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Re: $2 a kilogram ?



On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 10:28:17 -0500 Chuck Britton <britton@NCSSM.EDU>
writes:
Fill your suitcase etc. with helium???

(and how often does a student suggest that squeezing a LOT of
helium under pressure will provide even MORE lift? - answer: TOO many)

*** Then why does Macy's fill their Thanksgiving Day parade
balloons with helium under a pressure that is greater than the
atmospheric pressure?

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(The home of the annual Macy parade)



At 2:57 AM -0500 on 2/10/02, Herbert H Gottlieb wrote
According to various sources, tourists
entering Cuba are limited to 20 KG of
luggage. Any extras cost $2 a kilogram.
Is there ay way of getting around this
charge if one is carrying physics demo
apparatus in addition to clothing and
other personal items?

Herb

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Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where it's nice to live but I wouldn't
want to be a tourist here)
herbgottlieb@juno.com