On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 21:35:02 +0900, Michael Cash  ...
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>On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:38:52 +0100, "Nick Rees"
><Nick@rees101.freeserve.co.uk> belched the alphabet and kept on going
>with:
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>>Recently I was asked by my mate in Tokyo to send him some beans as they cant
>>get them for love nor money there.
>>So there was me thinking it shouldnt post too much to do so. I nearly died
>>when the Royal Mail (UK) wanted ?70 for 10 tins. Well I saved ?40 by sending
>>it by land and it took 1 month instead.
>
>
>Someday, I would like to visit Ukland, but I can't afford airfare for
>my family of four. If you could do me the tremendous of favor of
>asking the Royal Mail to share with me the route the use to send
>parcels to Tokyo by land I will forever be in your debt. They needn't
>bother with the part from my home to Tokyo, I can figure that bit out
>on my own. I pride myself on being a resourceful fellow.
>


You may not know that is now a tunnel under the English/French Channel. The
beans travel all the way to Vladivostock (sp?), only the last bit is by boat,
unless it's very cold.





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