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  • Re: [IOMARS] Queens Jubilee Station Mk2

    From Brian Morrison@21:1/5 to Jim Stewart ... on Wed Jun 22 16:13:50 2022
    On Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:31:52 +0100
    "Jim Stewart ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> wrote:

    bit like stamp collecting then ?

    Got our swapped-out stamps from Royal Mail today. Postie shoved a large envelope marked "Do not bend" through our letterbox folded in two and
    when we straightened it out there was a bootprint on it.

    On opening it they told us that our carefully counted stamps and their
    total value was incorrect (I think they mean that they dropped some
    and didn't bother picking them up), and returned us stamps with a
    reduced total value.

    Apparently they're threatening to strike, which I reckon could lead to
    them cutting their own throats.

    --

    Brian Morrison

    "I am not young enough to know everything"
    Oscar Wilde

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  • From Jim Stewart ...@21:1/5 to Brian Morrison on Wed Jun 22 17:15:19 2022
    On 22/06/2022 16:13, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:31:52 +0100
    "Jim Stewart ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> wrote:

    bit like stamp collecting then ?

    Got our swapped-out stamps from Royal Mail today. Postie shoved a large envelope marked "Do not bend" through our letterbox folded in two and
    when we straightened it out there was a bootprint on it.

    On opening it they told us that our carefully counted stamps and their
    total value was incorrect (I think they mean that they dropped some
    and didn't bother picking them up), and returned us stamps with a
    reduced total value.

    Apparently they're threatening to strike, which I reckon could lead to
    them cutting their own throats.

    what ia a swapped out stamp?....then we will have nothing but white van
    men threatening to kick your head in.....

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  • From Brian Morrison@21:1/5 to Jim Stewart ... on Wed Jun 22 17:32:32 2022
    On Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:15:19 +0100
    "Jim Stewart ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> wrote:

    what ia a swapped out stamp?

    From the end of January 2023 stamps without a barcode will not be valid,
    so there is a scheme where you send your non-barcoded stamps in
    together with a completed form (my wife had about £125 worth) and you
    get barcoded ones in return.

    --

    Brian Morrison

    "I am not young enough to know everything"
    Oscar Wilde

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  • From Brian Morrison@21:1/5 to Jim Stewart ... on Wed Jun 22 17:33:25 2022
    On Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:15:19 +0100
    "Jim Stewart ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> wrote:

    then we will have nothing but white van men threatening to kick your head in.....

    They don't do that around here Jim, there must be something in the
    water up your way.

    --

    Brian Morrison

    "I am not young enough to know everything"
    Oscar Wilde

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  • From Jim Stewart ...@21:1/5 to Brian Morrison on Wed Jun 22 18:24:42 2022
    On 22/06/2022 17:32, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:15:19 +0100
    "Jim Stewart ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> wrote:

    what ia a swapped out stamp?

    From the end of January 2023 stamps without a barcode will not be valid,
    so there is a scheme where you send your non-barcoded stamps in
    together with a completed form (my wife had about £125 worth) and you
    get barcoded ones in return.

    oh right

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  • From Jim Stewart ...@21:1/5 to Brian Morrison on Wed Jun 22 18:25:02 2022
    On 22/06/2022 17:33, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:15:19 +0100
    "Jim Stewart ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> wrote:

    then we will have nothing but white van men threatening to kick your head in.....

    They don't do that around here Jim, there must be something in the
    water up your way.

    yes wine

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