[78-L] Styrofoam "peanuts"^

[neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com]

No I don't save acorns, I have never found a good recipe for them. I run 
over them when I ride my bike, or when I am out walking I crunch them 
under my shoes. The sound reminds me of 78s.

joe salerno


On 12/16/2011 1:35 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> From: "neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com"<neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com>
>> I keep all the peanuts I receive for re-use. I appreciate the money that
>> this saves me.   joe salerno
>
> Do you also save all your acorns?  Not everybody has a use to re-use
> them.  In the meantime that is another thing filling up needed space
> around the house.  They fly all over the place when you try to get them
> out of the bag, and the crushed pieces get onto everything.  Vacuuming
> them fills up your cleaner's bag quickly.  I get them into a bag and out
> to a nearby shipping place next time I pass by it.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
> On 12/15/2011 4:22 PM, Paul Christenzen wrote:
>> There's nothing wrong with crumpled newspaper if you're only shipping
>> one box - which is all YOU'RE getting.
>>
>> But if you're shipping 15-20 boxes it's a lot quicker/cleaner to use
>> peanuts.
>>
>> And as long as they're out there, why not use them - why throw them in a
>> landfill?
>>
>> Next mission: clean all that dirt/sand off the ocean beaches....
>>
>> Doug Pomeroy wrote:
>>> For years I have been bagging the "peanuts" and donating them
>>> to a local shipping store, where they are welcomed.
>>>
>>> But, I so hate the usual "peanuts" that I am now refusing to accept
>>> any package which includes them. Is there any more insidious,
>>> diabolical invention in the history of mankind? I never heard
>>> there was a bio-degradable version. But what in the world is
>>> wrong with crumpled newspaper?
>>>
>>> It's such a telling development: we create trash in order to
>>> dispose of trash; think of all the plastic bags we Americans
>>> buy to put our garbage in. (I finally gave up home delivery of
>>> the NY Times because they delivered it every day, rain or shine,
>>> in a non-recyclable, blue plastic bag. When I requested they
>>> deliver the paper without any bag, the delivery guy would
>>> take off the bag and throw it on the sidewalk in front of
>>> my house!)
>>>
>>> Doug Pomeroy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Michael Valentiner<michael.valentiner at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> I like the corn starch peanuts ULine sells. Bio-degradable, dissolve
>>>> in water, and they don't pick up a static charge and go flying
>>>> everywhere on there own when I open the box/bag.
>
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Joe Salerno