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Older Folks and Vaping Front Porch - Part Three
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And both vids show vertical pinch rollers!
If I send a small component in an envelope, I always have it secured (i.e. tape) and sandwiched twix two pieces of cardboard, such as note pad backing. Just my
Amazing! I watched a documentary a while back about how our technology has evolved but the human brain hasn’t. I guess my brain needs to catch up with the new USPS thrashing machines. My apologies Bigbells I honestly didn’t think a little screw would get damaged or lost in the mail, well the whole envelope and screw lost maybe.
When I saw this bad news I immediately ripped an old cell phone apart to find these,
The screw with the arrow pointing at it is an original spare for the STM. Then I removed this heat spreader,
Since the heat spreader has the threaded holes I put 4 screws in it (SNUG), 1 original STM screw, 1 other almost identical screw (not stainless, and slightly wider head) and also the 2 other longer screws that might work in the posts (slight shoulders but maybe ok). I then wrapped a piece of extremely durable cardboard (almost feels like plastic) around the heat spreader, duct taped every conceivable weak spot and tossed it in an envelope.
Im really sorry you waited so long and still nothing! Tempted to toss a marble in another envelope and mail it to you just to see what it looks like when you get it, lol.
Im going to Spokane in the morning so will mail it from there so our local postman doesn’t have to saddle up the horse, that should cut a day off the wait!
Actually had originally intended to send it first class package which I don't think would have went through the thrashing machine. My wife took the envelope to town and I had forgotten to let her know how I wanted it mailed.
Well its good it wasn’t an envelope full of ball bearing grease, lol, now that would have made a good video!
Ah, but did we help, or just confuse the dickens out of you? Some did stray from what you asked!
Thanks so much for sending more!
Paying more for postage will not affect the way the piece is handled. A knowledgeable window clerk will inform you of that. The letter you sent me qualified for the one-ounce first class letter rate, since it did not exceed any of the dimensional maximums or weight limits for a one ounce first class letter. So even if you had put additional postage on it, it would have been a waste of money because the letter would end up in the same mail stream.
A marble (or loose bearing grease) would not properly qualify to be mailed in conventional first class letter envelopes... the marble because it would cause the envelope to exceed maximum thickness to qualify for the letter rate, and the grease because it would be a hazardous material not properly packaged.
Old cell phones, eh? Hmm.. I've got a couple of them ripe for dismantling and will take a look.
Here is a small first class envelope,
. The size goes on up to shipping boxes, there is no minimum insurance. We have shipped soil samples, mechanical parts, gaskets, nuts and bolts, even a tube of grease... and when I order anything from Perfect Electronic Cigarettes this is how Terry sends the free shipping orders (had to get that plug in there, lol).
This particular package came from TEMCo the other day with a coil of Kanthal resistance wire. They normally arrive the same day a priority package would, but are a cheaper way to ship light weight items.
The last small item I shipped using this method costed me .70, I would guess not over 1.00 now.
I have this stuff in a pretty much non-destructable pack now, I spose I could write our addresses on the duct tape in case they manage to completely destroy the envelope.
Any small devices with those cheap little heat spreaders might have them screws, I think old laptops are a gold mine, wish I had hung on to just the screws from all the Chinese PC's I played with.
The model of that phone is on the heat spreader I’m sending you, its was a flip phone.
The Doctor released me to go back to work Tuesday, so I won't be around so much during the week, somebody else will have to bug you guys/gals. I sure appreciate all the help from you! I’m all set now, and wont have any trouble avoiding the analogs thanks to everyones help!
. The size goes on up to shipping boxes, there is no minimum insurance. We have shipped soil samples, mechanical parts, gaskets, nuts and bolts, even a tube of grease... and when I order anything from Perfect Electronic Cigarettes this is how Terry sends the free shipping orders (had to get that plug in there, lol).This particular package came from TEMCo the other day with a coil of Kanthal resistance wire. They normally arrive the same day a priority package would, but are a cheaper way to ship light weight items.
The last small item I shipped using this method costed me .70, I would guess not over 1.00 now.
I have this stuff in a pretty much non-destructable pack now, I spose I could write our addresses on the duct tape in case they manage to completely destroy the envelope.
Any small devices with those cheap little heat spreaders might have them screws, I think old laptops are a gold mine, wish I had hung on to just the screws from all the Chinese PC's I played with.
The model of that phone is on the heat spreader I’m sending you, its was a flip phone.
The Doctor released me to go back to work Tuesday, so I won't be around so much during the week, somebody else will have to bug you guys/gals. I sure appreciate all the help from you! I’m all set now, and wont have any trouble avoiding the analogs thanks to everyones help!
