> My old address in the UK was:
>
> Ham Cottage
> EX13 7HL
>
> That's all I needed to get my mail. And we got mail not once, but twice a
> day if necessary. And a First Class letter posted in the other side of the
> country would generally arrive next day. The Royal Mail was
> actually pretty
> slick in many ways...not sure what it's like these days ;-)

        Their "secret" underground subway is the coolest part of their system if
you ask me, too bad they're getting rid of it.

> Where I live in Toronto, they won't even bother trying to deliver
> parcels to
> me...the lazy-ass mail staff just drop it off at the local post office and
> send me a postcard telling me to go pick it up. This adds an additional
> couple of days on the delivery times...infact, I got the postcard *AFTER*
> I'd recued a package the other day (the originator had sent me a
> tracking #,
> so I knew it was at the post office).

        Mail here has been getting worse, the latest carrier we had delivered more
INCORRECT mail then correct mail, and you're right, they don't even bother
coming to the door with your package anymore. TTYL

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