RE: WAS Postage on MVP now free scales

["Ady Joy" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >
> > Except that an MVP weighs a shitload more than 100grammes...
> >
>
> Just decided to weigh one of the official "PostPak" boxes
that I
> use to send
> KAT5 units.
> The SMALLEST box weighs 125 grams BEFORE you put anything in it!
>
> When I used to send order by ordinary First Class post there was a
step in
> the tarriffs at 1250g and orders usually used to weigh in between
> 1242g and
> 1248g. Occasionally I would use a little too much bubble wrap or
sellotape
> and go just over the limit :-(
>
> Anyone know a supplier of "Helium Filled Bubble Wrap". If I
use enough I
> could probably send  things for the price of a first class stamp :-)
>
> Keith
>

They did something similar on the last series of Brainiac: Science Abuse
(Sky One): helium-filled ballons in a parcel. It ended up costing them far
more than it saved, but it was a laugh and filled the slot between 'can you
walk on custard?' and 'what happens when you put a gas-filled balloon with
a
teaspoon cellotaped to it in a microwave'...*

Now that's my kind of science. New series started this week. :-)

Ady

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