GAFilk 6 (final)
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mnemeThe remainder of GAfilk passed in something of a blur, as there was a traditional Closing Ceremonies (ending with a Strangers No More sing by all), followed by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nrivkis and I hurridly hugging everyone we could reach prepatory to heading out (fortunately, I'll see some of same, if by -no- means most, at Arisia next weekend). One of these days, I'l make GAFilk's dead dog, but I'm still conserving vacation days.
After that, the trip to the airport was fairly easy, the way through security was uneventrul aside from two pretty lighters I'd picked up at Torcon but not found when looking through my backpack getting refused and (by YT) abandoned (since food was more important at that point than $10 worth of lighters, even if they weren't trivial to replace).
Note: Atlanta's airport is very big, and unified, unlike JFK or La Guardia. Additionally, rather unusually, they have a single security checkpoint regardless of terminal, which tends to make for truly enourmous lines.
The flight was quite pleasant, as they go.
However, picking up my drum bag, I found that while the other things I'd stored in it were intact, that "helpful" AirTran baggage inspectors in Atlanta had ripped my bodhran head open in order to inspect the bag below it (rather than just untying the bag and inspecting the contents) -- this wasn't even a single rip, but a full rip across combined wirh a vertical cut and a tertiary rip, like some ecut the drum across one end and then ripped it in half by hand. I've complained, and given the monetary values in question, don't expect much, but I'm decidedly annoyed. I'd probably be more annoyed if I hadn't been considering replacing the drum, but -still-.
Anywyas, the trip was still a lot of fun (though having a drum for Arisia might be a touch challenging. :(
nrivkis and I hurridly hugging everyone we could reach prepatory to heading out (fortunately, I'll see some of same, if by -no- means most, at Arisia next weekend). One of these days, I'l make GAFilk's dead dog, but I'm still conserving vacation days.After that, the trip to the airport was fairly easy, the way through security was uneventrul aside from two pretty lighters I'd picked up at Torcon but not found when looking through my backpack getting refused and (by YT) abandoned (since food was more important at that point than $10 worth of lighters, even if they weren't trivial to replace).
Note: Atlanta's airport is very big, and unified, unlike JFK or La Guardia. Additionally, rather unusually, they have a single security checkpoint regardless of terminal, which tends to make for truly enourmous lines.
The flight was quite pleasant, as they go.
However, picking up my drum bag, I found that while the other things I'd stored in it were intact, that "helpful" AirTran baggage inspectors in Atlanta had ripped my bodhran head open in order to inspect the bag below it (rather than just untying the bag and inspecting the contents) -- this wasn't even a single rip, but a full rip across combined wirh a vertical cut and a tertiary rip, like some ecut the drum across one end and then ripped it in half by hand. I've complained, and given the monetary values in question, don't expect much, but I'm decidedly annoyed. I'd probably be more annoyed if I hadn't been considering replacing the drum, but -still-.
Anywyas, the trip was still a lot of fun (though having a drum for Arisia might be a touch challenging. :(
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Date: 2004-01-11 08:47 pm (UTC)Want to borrow a doumbek?
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Date: 2004-01-12 05:13 am (UTC)They took your lighters away?
Date: 2004-01-12 06:39 am (UTC)I bought two boxes of Marlboro lights for my brother at the duty free shop, and they gave me a free lighter in with the cigarettes (special offer) which I could only collect just before boarding the plane ... duh?
At least getting a bodhran reskinned is fairly easy (my maker, Gurt Mint, of Bristol UK, will reskin a bodhran for about 30-35 bucks I believe) so if you did like the drum, you could get it repaired as a spare, but I'd be pushing for a brand new drum as a replacement from the TPA/AirTran.
Of course a cheap bodhran (say, a Pakistani one) goes for about 35 bucks in this country, so it may not be worth repairing, particularly if it isn't a tuneable drum.
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Date: 2004-01-12 08:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-12 09:21 pm (UTC)Oh well. :(
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Date: 2004-01-14 11:37 am (UTC)(And maybe they need to get a pointer as to how *not* to treat musical instruments *ever*!)
*hugs*
not that you know me, or asked for my advice....
Date: 2004-03-17 08:30 pm (UTC)I'd suggest including the cost of your time when figuring the $ damages to your drum. It is not as if a new drum - that you like as well as the old one - will magically appear once they cut you a check. Pay yourself well for this - it is a punitive as well as compensatory figure.
That you were considering replacing the drum is irrelevant to your damages - and frankly, 'they' need some reminders about respecting property. The straw man of 'safe airlines' cannot be allowed to trump all other concerns, because if it really really did we'd all fly bound and gagged.
Re: not that you know me, or asked for my advice....
Date: 2004-03-18 07:06 am (UTC)I have found the claim form I lost days after the incident, so I may still pursue it, it depends on various things.
It's quite possible that you've seen me at pop-tart cafe's ... at least, if you attended them at Philcon, since I was at several of them.
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Date: 2004-05-17 05:01 pm (UTC)