Interlopping is a highly technical term used to describe those who jump in to the middle of a thread and cut it off short.

bbc, the simplest thing is to shut it down, disconnect all cords, put it in a plastic bag the middle of a larger box with lots of styrofoam wedged firmly below it, above it and on all sides of it, tape it firmly shut, and send it on over. I recently sent a CPU box that way via UPS. It was on the road for two solid weeks due to being misrtouted -- it came to San Diego three times and back to Chad, illinois, twice, before finding its way to the East COast. Sheesh. On arrival it fired up as thought it had merely been sleeping.

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