Blind 1-4-1 fossil or mineral trade

[PFOOLEY]

11 hours ago, minnbuckeye said:

Thanks so much @PFOOLEY!!!

You are welcome.

 

[Nimravis]

7 hours ago, Darktooth said:

Wow! Is that a turtle shell?

Yes- Stylemus from the Oligocene of South Dakota.

[Tidgy's Dad]

15 hours ago, caldigger said:

A Stylemys nebrascenis tortoise I believe.

Great gift, that's stunning! 

But not as stunning as Tidgy.

(don't want her getting jealous).  

[caldigger]

She's probably thinking how morbid we are getting excited about digging up her ancestors.

[Tidgy's Dad]

1 minute ago, caldigger said:

She's probably thinking how morbid we are getting excited about digging up her ancestors.

Probably why the Mock Turtle was crying all the time. 

[Miocene_Mason]

2 hours ago, caldigger said:

She's probably thinking how morbid we are getting excited about digging up her ancestors.

I’d be excited digging up an ancient Hominid...

[Tidgy's Dad]

2 hours ago, WhodamanHD said:

I’d be excited digging up an ancient Hominid...

I have to do this every morning when i get wifey out of bed. 

[oldtimer]

12 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

I have to do this every morning when i get wifey out of bed. 

 

Oh lord,,,   Hope she does not read that. 

[oldtimer]

Now that Tortoise is awesome and well worth the wait.

I am afraid to do a blind trade as I have nothing yet that could equal such a worthy trade. You guys are awesome to each other.

[Tidgy's Dad]

1 hour ago, oldtimer said:

 

Oh lord,,,   Hope she does not read that. 

OW !

OW  ! 

Ow !

My poor nose! 

I think she just did. 

[Seaforth]

Still no sight of my fossil sent to CBOB?

 

Slowly starting to get worried.......

 

 

[caldigger]

3 hours ago, Seaforth said:

Still no sight of my fossil sent to CBOB?

 

Slowly starting to get worried.......

 

 

Humm, let's see. He lives in Illinois, so knowing how screwy the postal system has been lately, I would say the package probably had to go to Thailand via Chile. Then onto some obscure postal warehouse in the States where it has to sit and properly age for a bit.

The warehouse might even be walking distance from CBOB's house, but once released,  it will take a week of travelling to get there and have zero new updated tracking in between.

Thats just how they roll these days.

[indominus rex]

I wonder when will I receive my package and when will @Tidgy's Dad receive his? Should be receiving it this week. Quite excited.

[VTinNorthAB]

4 hours ago, Seaforth said:

Still no sight of my fossil sent to CBOB?

 

Slowly starting to get worried.......

 

 

 

I share the same sentiment....mine hasn’t arrived either...

 

Sadly, my trade to @Tidgy's Dad hasn’t either

[Tidgy's Dad]

1 hour ago, VTinNorthAB said:

 

I share the same sentiment....mine hasn’t arrived either...

 

Sadly, my trade to @Tidgy's Dad hasn’t either

Neither of mine have arrived. 

Most upsetting. 

Haven't had a problem with post for eleven years! 

Still hopeful. 

And at least your other lovely gifts got here. 

Thanks, Victoria. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

1 hour ago, indominus rex said:

I wonder when will I receive my package and when will @Tidgy's Dad receive his? Should be receiving it this week. Quite excited.

Yes, hopefully we'll get ours this week, or possibly next.

All my outbound fossil parcels have arrived safely and in good time thus far. 

[Seaforth]

19 hours ago, caldigger said:

Humm, let's see. He lives in Illinois, so knowing how screwy the postal system has been lately, I would say the package probably had to go to Thailand via Chile. Then onto some obscure postal warehouse in the States where it has to sit and properly age for a bit.

The warehouse might even be walking distance from CBOB's house, but once released,  it will take a week of travelling to get there and have zero new updated tracking in between.

Thats just how they roll these days.

Oh wow :-) that does nothing to sooth my worried Dutch mind :-)

Still, over many years of sending & recieving packages to & from USA I have never had a parcel lost yet.

I have had parcels reach their destination in a weeks time and sometimes a humble letter taking 3 months to arrive.

So I am confident it will hit CBOBS doormat sometime soon.

 

 

 

 

[Seaforth]

18 hours ago, VTinNorthAB said:

 

I share the same sentiment....mine hasn’t arrived either...

 

Sadly, my trade to @Tidgy's Dad hasn’t either

Glad to see I am not the only one still anxiously waiting to hear if parcel has been received.

Always a tad worried that such a thing might ruin a mans reputation in the trading business :-)

[caldigger]

The postal workers are still scratching their heads trying to figure out how to deliver a package addressed to:

 

Tidgy's Dad

Third camel stall to the left

Fes, Morocco

[Tidgy's Dad]

45 minutes ago, caldigger said:

The postal workers are still scratching their heads trying to figure out how to deliver a package addressed to:

 

Tidgy's Dad

Third camel stall to the left

Fes, Morocco

Well, they've got safely to that address for the last 11 years or so.

It's the new postman.

I think he's frightened of camels. 

Or Tidgy. 

[caldigger]

Tidgy: the original attack tortoise.

Very frightening and aggressive, but out runnable on your hands and knees.

[Tidgy's Dad]

11 minutes ago, caldigger said:

Tidgy: the original attack tortoise.

Very frightening and aggressive, but out runnable on your hands and knees.

She's sweet, gentle and adorable, but my postman's pantophobic. 

[Bobby Rico]

Just now, Tidgy's Dad said:

She's sweet, gentle and adorable, but my postman's pantophobic. 

By the sounds of things , I think Tidgy could easily out run your postman. 

[Nimravis]

6 hours ago, Seaforth said:

Glad to see I am not the only one still anxiously waiting to hear if parcel has been received.

Always a tad worried that such a thing might ruin a mans reputation in the trading business :-)

I always worry about shipping, especially International-That is why I always PM a pic of the package and receipt with the tracking number- if it is International, I also include a pic of the Custom form.

[caldigger]

It always causes a bit of anxiety to relinquish possession of items to a chain of unknown people and circumstances.  The only relief is when the other party declares the have recieved it.

I swear, lately our postal system could hand the packages over to a group of monkeys and have just as easy of a time getting the goods to the proper recipient.

I just had a package arrive at my local post office yesterday and today they are saying it is in transit to said post office. One step forward, two steps back!