Life begins a little bit later....

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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Birthday boy Andrew Mears didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when a card marking his 40th landmark plopped through his letterbox - nearly a month late.

What made the 27-day journey even more remarkable is the card was sent by his aunt Carol McKenna who only lives three miles away.

Andrew turned 40 on December 5 but when no card arrived from his 65-year-old aunt he knew that something must be wrong.

Andrew, of Barleyfield, Bamber Bridge, said: “I wondered why my auntie hadn’t sent a card for my big day, but I didn’t want to ask her about it in case she’d just forgotten about it.

“I thought it was really unusual though, because I’d received cards off everyone else. She was probably wondering why I hadn’t called to thank her too. I’m sure she was just as upset as I was.”

Carol, who lives in Walton-le-Dale, was unable to visit Andrew to give him the card personally because of a recent knee operation.

The card finally arrived on December 30, but the stamp on the card indicated Carol posted it on December 3 - meaning it had taken 27 days to complete its journey.

“There’s not much point putting it up now,” he said. “I’ve put all of the others away.

“And it’s a bit disappointing being reminded of my birthday now that it’s passed.”

Despite his birthday being around the busy festive period, Andrew has never had these sorts of problems before, but says it was all too common in 2010.

“When England gets a bit of snow, the whole country grinds to a halt,” he said.

“But my birthday was on December 5, so the weather is no excuse. Everyone’s busy at Christmas. So this just isn’t acceptable.”

He also experienced problems with goods ordered online being delivered.

He said: “I’d ordered a music CD on December 7 but I ended up buying it from a supermarket in the end though. When it finally does arrive, I’ll have to send it back again.”

Andrew says he was put on hold for 25 minutes when he called the Royal Mail offices to complain.

A spokesman for the Royal Mail said: “I am sorry to hear that Mr Mears is unhappy with the level of service he has received from Royal Mail and understand he has been in contact with our Customer Services Team who will be able to investigate his complaint in more detail.”

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The accompanying photo with the article tells a different tale: (arrow added by me)

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[Throgg]

I had to leave a reply to this crap story. A big yellow sticker on the envelope, insufficient postage, of course that's the postmans fault.

f***ing useless journalists

[hubbahubba]

I thought Bernard Manning was dead?

[DGP1]

I thought Bernard Manning was dead?

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I thought Bernard Manning was dead?

Yeah, I must admit to seeing a Bernard something or other in that face of his. The only thing missing was a joke...

An Englishman, Irishman, Scotsman and Welshman were all captured by the Iraqis. They were all to be shot, but were also to be given one last request...

The Iraqi first goes to the Welshman, and asks, "What's your last request?"
I'd like a thousand Welshmen singing, 'The Land of my Fathers'.

The Iraqi then goes to the Scotsman, and asks, "What's your last request?"
I'd like a thousand Scotsmen singing, 'The Flower of Scotland'.

The Iraqi goes to the Irishman, and asks, "What's your last request?"
I'd like a thousand Irishmen doing the, 'Riverdance'.

Finally, the Iraqi then goes to the Englishman, and asks, "What's your last request?"
Fugging shoot me first!