Im going for DHL from now on.
Royal Mail just dont care any more.
Their public reputation is already in tatters, theyre no longer running as a viable buisness and I think theyve pretty much given up trying.

Id personnaly advise anyone to use someone else and pay the extra if they can afford it.

Glad you've finally got the grille. I make a point of wrapping my stuff very well - at least thats one less thing to worry about as the posties throwing the packages over your fence

I just sent a PM before reading this - so you can ignore that now.

A six dial dash I posted to Figgy in Australia just arrived. It took 10 weeks

Beat that

Tom

Now that IS a long wait Tom.
I bet hed prety much given up hope by that time.
But at least it got there in one piece, eventually.

Good news

Bloody Royal Mail are Epic Fail at the moment, Im still waiting for some CDs ordered on 21st Dec 08 and 2 weeks ago i send out an electric fan that has now gone walkies!

Think i need to start breeding carrier pidgeons

Hong Kong post is quite ok, first package did arrive in 4 days after it was sent, now I'm waiting 2nd package, which I did order around same time, but sender has still not send it.

Here are some alternatives for Royal Mail, qute URL isn't it?
http://www.hellmail.co.uk/alternatives_ ... l_mail.asp

Think you might have idententified a gap in the market there WooDoo.
Pidgeons whould only be able to do very light payloads though.

Recon we'd have to think a bit bigger to be honest mate.
Maybee an Eagle for doing the 1st class express stuff.
Vultures (plural) for the heavier items.
Barn Owl for the overnight shipping.

And of course we'd need at least two Tits.
Just for hillarious comic value.

Recon this qualifies as a business plan?

Im off to the bank to see about a small business start-up loan.

You could always phone to Jura's Sick park and order few of those flying dinosaurs, they could deliver quite heavy loads, specially if enviroment gets bit warmer

Flock of pigeons for parcels?

It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.

That was swallows chris.
A proven, though amusing fail.


Flying Dinosaurs on the otherhand.
Now that man may really be onto something...........................

kestrels ftw coz they can hovver,

so they could drop the package straight into your hands ,


I love vultures I know someone whos got one called Gollum ( well they are fing ugly )
but the poor buggers never learnt to fly.


for cuteness barn owls rule

Would of thought vultures sort of just 'already knew' how to fly.
The though of attempting to teach one pretty much boggles my mind.

Run round the garden waving arms theatricly.
It just stares at you.
Shout at it.
It just stares at you then pecks at a the pannel fence.
Fly past on a microlight shouting encouragment.
It tuts and goes back in through the patio doors to watch Bill Oddie on the telly.

I mean, thats how it palyed out in my mind anyway.

Could you not just take it to a nest and push it out? I'd imagine it'd learn pretty fast

Today is the day of quotes

Better drowned than duffers, if not duffers you won't drown

How about finnish post then?

They did change my post office to reside in some info and service office, now I can't really access my post office anymore, it is open so little time in a weekdays and none at all at weekends that because of my job I'm never there when it is open, so I can't collect my packages at all

My turn to be Hulk angry

Chris_C wrote:Could you not just take it to a nest and push it out? I'd imagine it'd learn pretty fast

In Milton Keynes we have a vertical wind tunnel called airkix where you can do indoor skydiving , they took him there to try to get him to fly


http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... ies.uknews


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... chool.html

and here is the website of the guy who owns him

its well worth a day out with this guy


http://www.hawkonthewildside.co.uk/flyi ... ration.php