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<P>Two things:</P>
<P>Do NOT send anything parcel post -- use priority mail. It costs more, but is worth it for the dependability factor.</P>
<P>At Target stores, and other places where they carry travel items (the small size items in bins) they carry Charmin TP in small rolls with no cardboard insert. It's perfect for the trail.</P>
<P>L-Rod<BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: g l <GAILPL2003@YAHOO.COM><BR>Sent: Jan 2, 2008 9:49 PM <BR>To: Len Glassner <LEN5742@GMAIL.COM>, PCT <PCT-L@BACKCOUNTRY.NET><BR>Subject: Re: [pct-l] ? about TP and boxes <BR><BR>
<DIV><BR>I don't blame ya Len. I hear they grow some mighty big pine cones out in them thar hills....</DIV>
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<DIV>Wheeew<BR><B><I>Len Glassner <len5742@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I'm considering resupplying along the way, instead of mail drops.<BR>After all, why mail myself 500 packages of Ramen, when I can buy it<BR>along the way and save the postage?<BR><BR>How do the on-trail resupply veterans handle the following?<BR><BR>!. When one is forced to mail resupplies to the smaller stops from a<BR>'full' resupply location, from where do you source the mailing<BR>containers, aka boxes? I would think USPS flat rate boxes are a bad<BR>deal for the relatively short mailing distances. Maybe rummage behind<BR>grocery stores?<BR><BR>2. Toilet paper - Don't recall seeing single rolls for sale all that<BR>often. Buy a 4-pack, keep one and toss the rest? (I'm not bouncing<BR>it.) Pine cones are not an option.<BR><BR>TIA<BR><BR>Len<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Pct-l mailing list<BR>Pct-l@backcountry.net<BR>To unsubscribe or change list options (digest, etc):<BR>http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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