Quote: youngian @ October 26 2009, 12:22 PM BSTMy dad was telling me his postman wasn't the brightest bulb in the box who hadn't worked out it would be easier to sort out odd and even numbered letters before he started his round and would see him zig-zag his way down the road as a consequence.
Maybe he had to leave the road at the end, and rather than walk back down again and then back up again, it was easier to zig zag. 
Quote: Ben @ October 24 2009, 8:05 PM BSTHas anyone here ever had their surname spelled spectacularly wrong on a bit of mail?
No.
Quote: Tuumble @ October 24 2009, 9:53 PM BSTA friend received a shiny new laptop complete with MS office licence key. The delivery man handed over two boxes. One was the laptop, and another large box which turned out to be the MS office licence key.
After two boxes, bubble wrap, an envelope and another smaller card, the licence key is the size of a credit card. No CD or anything else!
Flipping hell. He should complain to Microsoft and/or the place he ordered it from about their excessive wastage.
Quote: zooo @ October 24 2009, 9:55 PM BSTYeah!
My cousin's husband is a postie, I wonder what he's doing...
Sitting around on his lardy arse, most likely. 
Signed my contract with the alternative courier service today.
Bang goes another 5 grand plus of Royal Mail Business!
It's great for me though.
I save about a grand on the deal.
I wonder if my stationary supplier will go on strike next?
Where I live we won't really notice any delays as the delivery is slow paced anyway.
I had urgent stuff to send to Germany on Friday and the guy at the Post Office said he couldn't guarantee that it'd be there by the end of the week due to the strike.
So he tried to sell me express service for the four envelopes for more than 5 quid each instead of 80p.
I took the risk and the letters arrived TODAY! That's the quickest ever. And I saved around 20 quid.
Quote: Finck @ October 26 2009, 7:44 PM BSTI had urgent stuff to send to Germany on Friday and.... SNIP
Wait, what? You live in England now?
Quote: Ben @ October 26 2009, 7:46 PM BSTWait, what? You live in England now?
I read the paper EVERY day and I didn't see it.
Quote: Ben @ October 26 2009, 7:50 PM BSTI read the paper EVERY day and I didn't see it.
Quote: Ben @ October 26 2009, 7:50 PM BSTI read the paper EVERY day and I didn't see it.
<3
I don't get the joke 
Will someone explain it please? (Robyn, Ben, Tim?)
Quote: Moonstone @ October 28 2009, 1:46 AM BSTI don't get the joke
Will someone explain it please? (Robyn, Ben, Tim?)
The idea that Finck's moving to England would be headline news. (Which, to be fair, it should have been.) 
Ok thanks. But why would it?
(If you do a gig Tim I'll be happy to be in your audience)
Quote: Moonstone @ October 28 2009, 1:50 AM BSTOk thanks. But why would it?
Because the Finckster has been in Germany all these years (except when attending BSG meets)? Oh, whatever, it was funny at the time, Ian. 
I am the joke killer! Bless my wee brain, and give it credit for trying at least 
