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[OM] Re: Is it safe to send unexposed film via U.S. Mail?

Subject: [OM] Re: Is it safe to send unexposed film via U.S. Mail?
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 07:23:12 -0400
Actually, I think the lesson may be to send it via the cheapest way 
possible to make sure it goes by truck.

Chuck Norcutt

R. Jackson wrote:

> That's just lovely. This is another reason it's getting harder to  
> shoot film. You can't fly with it, you can't send it through the  
> mail...if you want to shoot film someplace other than home you have  
> to FedEx it to where you're going and either have it processed while  
> you're there or FedEx it back home.
> 
> On Aug 10, 2005, at 8:29 PM, AG Schnozz wrote:
> 
> 
>>Well, just today I had another chat with my friendly postmaster.
>>A huge percentage of USPS mail is carried in the holds passenger
>>airliners. This stuff is supposed to pass through the dreaded
>>luggage x-ray machine.  You know, the machine that ruins film in
>>your checked baggage?  Same one.  Unfortunately, Priority Mail
>>envelopes also transit this method.  Not sure about boxes.  The
>>kiss-o-death ray machine is supposed to whack biohazards.  On a
>>positive note, the mail should be sterilized enough to eat if
>>you need the fiber.



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