Showing posts with label going postal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label going postal. Show all posts

08 March 2008

Royal Mail

I bought this Royal Digital Rate Scale (RC40) years ago at CostCo.

I remember having some difficulty setting things up with the cable provided. (I had to buy a converter cable in order to connect it to my computer to download rates.) Once I figured the trick out, it worked like a charm! (I was an active eBay seller those days, so this scale came in very handy for estimating S/H without having to go to the post office.)

Then, one day, the scale inherited a glitch where the only thing it could do was turn on and display the weight in the standard unit (ounces) - not too convenient when weighing packages that weighed several pounds! It wouldn't even turn off with the ON/OFF button; it would just eventually turn off on its own. I kept the scale, despite its glitch, because it was still useful, albeit in a limited way.

Fast forward to tonight: I was weighing an envelope which seemed just a little too heavy to be 1oz. Out of old habit, I pressed the OFF button ... and it worked! Hooray! My scale has recovered from its malady and is fully functional!

It's time for me to update the shipping rates! Now, where did I put the cables ...

28 February 2008

Going Postal ... again

I just discovered this:


Postcards

Hooray! ^_^ Time to bring out the stamps!

11 January 2008

Retail Relapse

Just as I predicted last week, I succumbed to my routine retail relapse yesterday. I think it was in anticipation of the horrible night I had at work last night! Shopping is a much healthier alternative than, let's say, "going postal."

I'm looking forward to receiving two clutch handbags, and these shoes:


Can you say "Imelda Marcos" ?

04 October 2007

Going Postal ... yet again

I had no idea who was the mastermind behind the design of this The Postal Service t-shirt ...

... until I saw this recent post at happy mundane about Jim Houser. Scrolling down this interview, I came across this image:

Although the shirt does not credit Houser, there's no mistaking it's his design!

29 September 2007

Going Postal ... for Halloween !?

Browsing eBay for some vintage postal paraphernalia, I came across this and this: children's mail carrier costumes.


Just in time for Halloween.

05 August 2007

Going Postal

I thought I was rebellious for placing US Flag stamps upside-down on an envelope or Presidents sideways (because they're lying in their graves).

But then I found this:

Hooray for mail art!