[Elecraft] Shipping via UPS - A Lesson Learned the Hard Way

[Wes]

Good Grief.

I look at these groups as like starting a conversation with my neighbor over the 
fence about crab grass. (Where I live we have neither fences or grass, crab or 
otherwise. so I'm speaking metaphorically). If the topic drifts to sports or ham 
radio, I don't take offense.  I can either stay engaged or beg off by telling my 
neighbor I have to go in for another beer.  I might even invite him over to 
share one.

In the case at hand, I fail to understand the hardship of using the delete key.

Wes  N7WS





On 4/11/2022 4:45 PM, Andrew Moore wrote:
> Other than trying to remember and ignore by subject line, is there a way to
> mute specific threads on the Elecraft mailing list (via qth.net)? Maybe I'm
> thinking of the feature on @groups.io mailing lists - but this would be
> helpful as Elecraft related topics morph into posts containing no Elecraft
> content. While this content has value, it also dilutes value, as it's not
> Elecraft specific.
>
> Thanks & 73,
> -Andrew NV1B
> ..
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 7:26 PM Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
>> On 4/11/2022 3:29 PM, edauer at aya.yale.edu wrote:
>>> The UPS Store does not charge real UPS rates.
>> Ditto for FedEx stores. BUT -- both are free drop-off locations for
>> shipments that have been created online. I do all my shipping with
>> FedEx, because UPS Stores use packing peanuts, and FedEx stores do not.
>>
>> Packing peanuts are an obscenity -- they blow around the property,
>> making a huge mess. There are SO many good alternatives, everything from
>> wadded up newspaper, butcher paper, the machined flexy paper tubes that
>> Amazon uses (all most environmentally friendly), to bubble-wrap and
>> air-filled plastic. I save bubble wrap and re-use it. The paper starts
>> my fireplace.
>>
>> The only issue I've had with either company is that their drivers often
>> leave packages in my driveway, rather than to my porch. That's a very
>> big deal when they're heavy, because I'm old and there are a dozen steps.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
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