VocalNeal Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I feel sorry for the mailmen. Not to mention DHL, UPS, FeDex to mention just a few. Please send your comments to Mike at 10110. It'll get to me wherever I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecooper Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Before you all get so hot under the collar moaning about the people that made this decision, perhaps you'd like to check today's date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Before you all get so hot under the collar moaning about the people that made this decision, perhaps you'd like to check today's date? At last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaMaximaCulpa Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 (edited) Before anyone else mention the word stupid, perhaps it is a good idea to check the calendar? Just beat me to it Edited April 1, 2008 by MeaMaximaCulpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHM Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 What's the date today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsiaCheese Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 :D :D :D Hey you lot -- anyone looked at the calendar today? Because: it's the day Immigration introduces the 1-year-visa lottery too. And I heard about visa-run coupon booklets, where you get the 11th visa run for free. I'm not sure about this one, but rumour has it that the smoking ban will be lifted in certain selected go-go's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shah Jahan Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Before anyone else mention the word stupid, perhaps it is a good idea to check the calendar?Just beat me to it no fun, why confound the issue with facts. mods please delete all offending posts attempting to be sensible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangMaiMike Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Talk about Stupid. Is it the 1st of April or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsiaCheese Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Uhuuuu I've been to explicit -- I've been censored :D << >> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vulcan Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Err - it is April the 1st eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Anywhere else in the world the zip code identifies the area. In theory if you just write the number and the name of the road or street and the zip code the letter (or whatever is being sent) will reach it's intended destination. No need to show Boston, New York, Chicago, Paddington, etc. Surely they will have to replace zip codes by postcodes first. Portable postcodes would work in the UK but for the fact that the first part identifies the region, which can be nearly as large as an amphoe. Many large offices in the UK already have their own postcode. As to the point about multiple postcodes in a single building, note that if you move from one building to another you cannot take your phone number plus extension number with you. I'm sure the same would apply to portable postcodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 "It's yet another step to modernize our postal system and satisfy our customers." How about doing something about all the "missing" post instead. That would modernize and satisfy no end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chobthum Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 guys, I love this one 2008-04-01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niclas666 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 What day is it today??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seneque Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 well ... i'll keep my pobox number then .... if i want to have a chance to have the mail delivered ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canopus1969 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Well done George - got me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfchandler Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 The telephone number portability thing, mentioned as background in the article, seems great and has already been doing elsewhere outside of Thailand. But the zip code thing seems stupid, and I don't get it. Companies can save money by not having to re-print stationery when they move???? How can they do that? Some business moves to a new location...and they keep using their old stationery with their old street address???? How does that help anything??? Customers will be showing up at their closed Silom address, when in fact they've moved to Sukhumvit. But the company won't have to change its zip code????? Of course any business moving would need to update their info with their NEW STREET ADDRESS. SILLY!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenside Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 (edited) Errr... what's the date today? Edited April 1, 2008 by Greenside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSnake Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Great sound like some IT process. Hope it works . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 (edited) But the zip code thing seems stupid, and I don't get it. Companies can save money by not having to re-print stationery when they move???? How can they do that? Some business moves to a new location...and they keep using their old stationery with their old street address???? How does that help anything??? Customers will be showing up at their closed Silom address, when in fact they've moved to Sukhumvit. But the company won't have to change its zip code????? Of course any business moving would need to update their info with their NEW STREET ADDRESS.SILLY!!! Name plus postcode works for colleges in the UK. House number plus postcode also works in the UK, but it's a bit tough on the postman making the delivery. The letters for his walk are not split up by postcode, so he has to work out which street addresses with the postcode are on. For a big business, taking the postcode with them would be a permanent method of redirecting mail. In theory, mail addressed to the Silom office would automatically be directed to the post office for the appropriate part of Sukhumvit Road, rather than being routed via say the Patpong post office. However, this needs postcodes, not zip codes. Edited April 1, 2008 by Richard W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajah Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 So how many digits will the zip code have in the future if every citizen has one? It'slike if the social security number in the States becomes the modern zip code. Together with the ban on military fashion two wonderful highlights in LOS. Just unbelievable....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Why stop with postcodes? Why not have portable addresses as well? Well, that would make sense if you just moved from one end of the soi to another. Indeed, if it is possible to rationalise the house numbers on a soi, it already ought to be possible to do that. (The same goes for house number in a village.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakegeee Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 So if the zipcode doesn't any longer have anything to do with a specific "geographical" area, what IS IT for? If it doesn't say anything about the location a parcel is going, why put it on the package? The persons name is already on the package, so I guess the zipcode will just "give honour to the name", just make the name look more "high-so"! Wow! ...it just doesn't make sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 So if the zipcode doesn't any longer have anything to do with a specific "geographical" area, what IS IT for? If it doesn't say anything about the location a parcel is going, why put it on the package? The persons name is already on the package, so I guess the zipcode will just "give honour to the name", just make the name look more "high-so"! To use a person's name, all mail would have to be addressed to someone at their registered residence. Apart from that, think of it as a virtual postcode, just like a virtual memory address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemaniac Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I think Thailand Post's new slogan, "Go Postal" says it all. After all, that's what they call it in the US when a mailman goes mad and kills his co-workers, which I could see happening after he has trudged a package up four flights of stairs in a BKK building only to find that the resident has moved to Chon Buri. What, are the three stooges running the postal service here. Mobile phones are MOBILE, but you can't carry an address with you. Fortunately, this inane notion faces an uphill battle in Parliament where I hope sane minds will prevail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 The subtlety works best.. Wonder what date everyone will officially 'go postal' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manutoo Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I even heard from a very reliable source that they would even probably open a stock exchange especially for the zip codes, so if you currently have a lucky zip code (ie: 7777), you will be able to sell it on the market to someone looking for luck..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animatic Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 "A zip code is a badge of honor, an emblem symbolizing a citizen's place in the demographic, rather than geographic, landscape." This is warped for sure. Badge of Honor???? HUH! It' is a postal district or region nothing more. This must be the same guy who decided "street address #s will be given out in the order that they come into the Tessaban office', not based on 'a logical number of zoned of plots along a streets length'. I lived in 11/15 right next to 11/22 which was next to 11/34 11/14 was 2 km away and I never found 11/16 in two years. Postmen must memorize their local routes. Delivery guys are on their own, no telephone = no delivery. Now they are expected to peruse a database for EVERY parcel or letter to match the Postal Patron with NEW postal location for their traveling Zipcode... Besides it being SLOW, SLOW, SLOW, it would also mean a computer network of gigantic size working perfectly 24/7 and a staff who knows it down cold. Even if ALL letters were stamped with a personal barcode this still would be a horror. I hope the guy that thought AND ANOUNCED this up ain't so senior that someone can tell him; ain't working, forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBlondie Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 There was a hit show based on Beverly Hills 90210. My daughter lives in 78209, the most prestigious old-money neighborhood of Texas. She even has 09 in her email name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davejonesbkk Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 They are hoping to issue the first portable zip codes by April 30, 2008. So they aren't starting today then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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