10 bags, 100 pounds each.

When Matt was getting his travel arrangements set up for his trip to Alabama, he asked how much luggage he could bring with him. He wanted to make sure he could bring more than one bag down to Alabama without getting charged for it. As it turns out, he is allowed 10 bags weighing no more than 100 pounds each, unless he is traveling on a commuter carrier in which case he could only bring 4 at 100 pounds each.
He will be gone for 9 weeks. He has a rental car to make his way to the laundromat, dining facility, a grocery store, and to entertainment venues such as bowling, movies, and whatever else he can find in lower Alabama. He also has a hotel, complete with linens, a bed, chairs, table, microwave and mini-fridge. With all these amenities, how could one person possibly need 1000 pounds of stuff for just 9 weeks?
Matt took advantage of his luggage allowance and managed to bring his GPS, laptop, XM radio, ipod, PSP, Xbox including an assortment of games AND two guitars for Guitar Hero, his digital camera, chargers for all of thee above, two blankets (we hate hotel blankets), his memory foam pillow, and enough clothes for two weeks without doing laundry. I would guess that all that weighed maybe 150 pounds at the most!
Uncle Sam won't buy Matt a uniform, but will pay for 1000 pounds of cargo for 2 months TDY in a hotel. Hmm.

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