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(Philadelphia Magazine)   How a piece of lost luggage destined for Newfoundland went from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Philly's most popular restaurant   (phillymag.com) divider line
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Dr Jack Badofsky
2023-01-19 2:36:47 PM  
Pat's Dogs?
 
steklo [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 2:37:50 PM  
There was a documentary about how airports/airlines deal with lost luggage.

I think on Nat Geo...1 hour of amazing facts on how they deal with lost luggage.

Matter or fact, looks so much fun I want a job doing that.
 
ProfessorTerguson [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 2:39:27 PM  
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steklo [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 2:43:38 PM  
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steklo [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 2:44:09 PM  
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Wendigogo [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 2:44:45 PM  

steklo: [Fark user image image 551x799]


How?!
 
buckeyebrain
2023-01-19 2:45:55 PM  
From TFA:  The Newfoundlander says he is moved by Cook's willingness to help him and that it makes him think that Philadelphia might be a pretty hospitable place.

Just don't show up in a rival team's jersey.
 
gameshowhost [OhFark]
2023-01-19 2:46:28 PM  
alternative explanation:

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Jairzinho
2023-01-19 2:46:34 PM  
Nice story with a happy ending immediately followed by this one on the same article:

"And Now for Two Depressing News Stories (Sorry). A Jenkintown woman is charged with killing and dismembering her parents' bodies."

Kind of ruined the mood.
 
Artist
2023-01-19 2:48:24 PM  
Nice restuarant. Good food. Service can be slow, but that means if you're not in a hurry, have a window seat, there's great people watching to enjoy.
 
Wendigogo [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 2:50:14 PM  
He should make a point to go to Philly. Parc is amazing and Philly is a great city.
 
steklo [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 2:51:03 PM  

Wendigogo: How?!


It might be a photoshop.

Someone last week told me it was staged for a sculpture or something.

I dunno.
 
steklo [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 2:51:50 PM  

Wendigogo: Philly is a great city.


I tell ya, what they did to the navy yard was amazing. Nice they cleaned that up.
 
justanotherfarkinfarker
2023-01-19 2:52:04 PM  
WHY the hell is this guy sea vent mapping though the DRC, they have like 20 miles of coast. I'd say that's a CIA cover but he's Canadian.
 
gameshowhost [OhFark]
2023-01-19 2:54:26 PM  

Jairzinho: Nice story with a happy ending immediately followed by this one on the same article:

"And Now for Two Depressing News Stories (Sorry). A Jenkintown woman is charged with killing and dismembering her parents' bodies."

Kind of ruined the mood.


ew, jenkemtown
 
justanotherfarkinfarker
2023-01-19 2:54:54 PM  

steklo: Someone last week told me it was staged for a sculpture or something.


Yup. It was an art installation.
 
Jairzinho
2023-01-19 2:56:51 PM  
I get that in some countries the luggage may be sorted manually, but at some point it got to an airport with flights to PHL to an airline that serves it. That indicates already some automation and security checks involved.

If the luggage piece still had its tag with his name and address on it, and I assume the airline barcode attached as well, how the fark it gets sent to a different destination to a different person with a completely different name??
 
brantgoose [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-19 2:57:25 PM  
It's not a popular Phillie restaurant without Cheese Steak Sandwiches.
 
The Third Man [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 2:59:28 PM  

steklo: Wendigogo: How?!

It might be a photoshop.

Someone last week told me it was staged for a sculpture or something.

I dunno.


It is indeed a sculpture, and it can be seen at the Sacramento Airport.

https://sacramento.aero/smf/about/art
 
brantgoose [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-19 3:00:43 PM  
I refer you to the menu. Prove me wrong.

https://parc-restaurant.com/#menus
 
Wendigogo [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 3:01:40 PM  

brantgoose: It's not a popular Phillie restaurant without Cheese Steak Sandwiches.


If the guy's luggage had been sent to Pat's it would have ended up in the Delaware River.
 
wxboy
2023-01-19 3:01:46 PM  

steklo: Wendigogo: How?!

It might be a photoshop.

Someone last week told me it was staged for a sculpture or something.

I dunno.


