[Groop] US Mail-An Institutional Grooism

[Scott]

Wow, I remember watching something like that on saturday morning TV... some wild coyote would put a letter in a mail box and tap his foot a moment and the order would arrive... it was amazing that he had all that money to order that stuff and could not stop by the local KF"RR" and pickup a 10 piece bucket of bird...


Friday, June 29, 2007, 1:16:15 PM, you wrote:

Bac> In a message dated 6/29/2007 9:53:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Bac> GaryG at DOR.WA.GOV writes:

>>>If I had mailed across town, it would probably get there sometime next 
Bac> month. <<
Bac> There was a SF short story about this type of situation many years ago.... 
Bac> Involving the Postal Service, space warps (or something) and mail to/from 
Bac> various points, with the most distant arriving soonest. The main character finally
Bac> sent a letter addressed to the other side of the galaxy... mailed it in the 
Bac> morning, and got a reply in the afternoon mail....

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