do you know your postmans name
Aug 27th 2003, 2:46 pm
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BIG difference here and in NZ is that you don't have a letterbox that drops mail inside your house. You have a post box at the end of your drive that mail goes into. Some of them you can lock, some you cannot, but it's a very insecure system thats why I use PO boxes for my important mail.
No I don't know my Postpersons name as I've never even seen him in 3 years. Could be because I leave at 07:15 and don't get back till 18:00.
No I don't know my Postpersons name as I've never even seen him in 3 years. Could be because I leave at 07:15 and don't get back till 18:00.
Aug 27th 2003, 2:56 pm
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Originally posted by Kath
Our moped postie looks like the motorcycle guy out of the Village People's YMCA video, dark glasses, mostache.
My first encounter with him was nearly knocking him off his bike as I was pulling out my drive. Those mopeds are dangerous!
Our moped postie looks like the motorcycle guy out of the Village People's YMCA video, dark glasses, mostache.
My first encounter with him was nearly knocking him off his bike as I was pulling out my drive. Those mopeds are dangerous!
I could tell you some great stories - underwear being stolen from women's washing lines, heroin being injected on the way to work, Post vans with sleeping bags in the back, post being thrown away or dumped to get away early.
Kids, ******s and drunks is how they describe themselves.
Aug 27th 2003, 4:03 pm
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Re: keeping up appearances
Originally posted by arlene
yeah starting to feel like that character on keeping up appearances mrs bucket, where everyone is frightened to go out in case she nabs them
started not getting any mail whatsoever now on mondays for the past few weeks hmmm!! coincidence or what
arlene:scared:
yeah starting to feel like that character on keeping up appearances mrs bucket, where everyone is frightened to go out in case she nabs them
started not getting any mail whatsoever now on mondays for the past few weeks hmmm!! coincidence or what
arlene:scared:
Anyway thanks for the giggle
Aug 27th 2003, 4:37 pm
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I have never ever ever seen our posty. This must be one of the sadder things about living in Australia. It's like the dimise of the red phone box..
Aug 27th 2003, 4:47 pm
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Love the YMCA bit Kath.
Everytime i pull anything out of our box i always get a bloody cockroach clinging to it , ohhhhhh i hate those , have put some pellets in there , will see if that works.
Joanne
Oh and dont we get alot of junkmail its amazing !!!
Everytime i pull anything out of our box i always get a bloody cockroach clinging to it , ohhhhhh i hate those , have put some pellets in there , will see if that works.
Joanne
Oh and dont we get alot of junkmail its amazing !!!
Aug 27th 2003, 5:08 pm
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Oh and dont we get alot of junkmail its amazing !!! [/QUOTE]
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but when the junkmail includes money off vouchers for the fast food places - it's GRRRRRRRR888888888TTTTT
Oh and dont we get alot of junkmail its amazing !!! [/QUOTE]
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but when the junkmail includes money off vouchers for the fast food places - it's GRRRRRRRR888888888TTTTT
Aug 27th 2003, 5:15 pm
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has anyone here in Oz actually got a mail box big enough for the letters!?? Whenever we have anything its on a day when its been chucking it down with rain and the letters are saturated!!!! Our postie is neither a she or a he, they only employ she-he's thats why they never get off their bikes, don't speak and NEVER take off there helmets:scared:
Aug 27th 2003, 5:25 pm
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When I was growing up in London, not only did our postman not speak to us, he didn't even write to us. However, when I left hell street in my youth and settled in Oz, it was all different. Now, not only does the postie speak to us, she is like one of the family and we went to her wedding last week. It was a smashing do and you know what she said at the end? She said "I love you, Mr and Mrs Wilf". That is what you are coming to.
God bless us all here.
God bless us all here.
Aug 27th 2003, 5:27 pm
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Oh Wilfie - you are a tease....