It kind of looks like someone's idea of a humorous art piece.
 
steklo [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 3:02:07 PM  

The Third Man: It is indeed a sculpture, and it can be seen at the Sacramento Airport.


how cool!

I know my local mall growing up was built in 1969 and throughout the whole mall was art sculptures by Peter Max.


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Herbert's Hippopotamus
2023-01-19 3:04:59 PM  
Darryl Pope might be the most Newfoundland name one can have.
 
cyberspacedout
2023-01-19 3:05:08 PM  

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In Newfoundland, it's policy to use the definite article, the Dildo, never your Dildo, because you don't own the place, you know.
 
Nakoma
2023-01-19 3:07:34 PM  
Filly or Philly
 
ng2810
2023-01-19 3:15:14 PM  
So he booked a flight through Air Canada...

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Fark Air Canada
 
FarkingReading
2023-01-19 3:31:56 PM  
FTA: Pope is an offshore worker. More specifically, he is an offshore surveyor who flies all over the world to deal with something called sea vent mapping. (We'll let you look it up.)

That's unnecessarily wordy and it's a writer asking his readers to do more work than they should. This guy writes an article like he wants his readers to go down rabbit holes and fark off with his article. Weird.
 
deadsanta
2023-01-19 3:37:40 PM  

Wendigogo: brantgoose: It's not a popular Phillie restaurant without Cheese Steak Sandwiches.

If the guy's luggage had been sent to Pat's it would have ended up in the Delaware River.


After being screamed at with racial insults once the owner saw the Africa origin stickers.  Or is that the owner of Geno's?  Anyway they both sucked compared to Billybob's in West Philly, sadly that closed but some of the food truck cheesesteaks are better than either Geno's or Pat's, always have been.

/Rami's falafel truck better than all.
 
Ghost Roach [BareFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-19 3:46:48 PM  

justanotherfarkinfarker: WHY the hell is this guy sea vent mapping though the DRC, they have like 20 miles of coast. I'd say that's a CIA cover but he's Canadian.


Canadian spooks are a thing.

Takes YEARS of training to not break cover should the bad guys play the Hockey Night in Canada theme song
 
Ragin' Asian [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-01-19 3:48:35 PM  
I was wondering where my shipment of baby gorillas went.
 
fatassbastard [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 3:55:27 PM  
Remember: it's pronounced new-fund-LAND, like Disneyland, not like Oakland.
 
LineNoise [OhFark]
2023-01-19 4:01:15 PM  
I get it your number eventually comes up.....

I've flown easily 1K times. You know how many times my luggage was actually lost?

0.

3 times it showed up a day late. I was handsomely, almost comically, compensated for it. To the point i wish iat happened every time.

Maybe a dozen times a few hours behind me.
 
MayoBoy
2023-01-19 4:07:31 PM  

Jairzinho: Nice story with a happy ending immediately followed by this one on the same article:

"And Now for Two Depressing News Stories (Sorry). A Jenkintown woman is charged with killing and dismembering her parents' bodies."

Kind of ruined the mood.


I don't think you're allowed to use "happy ending" and "Jerkintown" in the same comment.
 
Bermuda59 [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 4:11:30 PM  
Good thing it was luggage and not a robot
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kpaxoid
2023-01-19 4:14:24 PM  

Jairzinho: I get that in some countries the luggage may be sorted manually, but at some point it got to an airport with flights to PHL to an airline that serves it. That indicates already some automation and security checks involved.

If the luggage piece still had its tag with his name and address on it, and I assume the airline barcode attached as well, how the fark it gets sent to a different destination to a different person with a completely different name??


There's a lot here that doesn't make sense.

Everyone I know who has an air tag, myself included, knows that their bag is separated from them or misdirected a LONG TIME before they arrive at their final destination.

Also, only American has non-stop flights from Paris to Philadelphia, whereas both Air France and Air Canada have nonstop flights from Paris to Montreal.
 
dericwater
2023-01-19 4:17:08 PM  

Wendigogo: steklo: [Fark user image image 551x799]

How?!


I think it's artwork surrounding an actual supporting column.
 
dericwater
2023-01-19 4:18:40 PM  

justanotherfarkinfarker: WHY the hell is this guy sea vent mapping though the DRC, they have like 20 miles of coast. I'd say that's a CIA cover but he's Canadian.


