Internet and the Death of Journalism
05-14-2009, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='921664' date='May 14 2009, 06:39 AM
But newsprint is great for polishing glass, and crumpled up newspaper can be used in lieu of styrofoam peanuts as a packaging material.
ha ha packing paper, ok let me know how that works out with glass.
05-14-2009, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by phinsup' post='921667' date='May 14 2009, 11:59 AM
ha ha packing paper, ok let me know how that works out with glass.
Actually, I recall my parents wrapping glassware in old newspapers in order to pack and transport them during moving. I suspect this practice was ubiquitous in the early Pleistocene Epoch, prior to the invention of styrofoam.
05-16-2009, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by phinsup' post='921674' date='May 14 2009, 12:10 PM
yea just another gov't conspiracy to drain the pockets of the proletariat.
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