I 'think' we have managed to get it listed. It must be one of the last ones still in use in the UK.
It is annoying for me because it is so handy.
Unlike in the US, the postman does not pick up post from your house's mailbox so you have actually have to post it in a post box. There are also no post offices boxes. Go figure.
the mailman doesn't always pick up my mail from the mailbox when i have something to go out. i have no problem waiting for him to drive back up the street (he has to put the mail in the boxes on the opposite side of the street from his vehicle) with a disapproving look on my face as i hand it to him. LOL
sometimes, though, it just doesn't get picked up because there isn't any junk mail for him to drop off for me, so he doesn't have a clue i have something going out.
but i completely agree with chana, that red post box is LOVELY!
i was in london this past june and dropped a bunch of postcards into the red post box just a few yards from the entry to the tower of london. i double checked that it wasn't a garbage can before i put them in (that would be just my luck!) but it still took over two months for the postcards to be delivered, making me wonder if perhaps that box wasn't in service any longer and i was just blissfully unawares? :S
thank you again for the updates and congrats on the book acceptance and the renewed contract!
It certainly has a different demographic to the rest of the country.
I was interested to see the percentages this week on the Muslim population -- 5% of the total UK population. 7% of the population of England and Wales. Something like 41% in certain sections of London or Birmingham or Dewsbury. Basically there are enclaves.
our tour had us staying in marylebone but we spent one morning out in windsor. we also did the big sights (london eye, tower of london, british museum, west end play...). on our free time or afternoons/eves we either stayed around marylebone or walked through hyde park and took in the natural history museum. i'd done this same london/paris tour 11 years ago, during the same time of the month, so i was interested to see what had changed and what hadn't. (i should clarify that my mother took me and my oldest, who just graduated hs, on this trip as a graduation present. it had been in the works for a year or so.)
mr. twin, who shares your sentiments, was very concerned about us traveling to london because of what has been happening on the world stage in the past several years and in recent months. oh, also with boeing jet planes having unexpected mechanical issues! myself, i was concerned about walking around marylebone, but it was fine and i felt silly in hindsight. hyde park and the natural history museum were lovely on a quiet sunday morning. however, we left just in the nick of time before the elections, and flew out of paris early in the morning on june 30th to return home before the rioting began in earnest that day.
i am an anglophile to my core ever since i was a young girl and watched diana marry charles at 3 am in the morning back in 1981 and i am saddened by what england has become. :(
As with anywhere, it is all where you go. The riots were in the very poor areas (not where a tourist would generally venture).
Marylebone and that area are good areas of London.
I understand SF has become a no go zone and various friends from high school are ashamed with what the city has become with people defecating on the sidewalks. :(
Where I live remains v unspoilt and pretty. Bucolic. I just came back from lunch at pub right by Hadrian's Wall. A traditional pub with horse brasses.
Good Morning, Northumberland! Good to see Ya again this Friday.
Another fine roundup of articles. But I'm sorry about all the rain You and Paddy ran into.
Per usual, some good news and some bad news. You're so lucky over there to have the right ideas about puberty blockers. But Australia? Not so much. And Wales' libraries? Where do these ideas come from?
Sorry to hear about the post getting eaten. But that was a nice video on X.
And I'm overjoyed looking forward to "Tempted by Her Forbidden Warrior." And March 1st isn't that far away. Congrats on getting paid and a new contract! That's great.
The postman rang my door and showed me what the letter I had posted looked like...
And I am so pleased for Michaela and the children who have such bright futures thanks to that school. It was awful what certain activists tried to do that school and the chances they attempted to take away. The regime is v regimented but the results speak for themselves. Many of the children would have had poor life chances if not for Michaela.
And I was so pleased to discover the payment (normally I am having to chase) and the new contract as I do want to write this next story.
Yes I went v early to electronic payment with them as the Royal Mail used to go on strike. It must have been about 2007 that I was able to. Speeded things up no end. Then Harlequin went to electronic signing contracts in 2020 because of COVID -- so brilliant as Canada had a habit of going on strike and losing the signed contract I had signed. In 2019, I had to resend three times. If they don't have the returned contract, they won't pay you deal.
It was awful when the postman returned the envelope and cheque which I had posted to pay for my mother-in-law's care. The slugs really loved that cheque.
Paddy says thank you. He had a long walk this morning -- up Page Mill hill so lots of smells as it is past a farm yard -- blackberries are currently ripe for the picking. Paddy is not fussed about blackberries. My old lab and first collie loved them.
If sex is changeable, I guess we all identify as frogs now.
I am so sorry about the slugs, especially because I am enchanted by the red post box with VR stamped on it. Be still my little Anglophile heart.
I 'think' we have managed to get it listed. It must be one of the last ones still in use in the UK.
It is annoying for me because it is so handy.
