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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (60760)10/23/2001 1:47:40 AM
From: Michael Sphar  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
Be careful what you wish for...That may be like Osama wishing for Jihad.

I saw a short clip on tv depicting back office mail clerks in Japan sorting mail. They were wearing painter's masks. Perhaps if you know some nervous types on your route, you should stop by a Home Depot and buy some masks. Then as you approach your "clients" you should look at your watch, throw down your mail pouch, whip out a new mask and frantically rip off the "used" one discarding it in someone's bushes and quickly don the new one, then proceed more casually on your route as if nothing unusual happened.



To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (60760)10/23/2001 7:53:14 PM
From: Justin C  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
get out those fountain pens

That could be a problem, as I haven't owned nor used such an instrument in about forty years. In high school we were required to do all our writing with a fountain pen. I have no inkling as to why the classroom teachers of that era were opposed to the ballpoint -- it was probably one of those "high standards" things or just a resistance to change.


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