From owner-freebsd-chat Tue May 6 12:20:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA29548 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 6 May 1997 12:20:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blue.bad.bris.ac.uk (blue.bad.bris.ac.uk [137.222.132.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA29531 for ; Tue, 6 May 1997 12:20:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 18302 invoked by uid 57242); 6 May 1997 19:22:07 -0000 Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 20:22:06 +0100 (BST) From: Aled Treharne Reply-To: felix@royal.net To: Robin Melville cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: And now for something completely different In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 6 May 1997, Robin Melville wrote: > PS. be happy to tape them, but you'll have to get the conversion done > yourself. However, I've never yet had a tape/floppy get through customs > X-ray/general handling without being erased. > I've found that if you wrap the offending object in bubble-wrap, then an envelope and put on the envelope something scarily technical like: "Magnetic Data Storage Media enclosed - DO NOT X-RAY! For details on contents please contact: " They'll be too scared and won't x-ray it. I have had several phone calls from HM Customs (UK) asking me what was in the package, but after telling them they usually say ok, and let it through unharmed. Dunno if anyone else has any experience of other countries' Customs. BTW, on the subject of Channel 4, I would like to thank whoever it was that pointed out the difference between Wales, England and the UK, although I'm not sure of their comment! :) S4C (the Welsh version of Channel 4) is a *very* alternative channel with some very strange things on late at night ( like The Word - a pathetic attempt at combining after-watershed events and a talkshow). I haven't watched a lot of Channel 4, so I can't comment on it, but S4C is mainly Welsh language programs. Aled Treharne felix@royal.net "Big Bird meets Salvador Dali has been brought to you by the numbers L and ), and by the letter 3." For PGP Public key finger taff@blue.bad.bris.ac.uk