[Hip Priest]

Cool. I'm writing the customs label now.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

I detest customs labels!

They take an eternity to fill out, especially when you've got four or five to fill out. They also make you wait in line to get the customs label, then they make you get out of line to fill them out, only to wait in another (excruciating long) line.

[Hip Priest]

I just get the nice people at our post office to give me a roll of them.

Ours only take a few seconds to fill out.

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест

I detest customs labels!

They take an eternity to fill out, especially when you've got four or five to fill out. They also make you wait in line to get the customs label, then they make you get out of line to fill them out, only to wait in another (excruciating long) line.

They're easy from the UK. Just tick 'Gift' and NCV in the value part.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Originally Posted by Pookie

They're easy from the UK. Just tick 'Gift' and NCV in the value part.

If only!

We have to fill out our address, and the recipients address. Two dated signatures, and a stamp.

[Danny Himself]

Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест

Danny, your tape came today, with extra large print as to make sure there was no doubt about where the tape was to be delivered. A success. I also got a petition to close Guantanamo Bay, what an odd combo.

I like to write extra big. I am still a child.

[Hip Priest]

http://www.royalmail.com/IMAGE/Media...00452_cn22.gif

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by Hip Priest

http://www.royalmail.com/IMAGE/Media...00452_cn22.gif

Pretty much what I do, obviously ignoring the box 'For commercial items only' and NCV (no commercial value) in the value box.

I also get rolls of them from the nice people at the post office.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Ours looks basically the same, though its green, and has a perforated center, and the other side has the box for the addresses.

Here it is:

 

[Danny Himself]

Doesn't the green part tear off?

[Hip Priest]

Some post offices are really nice, aren't they?

The only problem I ever have is when I'm sending things to Canada, because it seems that the Canadian authorities are very exact about where to place the customs label. I can never remember the rule.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Danny, the white part does. I'm writing in hurry, this is why my signature is so sloppy when you receive the package.

Our postal workers seem to be moody most of the time, and one of them always comments on the package going to Ireland.

[sonicl]

Due to a non-technical issue, I'm not ready to send my tape yet. The non-technical issue being that I haven't started recording it

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Fret not, Sonicl. I've not started mine either. Though it won't take long, I've got the songs picked out. Just need to record.

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by Hip Priest

Some post offices are really nice, aren't they?

I use two post offices regularly. One in my home town, and the one in my work town.

The one in my home town is great. The staff are really friendly and helpful.

I visit the post office in the town where I work only if I really have to. They are the total opposite. It's like pulling teeth, getting information out of them.

And on one occasion, I went in with about 10 parcels to post, and when I got to the counter noticed that one of my parcels had started to come undone. I asked for a bit of sellotape andI was told I'd have to buy some from the PO shop and then re-queue.

As you can tell, this incident has stayed with me .

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Tiny and old picture of the South Omaha post office. It looks much the same now.

http://www.memories.ne.gov/cgi-bin/t...pl&CISOPTR=260

[Hip Priest]

Originally Posted by Pookie

I use two post offices regularly. One in my home town, and the one in my work town.

The one in my home town is great. The staff are really friendly and helpful.

I visit the post office in the town where I work only if I really have to. They are the total opposite. It's like pulling teeth, getting information out of them.

And on one occasion, I went in with about 10 parcels to post, and when I got to the counter noticed that one of my parcels had started to come undone. I asked for a bit of sellotape andI was told I'd have to buy some from the PO shop and then re-queue.

As you can tell, this incident has stayed with me .

The one in Oxton village where I work is lovely, the central Birkenhead one is a nightmare. I live closer to the Oxton one too, so there's never any need to go to the other place. In fact, the nasty one is one of those being moved to inside WH Smiths (!?) soon.

[Danny Himself]

There's a post office across the street from my mothers apartment which is where I live right now, so mail is easy for me. I also live near a sorting office.

[Pookie]

I'm supposed to be laying a floor in our dining room this evening, but I'm calling it a day. I think I'll start my tape instead.

I've lost the list of mix tapes I made for previous rounds, so I hope mine doesn't go to somebody who's already had one from me, because there may be some repetition.

[Hip Priest]

I posted my round ten mixtape this morning.