The last fix for a "All Shook Up" 33

Noel Chiappa jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Tue Oct 27 15:59:37 CDT 2015


    > From: Guy Sotomayor

    > Peanuts do *nothing* .. The heavy item will "settle" and have nothing
    > surrounding it. The peanuts act a fluid during shipping.

I can attest to this. I bought a largish disk drive, and it was shipped in
peanuts. It came out the box at 45 degrees to the sides - it had gone in
parallel to the sides. Luckily, no damage ensued, but it was pure luck.

	Noel


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