Amazon usually give me an estimated delivery that is two or three days later, but then send an email later that day telling me it's been dispatched, and it is delivered the day after I've ordered. It doesn’t always happen. I ordered several items today. All but one was due to be delivered in two days, but the other over a week later. So everything now arrived together as they are bundling them together. Regarding public transport, I sold my car this year. I could no longer drive for health reasons, which also meant I had to use taxis. However now that I am able to walk more easily, I've started using the buses. I've been impressed how good my local service is. The buses are roomy and clean, and they arrive within seconds of the time shown on the electronic displays in the bus shelter. I know people complain, but my experience has been positive.
The house names are more common in rural areas because when you have a house all on it's own it doesn't need a number. If you are the only house on a street then you'd be No.1 People in towns like to use house names because it reminds them of romantic memories of old England. The houses will still have numbers but it is optional to use it. As long as they have the town and street name or the post code, the number or name of the house is something that the post-person will know. My Bro once sent a letter to a friend and addressed it to "Clive's boy, down the hill, Rame, Cornwall.". The post office at the top of the hill in Rame knew who Clive was that lived down the hill, so the letter got there just fine.
Letters and small parcels are put through the door because they may contain something valuable. Putting it in a box at the end of a path makes it the easiest thing in the world to steal. If it is too big to fit, then the postie will knock on the door or ring the bell so you can take it. If you are not in, then they post a card with the details and where you will have to go to pick it up.
switches on the power sockets are a basic safety feature. If your device overloads or catches fire or is electrocuting someone, you just switch it off at the wall.
Mum lives in a house called "Farplace" and another relative lives in one called "Frog Hall" ... no house number at all, just the name 🤷 The name tends to replace any house numbers, but they're still easy to find due to our post code system.
Hi Xee, the smaller washing up bowl in the larger sink, goe's back years and is for saving water, why use, let's say, 5 gallons of water ( 22.5 ltrs) in the sink when you can use only 1 gallon (4.5 ltrs) in the bowl
Our postcode system is precise. My postcode is relevant to just six homes. I suppose some postcodes may relate to more homes than that in some streets around the UK . If you write on the back of the envelope or parcel you're sending through the post - "If undelivered, please return to sender at ............" - and then write your house number (or house name) and just the postcode, the Royal Mail will return all undelivered letters and parcels to you free of charge . If you are not in to receive a parcel, they will drop a little note through your letterbox asking you to tell them when you will be at home and they will undertake to deliver the parcel again. In the UK we often have the same Postman all the time. He walks his 'Round' every day, except Sunday pushing our letters through our letterboxes. They have hand-carts to carry the letters that he pulls along with him. We get to know him and, sometimes, we learn about his family and he learns about ours. They often keep an eye on the older people in our community and try to make sure they have a few nice words with them when they can. The parcels are usually brought by a different postman, who drives around in a small scarlet red Post Office van - which colour matches our post boxes which are placed all around the areas we live for people to drop their letters in. Letters are collected by the Royal Mail once or twice a day from these post boxes. It saves us having to go to the Post Office every time we want to post a letter.
@letitiakearney2423 Handcarts are often used in commercial areas where there is a lot of mail. I've seen them used many times. Where I live, they regularly change the postman (not being sexist as we have yet to have a postwoman). I mentioned it to the postman once, and he said that it was so they would learn several routes making covering for absent staff easier. We seem to have postmen for about 3 months, but often they will return after a few months.
She not living in UK I know, total American living in a bubble, hopefully Elon musk and the big DON will help us out, honestly check UK out properly,the wasting ground for illegals,and yes we suffering, really bad😢
If there's something too big for the letter box the Postie knocks on the door
Here in Ireland we have a "letterbox too.👍🏻🇮🇪
I think the thing with using a washing bowl is that the sink gets used to tip all sorts of stuff into, but the bowl is only used for cleaning things
Amazon usually give me an estimated delivery that is two or three days later, but then send an email later that day telling me it's been dispatched, and it is delivered the day after I've ordered. It doesn’t always happen. I ordered several items today. All but one was due to be delivered in two days, but the other over a week later. So everything now arrived together as they are bundling them together.
Regarding public transport, I sold my car this year. I could no longer drive for health reasons, which also meant I had to use taxis. However now that I am able to walk more easily, I've started using the buses. I've been impressed how good my local service is. The buses are roomy and clean, and they arrive within seconds of the time shown on the electronic displays in the bus shelter. I know people complain, but my experience has been positive.
