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Posted by Telstar on 03/23/07 19:26
"Derek Janssen" <ejanss@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ApKdnes3eI4WZZ7bnZ2dnUVZ_qOpnZ2d@comcast.com...
> Morgan wrote:
>
>> "skip" <skip[@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns98FC3AF582D1Dsky@207.115.33.102...
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>>>I would like to rent high definition DVD;s either format, however the
>>>only
>>>place I can find them is Netflix. I can not rent thru the mail as the
>>>local
>>>post office will open or steal them . I dont see any at Blockbuster.
>>>Help
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>> Whaaat?!? If your Post Office is stealing/opening the mail, report them!
>
> Er, no, they're not; it's just the standard paranoia habit of confusing
> the abstract imaginary subjunctive ("They might steal them") with the
> present tense ("They are stealing them!")
>
> ...Either that, or we're getting a post from Flushing NY circa 2001.
>
> Derek Janssen (thanks a lot, postal guys, y'know, we coulda BURIED this
> paranoid urban legend for good if one of you hadn't acted like a jerk five
> years ago?)
> ejanss@comcast.net
It is not a legend. I had the same problem and took it up with the Postal
Police...it eventually was corrected (how, I will never know).
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