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OriginalGriff9-Jun-16 0:43

9-Jun-16 0:43

First they have to send someone down to the village to buy a stamp. That takes a while, as most sub post offices are friendly, chatty places and it can take an hour or so to get served - and another hour or two to get out afterwards. More if the kettle is on and there is tea brewing.
Then they have to find an envelope. That's difficult, as budget cuts mean they have to be fetched individually (and personally signed for to prevent theft) from the Stationary Cupboard, located in Central London.
Which means obtaining a travel permit, countersigned by the Post Master General. This entails submitting a Form 117/G(W) properly completed and approved by two Grade 7 or lower Civil Servants. Form 117/G(W) is available online from the government website[^] but onl;y on Tuesday and Thursday, unless there is a bribe in the offing.

It's not as simple as just "stuff it in the postbox" you know!

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Power Puff Boy9-Jun-16 0:51

Power Puff Boy

9-Jun-16 0:51

Any bet the print out was done by a dot matrix printer.

Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...

Richard Deeming9-Jun-16 1:59

Richard Deeming

9-Jun-16 1:59

Nothing as advanced as that - it's a daisy-wheel[^]. Laugh | :laugh:

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- Homer

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter9-Jun-16 0:51

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

9-Jun-16 0:51

5 to 10?!?! You are kidding...It seems they outsourced it to India or some other cheap place...

Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

Kenneth Haugland9-Jun-16 0:55

Kenneth Haugland

9-Jun-16 0:55

I could print it out myself and it would be faster for crying out loud... oh, wait... Laugh | :laugh:

Kenneth Haugland9-Jun-16 0:54

Kenneth Haugland

9-Jun-16 0:54

I have also noted a slack in the delivery of items, but mines from Amazon. Previously it would normally arrive the next day (1-3 days estimated delivery), now its 5-10 for priority express. D'Oh! | :doh:

90823659-Jun-16 1:18

9082365

9-Jun-16 1:18

That'll be the delivery people making unreasonable demands like weekends off again!

I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

Kenneth Haugland9-Jun-16 1:37

Kenneth Haugland

9-Jun-16 1:37

Nah, I think all packages are scanned on country entry, and that it's what's causing the main delay. Packages usually arrive in my country the next day when they are shipped from Britan.

I guess they are worried that a lot of shipments contains illegal substances.

90823659-Jun-16 1:17

9082365

9-Jun-16 1:17

Well, yes, I can see you're upset, but surely if DVLA has posted the item any delay in it reaching you is the fault of the Post Office, not the perky civil servants down in Swansea? Just saying!

I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

Nagy Vilmos9-Jun-16 1:29

Nagy Vilmos

9-Jun-16 1:29

You could possibly have a point except every frog and his tadpole knows 1st class should be 1-3 days. So I suspect someone is playing Silly Buggers again in Swansea.

veni bibi saltavi

Mark Parity9-Jun-16 2:43

Mark Parity

9-Jun-16 2:43

When I pay the DVLA, the money is gone straight away, a refund takes six weeks...

What was wrong with notreallyrealium and mcelementfacium?

Mark_Wallace9-Jun-16 9:27

Mark_Wallace

9-Jun-16 9:27

What they mean is that they've put it in an envelope and dropped in the Outgoing Mail tray, which is only dealt with on Thursday mornings by someone who doesn't give a cr@p, and never empties it completely.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

90823659-Jun-16 0:28

9082365

9-Jun-16 0:28

4 New Elements Get Names - Scientific American[^]

I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

Re: What was wrong with notreallyrealium and mcelementfacium?

OriginalGriff9-Jun-16 0:34

Re: What was wrong with notreallyrealium and mcelementfacium?

9-Jun-16 0:34

At least one of 'em should have been "Elementy McElementface" Cool | :cool:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Daniel Pfeffer9-Jun-16 0:54

Daniel Pfeffer

9-Jun-16 0:54

Damn! beat me to it.

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Re: What was wrong with notreallyrealium and mcelementfacium?

Bassam Abdul-Baki9-Jun-16 2:13

Bassam Abdul-Baki

9-Jun-16 2:13

I would have called one yippeekiyayium.

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Re: What was wrong with notreallyrealium and mcelementfacium?

MacSpudster9-Jun-16 4:22

MacSpudster

9-Jun-16 4:22

Good one!

Re: What was wrong with notreallyrealium and mcelementfacium?

R. Giskard Reventlov9-Jun-16 4:47

R. Giskard Reventlov

9-Jun-16 4:47

smart

I hoped that had died...

OriginalGriff8-Jun-16 22:11

8-Jun-16 22:11

...just answered a VB .NET question in QA, and the first line of his method is...

On Error Resume Next

I feel dirty for just having typed it. Dead | X|

Why isn't this abortion dead? Who is teaching people about this? And why?

If you see anyone recommending it, can you please, please, give them a swift kick where it really hurts?

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter8-Jun-16 22:29

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

8-Jun-16 22:29

Please! Never ever spoke to me again! Filthy VB lover... Laugh | :laugh:

Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

RossMW8-Jun-16 22:29

RossMW

8-Jun-16 22:29

Didn't think you acknowledged vb Laugh | :laugh:

Nagy Vilmos8-Jun-16 22:34

Nagy Vilmos

8-Jun-16 22:34

It is disgusting, just like

try {
    // 8,000 lines of nested crap
} catch (Exception ex) { }

veni bibi saltavi

OriginalGriff8-Jun-16 22:50

8-Jun-16 22:50

It's worse than that! It's like:

try {
    // A single line of code
} catch (Exception ex) { }
try {
    // A single line of code
} catch (Exception ex) { }
try {
    // A single line of code
} catch (Exception ex) { }
try {
    // A single line of code
} catch (Exception ex) { }
try {
    // A single line of code
} catch (Exception ex) { }
try {
    // A single line of code
} catch (Exception ex) { }
try {
    // A single line of code
} catch (Exception ex) { }
... repeated 8000 times...

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Nagy Vilmos8-Jun-16 23:30

Nagy Vilmos

8-Jun-16 23:30

I once saw:

On Error Goto ErrorHandler
' 8,000 lines of really bad VB
ErrorHandler:
MsgBox err 'can't remember format
resume 'yup, goes back to the line what errored!

veni bibi saltavi