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Post Office Stamp Machines are where many of mine mine go. W H Smiths' 'honesty boxes' for paying for newspapers used to be another good way of getting rid of them until they abandoned them - because people weren't honest.
Anyone got any ideas for using up an excess of stamps?
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« Reply #1726 on: 20:11:58, 11-09-2007 » |
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eruanto, I save them up and then bag them up in multiples of £1 and take them to the bank and ask them to change them into useful money!
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Hello Mary. My cold was much more severe than usual. It's been diagnosed as flu.
Hi Milly, Sorry to read how ill you've been - hope you're feeling much stronger now.  I was a bit concerned at the strict diet you appeared to be on - you should have had that chocolate cake I sent you a few weeks ago! MJ xx |
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« Reply #1728 on: 20:16:34, 11-09-2007 » |
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Is there any way of getting some use out of 1 and 2 p's? I'm about to overflow with them!  It's noisy fun for kids to post all the coppers into the machine at Sainsburys which then converts them into a voucher to spend in the store BUT it does extract a commission. |
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« Reply #1729 on: 20:17:37, 11-09-2007 » |
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Anyone got any ideas for using up an excess of stamps?
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« Reply #1730 on: 20:23:51, 11-09-2007 » |
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I used to but I'm now so terrified of putting the stamps on upside down and committing an offence I hardly dare do it now.
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« Reply #1731 on: 20:36:19, 11-09-2007 » |
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I used to but I'm now so terrified of putting the stamps on upside down and committing an offence I hardly dare do it now.
Richard's tip of the day: put the stamp on BEFORE writing the address on the front. Then if you've inadvertently inverted the stamp you can turn the envelope the other way round and THEN write the address, saving yourself from a day in the stocks. |
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« Reply #1732 on: 20:48:50, 11-09-2007 » |
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Is there any way of getting some use out of 1 and 2 p's? I'm about to overflow with them! So let's get this right: you are desperate to spend a penny, indeed several, and appear to be about to overflow. NURSE, THE SCREENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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I used to but I'm now so terrified of putting the stamps on upside down and committing an offence I hardly dare do it now.
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So let's get this right: you are desperate to spend a penny, indeed several, and appear to be about to overflow.
NURSE, THE SCREENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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According to a post on a prison inmates' messageboard the positioning of the stamp has a meaning:
Upside down=lovesick, lonesome or I love you
Sideways, head to the right=love & kisses
Sideways, head to the left=I promise not to leave you :-)
Diagonal, towards the right=Won't you marry me?
Diagonal, towards the left=Yes, I will
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eru, that's very striking. Shove it on the Art Therapy thread? |
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« Reply #1738 on: 23:07:49, 11-09-2007 » |
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I hope Milly isn't feeling too awful - so sorry you've been so ill. This is what happens to the apples in my garden if they are left too long:  That's rather a horrible picture, so I'll try to find something nicer to cheer Milly up. How about Fonteyn and Nureyev:   |
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