Help needed with school project

Hersfold

Hersfold

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To the forum in general:

My Physics teacher has given my class a project I could use your help with. I have to mail a Pringles potato chip through the United States Postal Service in a package that will safely return it to the school, intact. Where you lot come in is the bonus part.

Whoever mails a package the furthest, whose pringle returns in one piece, recieves 50 extra credit points. The project is only worth 110. I had this project two years ago and won that contest. I would very much like to be able to do that again.

So, I need someone who lives very far away from me, who is willing to give me their home address, or a P.O. box or something where they can recieve a package, to help me out. All you would have to do is provide an address to which I can mail this Pringle chip, and then mail it back to my school, whose address I will provide. The further away you live from Baltimore, MD, USA, the better.

Thanks to anyone willing to help out. :D
 
See if Twoslit will accept it. :rofl:

Perhaps someone in england? Maybe Azazel if you want to get to Germany? Or maybe North harmoneia? She's from the philippines if I remember right. :D
 
Democratic Donkeys:
See if Twoslit will accept it. :rofl:

Perhaps someone in england? Maybe Azazel if you want to get to Germany? Or maybe North harmoneia? She's from the philippines if I remember right. :D
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Oh yeah, I'm sure twoslit would be thrilled to hear from me. :eyeroll:

I sent it to Germany last time, although one of my classmates sent hers to Korea. The only reason she didn't get the big prize was because hers broke in half, thus disqualifying her.
 
Democratic Donkeys:
See if Twoslit will accept it. :rofl:

Perhaps someone in england? Maybe Azazel if you want to get to Germany? Or maybe North harmoneia? She's from the philippines if I remember right. :D
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yes I am, and your professor is also from the Philippines, and she's cool, so by association, I'm cool too :rofl:
 
I used to work with a couple of guys from the Philippines. Does that mean I'm cool too? :P


Sorry, Hersfold. Good luck with your project. It actually sounds fun (even though you've done it before).
 
This sounds interesting.

Actually, what would make it MORE interesting is if your packaging arrangement was weighed and the person who managed to get it the farthest intact while using a packing arragement with the least mass would receive some nice bonus points.
 
wizardofoz01:
This sounds interesting.

Actually, what would make it MORE interesting is if your packaging arrangement was weighed and the person who managed to get it the farthest intact while using a packing arragement with the least mass would receive some nice bonus points.
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Least mass gets bonus points too, also 50. But that's a lot harder.

And the whole thing has to weigh less than 3 ounces anyway, without using commercial packing materials.
 
Th shipping department where I work has a machine that makes little air-filled plastic pillows to cushion the fragile items we ship. They don't add as much weight as styrofoam peanuts. Try balloons or ziplocs.
 
Hey, Hers, really screw with the professor - mould the potato chip inside a small block of clear acrylic. That way, not even the biggest, baddest UPS gorilla can bust it!

:yes: ?
 
Or expanding insulating foam, which is a bit easier to come up with than Aerogel (unless you live somewhere WAY cooler than I do.)

EDIT - actually, it occurs to me this is how a couple of our vendors ship their outrageously-priced specialty tiles to us. Pus the chip beween two layers of plastic wrap to form a square the size of your shipping carton. Put a layer of foam in the bottom of the box, lay the chip/saran conglomerate on top of the foam, then spray more foam on top and seal the carton. The foam SHOULD expand evenly, forming a custom-fit rigid foam clamshell container. On receipt, the layers of plastic wrap will allow the foam to separate right down the middle, freeing your delicious passenger.

You might want to use "window and door" formulation, as it has a much lower expansion pressure than the normal kind. Hate to end up with Pringle dust.
 
Did someone say we needed a new Root Admin?!

Oh..nevermind!!

I do live in Australia but I'd probably eat the Pringles and send you back a photocopy of my arse!! :w00t:

I wonder if your teacher would make you eat it, Hers?! :P

I don't think I want anyone from NS knowing where I live, the groups of fans hanging around the front of my house are bad enough as it is without advertising!! That and the bomb threats...!!
 
I was thinking, you could send it to me, and my flatmate could deliver it to you personally next time he goes home, as he lives in Baltimore. Since he's starting lecturing at my uni next year though, that may be a while yet. :lol:
 
Actually, Hers, a little acrylic in your diet would't hurt! Probably better for you than fibre when you get right down to it!

Just have Poltsy send you a whole bunch of pringles and one of them is bound to survive!
 
Romanoffia:
Actually, Hers, a little acrylic in your diet would't hurt! Probably better for you than fibre when you get right down to it!
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Remember children...

Acrylic is Plastic
Plastics are made from oil
Oil is a fat.

Nothing that *relationally* could hurt you

NOTE: Your digestive and associatiave mileage may and will varry
 
Thanks, you lot... I'll just send any hospital bills to you, ok?

Thanks for the offer, Cak, but it has to go through the mail. We're actually not allowed to send it directly to the school from the post office across the street, because they'll just toss it in a box and carry it over.

Edit: Tweedy, your post was removed as being off-topic. The answer is no, and you should post that in the Moderation Discussion forum.
 
Thank you for answering my 'off-topic' question. I do hope I didn't get you into any trouble for breaking any rules! :rofl:
 
Did you find someone to do this?

I would have had I been around (*growls at school*), though I'm only in Iowa, which appears to still be on the same continent as Baltimore as of 7:21 this morning.
 
Oops, I'd forgotten about this. Thanks, PH.

At this point I'll probably harass NH about it - she's furthest away of those who seem to be willing. Thanks to everyone for volunteering! :hug:
 
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