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| | | Author: | popsicle  | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2022 20:33 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 215 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2022 23:04 | | Subject: | Re: All these years of shipping packages abroad | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
There is a Little Britain too, what we more typically call Brittany today.
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 2, 2022 05:05 | | Subject: | Re: All these years of shipping packages abroad | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, peregrinator writes:
| | In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
There is a Little Britain too, what we more typically call Brittany today.
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| | | | | Author: | Rob_and_Shelagh | | Posted: | Apr 2, 2022 03:50 | | Subject: | Re: All these years of shipping packages abroad | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | ... I’ve remained fuzzy about more than a few things. You know those nagging
somethings you’re gonna take a few minutes to figure-out sometime, but
never do? For example: everytime I shipped a package to our cousins across the
pond, I wondered: what constitutes England, Great Britain, United Kingdom and
the British Isles?
Carried the thought awhile, that it might be an outdated term or two the postal
system still used. Apparently not.
England is England. Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. United Kingdom
encompasses the aforementioned plus Northern Ireland. Hence the rather confusing
shipping label term “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and N. Ireland”
leaving out the Republic of Ireland, as of 1922. But to confuse further, the
term “British Isles” is all the aforementioned mentioned plus the Republic of
Ireland. Reinstated, I guess.
In my pitiful defense, though I lived and worked many years in northern Europe
(1979-95) I never spent time in the UK beyond the occasional stopovers. Just
thought I’d hang my ignorance out there to take a swing at. Call it penance 
-popsicle
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That's a good summary! Fortunately for us the postal system (RoyalMail) basically
covers the whole United Kingdom as one entity so we don't need to worry about
the different countries when posting. There are some further complications though..
notably the Channel Islands (ie, Jersey, Guernsey, etc) are a separate tax authority
and require customs documentation on packages just like shipping outside UK.
If we venture outside of RoyalMail and use courier services then they make their
own rules and charge different rates depending on destination so for example
Scottish Islands can be more expensive to ship to. We might be small but we know
how to make things complicated 
Robert
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| | | | | | | Author: | maxx3001 | | Posted: | Apr 2, 2022 07:15 | | Subject: | Re: All these years of shipping packages abroad | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
We might be small but we know how to make things complicated
Robert
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You mean how a mine can be mine and me showing interest in your bank interest
while looking in my agenda to see what is your agenda so we can decide what date
to go on a date, play with you or visit a play.
Hoping to get engaged with the engaged couple
Can we park in the park and leave the leave or it will leave a stain.
But you are right, it is also my right to show what is on your right and not
left, got left ones, that ain’t right.
Great language you have there mate,
Maxx
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| | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 2, 2022 09:15 | | Subject: | Re: All these years of shipping packages abroad | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | ... I’ve remained fuzzy about more than a few things. You know those nagging
somethings you’re gonna take a few minutes to figure-out sometime, but
never do? For example: everytime I shipped a package to our cousins across the
pond, I wondered: what constitutes England, Great Britain, United Kingdom and
the British Isles?
Carried the thought awhile, that it might be an outdated term or two the postal
system still used. Apparently not.
England is England. Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. United Kingdom
encompasses the aforementioned plus Northern Ireland. Hence the rather confusing
shipping label term “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and N. Ireland”
leaving out the Republic of Ireland, as of 1922. But to confuse further, the
term “British Isles” is all the aforementioned mentioned plus the Republic of
Ireland. Reinstated, I guess.
In my pitiful defense, though I lived and worked many years in northern Europe
(1979-95) I never spent time in the UK beyond the occasional stopovers. Just
thought I’d hang my ignorance out there to take a swing at. Call it penance
-popsicle
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That's a good summary! Fortunately for us the postal system (RoyalMail) basically
covers the whole United Kingdom as one entity so we don't need to worry about
the different countries when posting. There are some further complications though..
notably the Channel Islands (ie, Jersey, Guernsey, etc) are a separate tax authority
and require customs documentation on packages just like shipping outside UK.
If we venture outside of RoyalMail and use courier services then they make their
own rules and charge different rates depending on destination so for example
Scottish Islands can be more expensive to ship to. We might be small but we know
how to make things complicated
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Never considered those facts.
So, it's generally simpler being able to ship to the other three member countries
in an easy domestic manner. While at the same time, more complicated given the
many exceptions to the rules, such as the Channel Islands?
Factor in the complexities of the Commonwealth, and I don't envy you in the
Land of the Rose, not as a cross-border vendor anyway.
Thanks, Robert.
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| | | | | Author: | legoman77 | | Posted: | Apr 2, 2022 13:18 | | Subject: | Re: All these years of shipping packages abroad | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | ... I’ve remained fuzzy about more than a few things. You know those nagging
somethings you’re gonna take a few minutes to figure-out sometime, but
never do? For example: everytime I shipped a package to our cousins across the
pond, I wondered: what constitutes England, Great Britain, United Kingdom and
the British Isles?
Carried the thought awhile, that it might be an outdated term or two the postal
system still used. Apparently not.
England is England. Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. United Kingdom
encompasses the aforementioned plus Northern Ireland. Hence the rather confusing
shipping label term “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and N. Ireland”
leaving out the Republic of Ireland, as of 1922. But to confuse further, the
term “British Isles” is all the aforementioned mentioned plus the Republic of
Ireland. Reinstated, I guess.
In my pitiful defense, though I lived and worked many years in northern Europe
(1979-95) I never spent time in the UK beyond the occasional stopovers. Just
thought I’d hang my ignorance out there to take a swing at. Call it penance
-popsicle
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I read somewhere that the population of London is around 15,000; that London
proper is a government entity inside what everyone thinks is London. Please correct
if I am wrong.
John P
I did find this on Wikipedia.
"The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district[note
1] that contains the historic centre and constitutes, alongside Canary Wharf,
the primary central business district (CBD) of London.[4] It constituted most
of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle
Ages, but the modern city named London has since grown far beyond the City of
London boundary.[5][6] The city is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of
London, though it remains a notable part of central London. Administratively,
it forms one of the 33 local authority districts of London; however, the City
of London is not a London borough, a status reserved for the other 32 districts
(including London's only other city, the City of Westminster). It is also
a separate ceremonial county, being an enclave surrounded by Greater London,
and is the smallest ceremonial county in the United Kingdom.
The City of London is widely referred to simply as the City (differentiated from
the phrase "the city of London" by capitalising City) and is also colloquially
known as the Square Mile, as it is 1.12 sq mi (716.80 acres; 2.90 km2)[7] in
area. Both of these terms are also often used as metonyms for the United Kingdom's
trading and financial services industries, which continue a notable history of
being largely based in the city.[8] The name London is now ordinarily used for
a far wider area than just the city. London most often denotes the sprawling
London metropolis, or the 32 London boroughs, in addition to the City of London
itself. This wider usage of London is documented as far back as 1888, when the
County of London was created."
Another good discussion topic is Rotten Boroughs in the UK.
John P
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USA, Washington
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Netherlands, Utrecht
