Questions you'd like answering, regardless of how trivial they may seem

[MontyVeda]

Today (20th April) I received a late payment reminder from my broadband provider. I paid the bill on the 3rd April, the reminder is dated the 5th April and it took 15 days to arrive... what fecking class of mail are they using?

 

[HMS_Dave]

Today (20th April) I received a late payment reminder from my broadband provider. I paid the bill on the 3rd April, the reminder is dated the 5th April and it took 15 days to arrive... what fecking class of mail are they using?

I had a document sent by the tax office well before the easter holidays using 2nd class. From the post marks and date of the letter it took 14 days to arrive to me. No idea what is going on. Thought it was an anomaly. Perhaps not...

 

[MontyVeda]

I had a document sent by the tax office well before the easter holidays using 2nd class. From the post marks and date of the letter it took 14 days to arrive to me. No idea what is going on. Thought it was an anomaly. Perhaps not...

maybe there's a special 3rd or 4th class for big organisations, who probably pay the RM a few pence per letter?

 

[Accy cyclist]

I saw this the other day. Why buy what's probably a single wheat biscuit in skimmed milk for what was £1.50, when you could make your own by putting say 2 or 3 from a packet in a drinks bottle, using whatever type of milk you fancy?🤔

 

[HMS_Dave]

I saw this the other day. Why buy what's probably a single wheat biscuit in skimmed milk for what was £1.50, when you could make your own by putting say 2 or 3 from a packet in a drinks bottle, using whatever type of milk you fancy?🤔

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I've tried one before. It was disgusting...

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've tried one before. It was disgusting...

The one in the pic' is banana flavoured, which is even more!!

 

[Oldhippy]

Some stuff, well quite a lot of stuff doesn't actually need inventing. Drinkable cereal is high on the list.

 

[HMS_Dave]

Some stuff, well quite a lot of stuff doesn't actually need inventing. Drinkable cereal is high on the list.

Too right. Having tried it i can say with confidence that no one is missing out. If you want cereal, eat cereal. It's tastier and cheaper...

 

[colly]

I saw this the other day. Why buy what's probably a single wheat biscuit in skimmed milk for what was £1.50, when you could make your own by putting say 2 or 3 from a packet in a drinks bottle, using whatever type of milk you fancy?🤔

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Would that not be like drinking Weetabix flavoured vomit? FFS.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

maybe there's a special 3rd or 4th class for big organisations, who probably pay the RM a few pence per letter?

There is certainly a cheapo international version where the delivery timescale is 4-6 weeks.

 

[postman]

Delivery standards are shot to pieces.During my eleven years walking the streets.Each walk was in a delivery book,held in the delivery office.you had to be in that street at that time or else.Lord knows what happens now.I am sure some days mail is held back.

 

[classic33]

What flower/emblem is this? I bought the tie in a charity shop the other day. I wonder what the red triangle means? 🤔

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Regimental tie?
The rose is that of The East Riding, petal at the bottom of the rose.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

I have a Weetabix on the go first thing after a long training run, say 16 miles or so. Goes down well.

 

[classic33]

Why are dusters so often yellow?

"Muslin cloths used in the making of butter and cheese were recycled in this way, the yellow staining proving so popular that enterprising weavers produced cloth dyed yellow for this purpose." But the connection could also be associated with flags, because the yellow flag was linked to disease on ships"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42817223

 

[classic33]

There are several of these for sale on eBay with descriptions suggesting they were originally for Bass pub landlord s in Yorkshire.

Rose is the wrong way up. Two of the Three Ridings have the rose with the petal at the top, head, arms and legs. The East Riding is different.