The house names are more common in rural areas because when you have a house all on it's own it doesn't need a number. If you are the only house on a street then you'd be No.1
People in towns like to use house names because it reminds them of romantic memories of old England.
The houses will still have numbers but it is optional to use it.
As long as they have the town and street name or the post code, the number or name of the house is something that the post-person will know.
My Bro once sent a letter to a friend and addressed it to "Clive's boy, down the hill, Rame, Cornwall.".
The post office at the top of the hill in Rame knew who Clive was that lived down the hill, so the letter got there just fine.
Letters and small parcels are put through the door because they may contain something valuable.
Putting it in a box at the end of a path makes it the easiest thing in the world to steal.
If it is too big to fit, then the postie will knock on the door or ring the bell so you can take it.
If you are not in, then they post a card with the details and where you will have to go to pick it up.
switches on the power sockets are a basic safety feature.
If your device overloads or catches fire or is electrocuting someone, you just switch it off at the wall.
I’ve never used a basin in my sink and it’s an old fashioned thing as far as I’m concerned. It’s a basin more than a bowl.
I think the fact that the UK is roughly the same size as Oregon explains an awful lot about how things are different.
Mum lives in a house called "Farplace" and another relative lives in one called "Frog Hall" ... no house number at all, just the name 🤷
The name tends to replace any house numbers, but they're still easy to find due to our post code system.
I guess it is relative, but mostly in the UK we complain about how unreliable the public transport is.
Hi Xee, the smaller washing up bowl in the larger sink, goe's back years and is for saving water, why use, let's say, 5 gallons of water ( 22.5 ltrs) in the sink when you can use only 1 gallon (4.5 ltrs) in the bowl
Our postcode system is precise. My postcode is relevant to just six homes. I suppose some postcodes may relate to more homes than that in some streets around the UK . If you write on the back of the envelope or parcel you're sending through the post - "If undelivered, please return to sender at ............" - and then write your house number (or house name) and just the postcode, the Royal Mail will return all undelivered letters and parcels to you free of charge . If you are not in to receive a parcel, they will drop a little note through your letterbox asking you to tell them when you will be at home and they will undertake to deliver the parcel again.
In the UK we often have the same Postman all the time. He walks his 'Round' every day, except Sunday pushing our letters through our letterboxes. They have hand-carts to carry the letters that he pulls along with him. We get to know him and, sometimes, we learn about his family and he learns about ours. They often keep an eye on the older people in our community and try to make sure they have a few nice words with them when they can.
The parcels are usually brought by a different postman, who drives around in a small scarlet red Post Office van - which colour matches our post boxes which are placed all around the areas we live for people to drop their letters in. Letters are collected by the Royal Mail once or twice a day from these post boxes. It saves us having to go to the Post Office every time we want to post a letter.
Where have you ever saw a handcart with a postman pulling it. All postal service drive small red vans and we usually have the same postman.
@letitiakearney2423 Handcarts are often used in commercial areas where there is a lot of mail. I've seen them used many times.
Where I live, they regularly change the postman (not being sexist as we have yet to have a postwoman). I mentioned it to the postman once, and he said that it was so they would learn several routes making covering for absent staff easier. We seem to have postmen for about 3 months, but often they will return after a few months.
We have been used to getting next day deliveries for many years, so Amazon had to compete with the other delivery companies already here.
I live in a 4th floor flat n postie walks up the stairs n puts mail thru my door. 😊
When i have parcels delivered the person delivering the parcel rings my doorbell and i go to te front door to collect the parcel.
Your next door neighbour will asked you when the postman can you receive it for them that includes Amazon delivery.
I cannot for the life in me wash dishes in a stainless steal sink, the noise,, no thanks
Keir Stalin 😢
She not living in UK I know, total American living in a bubble, hopefully Elon musk and the big DON will help us out, honestly check UK out properly,the wasting ground for illegals,and yes we suffering, really bad😢
When was this made,looks like she living in a bubble,this ain't happening,I can't get a drs appointment, police state UK unfortunately 😢
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Sharia law is now UK law,plz do some research babes
You still need to add the post code (zip code) to the letter with the house name on it
Check out songs for our communist leader
Plz don't tell everyone UK great,it terrible