Australia Post sorting machine problems

[aurellian]

Seems like there are big problems at Australia Post

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-23/australia-posts-sorting-machines-misdirecting-mail/6417106

[imastawka]

       All I know is 22 kgs of anything still weighs 22 kgs

[thecatspjs]

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@5kazam wrote:

Okay, I accept the first part of your comment.  

However, I don't accept the second part.  

One thing to have your parcel being dropped from 1 metre to check if it bounces or breaks.  

Quite another to have 22kg dropped from one metre onto your parcel.   It certainly wouldn't bounce and would probably break.  I wouldn't consider that to be a fair gauge of appropriate packaging.

What dd the 'Tip' say :  'articles should withstand a drop of 1 metre'.... nothing about withstanding a drop of 1 metre by another parcel onto your/my article.

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Agree.

Two different scenarios altogether.  

Size and shape of parcels will also play into effect at point(s) of impact with another.

BUT I think many are aware that parcels of all sizes are collected sorted & freighted together so I think one must expect that in this process there may indeed be a parcel of 22kg dropped onto another parcel from a drop of 1 metre.

[burntsugarstore]

Hello,
Just wanted to know if you could help.
I have post problems and wonder do you post over seas or just in Australia.

[joethenuts]

hi lets see imastawka , the diference of a package being hit by something that weighs the same.lets see take a doona made from feathers  for instance and open it up flat , lets say it weighs 2kg  now get some people to drop it a meter over your head , no big deal ,prob mess up your hair , now get a brick weighing 2 kg and drop it over your head from a meter away , and you would be posting from a hospital bed , or not posting ever again .  mmmmm

[sydney-diecast-kingdom]

This thread has turned into a scientific discussion about mass, gravity, velocity and inertia. 

[padi*0409]

Stalks, look at it this way - if you dropped yourself on a doona you would flatten it, conversely if someone dropped the doona on you you'd fall asleep.

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And burn dinner........................again...................>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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[imastawka]

       To joe and padi - we're not talking about my head! 

We're talking about parcel drops.   22 kgs is still 22kgs.

And 22 kgs of feathers is still gunna give you a headache.

If you post a cup and saucer and don't wrap it properly,      

22 kgs of feathers is still gunna smash it

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM????????     

 

[padi*0409]

Wow Stalks...................you've got a 22kg head????????????      That's not so much smaller than half of Batgirl's whole body !!!!!!!

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Bet you'd still burn dinner if someone threw a doona on ya...................

"heads for the hills.......................fast..................."

[imastawka]

                      

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 My work here is done...............

[padi*0409]

OH, a little bit touchy are we, burnt dinner again was it???

                                                                                                   

I will however take no obvious upsetment.......................but I will carry on racing towards the mountains>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>