Success! Cannibalization of an ancient Samsung flip phone produced screws like the one laying on the desk, which are the right diameter but too long for the Kanger Subtank RDA head. I cut one with wire cutters to cut the length in half, and voila!
Haha, this was Samsung too! Thats great! Don't know about you, but for me it felt great throwing that phone away, and having justified its existence in that drawer for the last 4 yrs was priceless, lol.
Disallowed, thank you for you ingenuity and perseverance. You rock! 
Bells, what were the chances this would happen to you? Thanks for the videos, those were pretty cool. The second explains how that letter got to my aunt.
She wrote me while I was staying in Hawaii. I couldn't read her address as she wrote it so copied her handwriting. I seriously had NO freaking clue what the address line or zip code was. My letter got to her with no time lost. I've always been grateful to whomever was responsible. Looked like chicken scratch to me, but it got there. That was almost 30 years ago, we'll see if they can get me my new battery charger here tomorrow. BTW, we have excellent USPS here as long as something not svelte has to go through the letter sorter.
Bells, what were the chances this would happen to you?
Thanks for the videos, those were pretty cool. The second explains how that letter got to my aunt. She wrote me while I was staying in Hawaii. I couldn't read her address as she wrote it so copied her handwriting. I seriously had NO freaking clue what the address line or zip code was. My letter got to her with no time lost. I've always been grateful to whomever was responsible. Looked like chicken scratch to me, but it got there. That was almost 30 years ago, we'll see if they can get me my new battery charger here tomorrow. BTW, we have excellent USPS here as long as something not svelte has to go through the letter sorter.
that stinks, but thanksScrap the Container and Packaging one. Minimum order for the bottles I wanted was 60.
that stinks too
Very kewl! Thanks for sharing those.
Excellent news!! So nice of you to go even further trying to get a screw to dave. Loved the line about it justifying the existence of the phone being in the drawer for 4 years. See, ya just never know bout tossin stuff! lol
Please don't help enable my natural tendency to be a hoarder.
When I read disallowedword's comment about how he could now throw out the phone, I felt a pang of regret but knew that's what I should do too.Here are my four ancient phones. I got the screw out of the one on the left. At least one of the first three is newer than the one on the right, which has been my in-service phone for over 8 years and counting.
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The VA here collects old cellphones for distribution for active service people. Or at least they did.
Now you'll have nosy neighbors that have nothing else to do since they have no kids to raise and are tired of their retired mates!
Good to hear, DA! BOTH items, being well enough to work (if ya hafta!
) and being well along the path of the EX-smoker! 
Women's shelters also used to take them and likely still do so that women still in abusive homes without a cell phone could at least dial 911 if needed. You can do that usually even without service to the phone.
My phone's way older than your phone! I'm still using it so you can't have the screws out of it, sorry.Please don't help enable my natural tendency to be a hoarder.
Here are my four ancient phones. I got the screw out of the one on the left. At least one of the first three is newer than the one on the right, which has been my in-service phone for over 8 years and counting.
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Got the new battery charger today, thank you everybody. Tomorrow I'll plug it in and see if works the way it's supposed to work. Fingers and toes crossed after past experiences.
to recycling phones to the above charities, making a difference counts. It may take a little effort to find the right charity, but so worth it.
In the category of general beneficial information:Here is a small first class envelope,. The size goes on up to shipping boxes, there is no minimum insurance.
That is a small padded envelope affixed with first-class printed postage. There is no requirement to use first-class postage on that envelope, although Parcel Post and Media rates generally don't become less costly until the contents are quite heavy. But anyway, that's why I wasn't understanding your use of the phrase "first-class envelope", which refers to any of an infinite number of types and sizes of envelopes that are sent with first-class postage, including regular letter envelopes.
Very stressful day today. Woke late this morning to find that my 3yo chocolate lab (Trip) could hardly stand up. Off to the vet while gulping my morning coffee.
He had been diagnosed a week ago Monday to have an ear infection and was taking antibiotics to clear it up. Yesterday I noticed that he was not showing signs of improvement and figured I would contact the vet about it today. I never counted on something like this. Having to carry this 60+ pound dog to the car and into the vet's office.
He is still at the vet's office after running blood tests, iv antibiotics, and sedation. Hopefully things will be better tomorrow.
He had been diagnosed a week ago Monday to have an ear infection and was taking antibiotics to clear it up. Yesterday I noticed that he was not showing signs of improvement and figured I would contact the vet about it today. I never counted on something like this. Having to carry this 60+ pound dog to the car and into the vet's office.
He is still at the vet's office after running blood tests, iv antibiotics, and sedation. Hopefully things will be better tomorrow.
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