02-12-2003 03:44									#1
	Guess what I got by mail saturday Tired of ads?

Alright, so I am not sure if this belongs here, but I thought I'd share.

So, you remember there was this Rise of Nations beta? And a lot of fan-sites had a little competition where the fans could win a copy, and also there was some kind of official contest? Well, I, along with Comrade Tassadar, IIRC, won a copy from HeavenGames... But never got it... Till the day before yesterday, that is! There it was sitting pretty in my mailbox. It's been what, nine months?

Gotta love USPS. Like they say in those commercials in movie theatres nowadays: not the rain, not the snow, not the temporary loss of gravity, not the monsters made of rusty washing machines, not the black holes that suck in the entire known universe can stop the United States Postal Service from delivering mail on time. (or some such).

	02-12-2003 03:54									#2
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the USPS is very good at delivering letter mail on average 1.6 days.

But Fed Ex is better for package mail.

	02-12-2003 04:01									#3
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Yeah, yeah, I know. I haven't had any problems with mail before. But nine months? I thought it was was hillarious.

	02-12-2003 04:40									#4
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You could complain
When I get my new computer, I may decide to reinsatll RoN. But for now, my interest is dead in it

	02-12-2003 05:11									#5
	Suffering from ads?

you could upset Brian Reynolds asking him why they changed things in the final version, saying that you liked more the way it was in the beta...

	02-12-2003 06:33									#6
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Now thats service for you!
Maybe the postie who delivered it took long service leave for 9 months and then finished his delivery round.

	02-12-2003 15:31									#7
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Was the box opened and a little bit used when it arrived?

	02-12-2003 15:43									#8
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9 Months


Was it a difficult birth?

	02-12-2003 20:19									#9
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I'd blame heavangames or microsoft (whoever was rsponsible for shipping the game) not the usps. The usps workers are too damned crazy

	04-12-2003 00:20									#10
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So it has really been under way for nine months??

As in the post stamp is dated nine months ago??

If so that is truly amazing. Even our postal service here in Denmark is faster than that

Asmodean

	04-12-2003 00:22									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Asmodean So it has really been under way for nine months?? As in the post stamp is dated nine months ago??

Yup. The thing says it'd been mailed back in May.

	04-12-2003 00:40									#12
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quote: Originally posted by vovan Yup. The thing says it'd been mailed back in May.

*Asmodean has trouble getting 12 minus 5 to equal 9*



Asmodean

	04-12-2003 00:56									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Asmodean *Asmodean has trouble getting 12 minus 5 to equal 9*

I meant March.

	04-12-2003 02:14									#14
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maybe you should write a letter to someone senior at USPS, praiseing them on their perserverence

Its probably been bugging the hell out of a couple of the end delivery guys..........

	04-12-2003 03:22									#15
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quote: Originally posted by child of Thor Its probably been bugging the hell out of a couple of the end delivery guys..........

I don't know if someone should get a raise or a kick in the butt for this.

	04-12-2003 19:01									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns Maybe the postie who delivered it took long service leave for 9 months and then finished his delivery round.

Maybe he was Tom Hanks...