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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Steersman, post: 165348, member: 239&quot;]<font face="Verdana"><font size="4">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Some years ago, USPS managed to snap the handle off a well-packed cast iron skillet for me.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not a huge sale, but it makes you feel like a failure.&nbsp; Also, that something that survived for maybe a century or more, was destroyed by casual carelessness.</font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="4">&nbsp; &nbsp; Now when I pack something, I think &#039;Try this one you darn USPS!&#039;&nbsp;&nbsp; I use plywood, old sofa cushions, whatever, plus lots of glue.</font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="4">&nbsp; &nbsp; I have been commended and scolded by buyers, which is fine.</font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="4">&nbsp; &nbsp; &#039;....took 20 mins to unpack.&#039;&nbsp;&nbsp; and, my favorite, on a package going to Canada,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &#039;Customs finally managed to gnaw one corner off to see what was inside.&#039;</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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