Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: "Keith F. Lynch" Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: Things I never thought would disappear Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:52:00 -0000 (UTC) Organization: United Individualist Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:52:00 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="14415"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 1474 Lines: 13 Paul Dormer wrote: > Also, in the UK we have letter delivery slots in the front door and > the idea is that the delivery person puts the paper through the > slot. The flap on my slot is a bit stiff and occasionally, the > paper is left on the doorstep. One morning a few months ago, there > was a torrential thunderstorm between the paper being delivered and > me getting up. The paper was reduced to a mass of papier-m\342ch\351. My brother's is left in the driveway. It's enclosed in a plastic bag. If rain is expected, it's double-bagged. Some rain has leaked into it, but that's rare. -- Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/ Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.