New Posts For Thread: A postcard arrives from Lake Garda, Italyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30948201/a-postcard-arrives-from-lake-garda-italyWritten and posted on 31st August 2017. Date stamped "Verona CMP Poste 07.09.17" (a mere 7 days after placing in the postbox)Arrived here in this corner of the Sceptred Isle today, 19th September 2017. 19 days minimum from postbox to letterbox. CongDepends if you post it after the last collection....I suppose.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30948201/a-postcard-arrives-from-lake-garda-italy?post_id=552843935#552843935Depends if you post it after the last collection....I suppose.Wed, 20 Sep 2017 04:19:50 -0500To be honest, although a lot of people moan about it I don't think people in the UK realise how (relatively) good our postal system is. When I lived in Australia, it took 4-7 days for domestic post to reach it's destination. That was 15 years ago sohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30948201/a-postcard-arrives-from-lake-garda-italy?post_id=552843825#552843825To be honest, although a lot of people moan about it I don't think people in the UK realise how (relatively) good our postal system is. When I lived in Australia, it took 4-7 days for domestic post to reach it's destination. That was 15 years ago soWed, 20 Sep 2017 03:16:40 -0500Tell him about email....make sure he is sitting down first !https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30948201/a-postcard-arrives-from-lake-garda-italy?post_id=552843253#552843253Tell him about email....make sure he is sitting down first !Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:01:36 -0500To be fair, my wife's dad (in Turin) posted a letter to my wife on Friday that arrived today.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30948201/a-postcard-arrives-from-lake-garda-italy?post_id=552840651#552840651To be fair, my wife's dad (in Turin) posted a letter to my wife on Friday that arrived today.Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:15:57 -0500A stamp helps as well.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30948201/a-postcard-arrives-from-lake-garda-italy?post_id=552840371#552840371A stamp helps as well.Tue, 19 Sep 2017 09:21:48 -0500put the post card in an envelope, often gets there next dayhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30948201/a-postcard-arrives-from-lake-garda-italy?post_id=552840285#552840285put the post card in an envelope, often gets there next dayTue, 19 Sep 2017 09:10:09 -0500Alun,I see you are rightly preparing for the imminent Islamic Republic of Britain by referring to the Almighty as Allah. Good tacticshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30948201/a-postcard-arrives-from-lake-garda-italy?post_id=552840071#552840071Alun,I see you are rightly preparing for the imminent Islamic Republic of Britain by referring to the Almighty as Allah. Good tacticsTue, 19 Sep 2017 08:22:58 -0500A bit bizarreSadly this sort of inept EuroPost performance is not as bizarre as one might think in this, the "Information Age". Umpteen years of personally trying to send/receive items to/from Europe have shown me it's far from unusual. (My dealingshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30948201/a-postcard-arrives-from-lake-garda-italy?post_id=552840063#552840063A bit bizarreSadly this sort of inept EuroPost performance is not as bizarre as one might think in this, the "Information Age". Umpteen years of personally trying to send/receive items to/from Europe have shown me it's far from unusual. (My dealingsTue, 19 Sep 2017 08:19:16 -0500My young son put his postcard, to his Grandparents, in a hotel postbox in Lanzarote, during the Easter Holidays this year. (1st class stamp and neatly written)They live in Northern France and rang at the start of his school Summer Holidays to thank hhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30948201/a-postcard-arrives-from-lake-garda-italy?post_id=552839935#552839935My young son put his postcard, to his Grandparents, in a hotel postbox in Lanzarote, during the Easter Holidays this year. (1st class stamp and neatly written)They live in Northern France and rang at the start of his school Summer Holidays to thank hTue, 19 Sep 2017 07:28:13 -0500Brexit police detained it for a couple of weeks while they completed the paperwork on it. You can keep it for 19 months, alum, then it has to go back where it came from.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30948201/a-postcard-arrives-from-lake-garda-italy?post_id=552839867#552839867Brexit police detained it for a couple of weeks while they completed the paperwork on it. You can keep it for 19 months, alum, then it has to go back where it came from.Tue, 19 Sep 2017 07:00:43 -0500