Offer In Form Of A Fax: Fill & Download for Free

A flight attendant delivered a FAX message to me. Heck, I didn’t know that planes could receive FAX messages (late 90’s).She stopped by my seat, checking the row and seat number, then politely queried “Mr. Picard?”. “Yes”, I said. “I have a FAX message for you sir”.Although she wasn’t being loud, she wasn’t exactly whispering. I could tell people around me were as surprised and curious as I was. I mean, who gets a FAX on a plane?She handed me the FAX, or mini-FAX since the shiny, curly paper looked like an express lane grocery receipt. After reading, she asked if I had a reply. I jotted a few words and handed it back, thanking her.I could tell people around me were surreptitiously watching or listening in case I chose to explain this bizarre message. As it turned out, it was about me being an idiot.I was a regular on this commuter flight between Ottawa and NYC (2-3 trips per month for several years). The same Newark attendants worked the check-in, gate, and lounge, so most knew me by name. The bartender in the frequent flyer lounge sent the FAX, offering to courier my forgotten credit card, or hold it until I picked it up.I was quite enjoying my brief notoriety and the slightly guilty pleasure of having everyone around me wonder who I was, and what was so important. I was also embarrassed about my flub so I said nothing and went back to my laptop.The mystery surpassed the truth.Update: I picked up my card the following week, allowing me to thank the attendant in person, and convey my satisfaction to her manager.Update: Small changes, 2nd appeal. Finally un-collapsed. Thanx Quora.

In 2016 I was dealing with an American company about transferring share ownership after my husband had passed away when they asked me to fax some documents to them. I was in disbelief and told them that didn’t even know where to find a fax machine nowadays, as even my workplace had stopped using them about ten years ago. I offered to scan the document and email it to them as a PDF . No dice. In the end I had to use snail mail.

Building the new LinkedIn Logo in LEGO bricks for the Mountain View lobby required me to buy a huge number of specific bricks in the same color. I discovered through this process that there are several options, each with limitations & constraints:1) LEGO.com: You can order up to 999 of a single brick from Lego.com. This is useful because you can order any brick in production. Limitations are that you cannot order bricks that are out of production, and fulfillment times are often 10-15 business days for large orders.2) Fax an order to LEGO. The LinkedIn logo required over 5,000 blue 2x8 bricks as the primary component of the construction. For large, detailed orders you can call the LEGO store at 1-800-835-4386, and they will give you a fax number for the order. Unfortunately, fulfillment times here depend on brick type - I ended up waiting 6-7 weeks for some components of the order. Also, LEGO seems to have no concept of shipping notifications or tracking for orders placed this way.3) Local LEGO stores "Pick a Brick". I used both the Valley Fair and Hillsborough stores to acquire bricks at times. You can buy bricks three ways: a small cup for $7.99, a large cup for $14.99, and an entire box for $70. As you can imagine, you are somewhat limited by your ability (or patience) in terms of cramming different brick types into containers. Most clerks will tell you that you can't buy bricks by the box - they are mistaken. Ask to talk to a manager, and they will sell you a box, but only if they have more than one in the back. They are not allowed to sell "the last box."The biggest limitation of this approach is that not only do stores not stock all brick types or colors, they also have no ability to "special order" Pick-a-Brick bricks. They get fulfillment once a week, and have no control over which bricks they receive. The trick is to call ahead, and be flexible with your design to adapt to the bricks they do have.4) Bricklink. I used Bricklink in a few pinches where I needed a small number of a specific brick, particularly bricks that weren't offered on LEGO.com. For example, getting 20-30 small 1x2 tiles to finish off the base edges of the lettering. Bricklink is relatively slow on fulfillment, and it's common to get bricks that are discolored by age or cleaning. This means they may not match other orders of a similar brick. It's also very hard to get large orders of many brick types & colors.Overall, for the LinkedIn in LEGO project I purchased approximately 12,000+ bricks. 8,000 I was able to get over 7-8 weeks from a Fax order to LEGO. I purchased over 4,000 from local LEGO stores, and maybe a few hundred from BrickLink.If you're interested in the final result, feel free to check my blog post on the project here:http://blog.adamnash.com/2011/08/30/building-linkedin-in-lego-bricks/