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azurelunatic) wrote2020-08-31 01:08 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2020-08-31 01:08 pm
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Home, stuck (ish)
Mama shipped me my childhood/teenage/early adult book collection from Alaska! Hooray! They came via USPS Media Mail, which is very affordable for such things. Mama was one of that day's lucky 10,000, and had thought that I'd need to pick and choose in order to keep the cost down.
There are at least 9 boxes. Mama said that she weighed one and it was 40 pounds. She thought they'd be in the 30-50 range, based on that.
This is relevant, because 6 of them are stacked tidily right in the swing of the front storm door.
I have my physical strengths and weaknesses. I could *possibly* shove approximately 180 pounds of books in cardboard boxes a few inches off high-friction indoor/outdoor doormat. I outmass it, certaintly. I'm not sure, however, that the storm door would appreciate being in the middle of this Battle of Titans.
Current plan is to wait until Belovedest gets home, unless I go out around back and start shifting things.
I have registered a complaint with the post office, because if there were no back door, if any of us were more disabled than we are and can't use the back door (it's iffy for me, in fact), or if a kitchen fire broke out and we couldn't use the back door, it would be a dangerous situation.
There are at least 9 boxes. Mama said that she weighed one and it was 40 pounds. She thought they'd be in the 30-50 range, based on that.
This is relevant, because 6 of them are stacked tidily right in the swing of the front storm door.
I have my physical strengths and weaknesses. I could *possibly* shove approximately 180 pounds of books in cardboard boxes a few inches off high-friction indoor/outdoor doormat. I outmass it, certaintly. I'm not sure, however, that the storm door would appreciate being in the middle of this Battle of Titans.
Current plan is to wait until Belovedest gets home, unless I go out around back and start shifting things.
I have registered a complaint with the post office, because if there were no back door, if any of us were more disabled than we are and can't use the back door (it's iffy for me, in fact), or if a kitchen fire broke out and we couldn't use the back door, it would be a dangerous situation.
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....omg no, USPS, come on, we're fighting for you. -- But bookses!
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There is a reason that my supermarket deliveries all have "please leave room to open the door" in the notes. They don't always pay attention, but it's there.
Terrifying!
I've got a sign that says "NO PARCELS HERE" with a big green arrow to the side door in the breezeway. Chris, our regular mail carrier, goes so far as to walk the bubble-wrap envelopes to there.
FedEx and UPS leave parcels square in the middle of the ramp.
I hope you get some traction!
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