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Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - Mike Kieran - 08-27-2013
How did you attach it in word? I have blank waybills that fit on one page.
Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - Mike Kieran - 08-27-2013
I attached two files for blank waybills. Let's seeeeee........
Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - teejay - 08-27-2013
I don't have Win Office and wouldn't buy it just for the exchange ...I would have to do it manually .
T
Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - jwb - 08-27-2013
I was able to download the doc file and save it as rtf, so that I could open it in MS Word Pad. However, the software here doesn't allow upload of rtf, which is just the generic version of MS Word and is Word compatible. Can a moderator weigh in on whether anything could be done to allow the Big Blue software to upload rtf files?
I'm wondering too, though, if the waybill pattern Mike uploaded in Word might be simplified -- the weigh data, for instance, wouldn't be needed for a model.
Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - jwb - 08-27-2013
Someone has also raised the question of how much shipping would cost. If it's a few bucks, that's OK, but in other cases, it could be over $10, which would be out of line. I agree with those price ranges.
This wasn't discussed when we did the first try on this last year. I find the USPS site very confusing and hard to understand (typical, I guess). However, I was playing around with the idea of mailing a 10-ounce parcel from LA to New Jersey and got a low price of $5,80 for a priority mail 2-day flat rate box. The site suggests First Class Mail Parcel would be available at 3.26 (it qualifies for packages under 13 ounces. An HO freight car is in the 4-5 ounce range.)
I don't know what would be involved in sending packages to Canada or any other country. Any observations, suggestions, or experience would be most helpful.
Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - Mike Kieran - 08-27-2013
We can download OpenOffice.org for free and use that for waybills.
Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - teejay - 08-27-2013
I can only speak for the mailing I did from Canada several years back on the RRL forum exchange and it was pretty reasonable for light weight stuff . For the ones coming to me from the U.S it was also reasonable ....I should go to the post office and check on the latest costs .
T
Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - Ralph - 08-27-2013
jwb Wrote:...Ralph, are you in?...
I'm in!
Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - Mike Kieran - 08-27-2013
According to the US Postal Service, First Class costs US$8.55 for a small 8 ounce package.
Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - Mike Kieran - 08-27-2013
Open Office can be downloaded for free at http://www.openoffice.org/download/.
Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - Ralph - 08-27-2013
Not to be a Luddite Mike but can you describe how we'd use that with the waybills? I guess I imagined sending a paper form. Get me up to date. Is OpenOffice something we'd all have access to like sharing files?
Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - Charlie B - 08-27-2013
Ralph, Open office is an open source office program much like MS Office, but it is free, and will work with many office programs and spreadsheets.
Charlie
Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - Mike Kieran - 08-27-2013
Once downloaded, it could be shared like Office Word documents.
Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - Puddlejumper - 08-28-2013
I would be willing to join in this round if you guys don't mind me posting photos of your equipment on a completely unscenicked and otherwise very incomplete layout. I love the idea of seeing one of my cars on your layouts, and your cars on mine.
Dave
Re: Interest In Tour Car or Car Exchange? - Mike Kieran - 08-28-2013
Dave, have you seen pictures of my layout? It's dioramas for now.