JetsetBkk Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Do they want it in box form - to re-use the box - or crushed flat to save space? (I'm doing a bit of clearing out.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Crushed flat. I use a boxcutter to make it easier 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, tonray said: Crushed flat. I use a boxcutter to make it easier That's what I thought and started to slice a few little 'uns, but thought I'd ask as a lot of them are still usable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Just now, JetsetBkk said: That's what I thought and started to slice a few little 'uns, but thought I'd ask as a lot of them are still usable. They don't reuse them generally...they shred them and then pulp them with water to make new paper goods. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post clivebaxter Posted October 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2021 My Mrs drives miles to shops that have them to pack your groceries in, so she can flatten and sell them. Does not understand it costs more in petrol than you get selling them! 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 I'll keep these two. Not just because they're probably worth a few baht, but because I might need them one day if one of the TVs ever needs fixing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonray Posted October 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2021 17 minutes ago, JetsetBkk said: I'll keep these two. Not just because they're probably worth a few baht, but because I might need them one day if one of the TVs ever needs fixing. Just be aware that in humid tropical climates, cardboard boxes become the favorite home of roaches and mold mites. Store in a dry location and check every few months 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted October 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2021 52 minutes ago, tonray said: Just be aware that in humid tropical climates, cardboard boxes become the favorite home of roaches and mold mites. Store in a dry location and check every few months And termites just love them as starter homes, something you really don't need. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 4 hours ago, tonray said: Just be aware that in humid tropical climates, cardboard boxes become the favorite home of roaches and mold mites. Store in a dry location and check every few months 3 hours ago, Crossy said: And termites just love them as starter homes, something you really don't need. ???? ???? ???? This is hilarious! Thanks for the tip about checking the boxes for termites - which I just did. Fortunately, they are both termite-free! But while was doing that, I happened to "notice" the huge great TV box to the left of them! It contained my old 25" TV - can't remember what happened to that - and inside that box is my older 21" TV box! How the heck could I not notice them? ???? It's as if they became part of the furniture and my eyes would see them, but my brain would just ignore them! Anyhow, they are for the chop now. I think the rubbish collector guy is going to be very happy tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Triangle Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 We have a recycling cage opposite the house, cardboard boxes, wine bottles, plastic stuff goes in there, except on Monday when the binmen are about, we put it out after them for the privateers, the mrs saves my empty beer bottles in their boxes and every now and again chops them in for a few Bob, she's a right cheap charlie ???????? All in all it works pretty well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) I do the same - wait for the bin men to empty the bin, and leave the "good" stuff (plastic, glass, metal) in a big bag next to the bin. This'll be the first time I've left a load of cardboard out, as I tend to hold on to that! Edited October 3, 2021 by JetsetBkk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Triangle Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) I was thinking of telling the mrs to put the empties in the cage over the road and I'll pay her 10 baht a box, that's what they pay at the moment and let a scavenger have my empties ???? Plus it would save on fuel for the Tuner, whose a cheap Charlie now 55555 Edited October 3, 2021 by Golden Triangle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 Unbelievable result looking through the "TV" box. Inside the 25" box was a 21" TV box. Inside that was a 20" TV box. Inside that... oh, never mind. Just look at this lot! I'm gonna need a bigger boxcutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Triangle Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, JetsetBkk said: Unbelievable result looking through the "TV" box. Inside the 25" box was a 21" TV box. Inside that was a 20" TV box. Inside that... oh, never mind. Just look at this lot! I'm gonna need a bigger boxcutter. Gawd, how many rooms you got 5555 Tucked that lot out of sight for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said: Gawd, how many rooms you got 5555 Tucked that lot out of sight for a while. These boxes were inside each other like a Russian "babushka" doll. So the outside was just the 25" box! But these boxes were very, very old - probably over 18 years old! I simply never got rid of the boxes when I got rid of the TVs! They were stored in the small room housing the electrical circuit breakers - out of sight, out of mind! Edited October 3, 2021 by JetsetBkk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdsa Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 4 hours ago, JetsetBkk said: These boxes were inside each other like a Russian "babushka" doll. So the outside was just the 25" box! But these boxes were very, very old - probably over 18 years old! I simply never got rid of the boxes when I got rid of the TVs! They were stored in the small room housing the electrical circuit breakers - out of sight, out of mind! it's "matryoshka", "babushka" is an old lady. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 8 hours ago, fdsa said: it's "matryoshka", "babushka" is an old lady. That'll teach me to rely on Google. Oh, wait... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdsa Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, JetsetBkk said: That'll teach me to rely on Google. Oh, wait... Have you ever tried to scroll further than 10 pages of google's search results? First page: "About 1,930,000 results (0.50 seconds)" . . . Nineth (and the last) page: "Page 9 of about 409 results (1.23 seconds)" "to rely on Google", Oh, wait... Edited October 4, 2021 by fdsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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