[78-L] Help Requested For Foreign Shipping Rates

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Bunting" <alanbuntinguk at yahoo.com>
> Very interesting!
> UK Royal Mail clearly state that no package weighing more than 2kg may be 
> sent to Canada by either Air OR Surface mail (see bottom of these pages):
> http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?mediaId=53800712&catId=400036
> and
> http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?mediaId=400393&catId=400037
> Why this exclusion should apply only to Canada is a complete mystery to me 
> but it must be something to do with those pesky Canadians as Royal Mail 
> are never slow in extracting as much money as they can from us.
>
Hmm-m-m-m-m...?
2kg = 4.4 lbs. = (+/-) 8.8 78's (I assume the .8 is either the remains of a 
broken 78,
or a 9-inch (Emerson? UK Crown?!) which logically counts as .81 phonorecord
(the .01 factor could be used against inherent inaccuracies...?!)

My guess is that this limitation was put in place to prevent us Canucks from
receiving bombs in the mail...or at least LARGE bombs containgt more than
4.4 lbs of explosive...?!

...stevenc