Lehaut Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 A "chuck up" for a change :) We are downsizing and have been selling stuff on leboincoin etc. This has involved sending off parcels. Have done and paid for the labels on line and dropped the packets off at our café bar, which is a relais. He is shut at the moment so we used the new (well to us) service of leaving them in the post box at our gate and Max, le facteur, collects it, leaves a receipt and the following day we get an email confirming its in the system. Quick and convenient and avoids going out in this icy weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereford Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Interesting. Is there some way to show Max that there is something in the box or does he have to check every day? Perhaps you "tell" them online when you print the label? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 So your postman is Max FacteurDoes he do a line in cosmetics too? [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 [quote user="Hereford"]Interesting. Is there some way to show Max that there is something in the box or does he have to check every day? Perhaps you "tell" them online when you print the label?[/quote]Of course there's something in the box Hereford. He wouldn't send empty boxes would he [6]That's very interesting Lehaut. Any chance of some more detail on how the system works please?Sorry H, I just couldn't resist that one [blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereford Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I deserved that! Even so: how does Max know there is a box to collect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 [quote user="Pierre ZFP"]So your postman is Max FacteurDoes he do a line in cosmetics too? [Www][/quote]Pierre, your jokes are always awful but they do make me laugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 There really are two very different Frances...[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 There's only one in my life though Norman. If there were two then two things would happen. 1. I wouldn't be able to keep up and 2. I'd be in deep dodo from the one I have now mate [:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Talking about Post Boxes............In the USA a blonde lady purchased a new computer.Thereafter, her concerned neighbour saw, each day, she repeatedly went to her post box, opened it; closed it again and returned to her house with a very puzzled look on her face.......After a week, he asked her "Do you have a problem with your mail?""Oh no, thank you so kindly!" she replied; "Just that I have a new computer and it keeps telling me I have messages!"[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I find that appallingly blondist [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I think you mean 'appealingly blondist'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonner Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Brilliant Pierre. Humour like that, you can't make up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 For the serious comments, We have an account with Colissimo and pay for the labels on line with a CA bank card. Standard and Insured (R1 etc) are available.You are responsible for getting the weight and hence the tariff right. If its wrong, the central office rejects it, you have to go and collect it.The "system" then tells Max (or any other postman) that there is something to collect in our particular box. He does not have to check everyday, and yes there was something in each of the two boxes. We were very suprised it worked so well.I really wish I had thought of the Max Facteur joke.On a more humorous note and I have not made this up. Our commune bought its own dust cart and did a reportage on it in the community magazine. The professional title for the man who rides on the tailgate of the lorry and picks up the bags and throws them in is a "ripeur". The article in the magazine had a picture of him and, you have guessed right, his name is Jacques. The mystery is now solved, Jacques le Ripeur is alive and well and living in La Manche!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Even worse..........An IT network security manager carried out a password audit,as he was concerned many staff were still using simple and easy to guesspasswords.To his utter amazement, he discovered one operator was usingthe longest password he had ever seen in 25 years!So he went to chat to the staff member, who turned out to bea dizzy 22 year old blonde lass; when he quizzed her on how and why she adoptedher password, which was:- "MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofyLondon”.She replied. Hello! We were told it had to be at least eight charactersand one capital!""Hello!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Oh daer! An they say that the old ones are the best [:(][:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 [quote user="Gluestick"]Talking about Post Boxes............In the USA a blonde lady purchased a new computer.Thereafter, her concerned neighbour saw, each day, she repeatedly went to her post box, opened it; closed it again and returned to her house with a very puzzled look on her face.......After a week, he asked her "Do you have a problem with your mail?""Oh no, thank you so kindly!" she replied; "Just that I have a new computer and it keeps telling me I have messages!"[:D][/quote]Don't think I have heard that one for about 20 years. Thanks for reminding me of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 So you too remember the days of teroidal core storage too Rabbie[:-))] 2kb was a load of storage to work with and well enough for most normal jobs [geek] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 [quote user="Jonzjob"]So you too remember the days of teroidal core storage too Rabbie[:-))] 2kb was a load of storage to work with and well enough for most normal jobs [geek][/quote]Only too well, Jonz.............I still sometimes have nightmares about the System 360 IBM mainframe, from when I worked, for a time for Ford Europe; all data input was by punchcards.And I even had to learn to use one!Programs were carried on huge reel-to-reel magnetic tape spools: which broke, frequently.Keyboard input? VDUs? A dim distant promise.And print out was produced on fanfold A3 "Opera" paper which had to be "De-Burst", before you could read it or file it.Still both Systems Analysts and programers had to be very economical and precise with coding in FORTRAN and COBOL et al.Unlike today's bloatware......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Fortran? Cobol? High level languages init [geek]I was thinking Assembler [8-|]My name, Jonzjob, comes from the JCLs I had to write and punch out when I was on my 3 month IBM basic course and could even add/subtract in hex [:-))] Knew a load of the hex caracters as well !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneySuckleDreams Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I started with Fortan IV and Pascal with a little COBOL and then ADA (remember that ?) Still...it still pays the bills (just) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 That's why Y2K was so much fun, Jonz. The young whiz kids had to confess FORTRAN and COBOL were a mystery to them; and old crusty grey hairs had to be found to help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 [quote user="Jonzjob"]So you too remember the days of teroidal core storage too Rabbie[:-))] 2kb was a load of storage to work with and well enough for most normal jobs [geek][/quote]Oh Yes. All my early code was written in Assembler to make the optimum use of space. Bloat was not encouraged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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