Showing posts with label bubble wrap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bubble wrap. Show all posts

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Craigslist comes through with "not new" packing material for cheap.

I was looking for bubble wrap (and one big roll did blow onto my car...see a previous post), but this foam sheeting will probably work as well and will take up much less space. I'm told there should be 100' in this roll and it cost $25. I had been using using newspaper to pack the glass yard art (that I hope to sell), but it was not cushiony enough, heavy and would likely deteriorate in the basement or garage (I'm assuming I'll have a lot of unsold stuff that will have to over-winter. Very happy with this purchase, even though I did have to drive a long way for it.

If anyone actually looks for my posts, I apologize for my recent absence. A family emergency has kept me occupied.

Saturday, April 25, 2015

My "not new" bubble wrap almost killed me.

I was exiting the thruway when an approximately 20'sheet of bubble wrap (shown in my back seat) flew across my windshield. I assume it was from the construction they were doing on the exit...construction that left no shoulder to pull off on. I had about a two-inch "window" to look through, which kept shifting. There were a string of cars behind me which would quickly backup up onto the thruway and cause a hazard, so I continued on, knowing there would be place to stop ahead.

I nearly had a heart attack when I stopped and got out of the car as there was a car to the left, just inches from my bumper, which I had not seen. Phew! Someone up there was watching out for me. So, I gathered up the bubble wrap, which looks like new. I really needed bubble wrap, just would have preferred not to risk my life to get it.