Posted by skip on 03/23/07 21:01

"Telstar" <n@k.net> wrote in news:eu19lu$mbf$1@daisy.noc.ucla.edu:

>
> "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...
>>>
>>>>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
>>>
>>>
>>> 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).
>
Thank you I will try that approach.

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