[78-L] Chinese Shipping^

[Julian Vein]

On 16/06/13 12:19, Benno H�upl wrote:
> .
> Matthew Balcerak wrote,
> ''the drivers often sit or stand on boxes.  They certainly always
> get used as makeshift chairs during their lunch break.  Boxes are tossed
> around like fish at a fish market, but often with no one to catch them. ''
> This is why, according to international standards agreed among all
> postal services on earth ("Universal Postal Union") a package must be
> able withstand a drop from 6 feet high (1,80 m) on one of its corners.
> Don't know off hand the precise ''pound per sq.inch'' or ''kg per cm''
> required.
>
> Benno
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"Chinese shipping" is another word for "junk"! Remember John R.T. 
Davies's Bateau Chinois label?

       Julian Vein