Unlike in the US, the postman does not pick up post from your house's mailbox so you have actually have to post it in a post box. There are also no post offices boxes. Go figure.
the mailman doesn't always pick up my mail from the mailbox when i have something to go out. i have no problem waiting for him to drive back up the street (he has to put the mail in the boxes on the opposite side of the street from his vehicle) with a disapproving look on my face as i hand it to him. LOL
sometimes, though, it just doesn't get picked up because there isn't any junk mail for him to drop off for me, so he doesn't have a clue i have something going out.
but i completely agree with chana, that red post box is LOVELY!
i was in london this past june and dropped a bunch of postcards into the red post box just a few yards from the entry to the tower of london. i double checked that it wasn't a garbage can before i put them in (that would be just my luck!) but it still took over two months for the postcards to be delivered, making me wonder if perhaps that box wasn't in service any longer and i was just blissfully unawares? :S
thank you again for the updates and congrats on the book acceptance and the renewed contract!
It certainly has a different demographic to the rest of the country.
I was interested to see the percentages this week on the Muslim population -- 5% of the total UK population. 7% of the population of England and Wales. Something like 41% in certain sections of London or Birmingham or Dewsbury. Basically there are enclaves.
our tour had us staying in marylebone but we spent one morning out in windsor. we also did the big sights (london eye, tower of london, british museum, west end play...). on our free time or afternoons/eves we either stayed around marylebone or walked through hyde park and took in the natural history museum. i'd done this same london/paris tour 11 years ago, during the same time of the month, so i was interested to see what had changed and what hadn't. (i should clarify that my mother took me and my oldest, who just graduated hs, on this trip as a graduation present. it had been in the works for a year or so.)
mr. twin, who shares your sentiments, was very concerned about us traveling to london because of what has been happening on the world stage in the past several years and in recent months. oh, also with boeing jet planes having unexpected mechanical issues! myself, i was concerned about walking around marylebone, but it was fine and i felt silly in hindsight. hyde park and the natural history museum were lovely on a quiet sunday morning. however, we left just in the nick of time before the elections, and flew out of paris early in the morning on june 30th to return home before the rioting began in earnest that day.
i am an anglophile to my core ever since i was a young girl and watched diana marry charles at 3 am in the morning back in 1981 and i am saddened by what england has become. :(
As with anywhere, it is all where you go. The riots were in the very poor areas (not where a tourist would generally venture).
Marylebone and that area are good areas of London.
I understand SF has become a no go zone and various friends from high school are ashamed with what the city has become with people defecating on the sidewalks. :(
Where I live remains v unspoilt and pretty. Bucolic. I just came back from lunch at pub right by Hadrian's Wall. A traditional pub with horse brasses.
Good Morning, Northumberland! Good to see Ya again this Friday.
Another fine roundup of articles. But I'm sorry about all the rain You and Paddy ran into.
Per usual, some good news and some bad news. You're so lucky over there to have the right ideas about puberty blockers. But Australia? Not so much. And Wales' libraries? Where do these ideas come from?
Sorry to hear about the post getting eaten. But that was a nice video on X.
And I'm overjoyed looking forward to "Tempted by Her Forbidden Warrior." And March 1st isn't that far away. Congrats on getting paid and a new contract! That's great.
TY, as always, Michelle. Always appreciated.
The postman rang my door and showed me what the letter I had posted looked like...
And I am so pleased for Michaela and the children who have such bright futures thanks to that school. It was awful what certain activists tried to do that school and the chances they attempted to take away. The regime is v regimented but the results speak for themselves. Many of the children would have had poor life chances if not for Michaela.
And I was so pleased to discover the payment (normally I am having to chase) and the new contract as I do want to write this next story.
Too bad about the check in the post.
Just got back from daily constitutional. Rosy sunrise. Past three days I needed jacket, but next week it's back in the 90s.
Have a good 'n, Michelle! And, again, congrats!
Hopefully your payment was electronic and therefore not a meal for the slugs. Congratulations!
Yes I went v early to electronic payment with them as the Royal Mail used to go on strike. It must have been about 2007 that I was able to. Speeded things up no end. Then Harlequin went to electronic signing contracts in 2020 because of COVID -- so brilliant as Canada had a habit of going on strike and losing the signed contract I had signed. In 2019, I had to resend three times. If they don't have the returned contract, they won't pay you deal.
It was awful when the postman returned the envelope and cheque which I had posted to pay for my mother-in-law's care. The slugs really loved that cheque.
A new excuse -- the slugs ate my homework.
I did not believe the postman until he showed me the letters.
Happy Dog Day to Paddy!
Paddy says thank you. He had a long walk this morning -- up Page Mill hill so lots of smells as it is past a farm yard -- blackberries are currently ripe for the picking. Paddy is not fussed about blackberries. My old lab and first collie loved them.