¹ Don’t know if you count “haven’t” as one or two words
I prefer
“Is that enough LEGO already?” (Obviously the answer is no!)
After posting, I realized/thought that maybe “Don’t you have enough LEGO already?”
would be more idiomatic… but it’s too many words!
I’ve watched Countdown way too often and haven’t ain’t in the dictionary
Oh, the Brit version of Des Chiffres et des Lettres… the show you (are
forced to) watch when you call on grandma
Also, I heard that Queen Victoria said “ain’t” regularly (more precisely, “I
ain’t”). If saying “des z-haricots” is valid in French because one (English)
Queen made the (faulty) liaison once, “ain’t” can well be added to the English
dictionary
¹ Don’t know if you count “haven’t” as one or two words
I prefer
“Is that enough LEGO already?” (Obviously the answer is no!)
After posting, I realized/thought that maybe “Don’t you have enough LEGO already?”
would be more idiomatic… but it’s too many words!
I’ve watched Countdown way too often and haven’t ain’t in the dictionary
Oh, the Brit version of Des Chiffres et des Lettres… the show you (are
forced to) watch when you call on grandma
This is so true. I have such fond memories of it always being on the TV in the
afternoon when I stayed at my Grandmothers house (to be fair, there was only
4 TV channels).
I’m rubbish with the letters, fair much better with the numbers.
Also, I heard that Queen Victoria said “ain’t” regularly (more precisely, “I
ain’t”). If saying “des z-haricots” is valid in French because one (English)
Queen made the (faulty) liaison once, “ain’t” can well be added to the English
dictionary
Ain’t should definitely be in the dictionary, I use it all the time
Oh, the Brit version of Des Chiffres et des Lettres… the show you (are
forced to) watch when you call on grandma
This is so true. I have such fond memories of it always being on the TV in the
afternoon when I stayed at my Grandmothers house (to be fair, there was only
4 TV channels).
It started in 1965 here, at the start of the second TV channel (our 3rd channel
came in 1975, 4th (first private) in 1984…).
It was 7 letters (like Scrabble… but sush, it’s a totally different game ),
then it went to 8, then 9 and now 10. Numbers were added after a few years.
I’m rubbish with the letters, fair much better with the numbers.
Yeah, letters seems to be just memory but, even with a good vocabulary, it’s
not easy. Rearranging letters is an acquired skill.
Numbers is more algorithmical. Seems easier for AFOL minds
[…]
Ain’t should definitely be in the dictionary, I use it all the time
There’s a simple solution to counter people arguing it shouldn’t: talk to them
until they use it themselves.
Works like a charm for “ben” (alteration of “bien,” well) or “ouais” (yeah) in
French
The five most feared words for BrickLinkers in the USA:
"In Transit, Arriving On Time"
"Just eat all you can" .. In a buffet where you have paid for it already,
but it would have just food you would not like at all 😋 that is like a theory
if might happen ever...
😁 I like castles too, mostly the ones with colours like for example Frozen colour
theme or scary theme haunted house Halloween theme.. Anyway i guess may be lot
of castle type on Legos 🙂
It is not just you! We had our sails in a clothing gift box, packed this way
when we moved to our new home in 2014. We finally found them in December of 2022
packed in the same box with some old VHS movies in our basement. All the string
and masts were in that clothing box as well.
My inventory checklist simply said in book, not which book.
Thought it would be a good way to flatten them out. I have a library.
In Off Topic, pcthurman writes:
In Off Topic, legomalego writes:
Where'd I put the sails?
This might be exclusive to me.
It is not just you! We had our sails in a clothing gift box, packed this way
when we moved to our new home in 2014. We finally found them in December of 2022
packed in the same box with some old VHS movies in our basement. All the string
and masts were in that clothing box as well.
Not enough orders this month!
Where have the buyers gone?
Where have all the buyers gone? Long time passing
Where have all the buyers gone? Long time ago
Where have all the buyers gone?
They have gone sellers every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
— The LEGO Brick Trio ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkTXcwc3zvk )
The five most feared words for BrickLinkers in the USA:
"In Transit, Arriving On Time"
“Package returned to original sender”
Maybe thats a good thing! I sent a minifig to South Korea last September, Buyer
still hadn't received in December, Gave a refund. Got it in my mailbox this
week. Half a dozen postage marks on it. Mini still intact.
