[Techtalk] Sending floppy disks thru the mail

[Davis, Jennifer]

We tend to write "Magnetic media: do not X-ray" on ours. 
It doesn't always work, but's pretty successful. Just in
envelopes, not great big parcels. 

Not everyone _reads_ the "do not X-ray" part, of course. And
sometimes you wish they hadn't: I once knew someone who swore 
his mother had posted his exam certificates on to him with the 
legend "Certificates   Do Not Bend" on them and that they had 
arrived folded through the letterbox with "Yes they do" appended. 
I have my doubts on the "yes they do" part, but I credit the "folded 
up to pass letterbox" part.

If this floppy is going in between Japan and Australia, unless it is sent
direct, it is also possible, maybe even probable that some people along the
way cannot read English.  

A comment from the peanut gallery....
jenn