That's what they want you to believe.
 
dericwater
2023-01-19 4:24:39 PM  

brantgoose: I refer you to the menu. Prove me wrong.

https://parc-restaurant.com/#menus


Fairly reasonable prices, compared to San Francisco restaurants.
 
Wendigogo [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 4:27:54 PM  

dericwater: Wendigogo: steklo: [Fark user image image 551x799]

How?!

I think it's artwork surrounding an actual supporting column.


Yes, that makes sense. A few folks up thread mentioned it's an art installation as well. This would explain why the people standing around it are so calm.
 
buckeyebrain
2023-01-19 4:43:16 PM  

Wendigogo: dericwater: Wendigogo: steklo: [Fark user image image 551x799]

How?!

I think it's artwork surrounding an actual supporting column.

Yes, that makes sense. A few folks up thread mentioned it's an art installation as well. This would explain why the people standing around it are so calm.


Yes, it's an art piece at the Sacramento airport.
 
jammer2k
2023-01-19 4:43:19 PM  

Wendigogo: steklo: [Fark user image image 551x799]

How?!


That is the Baggage claim art installation at Sacramento International Airport. It is very impressive in person.
 
justanotherfarkinfarker
2023-01-19 4:45:29 PM  

dericwater: That's what they want you to believe.


True, in Iran they were "Canadian".
 
Three Crooked Squirrels [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 4:51:40 PM  

Jairzinho: Nice story with a happy ending immediately followed by this one on the same article:

"And Now for Two Depressing News Stories (Sorry). A Jenkintown woman is charged with killing and dismembering her parents' bodies."

Kind of ruined the mood.


Yeah, all the little blurb stories that followed were kinda interesting:

And Now for Two Depressing News Stories (Sorry)
A Jenkintown woman is charged with killing and dismembering her parents' bodies. And sadly, investigators have announced that missing Montco mom Jennifer Brown is dead.

Far From Over
Lower Merion police may have placed the cop who tased the unarmed Black woman in a Wawa parking lot on administrative leave, but neighbors still have plenty of concerns.

Summer Plans?
Apparently, Jersey Shore summer rentals are filling up faster than ever.

Oh Brother
Now former lieutenant governor Mike Stack wants to be our mayor. Make it stop!!!

Talk About Good Press
The New York Times raves about a Philly bar that hasn't even opened yet.
 
Tom Marvolo Bombadil
2023-01-19 5:04:38 PM  
The Craziest Lost Luggage Story You Will Read This Week

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Minor Catastrophe [OhFark]
2023-01-19 5:17:17 PM  
Shame the luggage didn't get sent to the Vatican.

When D. Pope opens the bag, he might exclaim "These aren't my dildos!"
 
wxboy
2023-01-19 6:20:18 PM  

Jairzinho: I get that in some countries the luggage may be sorted manually, but at some point it got to an airport with flights to PHL to an airline that serves it. That indicates already some automation and security checks involved.

If the luggage piece still had its tag with his name and address on it, and I assume the airline barcode attached as well, how the fark it gets sent to a different destination to a different person with a completely different name??


I wonder if maybe the airline tag got torn off somehow, and somebody guessed wrong about where the bag was going. Maybe his bag looked the same as that other person's, and was nearby the Canadian guy's bag when the missing tag was discovered, so it was assumed they both belonged to the same person? Retagging the bag would also associate the other person's name with the bag when scanned.
 
mrmopar5287 [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 6:56:57 PM  

Jairzinho: If the luggage piece still had its tag with his name and address on it, and I assume the airline barcode attached as well, how the fark it gets sent to a different destination to a different person with a completely different name??


Another article here on Fark was daily wake & bake weed smokers all swearing how they work better at their jobs when they are high, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
mrmopar5287 [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 7:01:29 PM  

wxboy: I wonder if maybe the airline tag got torn off somehow


Don't put them on the outside of the bag.
 
Wendigogo [TotalFark]
2023-01-19 7:03:00 PM  
Did we establish that the tower of luggage is, indeed, an art installation?

Good! Glad we got that covered.
 
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