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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 10:06 pm
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Loren Pechtel
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Originally Posted by DJ Bitterbarn
Depending on the bag, I can usually pick it up and swing it back over the carousel to then back up slowly. Usually. Not always, though.

But it's amazing how many people don't realize that you're there to do the same thing they are, and don't give you the space. They're too busy looking for their bags?
By the time I've managed to lift it clear of the other bags on a crowded carousel it's already swung at least somewhat into the space beside me. Until it's cleared the other bags it's simply impossible to keep it from moving along and since my arms don't stretch that means it's going to swing also.

If it were a small, light bag I could get it clear without this happening but my wife always insists on taking as much stuff as she can.
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