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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on April 01, 2014, 10:17:25 AM
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Isn't Amazon great? I ordered my '12 Angry Men' DVD late yesterday afternoon (see http://www.cameldung.co.uk/index.php?topic=2514.0 (http://www.cameldung.co.uk/index.php?topic=2514.0)) for less than a fiver, and I've just received an email from Amazon telling me that my delivery man is called Kev, and will be turning up at my door between 11.38 and 12.38. Not only that, but there's a link to map I can open up to show me Kev's progress, with a blue marker pointing to my house, and red marker pointing to Kev's van. Currently, he's on delivery number 7, and I'm scheduled for delivery number 35. He's apparently 2 hours and 15 minutes away, although the map shows him just up the road about 5 miles away. I guess if he has to factor in logging his progress after each delivery, along with his packed lunch, that's fair enough.
I even have the options on this web page of either changing the delivery date or getting Kev to leave it with my neighbours or in a safe place. Looks like I can do this even now, whilst Kev is on the way.
Isn't the Interweb just fantastic?!! I did wonder what I was going to do with my morning - now I know. I feel I owe it to Kev to watch the DVD this afternooon.
Oooh - he's on Delivery 11 - 1 hour, 45 minutes away...
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The whole Amazon/delivery thing is truly wonderful.
If I had the disposable income, I would invest in a delivery company because I see it as the future. It matters not how quickly you can order online (though that is in itself fantastic) it's the actual delivery of the object that counts, and that's done basically in the old fashioned way, only faster.
It's annoying that our publicly owned delivery service, namely the Royal Mail has been sold off at a bargain basement price to the "public" who we will find in due course to be various billionaire foreign investors.
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Agreed! Delivery 29... half an hour away... should I offer Kev a cuppa? Might upset delivery 36 if I do... best not....
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Ah - bit of an anticlimax. Having rehearsed my witty greeting ("You must be Kev..."), my latest check on the website told me that my parcel had been delivered and signed for by "POSTED" at 11.50am (it's now 12.07pm). I rushed to my front door to find 12 Angry Men on my doormat (make up your own jokes), and Kev already departed into the wild blue yonder on his never-ending mission. I didn't even get the chance to thank him...
But I've got my DVD! ;D Cheers, Kev! Thanks, Interweb!
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When I think of Kev, I keep hearing the "Lone Ranger" theme.
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Check your front door. Has he carved a big "K" on it?
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Kev - silent and speedy. Yes he would make a good comic book hero. :-)
Amazon UK is so much better than Amazon Canada, not only for having more things available but also for price.
I just bought a TV series from UK (Call the Midwife 3) which ended up costing me $20.03 Canadian dollars including postage. For the same series from Amazon Canada, I would have to pay $41.97 and that is with free postage. Also I would need to wait until May 20th for it to be released over here. Plus we have to drive miles to our post office to pick things up - there is nobody like Kev for us. :(
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I wonder if he is delivering my book too? I ordered "Thermodynamics: An engineering approach edition 6" . It hasn't arrived yet so either it's because it's only available in India and Pakistan (special edition) or it's because Kev is at Tarks having scones and tea.
Let him go please, Tarks. I need that book.
:(
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I haven't watched the DVD yet - work got in the way. But I did order another one ('Bad Grandpa' - not my choice), and I'm getting quite excited about the opportunity to chart Kev's progress again tomorrow morning. I may lie in wait once he gets to the delivery before mine. If I get the chance, I'll draw him...
Sandy, they seek him here, they seek him there...that damned elusive Kev... (actually, you may have to be signed up to Amazon Prime for these next day 'Kevliveries').
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Damn ! I think I ticked delivery by Rickshaw. Mine may be a while...
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You can chart the progress of Rick...
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Yes, Rick is nowhere near as fast as Kev.
And yes, to my delight, I've just received notification that it is indeed my old friend Kev who is delivering today's DVD. The bad news is that he's only on delivery 1, and I'm down for 79 today, so have 7 hours of progress to chart before Kev gets here. The good news is SEVEN hours of tracking - what fun! I must get out more. However, the delivery window hour of 15.21 - 16.21 coincides with the school run, and so bang goes my chance of catching a glimpse of the mysterious Kev during his mission. I may have to order another DVD today. Any recommendations?
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You can chart the progress of Rick...
Rick is in a bloody pub, feet up, supping beer like a goodun, wondering why people like Kev rush about. He'll wake up tomorrow hungover and say "sod it" and leave delivering my book yet another day.
I'm not jealous.
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Book arrived. Special Edition...true enough. Only for sale in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and now a small village in East Dunbartonshire.
My thoughts on Rick may have been spookily accurate. Out of a private car "sprang" a chap, who looked as if he should have been holding half a polystyrene cup and mumbling, "Any spare change? Have a nice day, Sir". A guess at his age would be early 1800's. Mercifully, he made it up the long, arduous, 2 car length driveway. A knock at the door was quickly answered and I had my long awaited book. I felt obliged to make conversation.
Sandy..."Busy this weather then, buddy?"
RickShaw..."Nope. Dead."
Sandy..."Oh".
Now at this point conversation stopped since I didn't know whether his second word described how business was or his actual physical state. Mind you, he must have been a great drummer in his youth judging by the rattle of his stylus as he tried to get the right sign in box up on his wee machine. But the signing was done, the book was officially mine and off Rick shuffled. If he hasn't reached his car by Friday, I shall throw him a jeely piece.
Amazon prime, here we come.
