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Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from community to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 个月前

What's the longest distance you've sent a letter or package?

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What's the longest distance you've sent a letter or package?

Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from community to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 个月前
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  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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    Probably returns to China.

    My father once had a funny digital realisation when he (German) phoned his German friend from Australia while not knowing that said friend was in Australia as well.

    So the call went from Australia to Germany to look for the German phone and roaming back down to Australia to make the connection. I wonder if the actual signal traveled to Germany and back to Australia or if it is routed locally after establishing where every participant is.

    • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from communityOP
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      Hopefully he didn’t have to pay the long distance fee.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    I’m living in western Europe and my family is in Australia, so any letters go a long, long, long way.

    • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from communityOP
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      What brought you so far across the world?

      • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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        A tale as old as time. A girl.

        • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from communityOP
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          It’s certainly one I see a lot. Though I for one couldn’t imagine having a BF traverse the world for me. Imagine if it didn’t work out or stand the test of time.

  • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com
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    Maple cookies from Canada to Romania

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      I didn’t know you could send cookies internationally like that.

      • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com
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        Standard parcel containing snacks. Cost almost $40

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.net
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    I had a pen pal in Australia when I (an American) was in elementary school.

    • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from communityOP
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      Do you two still communicate?

  • vu2tum@lemmy.radio
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    India to Chile ~17000 km. Sent QSL via post to ham radio stations I worked last year.

  • Ⓜ3️⃣3️⃣ 🌌@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Canada to Congo via France. Not exactly a straight line. Even if we all agree that earth is flat 🤣

    • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from communityOP
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      Why via France though?

      • Ⓜ3️⃣3️⃣ 🌌@lemmy.sdf.org
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        Yes, because it was impossible to get a fair price for a direct delivery, or any solution at all.

  • andrewta@lemmy.world
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    Letter from central Minnesota US to Australia. Sent it to a friend

    • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from communityOP
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      I’ve been noticing here Australia tends to be popular as a mailing destination.

  • DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone
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    Australia to Europe, or Australia to United States

    • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from communityOP
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      I’m surprised at all the Australian answers here.

      • anothermember@lemmy.zip
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        Why the surprise? My first thought on seeing this was there must be a lot of Australia or New Zealand answers due to the relative geographic isolation of Australia and New Zealand in relation to the rest of the first world.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    Germany to the US (California). An order for a software update.

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    not I but my wife used to make custom my little ponies and many sold in europe for some reason.

    • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from communityOP
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      2D art or do you mean like figurines?

      • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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        she modified actual mlp toys.

  • Libb@jlai.lu
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    Like many I imagine: China to where I live (France), back in those days when I ordered too much useless crap online.

  • CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world
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    I used to sign up for a penpal thing where we would exchange letters written with a typewriter. One of the guys I wrote to was in Switzerland, we exchanged a couple letters but then he stopped responding.

    Maybe I should try doing that again, it was fun.

    • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from communityOP
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      Why specifically a typewriter?

      • CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world
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        It’s part of a typewriter discord group I’m in. We’re all looking for excuses to use our typewriters, so writing letters to each other seems logical.

  • Oriion@jlai.lu
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    A few letters to my family for Christmas/New year from Japan to France while I was there for an exchange.

  • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I used to run an Etsy shop that shipped everywhere from Australia to Europe, so probably Australia

    • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from communityOP
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      Australia seems to be a surprisingly popular answer here.

  • fedev@lemmy.world
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    Argentina to Malaysia

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