Lili Krakowski on wed 23 aug 06
1. It's a butter dish, right? Not a National Treasure. Right? Pack the
thing up real good, take it to the PO unaddressed, because Canada now
requires a label to be made out in a particular way, and I never remember
how. Make out the little green sticker they give you, put down UNSOLICITED
GIFT --and oxymoron as far as I am concerned, but that is for another time--
affix the postage, give the packet a little kiss, wish it bon voyage (Canada
being bi-lingual and all) and that is IT!
If it IS a National Treasure, buy two first class tickets to wherever, put
the thing in a case you can handcuff to your wrist, hire an Armored Car
service etc etc. (A friend of mine once went through this from Wherever to
Paris, carrying a Very Famous Work of Art her museum had had on loan...)
2. I do not know what your wheel legs look like. To elevate my wheel I
filled 3 #10 (institutional size 5 lbs cans with cement, and when the cans
were full pressed jam jar covers into the cement UPSIDE DOWN. The lids are
just the right size for the legs to fit, the depression holds the legs in
place, the weight of the can prevents skidaddling (a highly technical term,
meaning slipping around). NB I elevate my wheel so I can throw standing.
For a lower height you could get three plastic containers and fill with
concrete to proper height. The thing about just 2 x 4 is this. Unless
you form them into solid triangle or such they will slip around. Consider
nailing and gluing the three pieces of 2x4 to a properly sized piece of
3/4" or 1" outdoor plywood (from a dumpster I hope) Then affix lids to this
construct. Give it a nice coat of varnish...and you have something quite
stable, which you can pick up to wash.
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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