I had a case once

Which was all about a shipload of electronic equipment being sent from Southampton docks to the Far East. When it arrived it was rusted to buggery, despite having been professionally shrink-wrapped. Investigation discovered that the guy responsible for calculating the amount of desiccant had got the decimal point in the wrong place. At the time I wondered how anybody could have been such an idiot, but now I see that he probably went onto a football site and asked a bunch of randomers how to do the calculation!

Posted By: Old Git on February 5th 2019 at 10:04:25

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Maths question... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 5, 08:59:22
- 235 Kg (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, Feb 5, 15:07:59
- Just email it. Hello? 2019 much? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 5, 11:00:36
- Bear in mind a ton of thick paper will obviously weigh more than a ton of thin paper. (n/m) (General Chat) - Dunney, Feb 5, 10:32:08
- I had a case once (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 5, 10:04:25
  - I remember doing something similar as a trainee (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 5, 11:46:59
- assuming it's A4 paper (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 5, 09:13:47
  - according to this site, a sheet of A4 90gsm weighs 5.63gm (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Feb 5, 11:13:46
    - A4 measures 210 × 297 millimeters (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 5, 11:44:16
      - standard pallet takes a metric tonne trufax (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 5, 12:52:51
    - ... (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Feb 5, 11:14:42
  - that's obvs about 60kg, you can ding that on one pallet (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 5, 09:15:42
    - Thanks tombs (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 5, 10:12:47
      - or simply fax it all (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 5, 10:49:38
        
        I’d fax it. It’s even cheaper cos you can just fax one piece of paper 42k times. (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 5, 18:00:03
- give it to someone else (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 5, 09:12:13

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