The five most feared words for BrickLinkers in the USA:
"In Transit, Arriving On Time"
“Package returned to original sender”
Maybe thats a good thing! I sent a minifig to South Korea last September, Buyer
still hadn't received in December, Gave a refund. Got it in my mailbox this
week. Half a dozen postage marks on it. Mini still intact.
The five most feared words for BrickLinkers in the USA:
"In Transit, Arriving On Time"
“Package returned to original sender”
Maybe thats a good thing! I sent a minifig to South Korea last September, Buyer
still hadn't received in December, Gave a refund. Got it in my mailbox this
week. Half a dozen postage marks on it. Mini still intact.
Fun!
We had a padded envelope shipped us back from South Korea (also!)
It arrived... 18 months (1 year and a half) after shipping.
Yes, yes and in almost perfect condition, full of stickers also
And as of yesterday, I refunded another buyer in South Korea.
The tracking shows it's gone to South... Africa.
No kidding!
I guess Postal OCR gone wild?
This order will probably take also quite some time to arrive to the buyer, or
us, or more probably disappear from the surface of the Planet.
The five most feared words for BrickLinkers in the USA:
"In Transit, Arriving On Time"
“Package returned to original sender”
Maybe thats a good thing! I sent a minifig to South Korea last September, Buyer
still hadn't received in December, Gave a refund. Got it in my mailbox this
week. Half a dozen postage marks on it. Mini still intact.
Fun!
We had a padded envelope shipped us back from South Korea (also!)
It arrived... 18 months (1 year and a half) after shipping.
Yes, yes and in almost perfect condition, full of stickers also
And as of yesterday, I refunded another buyer in South Korea.
The tracking shows it's gone to South... Africa.
No kidding!
I guess Postal OCR gone wild?
This order will probably take also quite some time to arrive to the buyer, or
us, or more probably disappear from the surface of the Planet.
The five most feared words for BrickLinkers in the USA:
"In Transit, Arriving On Time"
“Package returned to original sender”
Maybe thats a good thing! I sent a minifig to South Korea last September, Buyer
still hadn't received in December, Gave a refund. Got it in my mailbox this
week. Half a dozen postage marks on it. Mini still intact.
Fun!
We had a padded envelope shipped us back from South Korea (also!)
It arrived... 18 months (1 year and a half) after shipping.
Yes, yes and in almost perfect condition, full of stickers also
And as of yesterday, I refunded another buyer in South Korea.
The tracking shows it's gone to South... Africa.
No kidding!
I guess Postal OCR gone wild?
This order will probably take also quite some time to arrive to the buyer, or
us, or more probably disappear from the surface of the Planet.
Weird things happen...
Post office guy said that Addresses in South Korea don't line up with Addresses
in most of the world. House, Street, Province/District, Country, Postal Code.
South Koreans put country and district nearer the beginning and apt # near the
end, usually. But in his experience things shipped within country in South Korea
don't even include most parts of the address. Maybe Bricklink could label
address lines for everyone to get it in the right order?
The five most feared words for BrickLinkers in the USA:
"In Transit, Arriving On Time"
“Package returned to original sender”
Maybe thats a good thing! I sent a minifig to South Korea last September, Buyer
still hadn't received in December, Gave a refund. Got it in my mailbox this
week. Half a dozen postage marks on it. Mini still intact.
Fun!
We had a padded envelope shipped us back from South Korea (also!)
It arrived... 18 months (1 year and a half) after shipping.
Yes, yes and in almost perfect condition, full of stickers also
And as of yesterday, I refunded another buyer in South Korea.
The tracking shows it's gone to South... Africa.
No kidding!
I guess Postal OCR gone wild?
This order will probably take also quite some time to arrive to the buyer, or
us, or more probably disappear from the surface of the Planet.
Weird things happen...
Post office guy said that Addresses in South Korea don't line up with Addresses
in most of the world. House, Street, Province/District, Country, Postal Code.
South Koreans put country and district nearer the beginning and apt # near the
end, usually. But in his experience things shipped within country in South Korea
don't even include most parts of the address. Maybe Bricklink could label
address lines for everyone to get it in the right order?
Sandra
TerraBrick
I give the address to chatgpt and ask it to tell me what it what and give example
addresses from that country since more often then not u can’t make heads or tales
of international addresses
[…]
Post office guy said that Addresses in South Korea don't line up with Addresses
in most of the world. House, Street, Province/District, Country, Postal Code.
