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31-05-2011, 22.49.47
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Re: Snail Mail in Europe
On 5/31/2011 3:30 PM, David Hatunen wrote:[color=blue]
> On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:02:10 -0400, James Silverton wrote in post :
> <news:is1450$vrm$1@dont-email.me> :
>[color=green]
>> I am reminded of a Sherlock Holmes story where he sent a reply to a
>> letter he received in London in the morning. He was invited to dinner
>> and he assumed his reply would be received by his hostess in the
>> afternoon. Fast delivery then was more important in the absence of
>> phones in Mr Holmes' time.[/color]
>
> Didn't London's post use pneumatic tubes to send mail from station to
> station back then?
>[/color]
I don't know about that but I believe Paris did have a pneumatic service.
--
James Silverton, Potomac
I'm *not* [email]not.jim.silverton@verizon.net[/email]
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31-05-2011, 22.49.47
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Re: Snail Mail in Europe
On 5/31/2011 3:30 PM, David Hatunen wrote:[color=blue]
> On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:02:10 -0400, James Silverton wrote in post :
> <news:is1450$vrm$1@dont-email.me> :
>[color=green]
>> I am reminded of a Sherlock Holmes story where he sent a reply to a
>> letter he received in London in the morning. He was invited to dinner
>> and he assumed his reply would be received by his hostess in the
>> afternoon. Fast delivery then was more important in the absence of
>> phones in Mr Holmes' time.[/color]
>
> Didn't London's post use pneumatic tubes to send mail from station to
> station back then?
>[/color]
I don't know about that but I believe Paris did have a pneumatic service.
--
James Silverton, Potomac
I'm *not* [email]not.jim.silverton@verizon.net[/email]
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31-05-2011, 22.49.47
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Re: Snail Mail in Europe
On 5/31/2011 3:30 PM, David Hatunen wrote:[color=blue]
> On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:02:10 -0400, James Silverton wrote in post :
> <news:is1450$vrm$1@dont-email.me> :
>[color=green]
>> I am reminded of a Sherlock Holmes story where he sent a reply to a
>> letter he received in London in the morning. He was invited to dinner
>> and he assumed his reply would be received by his hostess in the
>> afternoon. Fast delivery then was more important in the absence of
>> phones in Mr Holmes' time.[/color]
>
> Didn't London's post use pneumatic tubes to send mail from station to
> station back then?
>[/color]
I don't know about that but I believe Paris did have a pneumatic service.
--
James Silverton, Potomac
I'm *not* [email]not.jim.silverton@verizon.net[/email]
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31-05-2011, 22.49.47
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Re: Snail Mail in Europe
On 5/31/2011 3:30 PM, David Hatunen wrote:[color=blue]
> On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:02:10 -0400, James Silverton wrote in post :
> <news:is1450$vrm$1@dont-email.me> :
>[color=green]
>> I am reminded of a Sherlock Holmes story where he sent a reply to a
>> letter he received in London in the morning. He was invited to dinner
>> and he assumed his reply would be received by his hostess in the
>> afternoon. Fast delivery then was more important in the absence of
>> phones in Mr Holmes' time.[/color]
>
> Didn't London's post use pneumatic tubes to send mail from station to
> station back then?
>[/color]
I don't know about that but I believe Paris did have a pneumatic service.
--
James Silverton, Potomac
I'm *not* [email]not.jim.silverton@verizon.net[/email]
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31-05-2011, 22.49.47
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Re: Snail Mail in Europe
On 5/31/2011 3:30 PM, David Hatunen wrote:[color=blue]
> On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:02:10 -0400, James Silverton wrote in post :
> <news:is1450$vrm$1@dont-email.me> :
>[color=green]
>> I am reminded of a Sherlock Holmes story where he sent a reply to a
>> letter he received in London in the morning. He was invited to dinner
>> and he assumed his reply would be received by his hostess in the
>> afternoon. Fast delivery then was more important in the absence of
>> phones in Mr Holmes' time.[/color]
>
> Didn't London's post use pneumatic tubes to send mail from station to
> station back then?
>[/color]
I don't know about that but I believe Paris did have a pneumatic service.
