[Rumor]

EntchevDotCom 2.0

Pretty crafty. Are these areas like counties in the US or are they cities?

[Dark Helmet]

Proud of them.

[Kerrigan]

Did they rule out terror as a possible motive?

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Rumor 

EntchevDotCom 2.0

Pretty crafty. Are these areas like counties in the US or are they cities?

They're counties.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Rumor 

Pretty crafty. Are these areas like counties in the US or are they cities?

*snicker*

Originally Posted by Doofy 

They're counties.

Wow, so benevolent today

-t

[Rumor]

Thanks Doofy.

[brassplayersrock²]

Doofy = el turt man?

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Rumor 

Thanks Doofy.

No probs.

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock 

Doofy = el turt man?

Nope.

[brassplayersrock²]

oh, okay. *needs to read posts more carefully*

Alex

[Railroader]

Digg - Royal Mail delivers letter with no address, just a map

[Rumor]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

Digg - Royal Mail delivers letter with no address, just a map

Again, what is your point?

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Rumor 

Again, what is your point?

Digg-recycling ?

-t

[ghporter]

I've read about the Royal Mail delivering other "differently" addressed pieces of mail. The one I thought most interesting was one that gave "rustic" directions to the home of the intended recipient-though not the man's name.

Doofy, are the RM that bored, or do they see this sort of thing as a professional challenge?

[Kerrigan]

Royal Mail are used to dealing with different standards. For instance, my friend's parents live in Muirside of Moonzie, Cupar, Fife. That is their whole address, "Muirside of Moonzie" being the name of their cottage.

[dcmacdaddy]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan 

Royal Mail are used to dealing with different standards. For instance, my friend's parents live in Muirside of Moonzie, Cupar, Fife. That is their whole address, "Muirside of Moonzie" being the name of their cottage.

Yeah, that's kind of wacky. I've got friends outside of Cork, Ireland with the following address.

St. Martha's (name of the house)
Liberty Hill (the town Liberty on the hill outside of town)
Waterfall (???, there isn't one nearby as far as I know))
Near Cork (self explanatory)
IRELAND

[Rumor]

Jeebus, I'd hate to be a postal worker over there. It must take years to get your route down.

[d4nth3m4n]

there was a brain teaser my father was fond of springing on my friends when we were growing up.

supposedly a letter was delivered with the following three four-letter words:

wood
john
mass

included is the first name, the last name the city name and the state. you figure it out.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

Doofy, are the RM that bored, or do they see this sort of thing as a professional challenge?

To be honest, it's not that difficult.

I got my hands on a bit of dodgy (i.e. not for civilians like me) RM software about ten years back. If you gave me a name and a rough area, I could pin-point an address and phone number for you within a few seconds. I figure the RM's systems have improved some since then, so it should be even easier now.

[moonmonkey]

Royal mail are pretty impressive, I posted a letter at 12 noon in london and it was delivered to glasgow (400 miles way) in about 18 hours.

I don't know how they do it.

[Eug]

The local post office once got a letter for student from China. The letter had no address or postal code, just the city and the student's name.

Luckily our neighbour was a postal worker and knew my dad was helping out some Chinese students, so he showed my dad the letter. He recognized the name, and the letter got delivered to the right person immediately.

[Railroader]

When I was 4 I addressed a letter to "grandma barb", that's it, no stamps, no city, nothing. And it made it.

My mom's best friend ran the local post office and she was joking about this silly letter they got addressed to "grandma barb".

Fate people.

Fate.