Funny thing: i really got into the situation as described in the first part (got distracted during packing). What saved me was the way i pack my PC. The general "standard" way to pack the PC is "full moon", then "half moon" and from there i've seen more different ways than sand on a beach. From very early on i added a step after "half moon" by pulling out the middle to the edge of the PC (the attachment point of bridle to PC). The thing was: that way i noticed that i didn't pull out the kill-line (remember: i got distracted), because the hackey-ball suddenly vanished inside the nylon of the PC. Since then, if anybody asks me why i'm packing my PC that way i answer: it saved me from a malfunction