mjmooney Posted June 17, 2016 Author VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2016 Just now, limpid said: From all your quizzing, I'm sure your aware of several times laws have been passed to prevent something being done, which has never been done or is even impossible. (And I don't mean blasphemy.) That's true. It would be interesting to know though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted June 17, 2016 Administrator Share Posted June 17, 2016 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: That's true. It would be interesting to know though. Can't believe I used the wrong "your" there. I'm blaming my phone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 1 hour ago, useless said: Is it possible to post yourself somewhere. The man who posted himself to Australia Quote In the mid-1960s, Australian athlete Reg Spiers found himself stranded in London with no money to buy a plane ticket home. Desperate to get back to Australia in time for his daughter's birthday, he decided to post himself in a wooden crate. "I just got in the thing and went. What was there to be frightened of? I'm not frightened of the dark so I just sat there. "It's like when I travel now if I go overseas. There's the seat. Sit in it, and go." Reg Spiers makes it sound very straightforward more than half a century later, but it caused a media storm in Australia at the time. ...more on link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 17, 2016 Author VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2016 33 minutes ago, snowychap said: The man who posted himself to Australia Didn't read the link, but... in an unheated, unpressurised aircraft baggage compartment? Or on a ship, taking weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I just remembered hearing a while back now, that it was technically an option to post yourself, if you wanted to go somewhere. You'd just go to the post office, tell them where you wanted to be delivered and they'd sit you with the rest mail on it's way to that destination (you wouldn't actually have to sit in a postbox and wait for someone to pick you up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 10 minutes ago, useless said: I just remembered hearing a while back now, that it was technically an option to post yourself, if you wanted to go somewhere. You'd just go to the post office, tell them where you wanted to be delivered and they'd sit you with the rest mail on it's way to that destination (you wouldn't actually have to sit in a postbox and wait for someone to pick you up). Really? Kinda ruined it for me now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I don't make the rules. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: Didn't read the link, but... in an unheated, unpressurised aircraft baggage compartment? Or on a ship, taking weeks? Air freight, according to the article. Edit: and COD. Edited June 17, 2016 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 10 minutes ago, useless said: I don't make the rules. I truly wish you did. The world would be a better place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I was thinking earlier today, and wondering why we wait for people to die, to say how we really feel about them? I was reading a post from a facebook friend, and in it he was talking about someone he knew who had died, and saying such nice and warm things about him. It made me wonder if he'd ever said what he thought about him, to him when he was alive? I tried to think back to when I've been in similar circumstances, and if I ever told those people what I thought about them. I can't recall ever doing so. Maybe it's part of the grieving process. Maybe it's therapeutic for the bereaved, to say it after they've died. I suppose it would be a bit weird if your mate came up and told you what they liked about you, even more so if they posted it on a public forum or social media. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 17, 2016 Moderator Share Posted June 17, 2016 2 hours ago, limpid said: TBF, he didn't ask if it was legal. There's a dark side to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted June 17, 2016 Administrator Share Posted June 17, 2016 14 minutes ago, BOF said: There's a dark side to you Is that the fake me on twitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 3 hours ago, Xela said: What would happen if they lost the parcel you were in? Seems to recall someone did it in the USA a few years back and was charged under people trafficking ? but I may have dreamt this charge probably more likely charged with terrorism knowing the US !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 48 minutes ago, dAVe80 said: I was thinking earlier today, and wondering why we wait for people to die... I was wondering where you were going with your post at this point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I've typed a wide variety of profanity during my time here but I'm almost certain I've never managed to trigger the 'clearing in the woods' filter. Think it will remain one of life's mysteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 clearing in the woods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 46 minutes ago, V01 said: clearing in the woods When I first joined this site, I thought I'd stumbled on some cult-like saying that I'd never seen before. Even had me searching Urban Dictionary. It took a while before I realised it was the filter. It was a relief though to find I'm not completely out of touch with the kids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 You're one of them. Yewtree!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) 24 minutes ago, V01 said: You're one of them. Yewtree!!!!! word removed rocket polisher how exactly do you trigger the clearing in the woods filter? Edited June 17, 2016 by It's Your Round 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 really bad person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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