Text 9999, 63 rader
Skriven 2011-04-27 01:03:15 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 9936 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
Ärende: Originality
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Hi Dave,

 RH> boxes but we know there's at least one more major move ahead of us. We
 RH> like to put some things into original boxes if possible. Microwave,
 RH> sewing, computer stuff.

 DD> I understand hanging onto stuff. But, I cannot get a grip on hanging
 DD> onto space-wasting, bulky, original packaging -- at least after the
 DD> warranty period has run out.

Have you ever gone thru a military move? Most everything smaller than
furniture is wrapped in paper & put into cardboard boxes. They are a bit
more careful with dishes and glassware than with tupperware boxes filled
with sewing materials. The latter can be crammed into a box, not wrapped
in paper, on its side with something heavy put on top, thus ensuring the
box will not arrive in good shape. And, because the plastic box is a few
years old, you cannot get full replacement value for it. Even the
microwave oven we had that we'd bought with no box was wrapped in paper
but put into a box of its own. We do not want things like computers,
sewing machines, sergers, music components, etc to be treated like that
so we save the original boxes whenever possible. It's saved us a lot of
potential problems over the years.

 DD> I do keep original boxes and all packing materials ... until shortly
 DD> after the period expires where one must "return in the original
 DD> box(es) and packaging" for replacement or warranty service. As soon as
 DD> that has run the styrofoam shapes go to the recycler and the cardboard
 DD> goes in a different container and joins the styro when that container
 DD> is full. Or it goes to the first person on Freecycle who makes a beg
 DD> for "packing/moving boxes". Styrofoam packing peanuts are offered on
 DD> that same Freecycle when I have a container full. They are usually
 DD> gone within 24 hours of posting to someone who has a need for them.

We recycle peanuts into boxes we mail off to our daughters, parents or
whoever, same with bubble wrap. Boxes from Amazon or similar are kept
for a bit, reused for sending off other packages or recycled with the
next trash/recycle pick up.


 DD> I will probably have one more remove before I am recycled into the
 DD> environment. If things go the way I envision that will be to a new
 DD> mobile home on the next space north of this one. So, little or no
 DD> actual packing need be done.

Nope, that will be an easy one for you. You won't have to get rid of
half full (or less) bottles of spices, cleaning products, old brooms,
mops, etc and replace them on the other end. The shortest move we made
with the military was from temporary to permanent quarters in Frankfurt.
Even then we couldn't pack the cleaning products, open bottles of things
like cooking oil, etc in with the official shipment. We hand carried
those since it was a distance of only 2/3 blocks.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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