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 Posted: Tue Aug 18th, 2020 06:49 am
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Richard Daugird
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I am thinking Bill, out on the islands, even though it IS America, a LOT of things are VERY different. Probably in a good way!

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 Posted: Tue Aug 18th, 2020 04:02 pm
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Steven P Dempsey
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I am well over 50% damage on fans this season, and that is with all 3 carriers - - problem is with the packing, period.

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 Posted: Tue Aug 18th, 2020 09:30 pm
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William Dunlap
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Richard Daugird wrote: I am thinking Bill, out on the islands, even though it IS America, a LOT of things are VERY different. Probably in a good way!Yeah, that's true. I think most people ignore the warts in paradise. The hurricanes, Tsunamis, volcanoes, sharks, and worst of all, those dang centipedes. (we have hostile natives, too, but I can deal with those.)But if you have osteoarthritis, like I do, the weather is much more kind to you than the cold.
You never get used to everything costing 25% more just because of the freight charges.
You can lower those but it takes 4-6 weeks for anything to get here.
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Bill

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 Posted: Fri Aug 21st, 2020 07:59 pm
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Levi Mevis
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If you've ever watched the original Ace Ventura, the first several minutes of the movie is poking fun at postal/package delivery people where they show Ace as a package delivery man and he's just kicking and "dribbling" the package that is clearly marked "fragile" all over it down the side walk and down the hallway to its final destination and you can clearly hear the contents getting broken, so when I saw that I immediately thought of this. 

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 Posted: Sat Aug 22nd, 2020 12:06 am
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Watched hours of testimony with the USPS - - scary

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 Posted: Sat Aug 22nd, 2020 12:16 am
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Steven P Dempsey wrote: Watched hours of testimony with the USPS - - scary
No matter the carrier I use I always write "FRAGILE" all over the box in big letters... I think of it as a challenge hoping the intent of the word is met but...   Apparently it just means it is from the country of Italy!!  😅ðŸĪĢ😂

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 Posted: Sat Aug 22nd, 2020 12:19 am
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Levi Mevis
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George Durbin wrote: Steven P Dempsey wrote: Watched hours of testimony with the USPS - - scary
No matter the carrier I use I always write "FRAGILE" all over the box in big letters... I think of it as a challenge hoping the intent of the word is met but...   Apparently it just means it is from the country of Italy!!  😅ðŸĪĢ😂
Yeah like the dad on A Christmas Story thought when he got his leg lamp? ðŸĪĢ😂ðŸĪŠðŸ˜œðŸĶĩ

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 Posted: Sat Aug 22nd, 2020 03:01 am
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Will we ever get a response from the OP?

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 Posted: Sat Aug 22nd, 2020 03:19 am
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Hopefully, there isn't an antique fan inside this box!!!


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Bill

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 Posted: Sat Aug 22nd, 2020 04:17 am
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I have seen that exact same thing happened in my FedEx terminal. Usually happens when a heavy object (like car parts) has next to no packing material in the box so the weight can freely shift. It usually has to be taken care of by shutting the belt down or someone climbing up to get it. Always a PITA when it happens though.

William Dunlap wrote: Hopefully, there isn't an antique fan inside this box!!!


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Bill

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 Posted: Sat Aug 22nd, 2020 05:59 am
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William Dunlap
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It has a nice rhythm, tho, doesn't it? Could dance to it, maybe. Oh, and don't bother watching the whole thing. The cameraman never bothered to reach out and stop the madness, except maybe after the video.
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Bill

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 Posted: Sat Aug 22nd, 2020 07:14 pm
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Too late! I watched the whole thing, hoping the box would make it up the machine eventually. It looked like there were a few moments where the box would gain a couple of inches.

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 Posted: Sat Aug 22nd, 2020 07:22 pm
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Levi Mevis
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The package does actually gain a couple of inches on the conveyor belt but then is forced back down when it hits the conveyor belt's metal seam. 

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