>> IME Canadian postal services are one of the worst in the 'civilised' >> world. (My father lives over there, and has an even lower opinion of >> them.) Other bad ones are France and Italy. > > What kind of experiences have you had? FWIW I find canadapost to be > amazingly good, often better then much more expensive services (i.e. > FedEx). Packages returned with an "error in address" or "no such receipient" or=20 something like that for no apparent reason. According to my father a=20 reason is that they are very picky about how an '8' or 'B' should be=20 written (or maybe it was (also?) some other pair or symbols). (This was=20 when I still hand-wrote the address labels.) --=20 Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products docent Hogeschool van Utrecht: www.voti.nl/hvu --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .