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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Have you ever bought anything online that exceeded your expectations?
    I try to be pessimistic by I'm still disappointed - and I'm not really that fussy.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    The Denbigh plum tree I bought from Ian Sturrock.  My experience of planting fruit trees is they'll either grow but not fruit, or fruit but not grow.  The Denbigh plum has put on lots of growth, and ripened about ten good plums in its second or third year.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    A few weeks ago I bought a gorgeous really thick chunky cardigan in a charity shop, but it's a "Next", when I buy stuff normally, I check what it's made of.  I didn't this time, wore it over my jumpers, nearly went mad,(contact eczema THEN, I checked, drat, it has 5% mohair, I cannot wear any type of animal wool, my jumpers are acrylic or even thick cotton
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Mohair makes me itch too but I would avoid it anyway due to the cruel methods used to obtain it.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    edited December 2020
    I have just been to the Post Office to send a parcel to Germany only to be told all deliveries to mainland Europe are temporarily suspended due to, in their words “you know what”. I had no idea. And I am cross for the wasted journey.
    Rutland, England
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    Did they let you in on the secret @BenCotto? Do tell.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    My guess is that mail to Germany normally goes in the hold of passenger planes (most of the hold space takes freight not luggage), and Germany has banned passenger transport from the UK. No planes, no mail.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited December 2020
    Many Royal Mail parcels go to Europe by road and ferry
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/millions-more-parcels-swamp-royal-23191818

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Corona virus - no mail or parcels to mainland Europe for the near future. Mail to the Irish Republic is not affected.
    Rutland, England
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Bored stupid😞
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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