In Reply to: Go On - Be Daring And A Tad Cheeky posted by MissWooFarkinHoo on Friday, 26. December 2008 at 21:20 Bali Time:
I'm leaving for Bali Sunday (!), and thanks to some inspiration and guidance here, am bringing a suitcase with clothes and toys for Bali Children's Project.
My airline allows two checked bags 23K each. My swimsuit, sun hat, and khakis only take up about 20 pounds, so I've been madly collecting donations from friends. Now the moment of truth: weighing the bags.
I borrowed a bathroom scale and then tried to figure out how to weigh the suitcases, late last night after an enormous Christmas dinner. First I tried balancing them on the ends. They fell over. Try again. The scale read zero. I tried holding them over the scale with one hand. It read 20 pounds--not possible. I tapped the scale with my toe. It went off.
Finally, I broke down and had to weigh myself with and without bags. This worked. But now I guess my New Year's resolutions include skipping dessert :( And here I was looking forward to black sticky rice pudding.