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   Greg Goss to Christopher J. Henrich   
   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   14 Jan 14 22:16:09   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   "Christopher J. Henrich"  wrote:   
      
   >In article , Greg Goss   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> Your Name  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >Just pretend you're a parcel, stick a label on your forehead, and book   
   >> >yourself on a courier delivery service ... just make sure it's not a   
   >> >holiday weekend, otherwise you might get left in the van until the next   
   >> >working day.  ;-)   
   >>   
   >> A recent Daily Dish post featured pictures of kids in mailbags from an   
   >> era when you COULD stick stamps to the kid's sweater and hand him to   
   >> the mailman.   
   >I guess if your kid weighed no more than one ounce (28 grams) a 2-cent   
   >stamp would have sufficed.   
      
   What's the top weight limit on parcel post?   
      
   >Daily Dish ... I'm not familiar with it ... does it contain Onions?   
      
   You might know Andrew Sullivan.  He's been a fairly influential   
   blogger since 2000 or so.  Parody posts are usually well-marked.   
      
   This post was more of a "Look how far we've come" feel compared to   
   these old B/W photos.   
      
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