The threaded rod next to a 15 cm ruler |
Threaded rod, as you could probably tell from the title and the picture. There's a total of 18 pieces, all of various sizes that you will be able to see in the chart below. They're at the very bottom of the new and improved chart of received items.
These rods did come from India, but they're more well traveled than you might think. Take a look at the tracking sheet. Keep in mind that I don't live in India so the chart goes from the bottom up. Inconvenient, I know, but better than turning it all around.
Delivered - Signed for
by : DAN
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ONTARIO SERVICE AREA
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With delivery courier
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ONTARIO SERVICE AREA,
ON - CANADA
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Service Area
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Delivery attempted;
recipient not home
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ONTARIO SERVICE AREA,
ON - CANADA
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With delivery courier
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ONTARIO SERVICE AREA,
ON - CANADA
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Service Area
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Scheduled for delivery
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ONTARIO SERVICE AREA,
ON - CANADA
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With delivery courier
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ONTARIO SERVICE AREA,
ON - CANADA
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Arrived at Delivery
Facility in ONTARIO SERVICE AREA - CANADA
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ONTARIO SERVICE AREA,
ON - CANADA
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Service Area
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Departed Facility in
ONTARIO SERVICE AREA - CANADA
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ONTARIO SERVICE AREA,
ON - CANADA
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Processed at ONTARIO
SERVICE AREA - CANADA
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ONTARIO SERVICE AREA,
ON - CANADA
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Clearance processing
complete at ONTARIO SERVICE AREA - CANADA
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ONTARIO SERVICE AREA,
ON - CANADA
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Clearance event
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ONTARIO SERVICE AREA,
ON - CANADA
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Processed for
clearance at ONTARIO SERVICE AREA - CANADA
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ONTARIO SERVICE AREA,
ON - CANADA
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Arrived at Sort
Facility ONTARIO SERVICE AREA - CANADA
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ONTARIO SERVICE AREA,
ON - CANADA
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Customs status updated
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ONTARIO SERVICE AREA,
ON - CANADA
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Departed Facility in
CINCINNATI HUB - USA
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CINCINNATI HUB, OH -
USA
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Processed at
CINCINNATI HUB - USA
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CINCINNATI HUB, OH -
USA
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Clearance processing
complete at CINCINNATI HUB - USA
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CINCINNATI HUB, OH -
USA
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Customs status updated
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CINCINNATI HUB, OH -
USA
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Arrived at Sort
Facility CINCINNATI HUB - USA
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CINCINNATI HUB, OH -
USA
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Service Area
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Departed Facility in
EAST MIDLANDS - UK
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EAST MIDLANDS - UK
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Transferred through
EAST MIDLANDS - UK
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EAST MIDLANDS - UK
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Departed Facility in
BRUSSELS - BELGIUM
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BRUSSELS - BELGIUM
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Transferred through
BRUSSELS - BELGIUM
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BRUSSELS - BELGIUM
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Service Area
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Departed Facility in LEIPZIG
- GERMANY
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LEIPZIG - GERMANY
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Customs status updated
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CINCINNATI HUB, OH -
USA
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Departed Facility in
DELHI (NEW DELHI) - INDIA
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DELHI (NEW DELHI) -
INDIA
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Processed at DELHI (NEW
DELHI) - INDIA
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DELHI (NEW DELHI) -
INDIA
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Arrived at Sort
Facility DELHI (NEW DELHI) - INDIA
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DELHI (NEW DELHI) -
INDIA
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Departed Facility in
MUMBAI (BOMBAY) - INDIA
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MUMBAI (BOMBAY) -
INDIA
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Processed at MUMBAI
(BOMBAY) - INDIA
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MUMBAI (BOMBAY) -
INDIA
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Service Area
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Shipment picked up
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MUMBAI (BOMBAY) -
INDIA
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First Mumbai, India. Then Delhi, India. After that, the rod got it's customs papers for Cincinnati, USA. Then off to Leipzig, Germany. That was Sunday.
On Monday, the package arrived in Brussels, Belgium. Then the East Midlands, UK. And Monday ends.
On Tuesday, the package finally arrives in Cincinnati where it's customs status changes to Ontario, Canada, finally shipping to Canada Post. From there, it's in the care of Canada Post for two days until we finally received it on Thursday.
That's a pretty well traveled package if I do say so myself. More traveled than me, and I'm a person.
If you take a minute and think how much shipping and transportation that went through, as well as all of the fuel use and staff wages, the amount of resources used to get 18 pieces of rod, that came in a little cardboard box so skinny you could hardly see it, you begin to realize just how much of an impact shipping a box of, say, McDonald's frozen beef patties across Canada has. You can probably tell I'm really hungry right now, but that's besides the point. The point is that this project takes a massive amount of resources not because of the fact that you need a lot of parts. The main resource cost will not come from the metal or the plastic that is used to build said printer, but the transportation costs. All the fuel, all the wages, all the infrastructure. Ports, boats, all built because of demand for trade and transportation. And we're all a big part of that.
That's a valuable lesson, is it not?
That is an incredibly important lesson - and one that you can connect to this term's geography project :)
ReplyDeleteIt continues to be a discussion about efficiency and eco-friendly practice and economics and job creation... Huge concepts.
I am appreciating the connections you are making.