alan.b.pearce@stfc.ac.uk wrote: > That would be correct, and in the context of the original message is > saying it is cheaper for a person to make the round trip, to pick up > the package and return to start, than it is for a one way trip for the > package ... Really!? Are airfaires that low? I thought it's many hundreds of dollars. I just had three boxes shipped to me from Serbia with a total mass of 43Kg for $450. I doubt I could fly to Beograd (let alone Novi Sad) and back for that price, or even to London and back. ******************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .