Burkey,

I wish I could have seen the tire-as-carryon because I would have been rolling in my seat. If that was just a humourous exaggeration, your humor is appreciated.

JayBrian,

Your humor is appreciated (I am assuming you really didn't try and carry on a set of tires).

I was laughing so much about the tires that my dog has come in to see what was going on

The reason for my enjoying the tire comments so much because I use to work as a consultant at a LARGE consulting firm (LARGE emphasized to help everyone picture the mailroom) and one day one of my coworkers decided to mail order (this was pre-internet days) a set of perfomance tires for his car, w/delivery to the company mailroom. You should have been there when a set of four tires comes in with the UPS guy. It was a sight (and sounds) to behold. I never heard the mail room manager ..... and moan so much, it was a classic ("THIS AIN'T NO @#$%*!@ TIRESHOP, GET YOUR !@#$%^& _SS IN HERE AND GET YOUR !@#$%^&* TIRES!!!!). Needless to say, our entire department got a kick out of that one.

Sorry for the digression from things related to flying