South Koreans put country and district nearer the beginning and apt # near the
end, usually. But in his experience things shipped within country in South Korea
don't even include most parts of the address. Maybe Bricklink could label
address lines for everyone to get it in the right order?
[…]
Post office guy said that Addresses in South Korea don't line up with Addresses
in most of the world. House, Street, Province/District, Country, Postal Code.
South Koreans put country and district nearer the beginning and apt # near the
end, usually. But in his experience things shipped within country in South Korea
don't even include most parts of the address. Maybe Bricklink could label
address lines for everyone to get it in the right order?
I like the last line though
"It should also be noted that there is no official convention for South
Korean addresses written in the Latin alphabet, and addresses are written in
many ways. Mail carriers, however, are trained to interpret various formats,
and should have little trouble delivering mail, especially if the postal code
is included."
If their mailcarriers are as good as ours I'm sure there is
"little trouble". My last lego purchase was delivered to a neighbour
down the street. Luckliy she knew where the Lego belonged. and yes it had the
right address on it...
It’s like when I attach the pic below about “Europe”: it’s to say that if you
don’t understand, it’s not because you’re lacking, it’s because “it’s complicated.”
I like the last line though
"It should also be noted that there is no official convention for South
Korean addresses written in the Latin alphabet, and addresses are written in
many ways. Mail carriers, however, are trained to interpret various formats,
and should have little trouble delivering mail, especially if the postal code
is included."
If their mailcarriers are as good as ours I'm sure there is
"little trouble". My last lego purchase was delivered to a neighbour
down the street. Luckliy she knew where the Lego belonged. and yes it had the
right address on it...
Post office guy said that Addresses in South Korea don't line up with Addresses
in most of the world. House, Street, Province/District, Country, Postal Code.
South Koreans put country and district nearer the beginning and apt # near the
end, usually. But in his experience things shipped within country in South Korea
don't even include most parts of the address. Maybe Bricklink could label
address lines for everyone to get it in the right order?
I *always* rewrite their address which is the more often "inverted".
Normally it should be labelled from the "smallest" (the person) to the
"biggest" (the country).
So, in general:
Person
Stair, Floor
Street address
City & zip (or the opposite)
County or such
Country
Somone (sasa) made us a South Korean translation to explain those buyers how
to properly format it, in case we can't do it.
Post office guy said that Addresses in South Korea don't line up with Addresses
in most of the world. House, Street, Province/District, Country, Postal Code.
South Koreans put country and district nearer the beginning and apt # near the
end, usually. But in his experience things shipped within country in South Korea
don't even include most parts of the address. Maybe Bricklink could label
address lines for everyone to get it in the right order?
Sandra
TerraBrick
You don't need to include the buyer's address when shipping to Korea
Post office guy said that Addresses in South Korea don't line up with Addresses
in most of the world. House, Street, Province/District, Country, Postal Code.
South Koreans put country and district nearer the beginning and apt # near the
end, usually. But in his experience things shipped within country in South Korea
don't even include most parts of the address. Maybe Bricklink could label
address lines for everyone to get it in the right order?
Sandra
TerraBrick
You don't need to include the buyer's address when shipping to Korea
Post office guy said that Addresses in South Korea don't line up with Addresses
in most of the world. House, Street, Province/District, Country, Postal Code.
South Koreans put country and district nearer the beginning and apt # near the
end, usually. But in his experience things shipped within country in South Korea
don't even include most parts of the address. Maybe Bricklink could label
address lines for everyone to get it in the right order?
Sandra
TerraBrick
You don't need to include the buyer's address when shipping to Korea
except when its to north korea
Like you're in North America, and USA in the South one?
Post office guy said that Addresses in South Korea don't line up with Addresses
in most of the world. House, Street, Province/District, Country, Postal Code.
South Koreans put country and district nearer the beginning and apt # near the
end, usually. But in his experience things shipped within country in South Korea
don't even include most parts of the address. Maybe Bricklink could label
address lines for everyone to get it in the right order?
Sandra
TerraBrick
You don't need to include the buyer's address when shipping to Korea
except when its to north korea
Like you're in North America, and USA in the South one?
USA, New Jersey
Canada, Ontario
Lithuania, Panevėžys
France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Australia, Tasmania
United Kingdom, England
Finland, Uusimaa