In article ,
"sharx35" wrote:
> "Magda" wrote in message
> news:k0akc35402qp2uh9hspaj455a91jcc7bn1@4ax.com...
> > On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:24:56 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, "Rog'"
> > arranged some electrons, so they looked like
> > this:
> >
> >
> > ... Any ideas (for my wife) on how to pack for these limits:
> > ... US-Europe... 23kg (50lbs) ea. (2 allowed);
> > ... Inside Europe... a total of 20 kg (44 lbs); and
> > ... Inside Greece... a total of 15lkg. (33lbs.)....
> > ... plus a carry-on.
> > ... I said, pack for the least weight allowed, which went
> > ... over like a lead-balloon. =R=
> >
> > Let her pack as much as she wants and cope *all alone* with the
> > consequences (carry the
> > load herself, pay the penalties from her pocket, etc.). It will teach her
> > a lesson in
> > common sense.
>
> You don't understand: for MOST of us married people, our finances are
> COMBINED...when we married we COMBINED our fortunes, as it were. So it makes
> NO difference whose wallet the overweight fees comes out of...the source is
> the same.
Make her carry whatever she takes. I'm 73 and do it--a real "pack light"
teacher.
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Mary, biblioholic
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