09-04-2020, 04:16 PM
Couldn't decide where else to put this, so figured it was best put here. Sharing this light-hearted story as we could all use some of that these days!
Got an email at lunch from some family in the UK saying how excited they were to receive an Easter card from us in the post this morning, and how they couldn't figure out how we managed to get it there so perfectly timed considering all the restrictions going on at the moment. However, when they opened it, they disocovered a birthday card instead.
...A birthday card we posted on January 4th!
I expect they didn't believe us when we said we sent one from here, but now they have proof! Can't imagine where it has been all this time— they didn't say anything about the envelope mentioning re-directs, but will ask properly later. We sent that long before all the Corona panic, so unless it went by way of China, there's really no reason it ought to have taken over four months to get to its destination.
What's the longest something you've sent has taken to reach its destination?
Got an email at lunch from some family in the UK saying how excited they were to receive an Easter card from us in the post this morning, and how they couldn't figure out how we managed to get it there so perfectly timed considering all the restrictions going on at the moment. However, when they opened it, they disocovered a birthday card instead.
...A birthday card we posted on January 4th!

I expect they didn't believe us when we said we sent one from here, but now they have proof! Can't imagine where it has been all this time— they didn't say anything about the envelope mentioning re-directs, but will ask properly later. We sent that long before all the Corona panic, so unless it went by way of China, there's really no reason it ought to have taken over four months to get to its destination.
What's the longest something you've sent has taken to reach its destination?