AS ABOVE About three weeks ago a friend sent a £150 bottle of whisky and a couple of cheap trinkets to Europe. A week later, to his surprise and dismay, the package was returned, with the cheap trinkets, but minus the whisky . Apparently, it is now illegal to send whisky in the post in the UK and abroad. Looks like the Customs men are going to have a merry Christmas!!! Then this Thursday, I wished to post a large envelop to England. Upon arriving at the post office with my request, I was interrogated. "Sir, does this package contain the following:- alchohol, batteries, nail varnish, liq