Gords Birthday - Page 2

Char1 · 10-24-2003, 08:29 AM

cards can be sent to Lightfoot
c/o Early Morning Productions
1365 Yonge st.#207
Toronto,Ontario
M4T 2P7

Oma · 10-24-2003, 09:21 AM

Thanks, Char...

formerlylavender · 10-24-2003, 12:30 PM

Borderstone, I think you should sent that card. It's pretty funny/bizarre, and Gord could probably use a laugh right about now.

BILLW · 10-24-2003, 12:34 PM

Borderstone,

Yes - send it and sign all our names, I'll pay for the card.

Bill

gwen snyder · 10-25-2003, 10:23 AM

Thanks Char, whenever any of our friends have special events our group of frineds usually send a card shower that is everyone sends a card and their thoughts for the occasion. Perhaps that would be a good idea for Gord, I intend to send one Monday. Please remember the postage stamp rate difference between U.S. and Canada. Thanks, Char.
Gwen

Auburn Annie · 10-25-2003, 02:00 PM

1st class US postage to Canada is 60 cents (unless you're sending an oversize or heavy card/letter.)

Borderstone · 10-25-2003, 03:30 PM

Okay,you talked me into it!

I'll go buy it A.S.A.P and send it out. Besides,if they are still trying to sell last year's card,I guess it'll help the card co. too!

I'll keep ya posted!

Later!

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gwen snyder · 10-25-2003, 10:19 PM

If you really want it to get there on time, I would suggest that you take it into your local PO and have them weigh it and meter postage it, that way there is no way it can come back to you. All foreign and Canadian mail requires more postage if the card is oversized or undersized so please just take it to the PO.

Borderstone · 10-26-2003, 04:05 PM

The Pacific Ocean??!! Why would you want me to take it there?

Seriously,I'll do that. The post office that is.

Thanks for the advice!

byenow!

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gwen snyder · 10-27-2003, 10:38 AM

for us postal types PO means Post Office...sorry.

johnfowles · 10-27-2003, 11:10 AM

quote:Originally posted by gwen snyder:
for us postal types PO means Post Office...sorry.
I have thought it strange ever since I arrived in the States that here you have POST offices but the MAILman delivers the MAIL and the whole lot is sort of run by USPS The US POSTal Service. In England by way of contrast the post is delivered by a POSTie who works from a similarly named
POST Office run nowadays by a semi-commercial outfit now called
POST Office Counters but their POST is carried around the UK by vehicles and
trains and planes bearing the logo Royal MAIL
All very confusing!!!
Some sample pictures
train sorting carriage

Al UK readers will be very familiar with POSTman Pat shown here in his POSTbus

here is an old royal MAIL delivery van

and the very latest thing a "Scootable"

I was unable to find a MAIL plane pic but found a nice animated gif of MAIL Plane stamps and then found that the picture display system here does not cover animated gifs so you'll have to see it at- Later thanks to Jimmy iI got it working fine:-

in sequence the planes are an Airbus, Concorde,Trident,Vickers VC10,Comet <A
and of course do not forget the unlucky RMS Titanic

Notre that all British non-military ships are called RMS (Royal Mail Ship)
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gwen snyder · 10-27-2003, 01:05 PM

Very interesting John, thanks for those pics and the UK post history. Now the latest vehicle that "mail people" are using in our line of work is a scooter that is battery operated and very fast for mail delivery, you should be seeing them soon on streets throughout the country.

Borderstone · 10-27-2003, 04:15 PM

I had such a close call at the grocery store last night when I went to buy the card for Gordon Lightfoot! I got into the greeting card section and then saw that it wasn't there!

I found out the greeting card person had been in and at first I smacked (gently) my forehead saying,"Aw..man!" Fortunatly,I'm not one to give up that easy! I must've searched in every bin for nearly 15 minutes trying to see if there was an off chance they'd forgotten one! I moved card after card until finally I lifted up a certain one and it's backing place card...and there it was

Whew! I must have been destined to buy that card and it also makes me feel I should have sent it last year. Well,I'm going to drop a line to GL along with it and take it the P.O. tomorrow! This has been Cliff Clavin...er AH,Borderstone! Later!

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Borderstone · 10-31-2003, 06:07 PM

Hi,everybody! Just wanted to let you all know,especially "Formerly Lavender",that I just wrote down as many names as I could from here to send the Birthday card to Gordon Lightfoot. I think I got just about everyone that's currently registered. I'm on my way home now to sign the card oh behalf of all of you. I'll try to mail it out before Saturday is over but if I don't find the time this weekend I'll surely do it Monday!

Happy Halloween to all that enjoy it. Later!

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brink · 10-31-2003, 08:09 PM

Didya remember me Borderstone, your driver to Toronto when Gord gets back to singing?
Thanks for doing that, and I am glad you found the card.

formerlylavender · 11-01-2003, 09:07 AM

Thanks Borderstone! That was so nice of you. That was a close call with the card, but thankfully you found it. See...it was meant to be!

11-01-2003, 09:48 AM

quote:I was unable to find a MAIL plane pic but found a nice animated gif of MAIL Plane stamps and then found that the picture display system here does not cover animated gifs so you'll have to see it at:-

John, check out Test Forum 'Fingers Crossed' it seems to work.

11-01-2003, 09:48 AM

quote:I was unable to find a MAIL plane pic but found a nice animated gif of MAIL Plane stamps and then found that the picture display system here does not cover animated gifs so you'll have to see it at:-

John, check out Test Forum 'Fingers Crossed' it seems to work.

minstrelms · 11-02-2003, 12:11 PM

DMD3, would it be helpful to go in to your first post and paste GL's address (See Char1's post from Oct. 24.) there so people can see the address on first glance? Just a suggestion... I want my favorite singer to have a card-filled birthday.

loveyagord · 11-02-2003, 12:11 PM

DMD3, would it be helpful to go in to your first post and paste GL's address (See Char1's post from Oct. 24.) there so people can see the address on first glance? Just a suggestion... I want my favorite singer to have a card-filled birthday.

Borderstone · 11-02-2003, 05:39 PM

quote:Originally posted by brink:
Didya remember me Borderstone, your driver to Toronto when Gord gets back to singing?
Thanks for doing that, and I am glad you found the card.

You betcha Brink!

"Your my driver to Toronto,that's if you really want to,be stuck with me in a car for all that while!" (Alberta Bound...duh

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Steve DeRosa · 11-03-2003, 11:25 AM

quote:Originally posted by Borderstone:
I just wrote down as many names as I could from here to send the Birthday card to Gordon Lightfoot. I think I got just about everyone that's currently registered. I'm on my way home now to sign the card oh behalf of all of you.

Thanks Borderstone!

Oma · 11-03-2003, 11:25 AM

quote:Originally posted by Borderstone:
I just wrote down as many names as I could from here to send the Birthday card to Gordon Lightfoot. I think I got just about everyone that's currently registered. I'm on my way home now to sign the card oh behalf of all of you.

Thanks Borderstone!

Borderstone · 11-03-2003, 03:55 PM

Oma!

You and all others are quite welcome!

fowlesjohn · 11-03-2003, 05:29 PM

Thank you BS, now see what I mean about the Bubba kindness kind of person you are? you are!


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