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My Christmas pressie to me from Herself arrived yesterday - a 2KW UPS - after a three week delay, and I unpacked it today to make sure it works.
Stupid couriers have dropped the box: the case has been bent and "jumped" out of place, breaking a plastic spar1. And given it's got two big heavy batteries in there (15Kg packed weight) I'm not taking chances that the electronics aren't damaged, or the batteries cracked.  Plus a child could probably get his finger in there now!
Come on guys - it has "fragile", "this way up" and "heavy box" all over it!
So now I have to send it back and wait another three weeks for a replacement...
This is why I order christmas presents months in advance!
1: Dropbox 1[^] Dropbox 2[^]
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Well - maybe you should learn the lesson from bike couriers.
Their best delivery option is themselves, as road pizza.
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Ordered cat litter on line as it was a good price. (two 40 pound (U.S.) boxes)
The shipping boxes were destroyed but the product boxes were okay. No knife needed to open the shipping boxes.
They also had the "Heavy" label all over it.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Heavy does not include fragile. Was any of the litter damaged?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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It was by the time kitty had finished with it... 
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Now that's a crappy joke.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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That word wasn't censored, so urine trouble now!
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Ordered a box of beer for the old man's birthday from Scotland yesterday afternoon. After last year's problems[^], I made sure to order it two weeks in advance.
Delivery was supposed to be 3-5 business days. It arrived at 11:58 today, in perfect condition. 
Guess they weren't kidding when the said they wouldn't be using Yodel again.
Now I just need to resist the urge to drink it all at the weekend. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Since you got it so quickly you could order some more...
or get him a pair of socks and drink it yourself.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Corporal Agarn wrote: or get him a pair of socks and drink it yourself.
An evil plan. I like it!  😈
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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This was Amazon Prime, so they don't really have any excuse.
Mind you, the first time they tried to deliver they got the wrong house, wrong street, and managed to deliver to a bed ridden 93YO lady with Alzheimers. Still not sure how...
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They haven't switched to Yodel, by any chance? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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If you ever get a functional UPS delivered, I'm interested in a review. I've never used Bluewalkers products.
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Amazon will replace it, that's not a problem - they collect it tomorrow.
And sometime in the new year - probably - I'll write up what I think of it.
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How terribly, terribly appropriate that you put the photos on Dropbox.
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I wondered if anyone would notice!
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What website is that? My company firewall has blocked it as inappropriate. Hope it's SFW.
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Hmm, borderline maybe. I wouldn't go to HR and complain about it.
The specific picture is definitely not a problem, but you probably shouldn't click around to much if your boss hangs over your shoulder.
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As far as lounge content is concerned, I think it would be better for us to post only those things that can be clicked on without worrying.
Borderline or questionable things could go into the soapbox or the backroom.
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Yes I agree, I just made a search for the picture to get a link, and saw nothing bad at the first page. Next time I'll check more thoroughly.
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Thank you, that's good spirit. 
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OriginalGriff wrote: My Christmas pressie
Halloween. You mean Halloween?
Well, because you know Halloween = Christmas in different number systems.
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25 Dec = 31 Oct
I love this joke, even after 10 years!
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: I love this joke, even after 10 years!
Two years isn't that long a period. Besides, the joke is at least 1010 years old.
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