Pressies no shows

[d_Guy]

I was very lucky.  Pendraken arrived, books from Partizan and Ospreys from Amazon arrived, a major EBay buy arrived. The only miss was my batch of custom painting from Pixie (not his fault - was sent early enough and did arrive yesterday). It got slowed down in US Customs then caught somewhere between here and Baltimore (125 miles) at the 6pm Dec 24 delivery cut-off.
I'm happier than a pig in....! 
Happy New Year, y'all.

[Leon]

well whad ya know. all turned up today 

Excellent, and glad you like the Brunswickers!

[old smokie]

Excellent, and glad you like the Brunswickers!

me and the Brunswickers   

[Techno]

It got slowed down in US Customs then caught somewhere between here and Baltimore (125 miles) at the 6pm Dec 24 delivery cut-off.  Happy New Year, y'all.

I suppose it shows customs are doing their job properly. The only way to get stuff over to the States any quicker nowadays is to use one of the couriers, like FedEx or UPS, as their 'operatives' help speed it through. Sadly that makes it LOTS more expensive.

Happy New Year to you too, Bill !!

Cheers - Phil

[d_Guy]

Thanks

Apparent US Customs tracks trends or some such. Things that I get from Pendraken and one or two others, which I order on a regular basis, seem to breeze through these days. Pixie's was a plain brown wrapper in which he had carefully packed each unit, still on their sticks, in their own individual roll of soft paper towels and each one of these separated by shredded paper. Heaven only knows what this looked like on X-ray! A collection of improvised fragmentation grenades? 

May you have a low stress and healthy year, Phil!

[Techno]

Thanks Matey. 

Cheers - Phil

[toxicpixie]

Haha, I can imagine the raised eyebrow on the x-ray operator

Sorry Bill, I owe you an email reply but I haven't been near the PC and it deserved a longer reply than I can be bothered with via the phone

Glad they've arrived safely, and you're pleased!

We had one late Xmas card (ironically from a family member who'd winged about last minute things from others ), everything else appeared in time.

No games stuff for me (but I did get Ms Pixie a copy of the Labyrinth board game as she's a massive Bowie and Labyrinth fan), but I do have some cheques awaiting deposit. I foresee scenery, possibly Escenograhia via Pendraken Think my table needs a windmill!

[paulr]

Haha, I can imagine the raised eyebrow on the x-ray operator

A 'number' of years ago I remember flying back from the Nationals in Christchurch. The bag screening x-ray operator had obviously been amused by all the various armies being carried through as 'carry on'. My 1980s Belgian army illicited the comment, "this one's got planes!"

No games stuff for me (but I did get Ms Pixie a copy of the Labyrinth board game as she's a massive Bowie and Labyrinth fan)

You cunning bugger

[toxicpixie]

It's pretty rules light so she should enjoy it enough for me sorry us to play some games instead of staring at the moron box

My local post office had stopped looking surprised at me answering "toy soldiers" to their "whats In the parcel?" Questions.

[Ithoriel]

Shortly after Royal Mail banned hobby paints from being posted I had a package to post. I was feeling considerably less than charitable towards Royal Mail at the time and I didn't see why I needed to reveal details of the contents.

Post Office clerk: What's in this?
Me: Why?
Post Office clerk: I need a note for this register
Me: It's a present
Post Office clerk: Yeah ... but ... what SPECIFICALLY?
Me: Nothing banned or restricted by Royal Mail
Post Office clerk: Yeah, but ....
Me: It does not contain aerosols, whether containing paint or similar items nor for medical use or for personal grooming; it does not contain alcohol of any ABV; it does not contain weapons, ammunition, explosives, flammable items either liquid or solid; batteries made from any material type; improperly packaged liquids, glass containers or similar hazards ...
Post Office clerk: Yeah, "Present" then, right.

I can be so petty sometimes

[Subedai]

No problems here, everything I expected to get before Crimble turned up in god time. 

[Subedai]

Shortly after Royal Mail banned hobby paints from being posted I had a package to post. I was feeling considerably less than charitable towards Royal Mail at the time and I didn't see why I needed to reveal details of the contents.

Post Office clerk: What's in this?
Me: Why?
Post Office clerk: I need a note for this register
Me: It's a present
Post Office clerk: Yeah ... but ... what SPECIFICALLY?
Me: Nothing banned or restricted by Royal Mail
Post Office clerk: Yeah, but ....
Me: It does not contain aerosols, whether containing paint or similar items nor for medical use or for personal grooming; it does not contain alcohol of any ABV; it does not contain weapons, ammunition, explosives, flammable items either liquid or solid; batteries made from any material type; improperly packaged liquids, glass containers or similar hazards ...
Post Office clerk: Yeah, "Present" then, right.

I can be so petty sometimes

Sometimes pettiness is a must in the face of such beaurocratic nonsense.