Re: help

On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Adrian Morgan wrote:

> Padraic Brown wrote, quoting myself:
>
> > >> >I am, by now, quite seriously worried about where my order has got to.
> > >
> > >Tuesday week-and-a-half ago. Airmail specified. It takes about a week for
> > >post to get from here to there.
> >
> > That is a bit overdue! Still, it can take a while for things to show
> > up even by domestic mail. Personally, I wouldn't be too worried until
> > about two weeks or so had passed.
>
> All I know is that when I've ordered things from America, I've often
> received the item a fortnight later. That means it must take one week
> each way.
When I was sending tons of international mail to and from South Korea
(which is practically on the opposite side of the world from the U.S.),
it would take 7-10 days one way.

> BTW, as part of an assignment for "Advanced Professional English", I am
> currently trying quantum mechanics to the average reader of a computer
> magazine in 1500 words. It's an interesting challenge!
I can imagine!  :-)

YHL