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It's a sad reflection on modern life that I am delighted and not a little surprised to receive a really good service. But let's not dwell on that - I want to congratulate Supastamps

I wanted a self-inking stamp for the back of some Xmas cards I am making to sell more of my photos, and Google turned up a number of web sites. I looked at several, and this one made me feel happy and confident of their service: they explained more about how clear the stamp would be, and what I needed to do to prepare the artwork, than any of their competitors, and best of all, there was next day delivery if you ordered by 3pm.

Having completed my order at 2.52 yesterday afternoon, I was delighted to receive my stamp today - and a neat device it is. They said the resolution was equivalent to 600 DPI, and indeed it is - as crisp and lovely as an original print.

This is what I bought with this design in it (larger than life!) :

And these are my wintry card designs:

I'm going to try selling some at the Colyton Christmas fair next Wednesday - wish me luck!

... by the footer of a spam message I just received:

Note: That this is not one of those Benin repulic du cotonou west African scams that all they are after is to ripe you off your money and at the end you wil not receive your funds, but note that this is no scam and is directly from the Management of Western Union Money Transfer United Kingdom Head Office and our Motto is To Serve You Better. Contact us on our website on http://www.westernunion.co.uk (wunion6@googlemail.com) also note that you would be responsible for any payment that is needed for the transfer of your funds into your nominated bank account or at the counter directly from the Western Union Transferring Bank.

"This is not Benin spam, this is prime M&S Nigerian scam"

It beggars belief that anyone could think such illiterate drivel could possibly come from a bank, or that a bank would have a Googlemail account. I know some folk are gullible - but really!

Borrowed from Kevin Wilson:

As I promise penguins in my header, I thought I'd like to see it here. And good news on the pottery penguin front - I've just sold a family to someone in Cambridgeshire, so they are all being bubble-wrapped ready for their dangerous journey!

From the web site of US President Elect Barack Obama: (click to see full-sized):

Thanks to my chum Marlene over on the DTP Forum for spotting this. Brilliant!