but there is so much space left......

Discussion in 'Trade Talk' started by ChadQuest, Dec 15, 2012.

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  1. ChadQuest

    ChadQuest Initiate (0) Mar 4, 2009 Illinois

    That thing when you are packing a box with extras, and even though you already have 8 bottles and 3 pieces of glassware packed you know there is easily space for at least 4 more bottles......

    Do you find a smaller box or run to the bottle store?

    Find random fun things to fill the box with?

    maybe i need to go buy a bunch of stuffed animals and fill them with bottles. that could be cool.

    Ideas?
     
    #1 ChadQuest, Dec 15, 2012
  2. abecall98

    abecall98 Savant (1,234) Aug 11, 2007 California
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    Just put more packing material if you already filled the box with a lot of extras. Can never be too safe with extra packaging material. I like to fill in the gaps with old bubble wrap.

    Nobody will turn down a stuffed animal, I would probably give it to my cat to use and stuff I guess.
     
    #2 abecall98, Dec 15, 2012
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  3. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    Diapers.
     
    #3 UCLABrewN84, Dec 15, 2012
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  4. CaptCleveland

    CaptCleveland Maven (1,414) Jun 18, 2003 Ohio
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    Choice local brews, BA mags, Plain Dealer sports pages (Go Browns!), GLBC coasters, box of mac and cheese.
     
    #4 CaptCleveland, Dec 16, 2012
  5. robinsmv

    robinsmv Initiate (0) Jun 24, 2010 Florida

    Brew dog already beat you to the stuffed animal thing. If there are any cool local foodstuffs that will survive the journey I'd say throw those in (candies and whatnot)
     
    #5 robinsmv, Dec 16, 2012
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  6. pest

    pest Savant (1,039) Sep 2, 2007 Ohio
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    Don't think my daughter would approve of me using her stuffed animals...
     
    #6 pest, Dec 16, 2012
  7. glitchedmind

    glitchedmind Initiate (0) May 8, 2012 California

    I have seen some people put laundry, hopefully clean, as filler.
     
    #7 glitchedmind, Dec 16, 2012
  8. hannydawg

    hannydawg Initiate (0) Apr 4, 2010 Illinois

    Throw in your ugliest sweater. Maybe your trading partner's tasting group would appreciate it.
     
    #8 hannydawg, Dec 16, 2012
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  9. RedBeeron

    RedBeeron Initiate (0) Jul 7, 2012 California

    You're going about this all wrong.

    First, figure out how many bottles you need to send as part of the established trade. Then, figure out exactly how small a box you can fit it into with the least amount of packing material necessary for it to probably survive the journey.

    Otherwise how the hell are you going to win trading?
     
    #9 RedBeeron, Dec 16, 2012
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  10. Siggy125

    Siggy125 Maven (1,318) Nov 10, 2006 California
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    I get the correct size box for the bottles intended plus a couple of extras. Are you restricted on what size boxes are at your disposal?
     
    #10 Siggy125, Dec 16, 2012
  11. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Extra room = more beer going in depending on the trade of course.
     
    #11 nc41, Dec 16, 2012
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  12. Bad_Trader

    Bad_Trader Initiate (0) Nov 8, 2012 Namibia

    Run to the bottle shop???? That's what a cellar is for.
     
    #12 Bad_Trader, Dec 17, 2012
  13. ChadQuest

    ChadQuest Initiate (0) Mar 4, 2009 Illinois

    Is that an amel burm?
     
    #13 ChadQuest, Dec 17, 2012
  14. Bad_Trader

    Bad_Trader Initiate (0) Nov 8, 2012 Namibia

    Albino Burm.....
     
    #14 Bad_Trader, Dec 17, 2012
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  15. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    My ex brother in law had one named Monty.
     
    #15 nc41, Dec 17, 2012
  16. huskermike12

    huskermike12 Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2011 Vermont

    I would just use some of this stuff .... [​IMG]
     
    #16 huskermike12, Dec 20, 2012
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  17. jbeezification

    jbeezification Initiate (0) Jun 6, 2012 Texas

    LeBron James Cavs jersey.
     
    #17 jbeezification, Dec 21, 2012
  18. ChadQuest

    ChadQuest Initiate (0) Mar 4, 2009 Illinois

    That sounds like a good idea! I'll do just that. :wink:
    Fun box to pack, and i like when things are fun. i debated putting bottles inside the whale/barney brewdog style, but didn't. maybe next time.

    Either term works.

    Amelanistic is just a more specific term for "albino", which normally refers to mammels of all white/red eye coloration, but gets muddy in reptiles when you can have multiple lines of amelanism, hypomelanism, and leucism.
     
    #18 ChadQuest, Dec 22, 2012
  19. luwak

    luwak Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2010 Arizona


    Actually, amelanistic is a more generic word for albino; not a more specific one.
    All albinos are mammals that are melanisitc but all not melanistic vertebrates are albinos, since fishes, reptiles, and amphibians (and i think even some birds) have other color pigments which are non-melanaion related.

    So a snake can be melanistic but it is not likely to be an albino and will likely have some color (hence the yellow colored amelanistic burms). Whereas any fully melanisitc mammal is going to be super light/white skinned/coated/haired and red eyed and properly called an a;bino.

    that is albino applies to a subset of vertebrates that are melanistic: the mammals

    But indeed it can be hard to know the truth for a line due to the issues with hypomelanism, and leucism.

    Sorry...back to beer i guess.
     
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