Swimming in packing peanuts!

Hi. I know what you mean. However, I found a ceramic shop in a near by town. I drop them off there every so often.

"Shop" and My Snipes

Gosh, you guys must buy a lot!!!LOL!

Not that you buy a lot, but you tend to get a big box with one itty bitty item in it. I have been getting a lot of items lately. I am redoing a 1910 house and a lot of my SW desert items just did not go that well in all the rooms here.

"Shop" and My Snipes

No, but I bet they would sell good on Ebay and there goes the peanuts!

That is a thought. But, until I get enough to replace some of them, they do keep the walls, etc, from being totally bare. I have been doing one room at a time. I have not finished the LR yet. Hopefully, I can do that after the 3rd, (you know what I mean). Then I can tackle the parlor off of the LR. then the master BR. then the basement, etc. etc. etc.

"Shop" and My Snipes

Gads, what possessed you to buy such a big house at your age?

Actually, it is smaller than it sounds. It was built in 1910. I love the high ceilings. I've been able to put up all the chandaliers I had, plus some great new ones. It is long yet only 22'wide. I love the old pocket doors off of the LR. Plus, we could afford it, and it is near the lake, yet in the middle of town. My other half paints the room, then I do the designing, stencils, etc. We have made the second bedroom into a guest/office room (where I am at now).
We just work at it a little at a time, and love it.
Oops, I have a bird to baste. Later...

"Shop" and My Snipes

Hmm I think I'll list some packing peanuts on eBay. .01 BIN with $15 shipping.

Take care,
~Shannon :-)~

ROFL!! And be sure to pack those peanuts in newspaper that feature Viagra ads!

Shop, that sounds nice, but I know, A lot of work!
Shannon and coralbelle, that is sooo funny! LMAO!!!

Which is worse ............ packing peanuts or shredded paper ......... they're both pretty nasty.

Well, the peanuts take off without a clearance. The shredded paper leaves ink stains. I think it is a case of 6 of one and 1/2 dozen of another. I do know that ceramic shops are in need of the stuff. Especially the shredded paper. But most use the peanuts also.

"Shop" and My Snipes

Unless I'm planning to mail a package of my own in the near future, I just throw the darn things out. Otherwise my kitties get ahold of them and bat them around the house.

Coralbelle, me to, but I am assuming some places will not let you put them in the trash for pickup, by some of the thread responses. But, I do know it is not cheap, if you need to buy it, so I am sure someone would willingly accept all you have!

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but I am assuming some places will not let you put them in the trash for pickup,

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Really? Hmm, I never knew that. I just throw them in my trash barrel and the garbage man takes them away.

There isn't much that's good to be said about any form of plastic packaging, but at least the peanuts are imminently recyclable; you can use them again and again and again. Shredded paper can be composted, so it's not a great problem.

I take the peanuts to work. I work in a small warehouse from where I despatch a variety of items every day. Some, like CD jewel cases, are fragile and we can't afford to purchase large amounts of packing materials, so I recycle as much as possible. All incoming plastic wrapping, shrinkwrap and even the vile pallet-wrap are screwed up to fill holes in outgoing parcels.

The very last place i'd put them is the garbage.

GG