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   From: allblamelies@political.correctness   
      
   "banana"  wrote in message   
   news:Tohcy+A7mzZDFwPv@borve.demon.co.uk...   
   > I'd be grateful for info as to what electronic gadgetry is installed in   
   > UK postboxes.   
   >   
   > How are visits by Royal Mail workers to empty the boxes logged   
   > electronically?   
   >   
   > Presumably the vans are all satellite-tracked. But what gizmo do the   
   > workers use to 'shake hands' with the gadgetry in the box?   
   >   
   > And what about 'business postboxes' - the ones for franked mail only?   
   > Just try using your car radio near one. You probably won't be able to,   
   > because of the electromagnetic interference.   
      
   they use special X rays to scan every piece of mail and record every letter   
   everybody sends, it's all done by secret MI5 operatives, just ask Mike   
   Corley.   
      
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