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Re: Dim Wit (was Re: Weird box from S@H)
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Fri, 24 Mar 2000 15:42:22 GMT
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Kevin Salm wrote:
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> In lugnet.general, Maggie Cambron writes:
> > Paul Davidson wrote:
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> > > I just got my latest order from Lego Shop@Home.
> > >
> > > It came in a different box than usual. This one is nondescript except for
> > > large block letters on it saying "DIMWT 2". What's strange, though, is that
> > > someone has taken a black felt pen and stuck an "I" between the W and T, so
> > > it says "DIMWIT". Then they've scrawled a message beside it (on the top of
> > > my package!): "You ordered a dimwit? Or is it fo (sic) a dimwit? Ho Ho"
> > >
> > > How many other people have gotten packages in the mail with something like
> > > that written on the box? I have no idea if some at Lego or at the post
> > > office wrote it. :)
> >
> >
> > I've gotten several of the DIM WT packages, none defaced. In fact around our
> > house that's what we call them-- when my husband says, "Oh, BTW you got a DIM
> > WIT package today," I'm glad because I know I got an S@H order.
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> I am betting that a lot of S@H customers refer to the boxes as DIM WIT. I know
> I do. I like the Dim Wit 9 the best as those definitely hold more than a Dim
> Wit 2. In fact, I probably have about 30 Dim Wit boxes around the house with
> stuff in them, mostly empty Lego set boxes.
Now to spoil everyone's fun, here's a good reference as to what DIM WT
is (complete with a form to calculate it)...
http://www.dhl.se/using/volum_e.html
It's used for air shipping to get a handle on the volume of a package,
since airplanes don't have infinite space.
This took a two stage search to find. I searched on Altavista for DIM
WT, and found a site which told me that it was "volumetric weight", then
did a search for that...
I can't remember when I first noticed these dimwit packages, was years
ago...
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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