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The PAB suffered greatly from a shortage of common sense. I have seen examples of very poor packaging resulting in damage/destruction of otherwise useful items. The box(s) survived many trips at 40 pounds or less. Causing the weight to exceed 40 pounds (exceeding 50 pounds) was ill advised. You had an excellent protective case but it has been compromised by poor judgement (and at least one criminal at the USPS).
On the other hand, the weight limit for a FRB is 70 pounds. It would be interesting to know if one could ship a 69 pound FRB across the country even once. Problem: solid concrete, the size of the Medium FRB-2, weighs less than 50 pounds. At the price of metal these days, I don't want to run the test.
I think I've read that photos are taken of tracked items as they are processed through the USPS (I think it's a post 9/11 enhancement). If that's true, someone in the USPS has access to determine the last legitimate location of the PAB. Does the roll of Postal Inspector still exist? A crime has been committed there.
The missing PAB was shipped in a Medium FRB-2.
Six Small FRBs fit snuggly into the other proportion of Medium FRB (-1).
The FRB-1 has almost identical total volume as the FRB-2 but filling it with Small FRBs would enhance the general durability of a plain box and, more importantly, limit the size of individual contributions as well as attempt to minimize the interaction of poorly packaged items.
Alternatively, you could decide that the PAB has run it's course and let it R.I.P. Like many well intentioned activities, reality has intervened.
On the other hand, the weight limit for a FRB is 70 pounds. It would be interesting to know if one could ship a 69 pound FRB across the country even once. Problem: solid concrete, the size of the Medium FRB-2, weighs less than 50 pounds. At the price of metal these days, I don't want to run the test.
I think I've read that photos are taken of tracked items as they are processed through the USPS (I think it's a post 9/11 enhancement). If that's true, someone in the USPS has access to determine the last legitimate location of the PAB. Does the roll of Postal Inspector still exist? A crime has been committed there.
The missing PAB was shipped in a Medium FRB-2.
Six Small FRBs fit snuggly into the other proportion of Medium FRB (-1).
The FRB-1 has almost identical total volume as the FRB-2 but filling it with Small FRBs would enhance the general durability of a plain box and, more importantly, limit the size of individual contributions as well as attempt to minimize the interaction of poorly packaged items.
Alternatively, you could decide that the PAB has run it's course and let it R.I.P. Like many well intentioned activities, reality has intervened.
