Thursday, April 10, 2008

Spring, Snow and Hunting Fedex


"Whoa! Hold the phone - what's that... Yellow? The colour yellow on the weather forecast?!"
This was my brain's inner monologue this afternoon as a co-worker excitedly sent me a link, which lead me to the weather prediction for this weekend. Sunny and a top of... 16? Well, either my climate-control/doomsday machine is finally kicking into gear, or we've got ourselves a weekend of sun, finally.
To show you how excited I am, I've posted two images, one of the weather widget and it's magical forecast, and the other of a small duck, because... well who doesn't like unjustified garp.
Trust me, when winter goes for 4 months and - rains - every - single - day... you get a little beyond excitement. Any glimpse of sunlight is a good thing, the whole city will be talking about it right now. (Should I find this all strange?)

Anyway, in other news, last weekend I had the pleasure of playing host to my big bro and his girlfriend. The visit was more than overdue, and we all had a fantastic week together, ending on the last day with a trip to Grouse Mountain. We arrived at midday and were overcome with a snowstorm, which is not unusual for Grouse, but it is unusual for this time of year (being mid-April). It was a beautiful sight though, and was also the first time Lauren had seen proper snow. We hung out on the mountain-top for the rest of the day and amused ourselves with the mini ice-rink and snowball fights, then headed back down for dinner. The following morning we were all up bright and early at 5:45 so they could head off to the airport & back to Aus.


After they left I returned to my hunt. I'm hunting the elusive Fedex delivery man who seems to show up only when I'm not at home, then leave notes telling me just that in less than 4 words (his method - as I've discovered on my travels, tracking him step by step - is tick-boxes.. ingenious)..
I don't really understand their system to be honest. Does it not occur to them that most of the population is working at 1:00pm on a Monday? Supposedly not. At any rate, he's got some stuff I ordered through eBay, and I'll be collecting it shortly or I'll be training the eye of my infini-ray 3000 on his truck, and nobody wants another K-T Extinction Event let me tell you (I've asked around).

Finally, and most briefly, jimzip.com will be back very shortly, please stay tuned, and thanks for your patience!

Cheers all,

Jimzip :D

5 thoughts are now mine:

D_DAWG said...

Hey Jimmy,
What did warrick think of the new pad?


oh yea.. Is there any chance your fed ex guy related to my dry cleaner?

D-DAWG ;)

Jimzip said...

lol! So funny! I rang them up today and the girl is all:
"We couldn't deliver your package!"
Me: "Well.. I work.. like most other people."
"Well we'll try again, can we confirm your address?"
Me: "The address isn't the problem here.. Can he make a delivery at a certain time? Or can he deliver it after 6:00 or on a weekend?"
"We're open 9-5 Mon-Fri. If you'd like to come and pick it up we're open until 8:00 weeknights."
Me: "Pick it up?"
"We're in Richmond.." End conversation.

I mean.. honestly, what is a delivery company as big as Fedex doing? 'Bollocks!' I say to their 'Opening hours!'

/rant

Good to hear from you once again D-DAWG (which, I'm glad you're using.. makes me proud *tear*)
Now that the global venture is over, you should write a new blog! Come on, do it! I'd like to hear your valiant efforts at getting Steph's computer de-fragged, or a mysterious adventure through Melbourne at night - drunk - with friends.
Eh? ;)

Jimzip :D

Luke said...

Hahaha - I've just been through the exact same thing. With my bulldog membership, they send you a free hat etc. but you need to be at home between 9-5 mon-fri which I'm not. So it gets held at the post office - which is open for collections from 9-5 mon-fri. Does no one else spot the problem?!!! But jokes on them, I look stupid in hats! :)

Anonymous said...

Man this weekend was scorching hot...'twas almost t-shirt and shorts weather, no? Kind of matches the new theme over at jimzip.com!

-Creeper

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