Peanuts..... Any Use For Them On The RR ??

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All of us I’m sure have gotten more peanuts than we know what to do with.

Today my box from modeltrainstuff was quite large for some small items and the peanuts filled 1 1/2 kitchen trash bags it got me to wundering.

Has anyone thought of how they might be used on the RR???

Bob

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I use them to pay the help.[(-D]

Ohh you mean packing peanuts? No toss them or use them for fill in the wifes potted plants.

Pete

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No mrr uses that I have thought of yet.

When I get a bag full I take them to my LHS for him to use when he sells stuff on eBay. No money in it, but saves paying to get rid of it and builds a little good will.

Have fun,

Richard

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In fill for hills. They did it on at least one of the project layouts in the 90s. Its not…easy, but it sorta works.

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My wife is buying QVC on the installment plan, so I get to see lots of peanuts (most of my own stuff comes with either bubble wrap or those air pillow things.)

The local UPS store is happy to take them off my hands - and they’ll even take the box they come in.

Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - lots of plastic, no peanuts)

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Check to see if they are water soluble. I get a lot of these now, basicaly corn starch, and rinse them down the sink. They simply melt away. I have also dumped them in the yard when there is snow cover. gone by spring.

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I’ve seen these things too. I wholeheartedly applaud the “green” solution here. Much better a biodegradable items than something that’s going to hang around in landfills for a thousand years (heck, I can’t even get them off my fingers sometimes).

Kudos to you guys who recycle them by giving them back for reuse.

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pike-62

Evidently there is more than two species of peanuts.

Mine are definetly not made of corn starch. They floated on water and when covered with weight over night they retained their bouancy. Perhaps they could be used in some kind of flotation device.

Maybe you should experiment in using yours in cooking.

Bob

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Yeah, the other type are the good old puffed styrene. No green way to get rid of them other than to recycle them to someone who can use them.