tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post6999340203420695554..comments2023-09-11T13:56:56.236+01:00Comments on Postcards From Across the Pond: Thanksgiving LeftoversMikeHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-24812490372033935612009-12-10T14:44:07.640+00:002009-12-10T14:44:07.640+00:00Thanks, Chip2nd! Now I finally have the answer: t...Thanks, Chip2nd! Now I finally have the answer: they call it a 'millard' and a 'trillard.' I can finally sleep at night ;)MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-55335265350764188952009-12-08T12:08:10.679+00:002009-12-08T12:08:10.679+00:00What do you call 1,000,000,000 depends on where an...What do you call 1,000,000,000 depends on where and when you were educated. If it was the USA then that is called one billion, if the UK before 1974 then it's one thousand million, if after 1974 then it's one billion. All is explained in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales .<br />I will not use this opportunity to rant on about the creeping americanisation of the UK though.Chip2ndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285775569341904630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-48775717396476658782009-12-07T06:53:54.113+00:002009-12-07T06:53:54.113+00:00Pam: Stopping by the Post Office today on my way ...Pam: Stopping by the Post Office today on my way to work for one last thing. I'll probably be lucky to get to work by noon.MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-6732535059665430812009-12-07T02:47:17.358+00:002009-12-07T02:47:17.358+00:00Post Office trauma is universal. I went on Saturda...Post Office trauma is universal. I went on Saturday to a humongous queue and paid $128 to send 3 parcels to the UK. Ba Humbug!<br />I would offer to send you a few USA Hanes undies but my husband goes through them like wildfire. Just today I threw a par away covered in little holes but I think that has to do with the fiddling men get up to!Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05443153003836499323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-87595794826875263942009-12-06T20:36:19.358+00:002009-12-06T20:36:19.358+00:00Clippy: So it really does go like this:
1,000,000...Clippy: So it really does go like this:<br />1,000,000 = a million<br />1,000,000,000 = a million million?<br />1,000,000,000,000 = a billion?<br />And you would say, for 4,237,873,342 four million million, two hundred and thirty seven million, eight hundred and seventy three thousand, three hundred and forty two?<br /><br />Linda and Nigel: yes, on-line seems the way to go. But I always feel that, if you're ordering undergarments on-line, they should be the kind that come in a plain brown wrapper; tightie-whities are just so, so unexciting.<br /><br />Asta: No Post Office in Sweden? Where do you pick up your pension checks?MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-51412140110681617642009-12-06T19:25:51.837+00:002009-12-06T19:25:51.837+00:00I never go to the main post office, the queue is a...I never go to the main post office, the queue is always too long. I always go to a local one, but never first thing in the morning or on a Monday. Lunch time is usually the best time, but watch out some small ones close on Wednesday pm.<br /><br />As to pants, if you have the model number and serial numbers of the ones from M & S why not see if you can order them from the store, they even do mail order I believ now!<br /><br />CusoonNigelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-42906302695086228072009-12-06T15:47:32.789+00:002009-12-06T15:47:32.789+00:00Without divulging too much personal information, I...Without divulging too much personal information, I too have been a quest to replace 'pants'. I fail to understand why companies feel the need to change perfectly good products just to be new! <br />I finally ordered some online last night that seem to be the same style as I had before. <br /><br />Perhaps you could order some of the US pants online? If they last 7 years, it would be worth it!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02417120299405154570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-25058919318435289612009-12-06T11:31:54.008+00:002009-12-06T11:31:54.008+00:00underwar? underwear.
knickers!underwar? underwear.<br />knickers!Clippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-48818039938176030842009-12-06T11:29:58.361+00:002009-12-06T11:29:58.361+00:00i always thought a billion was a million, million....i always thought a billion was a million, million. (all those 0's gave me a headache) but then i'm english too so whadda i know? anyway chances are i'm never going to have to worry about it... unless im behind you in the bank!<br />re your underpants. the ones that lasted 7 years. what in god's name are they made of? teflon? those other ones of 7 months? well all i can say is what my mother used to say, you might be run over by a bus. make sure you've got good underwar on.<br />;-)Clippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-64080558229083082082009-12-06T07:08:42.862+00:002009-12-06T07:08:42.862+00:00Purest: Thnaks for the tip!
Michelloui: I used to...Purest: Thnaks for the tip!<br /><br />Michelloui: I used to have access to little village post offices both here and near where I worked but the government shut them down. Now I have no choice but to stand in the queue with everyone else who has to stand in the queue because they now have no local post office.<br /><br />NFAH: Cuffed? I have no idea what that means. I have seen the shirts that do require cufflinks and I think they are very classy but I just can't be arsed these days to both with sleeve jewelry. I do believe the shirts I buy are just meant to be worn without any additional preparation. They are just not as concerned about sleeve length here as in The States.MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-48812610855249135302009-12-06T00:29:01.243+00:002009-12-06T00:29:01.243+00:00The sleeves on shirts are too long because you'...The sleeves on shirts are too long because you're supposed to cuff them, if I can say so as a female who does not have to deal with these rituals. On the brighter side, there are many more cufflinks here than in the US and that seems to be associated with the cuffed shirts. Score!NFAHhttp://notfromaroundhere.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-6623326619010273572009-12-05T23:19:54.143+00:002009-12-05T23:19:54.143+00:00Those long long postal queues... I have found a ti...Those long long postal queues... I have found a tiny little village post office (one of the few remaining) in the next village over that hardly ever has a queue and this is the first place Ive mentioned it because I dont want any one else to know!!<br /><br />Oh and that billion, trillion thing always bugged me as well. Wish you had an answer then I would!<br /><br />Pants. I know what its like to find a favourite something and then not be able to replace it, thats me with shoes usually. Good luck with the search there!!Michellouihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841678308675092702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-42642013286267523702009-12-05T23:16:29.563+00:002009-12-05T23:16:29.563+00:00I was one of a collection of women standing outsid...I was one of a collection of women standing outside the post office waiting for it to open this morning. <br /><br />Also, don't buy pants from Sainsbury's, because they're pants.PurestGreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860331983741242940noreply@blogger.com