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- From: mrichey@mothra.nts.uci.edu (Mike Richey)
- Subject: Re: Cisco packaging material
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- Organization: University of California, Irvine
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- Date: 20 Dec 92 17:40:45 GMT
- References: <47523@ogicse.ogi.edu>
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- In article <47523@ogicse.ogi.edu> nabil@ogicse.ogi.edu (Aaron Nabil) writes:
- >My pet rat really likes the packaging curls Cisco ships as filler in the
- >boxes they send. I think he's been requesting software updates behind my
- >back as I just got 9.1(1) the other day and I don't remember signing for
- >it. Next time I see the FedEx guy I'm gonna ask if someone short and
- >furry has been accepting packages here.
- >
- >Anyway, exactly what is this stuff made of? Is Templeton going to clutch
- >at his little chest one day and fall over dead from some preservative
- >(or rodenticide) in it?
- >
- >--
- >Aaron Nabil
- >nabil@cse.ogi.edu
-
-
- Corn starch. Many companies (cisco is applauded!) have switched over
- from the styrofoam packing material that will be here forever, to this
- natural product that dissolves in water. It's not meant for human
- consumption, although I admit here that dissolving these things on the
- end of my tongue is well, entertaining in the least 8-).
-
- You are encouraged to reuse this stuff It's quite expensive compared
- to the styrofoam stuff. If you don't reuse it, compost it.
-
- Michael S. Richey Internet: mrichey@uci.edu (714) 856-8374
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