[meteorite-list] OT, Please help me, shipping

From: Jim Sullivan <runtime1972_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:07 2004
Message-ID: <BAY2-F47zRshyN0a0SM0000cdea_at_hotmail.com>

<< Hello List, can some one help me, I am so confused!!!!!!!! I have to
send
a package out, I weighed it on my Ohaus triple beam balance scale. I know as
a fact it is right on. The package weighs 543g's. When I convert this it
comes to 19.1538 oz or 1.19711 lb. When I was in school 1 lb was 16 oz. So,
my amateur calculations tell me that that is 1lb 3.1538 oz or rounded of to
1lb 3oz. I have checked my scale and re-did the math about four times now.
BUT, when I took it to the post office, they said, ok, just over two pounds!
Am I wrong with my math, I know my scale is correct, I checked it. Or is the
post office's fancy scale messed up? >>


Tom, is it really necessary for you to send 5+ emails to the List every day
with this kind of dumb trivia?
Someone (either you or your post office) made a mistake when weighing the
package - it's quite simple when you stop and THINK about it!!!

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Received on Sat 19 Jul 2003 04:49:56 AM PDT