Steven C. Barr(x) wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick" <[log in to unmask]>
>> D P Ingram wrote:
>>> On 26 maj 2007, at 04.47, Steven C. Barr(x) wrote:
>>>>> that exact same order! I moved about 300 milk boxes full of 78's...
>>> For the benefit of those who are not Canadian, what is a "milk box". Is
>>> it a box used to store milk bottles (?). And how big are them? We have
>>> milk cartons but you'd not get a 78 rpm record in it, well you might,
>>> but you first have to send it via U.S.P.S. in a plain envelope (or the
>>> postal service of your choice) in a plain envelope sans packaging marked
>>> fragile.
>> Actually "milk crates", made of sturdy plastic and used by the milk company to
>> ship large (what used to be gallon) jugs of milk to the grocer. Each one holds
>> 4 of the large jugs. Until some time in the 70s these crates were large enough
>> to hold 12" albums with ease, but the dairy industry conspired once it knew
>> what record collectors were doing with their cases (stealing them from behind
>> Macs Milk Stores) and foisted "metric" on us, so those crates shrank by about
> a
>> half inch. And no, they don't have photos of missing record collectors on the
>> sides.
>>
> Or, Gott sei dank, missing milk boxes...
>
> Steven C. Barr
> (who still awaits a visit from the "Greater Toronto Milk Box Police"...)
>
>
One morning I was driving in to do my weekend shift on CHFI when I espied a
mountain of milk crates outside my friendly neighbourhood Mac's Milk Store.
This was about 5:30 AM..and as I pulled onto the lot, larceny on my mind, I
noticed a police car approaching and decided I'd do without, rather than have
to explain via legal representation why there was dead air all morning..
dl
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