Pass the Parcel - We're off

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Digeroo

#40
November 21, 2014, 17:54:56
There is a whole list of things they will not send any more.  I had a problem returning a phone with a battery in it.  Which was odd since I have had lots of batteries before and since.   We had to wait for the battery to be discharged. 

Had problems with some plants as well because they were wet had to prove they were sealed in. 

Digeroo

#40
November 21, 2014, 17:54:56

galina

#41
November 21, 2014, 18:10:37
Quote from: goodlife on November 21, 2014, 15:00:14


Ooo....show us a teaser photo of it all...please... :toothy10:

Oh - all right then (not sure i should though)  :tongue3:

goodlife

#42
November 21, 2014, 18:34:36
Quote from: galina on November 21, 2014, 18:10:37
Quote from: goodlife on November 21, 2014, 15:00:14


Ooo....show us a teaser photo of it all...please... :toothy10:

Oh - all right then (not sure i should though)  :tongue3:

Well, I got what I asked for...that is true teaser!...can't see a thing and the photo doesn't get much bigger neither.. :laughing7: But I got some idea and I let my imagination play havoc with rest of the image.. :icon_cheers: THANK YOU :icon_thumleft:

goodlife

#43
November 21, 2014, 18:38:28
Quote from: Digeroo on November 21, 2014, 17:54:56
  I had a problem returning a phone with a battery in it.

Something that happened to me today....had to send phone back to Tesco, which provided all the packaging and labels etc..and then in post they start asking questions... :BangHead: Postie woman said the battery is not the issue but "is the battery connected to the phone..."? Tesco never mentioned it should not be.... so my answer was ..."errr...no it is not connected...(oh dear...)..."

Robert_Brenchley

#44
November 21, 2014, 18:47:38
They started asking round here some time ago. The local one plays silly buggers; they told me a while back that you can't send seeds by letter post, which is nonsense, and then they tried to charge £11 and odd for a parcel another office sent for £2 and odd.

Digeroo

#45
November 21, 2014, 21:06:10
Certainly I have had problems with seeds in letters, they are not allowed to be bumpy, seems it upsets the sorting machines and they get caught.   It is odd because you are allowed a badge on the card. 

I think it is just an excuse to charge more.

galina

#46
November 22, 2014, 00:29:33
All packed up again, weighed and weighed again ready to go to the post office first thing tomorrow.
But where is it going?

Here is a little description of where the parcel is going next.  The post office should have no difficulty getting it there, after all the M42 as well as the A41 provide excellent access.  Despite this, the place is set in an idyllic park landscape, close to the river Blythe.  It is a paradise for wildlife too, including the rare Tyto Non Alba.  The romantic Half Moon coppice is also nearby.

:wave:

goodlife

#47
November 22, 2014, 12:07:02 Last Edit: November 22, 2014, 12:15:50 by goodlife
M42....? Is that Birmingham way...? Robert?  :icon_scratch:

ETA: Been snooping around... is  it LOTTIE LOU?! Looks very beautiful area...lot of fields around...

galina

#48
November 22, 2014, 13:29:20
Quote from: goodlife on November 22, 2014, 12:07:02
M42....? Is that Birmingham way...? Robert?  :icon_scratch:

ETA: Been snooping around... is  it LOTTIE LOU?! Looks very beautiful area...lot of fields around...

Only one guess - Jayb is very strict about that  :BangHead:   :tongue3:

goodlife

#49
November 22, 2014, 16:02:00
Quote from: galina on November 22, 2014, 13:29:20
Quote from: goodlife on November 22, 2014, 12:07:02
M42....? Is that Birmingham way...? Robert?  :icon_scratch:

ETA: Been snooping around... is  it LOTTIE LOU?! Looks very beautiful area...lot of fields around...

Only one guess - Jayb is very strict about that  :BangHead:   :tongue3:

Ah, in that case ignore the first one...just a typo... :tongue3:

Digeroo

#50
November 22, 2014, 16:13:38
Thank you for this, I have enjoyed googling the images of Tyto Non Alba.  Stunning,  but it has not helped me make a guess.

