One of them was from long time trade buddy Josh from the very quiet Royals and Randoms blog. I've always enjoyed trading with Josh, as he's quite friendly, and very generous as well.
A couple of dozen Royals of varying years, colors and varieties made their way to the west coast, and Josh knocked down a bunch of A&G wants from 2017.
But while I'm showing off the 44 cards in scan form, I'm going to relay my latest post office story for your amusement.
Along with Josh's 44 A&G cards, I was waiting on 2 other envelopes. What I love about trading now is the tracking IDs, so I can keep an eye on (OCD like) the packages as they make their way to S. Florida.
I'm on the early shift this month, working 715-1615, and I don't see any texts from the P.O. stating that my packages were delivered. This was not a major deal as I'm so close to the office that we're on the end of the carrier's route. Not uncommon for the mail to arrive around 6 PM.
The wife and I have a beer, chat for a bit and have our dinner. As is our custom lately, once dinner is complete we sit down and watch the Great British Baking Show on Netflix. I don't do reality shows much, and I'm by no means a baker, but I am really enjoying watching this, as we're on our 5th season already after just under a month of watching.
7 PM rolls around, still no texts. Not unusual either, as sometimes transmission of the delivery scan lags well behind the actual delivery. I go to check the mailbox, empty. I look to the east on our street, and see the mailman on the other side, 4 houses down. I know from experience when seeing this that it's another 45-60 minutes before he hits our house.
Watch another baking show episode, takes us to 8PM. No texts. Now I have to know what's going on. Look at the postal website, and both the tracking IDs I have an eye on have been returned to the post office with "incomplete address" scans on them.
What a load of crap!! The driver couldn't finish his route, so he scanned them like that to save his arse. I got a kick out of it though and told my wife as it happened.
So while I'm working Tuesday morning, at precisely 818, my phone starts blowing up with texts.
The previous day's mail was delivered, 3 bubble mailers and 2 PWE's. The cards you see above are in one, along with a welcome Blue Jays relic.
I saw the X on the back and thought it might be a die cut that I needed from the 2008 set. This definitely works too!! I've kind of stayed away from the Jays a lot, as storage problems will become an issue if I keep going after all the base cards. Getting relics and autos are much easier to store, as there aren't many coming my way.
Josh sent 3 other cards, which I'll feature on Saturday as they fit that that day's theme quite well.
Great stuff Josh, thank you very much!!
Enjoy the hobby and stay safe!
Robert
I don't remember which part of the route is the problem for you, but I do worry a bit every time I send you stuff because it always gets held up much longer than it should in normal circumstances, much less what's going on now! Glad you got your mail eventually in this case.
ReplyDeleteThe postal delivery experience has been odd here as well lately. At least 3 times recently I've had two deliveries per day. I go to the mailbox to get my mail and then 3 or 4 hours later, there's more mail there! Like the mail person is losing his or her mind.
ReplyDeleteLove the Great British Baking Show. I binged on it one September a couple years ago. I watched it alone though. My wife is baffled about why anyone would want to competitively bake. It stresses her out.
I'm also a fan of the Great British Baking Show. I've watched four seasons in the last three months, but all of them were hosted by Mel and Sue. I watched the intro to another season and the hosts changed and I haven't been back to check it out yet. I'm sure they're great, but I haven't been brave enough to give them a try yet.
ReplyDeleteThe Great British Baking Show is always on the first "continue watching" spot on our Netflix account, because my best friend and brother love that show. I've never seen it before.
ReplyDeleteAnother fan of the GBBS here, and I'm slowly working through the latest seasons. I'm an amateur baker myself, so it's quite fun to watch though I'd never want to be in their shoes.
ReplyDeleteThat Josh guy needs to get his act together and blog more. Slacker.
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