Ronn Blankenship wrote:
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> Here's a picture (scroll down) of one available from American Science and
> Surplus (Everyone on the list does get their catalog, don't they? If not,
> you definitely should, if only for the entertainment value.) that shows how
> it is used.
>
> <http://www.sciplus.com/category.cfm?subsection=5&category=55>
I want the pocket postal scale on that page.
I hate dealing with the filament tape at the bottom of the page.
> I paid IIRC about 7 or 8 bucks for one at the college bookstore (still
> cheaper than I have seen them from regular office supply places) when I was
> moving back to Alabama in 1989.
>
> The noise Julia refers to that Sammy cannot stand is most likely the
> "ripping" sound the tape makes as it comes off the roll (whether you tape
> by hand or with a tape gun).
That seems to be it. I can tape 1 seam, and on the second seam he
starts screaming. Since I like to tape 3 seams on the bottom and 3
seams on the top of each box, just setting up or sealing 1 box is enough
to have him upset enough that it takes a good 5 minutes to calm him
down. :(
> >>7 boxes, each 14" X 14" X 10" (sorry, Alberto) packed, and I think
> >>that's 0.032 cubic meters each, which doesn't make it sound like a lot,
> >>now, does it?
> >
> >That is indeed 0.032 cubic meters per box, and yes, that does not sound
> >like much. Compared to the boxes used over here for moving stuff, it *is*
> >not much; our boxes measure 48 cm x 37 cm x 32 cm (18.9" x 14.6" x 12.6")
> >or .057 cubic meters.
> >
> >That still does not sound like much; however, filling such a box
> >completely with books and then trying to lift it is likely to change your
> >understanding of the concept "not much". :-)
>
> Not to mention the feeling you get when you realize that said box is #1 in
> a set of 432, and *you* are the one who gets to lift and move them all
> (plus all that furniture and all the odds and ends that won't fit
> _anywhere_) . . . and then do it all again (in reverse) at the new house . .
1) I'm not the one lifting and moving all the boxes. I'll have to move
them around in this room, and once I get to packing the books in the
other rooms of the house, I'll have to move the boxes into here, but I
won't have to move more than 1 box a day if I don't feel like it, once
enough books in *this* room are packed up. (I need to empty 6 bookcases
by Saturday. So far, 2 are empty and 1 is down to less than 2 shelves'
worth out of 6 shelves.)
2) I don't know how many boxes the total for the entire move will be,
but I doubt that it will be exactly 432. :) And the book boxes will
probably be the densest ones. (Plates may be more dense per cubic
centimeter, but they need packing material around them that reduces the
total density of the contents of the box.)
3) What *does* suck, though, is when you offer to help a friend move in
to a new apartment, and discover when you get there that they live on
the 3rd floor. (That friend owes us big time, and Dan will probably
call him when it comes time next weekend to move 6 bookcases out of here
and into a storage shed elsehwere.)
> It could be worse, though: there was the time while I was in the middle of
> all that, and some pipes burst and drenched everything that wasn't packed . . > .
Ouch. My condolences. I've never had *that* happen, I hope it never
does, and I hope it doesn't happen to anyone reading this thread.
Julia
