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   From: tmcd@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Doc O'Leary   wrote:   
   >Such as system should see "pods" as simply cheap containers of a   
   >standard size.  Essentially the $10 plastic storage totes we have   
   >today.  You'd have a stack of them that come and go with the   
   >deliveries/returns that need to be made.  All you'd "summon" is a   
   >service that can shuttle them between locations.  It's so   
   >straightforward I once planned a similar thing as the basis for a   
   >bicycle delivery network.   
      
   Such a great idea that it was implemented under Victoria, Empress of   
   India, in Bombay: delivering fresh lunches from homes to offices, and   
   getting the empties back home.  They don't have to be standard-sized   
   lunch boxes.  But they did set up color and shape codes for routing.   
   And, of course, it's once a day at a set time.   
      
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabbawala   
      
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   Tim McDaniel, tmcd@panix.com   
      
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