How does this bluey thing work

[NOmeansNO]

so,

i asked if he wanted a bluey/email thing and he says i need to go onto a website and it send them to him.

how does this work? i asked him if i needed any special id number or just his name and i got sent back his "details"

total goobledeegook.

pile of number with his surname in middle. and bfpo number at the end.

which do i need for what

what exactly is a bluey.

and he wants parcel? how big and which part of "details do i need"

and how often should i bluey and how often send parcel.

and how big is parcel usually? shoe box size?

lol. awww bless ya, need to take DS to get some for DP being away.

RAF welfare used to do a really nice kiddies pack with bits for them to colour and send and stickers and all sorts - not sure if it is still available but if you are of the light blue persuasion may be worth asking at the HIVE

Well i sent my first ebluey. It seemed to go ok. I got a wee report back saying it had been received at thart bfpo after about a day and a half. How long can it take for him to physically receive it once there?

mrs snaplegs, it is still available, the kids blueys are in a book called hello from home and my dd's think its brilliant

nomeansno, depends how busy they are i would imagine, my dh isnt in afghan so probably quieter but he got his first on the next day, did you notice you can put pictures in them? im just figuring this all out too, thanks for your post

yeah, i put a picture of me stroking a goat!

should make him laugh! first line of my letter under it was.

"like my goat stroking"

:o ooh I might just have to sign up to the eblueys if they're that quick?

I usually ebluey at the end of my day. He usually gets it sometime before our teatime the next day. I think they get delivered to his accommodation rather than his daytime location, so he gets it when he finishes work but I am not certain about that at all.

It will also depends where he is. Ask him in your ebluey tonight when he got yesterdays.

DTM, go for it. They are that quick.

how about them sending back thou, where DP is they've only just set up the welfare internet - which is dial up apparently & keeps crashing - I assume everyone's doing the same? so far we're using the snail post but both of us are yet to recieve one. (plus he's out in the middle of sea so not sure if it would still be as quick?)

well, I dont think the trouble will be in the receiving, he mentionned he wasn't sure how easy it would be to get the pc access to reply.

how does it work when they come back to camp(is that the right term)

do they need to get pc access while everyone else is trying to get it to write back too?

Oh, I don't know DTM and NmN.

DH is in a place with good comms facilities so it isn't a problem for him. Some have managed to Skype even. We haven't though.

dhisaway - nah, nothing like that i think is gonna be on the cards. He was telling me last time he was there he had the odd guard duty where there would be him, couple of other guys and a fancy radio, and thats pretty much it for days in the middle of nowhere. but i dunno, he is in a different area this time. might get a reply soon enough.

sorry im in a similar position to dhisaway (wondering if they're in the same place!) so hes just been emailing back.

hope you hear back soon no

nmn XH was the same pretty much constant on the MSN (pre FB days lol) and or email.

DP has been in touch tonight (bless him the phone bill will be huge!) he confirmed kiwi would need the net to send one back so it maybe a while before he gets yours/you get one back depending on his access.

We're so far managing on welfare minutes of half hour & DP's phone. he has wifi when they pull alongside which isn't often, however fingers crossed that will all change soon so we may well have some improved comms. YAY!