-a-wardrobe counter at the airport next to the rent-a-car one. |
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I had this idea some years ago (pre-internet),
when my job assignment was changed from Florida
to North Dakota at the last minute, and I had no
time to shop for warmer clothing. |
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Obviously not a service one would need to use for
each and every trip, just those occasions when it's
impractical or there isn't time to pack one's own
luggage, or when one doesn't have appropriate
clothing for the trip (e.g., person living in the
tropics going to the frozen North, or a person from
a Northern, cold climate on a trip to the tropics). |
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The purpose of the luggage is to carry the clothing
home after the trip, otherwise it could be simply
delivered in a box. |
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As for what to do with the clothing and luggage
after the trip, there are a number of solutions, like
donating to charity, largely depending on how one
feels about doing the laundry during or after a
trip. Or, one could simply continue to wear them
after the trip is over. |
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Baked, apparently. This was offered by Harrod's in
2002, luggage packed with Puma 96 items, cost
US$3700. |
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The idea sort of turns up in Scoop "...William had acquired a well-, perhaps rather over-, furnished tent, three months’ rations, a collapsible canoe, a jointed flagstaff and Union Jack, a hand-pump and sterilizing plant, an astrolabe, six suits of tropical linen and a sou’wester, a camp operating table and set of surgical instruments, a portable humidor, guaranteed to preserve cigars in condition in the Red Sea, and a Christmas hamper complete with Santa Claus costume and a tripod mistletoe stand, and a cane for whacking snakes. ..At the last moment he added a coil of rope and a sheet of tin.." |
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//a camp operating table// |
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What's that then? Is just a normal operating table
painted pink? |
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I'm sure there isn't...no, I take it back, I'm sure there is a Hello Kitty operating table somewhere out there. |
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Probably on Hello Kitty Hell website. Best I could find was the delivery suite. |
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This could be a interesting situation at the customs desk at the airport. |
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"Did you pack your own luggage?" |
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If you limited it to outerwear, so you still had to pack
your own underthings, I don't see any particular
reason why the clothing couldn't be re-used. |
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This entire discussion would be moot if one's vacation was at a nudist colony. I mean, how hard is it to pack a toothbrush? |
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//This could be a interesting situation at the
customs desk at the airport.// |
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"Luggage is delivered overnight to the customer's
destination (hotel room, etc)." |
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// how hard is it to pack a toothbrush? // |
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That depends on where you pack it. |
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Toothbrush could be mailed to the destination in
advance. |
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Yes, but find me a post office that will let you into the
lobby if you're not wearing pants. |
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Getting in wouldn't be as problematic as getting out
without being escorted by those polite men in the
white suits. |
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//Yes, but find me a post office that will let you into the lobby if you're not wearing pants. |
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Le Cap d'Agde, according to google. c link. |
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