I particularly enjoyed this one

http://www.owls.org/Conservation/pest_control.htm

galina

#51
November 22, 2014, 16:44:54
Quote from: Digeroo on November 22, 2014, 16:13:38
Thank you for this, I have enjoyed googling the images of Tyto Non Alba.  Stunning,  but it has not helped me make a guess.

I particularly enjoyed this one

http://www.owls.org/Conservation/pest_control.htm

Lovely picture - getting warmer  :sunny:
But what you have googled is 'Tyto Alba' aka Barn owl, literally 'white owl'.  Does this help?

galina

#52
November 22, 2014, 16:46:03 Last Edit: November 22, 2014, 16:49:20 by galina
Quote from: goodlife on November 22, 2014, 16:02:00

ETA: Been snooping around... is  it LOTTIE LOU?! Looks very beautiful area...lot of fields around...


Only one guess - Jayb is very strict about that  :BangHead:   :tongue3:


Ah, in that case ignore the first one...just a typo... :tongue3:

I might go along with that if you tell me, why?   :happy7:

goodlife

#53
November 22, 2014, 17:16:27
QuoteI might go along with that if you tell me, why?   :happy7:

Time to pull my 'good excuses card' out...

....well, I'm foreigner, time to time I type things with 'foreign brain mode'... :drunken_smilie:....I was thinking at the time who lives that direction...and before I realized my fingers typed the first one when I was thinking another.... :drunken_smilie:...the world is round and I haven't had enough chocolate...my nose is full of wool fluff and I'm behind with the knitting chedule.  :drunken_smilie: :angel11:
See...brain is all scrambles... :drunken_smilie: :tongue3: ....do I get away with it???

galina

#54
November 22, 2014, 17:42:22
Quote from: goodlife on November 22, 2014, 17:16:27


Time to pull my 'good excuses card' out...

....well, I'm foreigner, time to time I type things with 'foreign brain mode'... :drunken_smilie:....I was thinking at the time who lives that direction...and before I realized my fingers typed the first one when I was thinking another.... :drunken_smilie:...the world is round and I haven't had enough chocolate...my nose is full of wool fluff and I'm behind with the knitting chedule.  :drunken_smilie: :angel11:
See...brain is all scrambles... :drunken_smilie: :tongue3: ....do I get away with it???

Are you trying to pull the wool over my eyes?   :toothy10:   :angel11:

goodlife

#55
November 22, 2014, 17:59:10 Last Edit: November 22, 2014, 18:00:46 by goodlife
QuoteAre you trying to pull the wool over my eyes?   :toothy10:   :angel11:


Oh yes..I've got plenty where to pull from..massive stash... :icon_cheers:

Jayb

#56
November 22, 2014, 18:04:38
Lol, you lot  :toothy10:
Seed Circle site http://seedsaverscircle.org/
My Blog, Mostly Tomato Mania http://mostlytomatomania.blogspot.co.uk/

galina

#57
November 23, 2014, 09:49:33
Can anybody guess why?

Just to add, that I didn't simply google the next person's address to come up with that clue.  Neither have I been there myself.

Yes, Goodlife, it does sound rather idyllic there.  And as you quite rightly say, it isn't far from town.

 

goodlife

#58
November 23, 2014, 10:50:41
I admit snooping Lottie Lou's profile page and the location map was quite a give away... :glasses9:

galina

#59
November 23, 2014, 13:45:52 Last Edit: November 23, 2014, 13:56:44 by galina
Quote from: goodlife on November 23, 2014, 10:50:41
I admit snooping Lottie Lou's profile page and the location map was quite a give away... :glasses9:

Oh - you've got it!  Yes this is from Lottie Lou's location map on her profile page.  I thought you had 'snooped' the regular Google map with the help of the location names I had given in the clue.

Well Done!  Yippie!   :icon_cheers:

The second clue was also from Lottie Lou's profile page
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=7896
- and from 1400 other places on A4A   :wave:
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