:)
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Book arrived. Special Edition...true enough. Only for sale in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and now a small village in East Dunbartonshire.
My thoughts on Rick may have been spookily accurate. Out of a private car "sprang" a chap, who looked as if he should have been holding half a polystyrene cup and mumbling, "Any spare change? Have a nice day, Sir". A guess at his age would be early 1800's. Mercifully, he made it up the long, arduous, 2 car length driveway. A knock at the door was quickly answered and I had my long awaited book. I felt obliged to make conversation.
Sandy..."Busy this weather then, buddy?"
RickShaw..."Nope. Dead."
Sandy..."Oh".
Now at this point conversation stopped since I didn't know whether his second word described how business was or his actual physical state. Mind you, he must have been a great drummer in his youth judging by the rattle of his stylus as he tried to get the right sign in box up on his wee machine. But the signing was done, the book was officially mine and off Rick shuffled. If he hasn't reached his car by Friday, I shall throw him a jeely piece.
Amazon prime, here we come.
:)
If the book is that rare, there probably won't be any questions on the test of things it covered. Just saying.
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[....] I may have to order another DVD today. Any recommendations?
Because I live with guys I have watched “Olympus has Fallen” and “White House Down” – I laughed out loud (LOL) through both of them thinking at times they must have been intentional comedies. The story was practically the same in both movies and during both shows I thought the best solution to the pickle they were in would be to bomb the White House – but that would have made both shows short 60 minutes.
So I recommend them if you enjoy a good laugh.
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I should note that when I say "watched" - I did wander about a bit during both of those movies.
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Amazon prime, here we come.
:)
You won't regret it, Sandy. Kev's the man!
Does anyone ever even try to sign a legible version of their signature in these wee machines? I gave up trying years ago, and now do something that more resembles a swastika than anything my bank manager might recognise. Farcical!
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[....] I may have to order another DVD today. Any recommendations?
Because I live with guys I have watched “Olympus has Fallen” and “White House Down” – I laughed out loud (LOL) through both of them thinking at times they must have been intentional comedies. The story was practically the same in both movies and during both shows I thought the best solution to the pickle they were in would be to bomb the White House – but that would have made both shows short 60 minutes.
So I recommend them if you enjoy a good laugh.
Thanks, Diane - I shall investigate further on Rotten Tomatoes. I do enjoy a laugh, but I tend to be a trifle wary of good ones.
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It would be a shame to spend money on either of those titles - see if you can't borrow them from the library.
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What's a library? :-\
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Remember those musty, stinky places filled with dog eared old books, and stern ladies telling you to “shush” when you were a kid? Today’s libraries are nothing like that. With your library card you can order in books and DVDs and CDs from other libraries from the comfort of your home computer and have them ready to pick up at your own branch. I get moves as new as the current year.
This week, after unsuccessfully trying to sign up to “next issue” 100 top magazines for only 10 bucks a month – you need an iThingy or at least Windows 8 to use that service, I found out I could get 50 magazines the same way for free from my library. Big titles such as National Geographic and Reader's Digest, lots of top ladies magazines like “O” and Martha Stewart – good science magazines too. I put 12 of the 50 in my free account which gives me access to back issues too. I don’t imagine I would have time to browse more but if I want them I can take them.
When you borrow an e-book from the library it expires (usually 2 weeks) if you don’t renew it – but the magazine subscriptions do not expire.
The newest things will be having equipment for people to use such as digital 3D printers.
I run a monthly photography club at our library.
Amazing things are libraries.
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You're right, Diane. They're nothing like the used to be, and oh how I wish they were. After a Xmas bout of weeklong studying in my local library, I was almost putting in a letter of complaint at the noise in the reference library. How I wish the "shoosh" women had been there. Sadly the internet is to blame. Libraries are now the hub where local government (quite rightly) supplies PC access to those without. Unfortunately, as they ask repeatedly how to use them, the noise level goes up. We also now have the local government offices in the library too, so the actual amount of traditional library space is slowly being eroded away.
I know times change, and I never used it as much as I should have, but I genuinely miss the old traditional library.
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I finally got around to watching '12 Angry Men', after all these years. It was a bit of a shock to suddenly realise how much of my life was shaped by Juror #8 over the past few decades.
Diane, I used to use libraries a lot in the pre-cyber era, when I had to draw things or people I wasn't familiar with. Cue a fifteen minute drive across town, followed by a half hour search for perhaps a couple of books containing photographs of what I was after, if I was lucky. Often I wasn't, and made the fifteen minute return journey empty-handed. These days, a couple of seconds typing, followed by a click or three, and there are literally hundreds, if not thousands of pictures of whatever I need on the screen before me.
I'm delighted that libraries still exist, have evolved, and good people such as you and your photography club are keeping them alive. I loved my local library as a kid borrowing all kinds of books, but I'm afraid I've not been inside one for at least a dozen years.
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When I was a kid there used to be a mobile library that came to our housing estate - that was a fun way to push books on children. :)
The thing is, you could still take advantage of a library card without having to enter the library (well except for signing up for the card the first time maybe) – without going in the doors, you can download eBooks and access all kinds of newspapers and magazines as well as more specialist stuff such as access to finding answers to questions and travel reports and language programs. Things you can do online anyway but often have to pay for.
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Still like to go to a shop.........if you can find one!
Just saying........
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It's because of you non library users that poor lady on 56 UP lost her job. :'(
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I'm not taking the blame for those library orgies and her crack cocaine habit! >:(
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She did look a little tired.