$#$#@%!!! wheelies!

"Bob Myers" wrote in message
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"PTRAVEL" wrote in message
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I've never heard an announcement on United that wheelies can't be placed
in
overhead bins. Not once.

Funny, I've heard it every time I travel on United. And since my
home airport is DEN, that's a whole lotta times...

I think you're still confused in your terminology - "wheelie," as
used here (and by United in their announcements), does NOT
refer to any wheeled carry-on bag. but specifically those items
which are of the "detachable luggage cart" variety - e.g., the
foldable, wheeled metal frame which some people use to
drag NON-wheeled luggage around on. Those frame are
what United and others are insisting be placed under the
seat in front of you, because they're very likely to shift if
placed in overhead bins (being pretty lightweight) and are
No Fun to have fall out of said bins and onto a passenger's
head.

Ah, I see. Yes, I was thinking this thread was about wheeled carryons, not
luggage carts.



Bob M.

PTravel wrote:

"Bob Myers" wrote in message
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"PTRAVEL" wrote in message
m...

I've never heard an announcement on United that wheelies can't be placed

in

overhead bins. Not once.

Funny, I've heard it every time I travel on United. And since my
home airport is DEN, that's a whole lotta times...

I think you're still confused in your terminology - "wheelie," as
used here (and by United in their announcements), does NOT
refer to any wheeled carry-on bag. but specifically those items
which are of the "detachable luggage cart" variety - e.g., the
foldable, wheeled metal frame which some people use to
drag NON-wheeled luggage around on. Those frame are
what United and others are insisting be placed under the
seat in front of you, because they're very likely to shift if
placed in overhead bins (being pretty lightweight) and are
No Fun to have fall out of said bins and onto a passenger's
head.


Ah, I see. Yes, I was thinking this thread was about wheeled carryons, not
luggage carts.



Bob M.






You are right.

If you run back to the beginning you see "because of the damn wheelies
everybody (except, it seems, me) uses. what happens is that they've
been manufactured to barely meet the carryon size requirements, but if
you pack them transverse into the bin, as people do when the bin is
crowded, they don't quite fit."

The only way that I see it as making sense is that he is referencing
carry on bags with wheels. I certainly don't see that many of the old
style strap on luggage carts.

"Icono Clast" wrote in message
What the hell is this "debark" word?

Standard American English.

Last I knew, debark meant to get the bark off a tree. Or to have
your dog altered so it wouldn't bark.

If you're going to be pedantic, Asshole, check your facts BEFORE you make
a fool of yourself!

Ah, it's an Americanism. So it's not a real word. Thought so. Thanks for
confirming it.

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