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[Alaskan]

@Alaskan, does this mean the boys get to throw away the snow shovels ?

Nah... still need shovels for the front door, the decks... the bridge.... yeah... hours of shoveling

Just ADDING more work to their work load. Since now they also get to do some driveway and parking lot plowing.

 

[pennyJo1960]

If they are big enough like yours no reason to sit for you to do it all
We have had it decent today dry ground is saturated needs a few days we lost a few limbs not many

 

[getaclue]

The biggest thing I see, out here we have long, dirt/pea gravel drives, and they tend to be bumpy. The drivers fly down the drives, bouncing hard, even times when the tires are not touching the ground. Our driveway actually has asphalt, but we didn't get the big roller to flatten it totally smooth, like a parking lot. I personally threatened one of my mail ladies with a lawsuit if I caught her doing over 50 down my driveway ever again.

I realize they have a lot of mail to deliver, and unlike the city, where all the the houses are right next to the roads, and smooth, out here there is a lot more territory to cover to deliver half as much, but they don't have to do it at those speeds down these country drives. Anyway, that is how the eggs get so scrambled. The packaging can handle the drop. It's the constant bouncing in the back of the delivery truck that does the most damage. I have said that if I ever order eggs again, I'm going to have my eggs delivered at a friend's house in the city, and go get them.

 

[pennyJo1960]

The biggest thing I see, out here we have long, dirt/pea gravel drives, and they tend to be bumpy. The drivers fly down the drives, bouncing hard, even times when the tires are not touching the ground. Our driveway actually has asphalt, but we didn't get the big roller to flatten it totally smooth, like a parking lot. I personally threatened one of my mail ladies with a lawsuit if I caught her doing over 50 down my driveway ever again.

I realize they have a lot of mail to deliver, and unlike the city, where all the the houses are right next to the roads, and smooth, out here there is a lot more territory to cover to deliver half as much, but they don't have to do it at those speeds down these country drives. Anyway, that is how the eggs get so scrambled. The packaging can handle the drop. It's the constant bouncing in the back of the delivery truck that does the most damage. I have said that if I ever order eggs again, I'm going to have my eggs delivered at a friend's house in the city, and go get them.

May be you best option

 

[getaclue]

Yesterday it stormed, and poured rain. Today it didn't rain much, but we had gusts up to 78 mph. They closed off some of the higher bridges in the city due to high winds. It says we get a little rain tomorrow, then the weather goes back to normal on Monday. I hope that gets all the bad weather out of the way until after Christmas.

 

[microchick]

Hi guys....Miss me? Tee hee.

Needed to give myself time to grieve and the hole in my heart to heal. Feeling better now and wanted to stop by to see how everyone was.

SSDD here. Only our diabetic elderly kitty seemed to think it would be fun to get sick. Still don't know what happened to him. Three days of barfing, not eating and hiding. He started to eat again yesterday. Guess he got tired of us smearing his feet full of petroleum jelly.

On a brighter note....not.....my steroid shot is worn off. Just gave me time to get tied throws done for Christmas gifts. Gonna have to ask doc for a take home pack next year about Halloween time. Two months should get me through the holiday projects.

 

[getaclue]

My daughter had to find an alternate route to church tonight. They were having a Christmas party there for the kids. Anyway, this big truck hit a slick wet spot, and careened into a tree. The tree leaned like it was going to fall the opposite direction. Remember those 78 mph gusts I mentioned? Well as the tree was leaning, the wind caught it, and because it had been loosened from the ground, it fell across the truck, and the road. The driver realized in time what was happening, and began running for dear life, so he got away unharmed. The road is closed, and there are workers cutting up the tree, removing the truck, and cleaning up the road. That's a lot of excitement in our sleepy neck of the woods.

 

[getaclue]

Hi mircro. Glad you're back. Hope things are better for you now.

 

[microchick]

We call that 'free firewood from Mother nature' of course when a careening truck isn't involved. Usually just lightening or high winds involved here. Seldom hear of an Amish buggy hitting a tree although one did get pulled over for drunk driving...the guy at the reins not the horse.

 

[CapricornFarm]

The foam shippers looked like this, but with more holes, sized for chicken eggs. The plugs were put in, and then a foam sheet on both the top, and bottom. Like I said, the packaging was great. Our postal service here is horrible about damaging things.
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That is why i don't mark the boxes fragile!