--
James Silverton, Potomac
I'm *not* [email]not.jim.silverton@verizon.net[/email]
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31-05-2011, 22.49.47
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Re: Snail Mail in Europe
On 5/31/2011 3:30 PM, David Hatunen wrote:[color=blue]
> On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:02:10 -0400, James Silverton wrote in post :
> <news:is1450$vrm$1@dont-email.me> :
>[color=green]
>> I am reminded of a Sherlock Holmes story where he sent a reply to a
>> letter he received in London in the morning. He was invited to dinner
>> and he assumed his reply would be received by his hostess in the
>> afternoon. Fast delivery then was more important in the absence of
>> phones in Mr Holmes' time.[/color]
>
> Didn't London's post use pneumatic tubes to send mail from station to
> station back then?
>[/color]
I don't know about that but I believe Paris did have a pneumatic service.
--
James Silverton, Potomac
I'm *not* [email]not.jim.silverton@verizon.net[/email]
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31-05-2011, 22.49.47
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Re: Snail Mail in Europe
On 5/31/2011 3:30 PM, David Hatunen wrote:[color=blue]
> On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:02:10 -0400, James Silverton wrote in post :
> <news:is1450$vrm$1@dont-email.me> :
>[color=green]
>> I am reminded of a Sherlock Holmes story where he sent a reply to a
>> letter he received in London in the morning. He was invited to dinner
>> and he assumed his reply would be received by his hostess in the
>> afternoon. Fast delivery then was more important in the absence of
>> phones in Mr Holmes' time.[/color]
>
> Didn't London's post use pneumatic tubes to send mail from station to
> station back then?
>[/color]
I don't know about that but I believe Paris did have a pneumatic service.
--
James Silverton, Potomac
I'm *not* [email]not.jim.silverton@verizon.net[/email]
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31-05-2011, 22.49.47
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Re: Snail Mail in Europe
On 5/31/2011 3:30 PM, David Hatunen wrote:[color=blue]
> On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:02:10 -0400, James Silverton wrote in post :
> <news:is1450$vrm$1@dont-email.me> :
>[color=green]
>> I am reminded of a Sherlock Holmes story where he sent a reply to a
>> letter he received in London in the morning. He was invited to dinner
>> and he assumed his reply would be received by his hostess in the
>> afternoon. Fast delivery then was more important in the absence of
>> phones in Mr Holmes' time.[/color]
>
> Didn't London's post use pneumatic tubes to send mail from station to
> station back then?
>[/color]
I don't know about that but I believe Paris did have a pneumatic service.
--
James Silverton, Potomac
I'm *not* [email]not.jim.silverton@verizon.net[/email]
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31-05-2011, 22.49.47
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Re: Snail Mail in Europe
On 5/31/2011 3:30 PM, David Hatunen wrote:[color=blue]
> On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:02:10 -0400, James Silverton wrote in post :
> <news:is1450$vrm$1@dont-email.me> :
>[color=green]
>> I am reminded of a Sherlock Holmes story where he sent a reply to a
>> letter he received in London in the morning. He was invited to dinner
>> and he assumed his reply would be received by his hostess in the
>> afternoon. Fast delivery then was more important in the absence of
>> phones in Mr Holmes' time.[/color]
>
> Didn't London's post use pneumatic tubes to send mail from station to
> station back then?
>[/color]
I don't know about that but I believe Paris did have a pneumatic service.
--
James Silverton, Potomac
I'm *not* [email]not.jim.silverton@verizon.net[/email]
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31-05-2011, 22.49.47
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Re: Snail Mail in Europe
On 5/31/2011 3:30 PM, David Hatunen wrote:[color=blue]
> On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:02:10 -0400, James Silverton wrote in post :
> <news:is1450$vrm$1@dont-email.me> :
>[color=green]
>> I am reminded of a Sherlock Holmes story where he sent a reply to a
>> letter he received in London in the morning. He was invited to dinner
>> and he assumed his reply would be received by his hostess in the
>> afternoon. Fast delivery then was more important in the absence of
>> phones in Mr Holmes' time.[/color]
>
> Didn't London's post use pneumatic tubes to send mail from station to
> station back then?
>[/color]
I don't know about that but I believe Paris did have a pneumatic service.
--
James Silverton, Potomac
I'm *not* [email]not.jim.silverton@verizon.net[/email]
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