Comments on: Toys! http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/toys/ falling indelibly into the past Fri, 16 May 2008 20:47:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/toys/#comment-1004 KF Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:41:03 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=473#comment-1004 <p>Trying to maintain the caution in cautious optimism:  the packages passed through the Los Angeles and Hacienda Heights sorting facilities this morning, and are listed as on a truck for delivery.  This is the part that I’ve gotten screwed on before, so I’m working very hard on not holding my breath.  Nonetheless, I think I’m going to go work in the office this afternoon… </p> Trying to maintain the caution in cautious optimism:  the packages passed through the Los Angeles and Hacienda Heights sorting facilities this morning, and are listed as on a truck for delivery.  This is the part that I’ve gotten screwed on before, so I’m working very hard on not holding my breath.  Nonetheless, I think I’m going to go work in the office this afternoon…

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/toys/#comment-1003 KF Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:02:53 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=473#comment-1003 <p>I know.  I’ve gotten screwed on optimism about FedEx Ground’s on time deliveries before.  And particularly to Crookshank Hall, which apparently has an address that doesn’t exist.  I’m trying to remain negative in my assumption of the arrival of the toys before the departure of me, but I’m having a hard time. </p> <p> Or I was, until this morning, when bloglines updated my package tracking pages to say, in effect, we’ve got your packages!  Fully 24 hours after they were picked up.  If it takes 24 hours to get from Apple to the sorting facility in Sacramento, it seems to me there’s not much chance of them getting from Sacramento to me in another 48. </p> I know.  I’ve gotten screwed on optimism about FedEx Ground’s on time deliveries before.  And particularly to Crookshank Hall, which apparently has an address that doesn’t exist.  I’m trying to remain negative in my assumption of the arrival of the toys before the departure of me, but I’m having a hard time.

Or I was, until this morning, when bloglines updated my package tracking pages to say, in effect, we’ve got your packages!  Fully 24 hours after they were picked up.  If it takes 24 hours to get from Apple to the sorting facility in Sacramento, it seems to me there’s not much chance of them getting from Sacramento to me in another 48.

]]> By: jonathan http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/toys/#comment-1002 jonathan Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:18:34 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=473#comment-1002 <p>Be wary of fedex ground. </p> <p> It’s not really fedex, and they’re notorious for problematic deliveries. </p> Be wary of fedex ground.

It’s not really fedex, and they’re notorious for problematic deliveries.

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