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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 23:14:26 -0700
From: "Virginia R. Hetrick" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Prismatic tubes
Sender: "Virginia R. Hetrick" <[log in to unmask]>
 
Hi, Valery -
 
If you really want to go on the cheeeeep, snag a few from FedEx, UPS,
the Post Office, and wherever else they're found, paint them the
appropriate color with a can of spray paint, and you're done.  Not
elegant, but it'll work!  ;-)
 
I used one from the Post Office to put my "medical assistive devices"
called dressing sticks in to ship them after I got my new hip.  I taped
the long edge and one of the ends with packaging tape before I spray
painted it white (I picked white because it was the cheapest spray
paint).  I also "graffitied" the box with red spray paint so I could
spot it in case that was needed.
 
Since the first trip when I mailed the box ahead, now for each trip I
tape the open end in such a way that I can slit the tape and leave it
there as a base for the next layer.  I've gotten 11 round-trips out of
the one tube.  I figure there are about three more round-trips before
I'll have to find a new one.  ;-)
 
I expect that you could also buy these from places like Office Max and
Staples for not much because companies that need them for business won't
pay buckets of money for them.  They'll probably also be cheaper than
tubes because corregated cardboard is cheaper to make than the hard
wrapped tubes.
 
HTH.
 
vh
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