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Smalltown America Boombox• Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack
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A Day In The Life Of An STA Order

Once you have placed your order, it arrives next to a sowing machine under the watchful eye of the STA QC Boglin.

Next, your order is made up of the choicest blend of independent music, and stored on a contemporary Ikea pine storage unit for a fuller flavour. When it is ripe and ready, it is carefully picked and prepared for packing.

Once your order has been selected, it is lovingly placed into the finest Mail Lite™ padded envelope, and sealed with a tender self-adhesive strip

Following the picking and packing process, your order embarks on a journey along Reading's famous Oxford Road, carried in the frequently moisturised hands of an STA worker.

Here is a man on a horse, wearing a silly hat.

The next stage of your order's journey begins here, at the Post Office.

It is delicately weighed...

...and then garnished with its postal mark, painstakingly crafted by the Post Office's owner, Jas Singh.

This is Jas. He is a nice man. He hurt his hand once when replacing a window. He's better now.

Your order is then placed lightly  into a Post Box, where, after settling for a few hours, is collected, sorted, transported and hand delivered to your front door.

And here ends your order's journey.

No boglins, men on horses, or Post Office staff were harmed during the making of this documentary.

Last updated 1:56pm 3 May 2006