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An arithmetician I am not! My dyslexic brain starts shorting out every time I try to calculate, in my head, the thickness of my press packing. So I've resorted to using an electronic assist. The undercut on my Vandercook No. 4 is 0.040", so for a kiss impression I start at 0.043. I've been advised that I can go to 0.047 without stressing the press.
For a swap-bot swap. Postcard recycled from a Capn' Crunch box, napkin bits from Carroll, graph paper, packing material, a bit of drywall tape from my table, and a used teabag.
Finding a good cardboard stash for our stores packing materials can be a pain in the butt. We had been cruising the aisle's once a week until a came across this location.
Friends ! It is my last upload before I leave tomorrow evening...
I shall be meeting you all with more snaps on this long 11 days high altitude trek to Garhwal Himalayas !
Best wishes...See you again !
Next holidays coming up this week, 4 days in Borobudur in Indonesia. I'm happily packing up my gear, so in could fit in my 8Mio home Crumpler bag:
- Nikon D700
- 50mm F1,8 D attached
- 17-35mm F2.8 AFS
- 80-210mm F2.8 D
- Hasselblad 500CM 80mm F2.8 zeiss Planar
- extra A12 Back
In the suitcase
- tripos Manfrotto 190BX
- sb600 speedlight
- filters
- 8 films color, BnW, 100 and 400 ISO
- small stuff
This was taken at the Star Spangled Celebration in Kissimmee, Florida. This is an old citrus packing house from the Pioneer Days. Processed in Photomatix and LR4.
CEA were employed to pack and lash 77 units of Mud Skips, Cargo Baskets and Gas Racks into 14, 40ft HC containers, the cargo received was too wide to fit in to the containers in the conventional way and would have to be turned on its side. CEA would ready the containers for load out and transport them to port where the cargo would be shipped to Nigeria to be used in the offshore Oil & Gas sector.
PROCEDURE
Two wooden beams were placed on the floor in each of the containers, the cargo, on its side would be placed on these to ensure no damage occurred to the panels during loading, transportation and unloading. Lifting slings that would be used upon arrival in Nigeria were attached to each piece of cargo before packing.
A CEA reach stacker lifted each of the containers and placed them on to their sides upon wooden blocks. CEA fabricated specialised roller units to facilitate the loading, two units were placed underneath the front section to support the cargo while being loaded by forklift from the rear.
Mantiou 3.5 t forklift’s and 5 t pallet trucks loaded the cargo into the containers, both fork lifts and pallet trucks were covered with protective materials to prevent any damage to the cargo.
After all Mud Skips, Cargo Baskets and Gas Racks were loaded the CEA team lashed and secured them in place. Wooden chocks and stoppers were installed to further ensure no movement while transportation and shipping.
All necessary supporting documents were provided inside each container. A third party inspection team checked all loaded cargo and sealed the containers with the appropriate shipping tags. The containers were loaded on to flatbed trailers and transported to port to await shipping.
EQUIPMENT USED
Reach stacker
3.5t Manitou forklift
15t Mitsubishi forklift
Manitou telehandler
Pallet trucks
Isuzu DECA 360 prime movers
Flatbed trailers
Ready to go on holiday the USA requires packing everybody and everything into the car ready to go to the airport.
Littlies need to be strapped into the car safely. All the luggage in the big boot (trunk). And away we go.
Working with a local US Postal Service employee, I came up with an often over-looked option for shipping "small" items - either domestic or worldwide. Savings for International shipments are significant. - Delivery times for each, shipped by air, is estimated at 6 to 10 days depending on location. (US Postal Service currently uses FedEx as their contract carrier.)
Here is a 9" x 12" cardboard mailing envelope. Generally this would be used for mailing printed matter. Flat Rate Priority Mail International postage in this format (for up to 4 pounds!) = $11.
The alternatives would be:
1.) Shipping by Actual Weight in a corrugated carton or larger envelope by Priority Mail International... 1 pound = $21. ... 2 pounds = $25.25
2.) Flat Rate Priority Mail International - in "Large USPS Envelope" or USPS Flat Rate mailing box (up to 20 pounds) = $37.
3.) First Class International - includes a mix of ground and air transport. Delivery times is typically 3 to 6 weeks!!! 1 pound = $10.10 ... 2 pounds = $15.90
So, smaller items shipped internationally can indeed squeeze through for surprisingly low cost.
... US Postal Service rates may have gone up since I first posted this entry. However, for many small parcels it is still my top choice. I have shipped to England, Australia, New Zealand and Japan with some frequency. I often purchase postage online and print all necessary Customs declarations on my home printer. Just be sure to follow all online instructions explicitly. Shipping times via Priority Mail into the hands of the recipient is typically 7 to 10 days. In fact, I have had more than one parcel arrive in Japan in only 5 days!. Actual delivery time for small parcels sent via First Class International mail is only slightly longer - in spite of the usual long transit time warnings. Because almost nothing ships by sea these days, 1st Class mail also travels by air (although this fact is seldom acknowledged outright by USPS).
Yesterday i got a phone call from the real estate agents saying our applcation for a house rental had been approved! i'm going to be moving out of the flat that i've been in by myself since the beginning of the year, and moving into a house with 4 other friends (3 guys and 2 girls incuding me)! it's going to be much cheaper, and having some company will be great. So i'll be using quite a bit of this tape packing boxes in the next couple of weeks!