Crated and out of my hands 

April 13 2023


Bike got crated and delivered to the shipping company, after both the people doing the 'dangerous goods' declaration and the forklift guy at the shipping company realized the time pressure I was under, and stayed late enough for me to deliver the thing.


Now I'm crossing my fingers that Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways will get it to Tokyo in time. The three previous times I shipped my motorcycles to other continents, they were always one or two weeks delayed, the first time with an unexpected side benefit: I got to meet a woman i eventually married.  


PS  Why I prefer flying with SAS: https://ampervadasz.tumblr.com/post/714467085318782976/unmute

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