There is a experiment which shows how heavy objects move through ice but it takes a little bit of time for the demonstration to finish. Equipment: a 5 gallon bucket, a bar of ice, a thin cable and two heavy objects. Put a bar of ice across the 5 gallon bucket, tie or hook two heavy objects to each end of a thin cable then place the cable over the ice. The pressure of the cable on the ice will cause it to melt and the cable will move down through the ice. The ice will reform after the cable has passed. Eventullay a loud thud will be heard as the cable passes completely through the ice and the objects fall to the bottom of the bucket but the bar of ice will still be present across the bucket. Experiment with different weights and ice thicknesses to get the experiment to complete within your required time limit.
You might try to get some help from Tom Martino who has a national consumer help radio show and runs a consumer help center. His web site is http://www.troubleshooter.com/. You should also read his column on shipping packages,
http://troubleshooter.com/data/columns/sending%5 Fp ackages.html.
UPS broke a computer system I shipped to a buyer and did pay a small amount for a box they crushed, but would not pay for the monitor they broke which was shipped in a seperate box along with the other box, because they said it was improperly packed. I had a packaging store pack it, but rather than pay they outrageous fees for shipping, I delivered the packages to UPS for shipping. This was a mistake, because I became the man in the middle when trying to find someone responsible for breaking it. Packaging store, what did you do to our packaging when it left our store? UPS, it was improperly packed. The package was insured, but neither party would pay for damages. If I had sent it using the packaging store, they would have had to fight the battle with UPS. The UPS representative brought my wife to tear when trying to get help. Nice customer service.
The article I mention above also explains why UPS may never have to pay for packages that are broken even though they are insured. They also sent my items back to me in the original "improperly packaged" boxes, with lots of additional tape to seal the tears which streched all the way across the crushed box.
At a minimum, thanks for raising the subject since many packages will be sent at this time of the year.
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There is a experiment which shows how heavy objects move through ice but it takes a little bit of time for the demonstration to finish. Equipment: a 5 gallon bucket, a bar of ice, a thin cable and two heavy objects. Put a bar of ice across the 5 gallon bucket, tie or hook two heavy objects to each end of a thin cable then place the cable over the ice. The pressure of the cable on the ice will cause it to melt and the cable will move down through the ice. The ice will reform after the cable has passed. Eventullay a loud thud will be heard as the cable passes completely through the ice and the objects fall to the bottom of the bucket but the bar of ice will still be present across the bucket. Experiment with different weights and ice thicknesses to get the experiment to complete within your required time limit.
You might try to get some help from Tom Martino who has a national consumer help radio show and runs a consumer help center. His web site is http://www.troubleshooter.com/. You should also read his column on shipping packages,5 Fp ackages.html.
http://troubleshooter.com/data/columns/sending%
UPS broke a computer system I shipped to a buyer and did pay a small amount for a box they crushed, but would not pay for the monitor they broke which was shipped in a seperate box along with the other box, because they said it was improperly packed. I had a packaging store pack it, but rather than pay they outrageous fees for shipping, I delivered the packages to UPS for shipping. This was a mistake, because I became the man in the middle when trying to find someone responsible for breaking it. Packaging store, what did you do to our packaging when it left our store? UPS, it was improperly packed. The package was insured, but neither party would pay for damages. If I had sent it using the packaging store, they would have had to fight the battle with UPS. The UPS representative brought my wife to tear when trying to get help. Nice customer service.
The article I mention above also explains why UPS may never have to pay for packages that are broken even though they are insured. They also sent my items back to me in the original "improperly packaged" boxes, with lots of additional tape to seal the tears which streched all the way across the crushed box.
At a minimum, thanks for raising the subject since many packages will be sent at this time of the year.